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  PART TEN 
  2221-2250:  THE CLASS I ERA 
  0VERVIEW 
   
  TIMELINE OF EVENTS 
   
  STAR FLEET STARSHIPS 
  CONSTITUTION CLASS HEAVY CRUISER 
  SALADIN ANDHERMES CLASS STARSHIPS 
  PTOLEMY CLASS TRANSPORT/TUG 
  MARKLIN CLASS HEAVY DESTROYER 
  INDEPENDENCE CLASS TRANSPORT 
  CLASS II CONTAINER SHIPS 
  SHERMAN CLASS CARGO DRONE 
  LARSON CLASS DESTROYER 
  NELSON CLASS SCOUT 
  LOKNAR CLASS FRIGATE 
  SURYA CLASS FRIGATE 
  POMPEY CLASS DESTROYER 
  AKULA CLASS DESTROYER 
  KEARSARGE CLASS LIGHT CRUISER 
  SANTEE CLASS SHUTTLECARRIER 
  COVENTRY CLASS FRIGATE 
  KIAGA CLASS PERIMETER ACTION SHIP 
  MIRANDA CLASS CRUISER 
   
  CIVILIAN STARSHIPS 
  COCHRANE INDUSTRIES ONE-MAN SCOUT 
  EAGLE CLASS STARLINER 
  COCHRANE CLASS COLONIAL TRANSPORT 
  CANOPUS CLASS RESEARCH SHIP 
  AAKENN CLASS FREIGHTER 
  CHARIOT CLASS CIVILIAN TUG 
   
  ALIEN ENCOUNTERS 
  HUMAN FUSION KLINGONS (QUCH’HA) 
  THE TALOSIANS 
   
  TERRAN EXPLORATIONS 
  KAZH 
  TALOS IV 
   
  HISTORICAL ARTICLES 
   
  THE LAUNCHING OF THE ENTERPRISE 
  LARGEST SPACE RESCUE IN HISTORY 
  STARSHIP TRAVELS THROUGH TIME 
  COMET CREATED BY STARSHIP EXPLOSION 
  VULCAN ENROLLS AT STAR FLEET ACADEMY 
  VICTORY AT AXANAR 
  KLINGONS SUE FOR PEACE 
  THE RETURN OF THE CARACALS 
   
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
   
  A busy day at a Federation deep space station (c.2235) 
   
   
  The heavy frigate Illusive (c. 2245) 
   
   
  Starship-to-starship duel, Four Years War (2247) 
   
   
  Supply drop, Four Years War (2248) 
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  2221-2250: The Class I Era 
   
   
   
  Magnificent, isn’t it?  The soundness of Franz Joseph’s 
  original design holds up well.  You know, there was a 
  time when people thought he designed these ships 
  only for amusement – that they’d never have any 
  practical application. 
   
  William van Anling 
  Admrial, Star Fleet (ret.) 
  (2147-2251) 
   
  No major starship program has had as great an 
  impact on Star Fleet and the future of the Federation 
  as has the Class I Program.  Its origins were seven 
  decades old with their roots in the Jeffries Project, a 
  starship design far ahead of its time.  It had been 
  delayed decade after decade due to Federation 
  Council politics and lack of direction within Star Fleet 
  over the future of the fleet.  It had taken a visionary, 
  W. M. Jeffries, to conceive the program.  It took 
  another, the late Mark Chausser, to convince Star 
  Fleet that the technology was ready and the time was 
  right.  It took a third, Franz Joseph IV, to take both of 
  their visions and turn them into reality.  When he did, 
  he would forever change the very concept of the 
  word starship.  It would be as if the past 150 years 
  of Terran and Federation spaceflight advances were 
  but blips on the screen, necessary landmarks to 
  hurriedly pass by on the way to the prize.  The Class I 
  Program that Joseph helped bring about did that.  It 
  changed everything about starships and the way they 
  were conceived.  It built upon the pioneering work of 
  Chausser’s Baton Rouge generation to set the 
  standard by which all future Federation starships 
  would be measured.  From there it would spread out 
  into the science, merchant, and civilian starship 
  sectors and even make a lasting impression on the 
  Federation’s future foes. 
   
  In a very real sense, we are still living in the Class I 
  Era.  Almost every aspect of modern Federation 
  starship design, from component configuration to 
  ship’s interior layouts, from warp engine philosophies 
  to starship procedures and protocols, can be directly 
  traced back to the 2222 launch of the U.S.S. 
  Constitution.  The Class I Program did more than just 
  define a new generation of starships.  It also defined 
  the future of Star Fleet, and with it the Federation.  
  Had not the Class I fleet been available when it was, 
  then the Four Years War with the Klingon Empire 
  would have been a very different affair.  It might have 
  easily devolved into the desperate struggle that was 
  the Romulan War, with countless casualties and 
  atrocities.  The Class I Program made sure that such 
  a thing never happened.  That alone was justification 
  enough to silence even its harshest critics. 
   
   
   
   
  Modular component construction techniques that had 
  been pioneered with the Baton Rouge generation of 
  starships were taken to new heights with the Class I 
  Program.  As originally conceived there were only 
  three basic component configurations:  a twin 
  nacelled 
  (heavy) 
  cruiser, 
  a 
  single 
  nacelled 
  destroyer/scout, and a twin-nacelled saucer fitted 
  with a tractor grapple for use as a transport/tug.  By 
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  the end of the Four Years War there were a total of 
  fourteen distinct Class I starship designs under 
  construction, with multiple build classes authorized 
  for almost all of them and more designs pending 
  approval.  This did not include the long-delayed 
  dreadnought, which would not be built until just after 
  the Four Years War, nor did it include the effort to 
  convert five Baton Rouge era starship classes to 
  Class I specifications.  Proceeding in parallel was the 
  Class II Program, a joint Star Fleet / Merchant Marine 
  effort, with six distinct starship designs (each with 
  multiple build groups) based on Class I components.  
  The immediate effect was to produce the first modern 
  Star Fleet in decades.  There were important side 
  effects as well.  All of this construction effort 
  resulted in boom years for starship yards across the 
  Federation, with everyone involved contributing to the 
  Class I program to some degree.  Component 
  modularization meant that work could proceed in 
  parallel on the hulls of multiple starship classes, so 
  long as the other main components (warp engines, 
  secondary hulls, specialized attachments, etc.) were 
  ready and delivered on time.  The starship boom also 
  brought about a parallel boom in the Federation 
  economy, lifting its gross economic product to 
  previously unseen heights.  Times were good and jobs 
  were available for all who desired them, thanks to 
  Star Fleet’s Class I and Class II Program. 
   
   
   
   
  There were, unfortunately, a number of beings that 
  did not appreciate these good times.  Instead, they 
  saw an increasingly militaristic and totalitarian 
  Federation government arming for war.  They wanted 
  freedom 
  from 
  bureaucracy 
  and 
  government 
  regulations.  They wanted things as they had been 
  before the Federation Charter was enacted:  a weak, 
  decentralized Federation banding together only in 
  times of great interstellar crisis, with all its members 
  and associated free to conduct their own intersystem 
  affairs.  Some of the more militant groups, such as 
  the increasingly popular Terra Return League, 
  advocated the dissolution of the Federation.  Beyond  
  these were others, who idolized the likes of Terra’s 
  notorious Colonel Green and were not above violence 
  in achieving their aims. 
   
  In 2224, a group of Tellarite merchant ships were 
  fired upon by Star Fleet forces under the command of 
  Admiral Hathari of Andor while his fleet was 
  ostensibly conducting war games exercises near the 
  planet Th’allt.  It was actually a deliberate act to 
  cover up what became known as the Scandal of 
  Archimedes.  This sordid affair played right into the 
  hands of Federation dissidents, who up until this point 
  had been repressed by Council decree.  Many of 
  those who had imposed those decrees were deposed 
  themselves in the wake of hearings 
  and arrests that followed.  This freed 
  the Terra Return League and its allies 
  of the restrictions that had all but 
  silenced them during the terror-laden days at the end 
  of the 22nd century.  They were quick to resume their 
  clarion calls for the dissolution of the Federation.  The 
  Scandal of Archimedes added weight to their words, 
  much to the dismay of the new Federation Council.  
  Eventually the clamor became so great that a special 
  Babel Conference was called in 2230 to resolve the 
  matter.  A special guest of honor at this conference 
  would be Captain Krenn, the new ambassador from 
  the Klingon Empire.  This was intended to show him 
  how the Fedeation could peacefully resolve major 
  problems 
  without 
  antagonism 
  and 
  violence.  
  Unfortunately, the Babel Conference of 2230 would 
  be one of the most strife-ridden in Federation history 
  and leave Captain Krenn with much food for thought 
  in his report back to his Klingon superiors. 
   
  Even before the conference convened it was struck by 
  violence.  Vice Admrial Andreas Mitskoval, Star Fleet 
  chief of staff, was assassinated along with his 
  adjutant and several of his entourage by a bomb 
  planted in his airtram at Star Fleet Headquarters.  He 
  had just left his office and was on his way to Babel to 
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  represent Star Fleet interests at the conference.  
  This unprecedented act of terrorism,
  solved, set the tone for the rest of 
  the Babel Conference.  Star Fleet 
  Marines stood guard everywhere 
  as conference security was tripled.  
  As for himself, Captain Krenn seemed to be enjoying 
  the charges, counter-charges, accusations, threats, 
  and such that flew back and forth in the conference 
  chambers in the first few days.  “It is as if we never 
  left home,” he was heard to say to one of his aides. 
   
  As might be expected, the loudest and most striden
   which was never 
  t 
  ices at the Babel Conference of 2230 were those 
  onference of 2230 
  ight very well have ended in the 
   unarmed D-5 
  Star Fleet is not an unresponsive monolith, callously 
  ere are few beings in this room that were alive at 
  entlebeings, the Federation is not perfect.  That is 
   
  e silence that followed Admiral 
  word before the vote was taken on dissolution. 
  vo
  of the Terra Return League and its allies.  They called 
  for a halt to Federation expansion and abolition of the 
  “discredited” Federation Charter.  The latter found 
  considerable support among other Federation 
  opposition groups, such as the Symmetrists, the Free 
  Space League, and (to no one’s surprise) the Orion 
  trade cartels.  At the other end of the spectrum 
  were the Border Worlds Association and the League 
  of Federation Affiliated Systems, who clamored for 
  more Federation assistance and a continued Star 
  Fleet presence in their systems.  The Border Worlds 
  delegates were especially upset by Captain Krenn’s 
  presence, calling him a spy and not a diplomant.  
  Krenn is reported to have smiled and replied, “I am 
  neither.  I am a soldier in service to the Empire.  I am 
  not here to fight nor to spy.  My current assignment 
  is to sit here and watch you Federation fools destroy 
  each other.” 
   
  The Babel C
  m
  dissolution of the Federation were 
  it not for the intervention of two 
  humans.  Commodore Douglas 
  Shepherd was in command of the 
  cruiser Savannah (NCC-1307).  He had
  detailed to escort Captain Krenn’s
  cruiser Serpant to the Babel Conference.  Due to the 
  assassination 
  of 
  Admiral 
  Mitskoval 
  he 
  was 
  immediately promoted to rear admiral and named 
  acting Star Fleet chief of staff.  It was Admiral 
  Shepherd who would speak for Star Fleet at the Babel 
  Conference, and that he did with surprising 
  eloquence. 
   
   been originally 
  disregarding the needs and wishes of the Federation 
  and its allies.  We have always been there for them.  
  Despite the desires of some we will always be there 
  for as long as Star Fleet lasts.  I need only to point out 
  that the alternative to peace is war.  That is a solution 
  that none of us desire. 
   
  Th
  the time of the Romulan War.  Those of you who were 
  remember those perilous times.  My grandfather and 
  my father often told me about them and how close the 
  Federation came to falling.  Were it not for the 
  courage and dedication of the men and women, the 
  humans and beings and other species that serve in 
  Star Fleet and defend the Federation, we would not be 
  here today.  All of you know this, even if you do not 
  share the living memories of the others in this room.  
  The freedom you have to argue today was bought with 
  the blood of Star Fleet.  We demand nothing in return 
  save the privilege of continuing to serve the Federation 
  and its affiliated worlds.  If there is no Federation, if 
  you go through with this vote to dissolve it, then 
  there will be no Star Fleet.  That would be welcome 
  news to some of you here today.  I for one never want 
  that day to come. 
   
  G
  why we have conferences such as these, to peacefully 
  resolve our disputes.  Let me remind you, however, 
  that without the Federation there is no Star Fleet, nor 
  is there any alternative to Star Fleet.  The Federation 
  will fall, a house divided, and your worlds and systems 
  will be left open to any foe with the might and will to 
  conquer them.  It is my duty to see to it that such a 
  thing never happens.  I ask you, delegates – please 
  allow me to continue to perform that duty.  Please do 
  not dissolve the Federation.  Without it, all of us will 
  surely fall. 
  Th
  Shepherd’s words was broken by 
  another human clearing his throat.  
  He asked permission to speak and 
  it was granted.  His name was 
  Carter 
  Winston, 
  a 
  wealthy 
  Federation entepreneur known for h
  and charity, a man who gave away fortunes as fast as 
  he made them to help other beings less fortunate 
  than he.  It was Carter Winston who had the last 
  is benevolence 
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  I feel a little out of place here.  I am a businessman, 
  not an ambassador.  As a civilian I have no special 
   a fondness for 
  alking about freedoms and 
   
  e and mystery and is ours for the 
   
  The
  eration failed by a 
  ngle vote.  The rest of the Conference passed 
  standing among you other than an invited guest.  So 
  why have I asked to speak?  Well, it’s all this talk 
  about limits, and tariffs, and sanctions, and restrictive 
  regulations, and suffocating bureaucracy, and the need 
  to “return to our roots” and such.  To be honest, none 
  of this sounds like the Federation that I know.  I think, 
  to borrow one of my grandfather’s favorite 
  expressions, we “can’t see the forest for the trees.”  
  Perhaps it’s time to step back, look around, and truly 
  realize what is about to happen here. 
   
  I’m a human.  My great-grandparents were born on 
  arth, and I’ll be the first to admit to
  E
  the place.  It isn’t home to me, though, any more than 
  my childhood home on Deneva.  My home is the stars, 
  and I won my success there with hard, hard work and 
  very little of this so-called “Federation interference” 
  I’ve been hearing about.  The Sea of Stars is too wide 
  and rich for any one political body to effectively control 
  with such restrictive authority.  I don’t mean to 
  demean any of you here, but I have great difficulty in 
  believing the tales I’ve heard about a Federation 
  dictatorship imposed over the space I’ve traveled.  I’ve 
  been to every major world in the Federation and I’ve 
  seen no such thing. 
   
  You should not be talking about limits and restrictions.  
  stead, you should be t
  In
  opportunities, because they’re out there.  They’re 
  beckoning to anyone who will heed their call.  It’s 
  always good to have some roots, and a place to go 
  back to when you need it, but you shouldn’t become 
  so narrow-minded as to restrict yourself there.  So, 
  put down your roots where you will and make that 
  place yours, but remember:  the Federation is what 
  we make of it.  It is ours to fashion after our own 
  image.  Any complaints we have about the Federation 
  are complaints about ourselves, and in ourselves the 
  solution lies.  If we give up this dream of a United 
  Federation of Planets, we are giving up on ourselves as 
  well. 
   
  As I see it, the future is neither bleak nor constrained. 
   is full of promis
  It
  choosing.  I know what my choice would be if I could 
  vote today.  I would vote for the future.  I can but 
  hope that you would do the same. 
   motion to dissolve the Fed
  si
  rather uneventfully, with the delegates drafting 
  resolutions to deal with various minor concerns.  The 
  Terra Return League and several other dissident 
  parties soon dissolved, never to be heard from again.  
  The Federation’s greatest peacetime crisis had 
  passed.  Once again it could look towards the future. 
   
   
   
  The Babel Conference of 2230 was not the end of the
  ederation’s troubles.  Captain Krenn had learned 
  ar was destined to become the only 
  ajor interstellar war ever fought between the 
   
  F
  much from his visit and shared his information in 
  many reports back to his Klingon superiors.  The 
  Klingon Empire itself had just emerged from a bloody 
  civil war, with a newly installed, strong central 
  government under the iron fist of Chancellor 
  Kar’harmmer.  He despised everything about the 
  Federation and for what it stood because it was so 
  unlike the Klingon way.  He also resented “constant 
  Federation encroachment” on their shared border, 
  although in truth it was the local Klingon commanders 
  who were doing most of the “encroaching.”  Almost 
  as soon as he entered office Chancellor Kar’harmmer 
  resolved to destroy the Federation once and for all.  
  To that end he began preparing the Klingon Empire for 
  an all-out war with the United Federation of Planets – 
  winner take all. 
   
  The Four Years W
  m
  Klingons and the Federation.  Klingon numbers and 
  tenacity were thrown by the bucketful at Federation 
  technological might … and essentially washed off.  
  Large portions of border space were lost to the 
  Klingons in the first year of the war; however, there 
  were no Klingon deep-penetration offensives (as had 
  been hoped) like there had been during the Romulan 
  War a century before.  This time, Star Fleet knew 
  that the Klingons were coming and had almost two 
  decades to prepare for such an event.  The most 
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  telling factor in the Federation’s favor, though, was 
  the presence of the new Class I fleet.  Klingon 
  starships were among the best and most 
  maneuverable fighting vessels of their day, yet the 
  Class I fleet held its own in every major battle.  Even 
  when the odds were against them, as they often 
  were during the early months of the war, only a 
  surprisingly small number of Class I starships fell 
  victim to Klingon attacks.  The presence of Class I 
  starships on the war front helped prevent the 
  collapse of Star Fleet defensive lines during the initial 
  Klingon campaigns and later (with new phaser 
  technology) help turn the tide in Star Fleet’s favor.  
  Class I starships drove the Klingons back to the 
  border and were poised for their own offensive when 
  the Klingons sued for peace.  It was a victory they 
  would neither forgive nor forget, and it all came about 
  as a result of “those damned Federation devil-ships.” 
   
  Star Fleet’s Class I Program had proven its worth in 
  ar as ably as it had done in peace.   It would 
  w
  continue to prove its worth on both fronts in the 
  decades to come. 
   
   
   
  A Kearsarge under fire during the Four Years War (c.2248) 
   
   
  Enterprise (NCC-1701) escorts an old DY-X converted for 
  transport duty up to the war zone (2250) 
   
   
  Class F shuttlecraft (2222) 
   
   
  The uprated U.S.S. Detroyat (2224) 
   
   
  Typical shipyard resupply operations (c.2240) 
   
   
  Klingon forces retreat from Federation space 
  following the end of the Four Years War (2250) 
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  TIMELINE OF EVENTS 
  2221-2250 
   
  2221 
  • 
  Kel Titiac of Cochrane Warp Dynamics develops the 
  PB-30 circumferential warp engine.  Externally, it 
  appears almost identical to the PB-20, yet it sports a 
  number of power and sys
  predecessor. 
  • 
  The Hermes class scout is authorized for construction.
  • 
  The Saladin class destroyer is authorized for 
  construction. 
  • 
  The Ptolemy class transport/tug and its transport 
  container system are authorized for construction. 
  • 
  The Carolina class frigate is refused authorization due 
  to concerns about its unorothodox design.  This will 
  open the door for acceptance of the Surya and Loknar. 
  • 
  The last of the Stellarford class spaceliners are 
  decommissioned.  They will make a comeback of sorts 
  as troop transports during the Four Years War. 
   
  tem improvements over its 
   
  2222 
  • 
  The U.S.S. Constitution (NCC-1700), the first official
  Class I starship and the first of the Class I heavy 
  cruisers, is launched from the San Francisco Navy 
  Yards Orbital Complex at Terra on 16 March.  She is 
  officially commissioned into the fleet on 3 May. 
   
   
   
  NOTE: 
  The launch of the Constitution marks the official 
  beginning of Star Fleet’s Class I starship program.  
   
   
  • 
  Robert April, age 34, is personally 
  selected by Commodore William van 
  Anling, he
  be the 
  Enterprise.  Over the next year he will work with lead 
  engineer Franz Joseph IV in familiarizing himself with 
  his new command while it undergoes final free-space 
  assembly in orbit at the San Francisco Navy Yards at 
  Terra.  April’s pre-command familiarization will become 
  something of a tradition among future Enterprise 
  commanders. 
  • 
  Montgomery Edward Scott, destined to 
  become one of the greatest starship 
  engineers of his era, is born on 3 March in 
  Aberdeen, Scotland, on Terra. 
  • 
  The Lowell class scouts are withdrawn 
  from service. 
   
  ad of the Class I Program, to 
  first captain of the heavy cruiser 
  2223 
  • 
  The Provider class space tugs are retired from 
  service. 
  • 
  The heavy cruiser Enterprise is launched on 4 July 
  amid great fanfare and a personal appearance by 
  Federation President Samuel Solomon Qasr. 
  • 
  Captain April takes the Enterprise directly into fleet 
  service without the traditional shakedown cruise.  This 
  will become something of an unspoken tradition among 
  Enterprise commanders in the years to come. 
  • 
  Four more Constitution class heavy cruisers are laid 
  down and construction proceeds simultaneously.  
  Construction on all ship classes in Star Fleet’s new 
  Class I Program begins in earnest.  In particular, the 
  Constitution class will proceed at the rate of 3-4 ships 
  built every year until the initial order of 12 ships is 
  completed.  The final task of the Constitution first build 
  program will be to upgrade the prototypes Republic 
  and Constellation to something approaching class 
  production specifications. 
  • 
  The Caracal class cruiser Audace (NCC-757) 
  disappears without a trace near the Klingon border.  It 
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  is believed to be the first Star Fleet vessel ever to 
  victim to a Klingon attack.  
   
  fall 
  adin class destroyer enters service. 
  The Hermes class scout enters service. 
  The Ptolemy class transport/tug enters service. 
  • 
  • 
  ers.  A number of small yet significant 
  -31 will quickly replace the PB-30 for 
  • 
  the 
  • 
   
  2225 
  • 
  Vulcan-Human hybrids to survive birth 
  and destined to become one of the 
  greatest Star Fleet officers in history, 
  is born in the city of ShiKahr on 
  Vulcan. 
   
  2226 
  • 
  Arbing and Lidde renews its bid to build a dreadnought.  
  Their revised proposal is based on the new Class I 
  Program and uses standard Class I components.  As 
  before, with its initial Baton Rouge era submission, the 
  design is set aside due to high projected cost and lack 
  of apparent need. 
  • 
  Yet another civil war begins within the Klingon Empire.  
  Five contenders for the Chancellorship will be 
  assassinated within the year.  There will also be a 
  • 
  ships destroyed and a sixth 
  captured. 
  2227 
  • 
  Growing dissention within the Federation saps its 
  economic strength and threatens its defensive 
  window of 
  est foe and 
  • 
  eyed by an 
  • 
  The PB-31 circumferential warp engine is developed.  
  It is little more that a slightly improved PB-30 with its 
  problems fixed. 
  • 
  Kelvar Garth, from the planet Izar, 
  graduates at the top of the Star Fleet 
  Academy class of 2227.  He earns dual 
  m
   
  2228 
  • 
  • 
  Orion pirates will sell dilithium crystals 
  • 
  ion star charts 
  for the far side of Tholian space. 
  • 
  End of the Klingon civil war.  Chancellor Kar’harmer 
  becomes the new ruler of the Empire.  He openly 
  endorses an all-out war with the Federation. 
  • 
  The USS Kresta (NCC-1712), the last ship in the Class 
  I heavy cruiser program, is cancelled.  Funds allocated 
  for its construction are instead used to convert both 
  Class I Program prototypes, the USS Constellation 
  (NCC-1017) and the USS Republic (NCC-1371) to full 
  Class I specifications.  
  • 
  Captain Robert April completes his first five-year 
  mission aboard the starship Enterprise and is 
  reassigned. 
   
  • 
  • 
    
  2224 
  • 
  The Sal
  • 
  • 
  • 
  The Hunter class corvettes are retired from service. 
  The Mann class survey cruisers are retired from 
  service. 
  PB-30 warp engines are refitted to all Detroyat class 
  heavy destroy
  quirks that come to light during their use will lead to 
  the development of the improved PB-31 a few years 
  later.  The PB
  use with all Baton Rouge era upgrade programs. 
  The Scandal of Archimedes is exposed, renewing 
  political power of the Terra Return League. 
  A revitalized Cosmadyne Corporation becomes one of 
  the major bidders in Star Fleet’s Class I Program.  
  Spock, son of Sarek, one of the few 
  significant reduction in the number of Houses seated 
  on the High Council before all is said and done. 
  The 
  Kzinti 
  test Federation 
  resolve in the Slavin Incident.  
  The end result is five Kzinti 
   
  capability.  The Klingons perceive a 
  opportunity to wage war against their new
  begin making preparations. 
  The Ceti Alpha system is first surv
  unmanned probe. 
  ajors in tactics and military history. 
  The Marklin class destroyers enter service. 
  Dilithium deposits are discovered on Rigel XII, causing 
  a mining boom in the local economy of the Rigel 
  system.  The 
  from Rigel to both the Federation and the Klin
  An Orion slave ship is 
  captured and impounded by 
  an Andorian police ship.  From 
  gons. 
  its databanks come the only 
  known Federat
  2229 
  • 
  The Independence class 
  cargo transports enter 
  service.   They are the 
  first of Star Fleet’s new 
  Class II support vessels, 
  designed to supplement 
  the new Class I fleet. 
  Birth of James Tiberius Kirk, the 
  greatest starship commander in 
  Federation history.  He is born 22 
  March on Terra at the Kirk family 
  farm in Riverside, Iowa.  He is the 
  second son of Star Fleet officer 
  George Kirk. 
  Chancellor Kar’harmer authorizes the Imperial Klingon 
  fleet to begin a massive shipbuilding program in order 
  to fuel his planned war with the Federation. 
  - 10 - 
  
  2230 
  • 
  ir 
  first 
  ambassador, Captain Krenn (sutai-
  Rustazh) to the Federation.  He 
  ’
  first task is to attend this year’s Babel 
  The obsolete Caracal
  starting with the 
  • 
  s II “container 
  ships” enter service. 
  Hikaru Itaka Sulu, one of the great Star 
   
  2231 
  • 
  ts are retired from service. 
  • 
  beam 
   laser.  This will 
  r a decade will pass 
   refined enough for 
   
  Star Fleet begins refitting many of it
  • 
  e remembered as the only 
   
  2233 
  • 
  again in the 
  • 
  Cochrane Warp Dynamics buys out Kloratis Drive 
  Systems in a friendly takeover bid.  The reorganized 
  ecialize in 
  on 19 
   
  The 
  Klingons 
  send 
  the
  arrives with great flourish in the IKV 
  Serpant, a disarmed D-5 Dupat class 
  cruiser that has been granted special 
  permission to serve him in Federation space.  It is Star 
  Fleet s first look at a “modern” Klingon battlecruiser.  
  Krenn’s 
  Conference as a non-voting visiting dignitary. 
  • 
  The Second Babel Conference is disrupted by members 
  of the Terra Return League, who advocate the 
  dissolution of the Federation.  After a moving speech 
  by philanthropist Carter Winston a vote on the 
  resolution fails to pass.  The Terra Return League 
  dissolves shortly thereafter, breaking up into splinter 
  groups such as the Independent Systems Movement.  
  Such movements prove to be of great interest to 
  Captain Krenn for their intelligence gathering 
  potential. 
  • 
   class cruisers are decomissioned, 
  U.S.S. Caracal itself (NCC-750).  It 
  is donated to the 
  Federation Air and 
  Space Museum for 
  preservation, while the rest of the clas
  the Star Fleet Reserve. 
  Both single-hull and double-hull Clas
  s is placed in 
  • 
  Fleet commanders of the present era, 
  is born 24 June at San Francisco 
  General Hospital on Terra. 
  The Hale class scou
  • 
  Photon grenades are developed for use as heavy 
  weapons for the Star Fleet Marines and starship 
  landing parties facing hostile situations.  
  A major breakthrough is made in weapons development 
  involving the creation of a pulse phase laser 
  more powerful than an ordinary
  become known as the phaser.  Ove
  before phaser technology becomes
  mass production. 
  2232 
  • 
  s older class 
  starships with PB-31 warp engines.  The aging light 
  cruiser USS Texas (NCC-900) is the first to receive 
  them. 
  Birth of Williard Decker, son of Star Fleet officer 
  Matthew Decker.  He will b
  Star Fleet starship captain never to command a 
  starship “in the field,” due largely to the events 
  surrounding the Vejur Crisis and his untimely death in 
  2267. 
  The Kzinti make their presence known 
  Monaba Incident. 
  Kloratis Systems Division of Cochrane will sp
  impulse 
  engines and non-dilithium 
  moderated, reduced-size warp engines 
  for long-range shuttlecraft and small 
  starships. 
  • 
  Nyota Upenda Uhura is born 
  January on Terra in the Kitui Province 
  of Kenya. 
  2234 
  e Class I heavy cruisers “of border patrol 
  and perimeter action duties.”  The term “perimeter 
  action” sticks and the new starship class is termed a 
  o very different proposals 
  t at this time for approval.  
  e troubled Akula class.  The 
   become a legend in its own 
  • 
   of a 70% drop in Klingon 
  pace of a few months.  Only 
  s to the Demon 
  pire.  This will 
  ration by a full 
  • 
  • 
  The science ship SS Columbia disappears while on a 
  deep space survey mission.  It is eventually listed as 
  missing, presumed lost. 
   
  • 
  A Star Fleet study calls for a new class of starship, 
  based on components of the Class I Program, which 
  can relieve th
  perimeter action ship.  Tw
  are submitted to Star Flee
  One of these will become th
  other, the Kiaga class, will
  time. 
  Star Fleet becomes aware
  border activity within the s
  later is it learned that this correspond
  War on the backside of the Klingon Em
  delay Klingon plans to assault the Fede
  decade. 
  Arbing and Lidde finally 
  gets the go-ahead to 
  build its Baton Rouge 
  era Invincible class 
  dreadnought 
  as 
  a 
  demonstrator of the 
  dreadnought concept. 
  - 11 - 
  
  2235 
  • 
  • 
   the Baton Rouge class cruisers 
  .  The remainder will be scrapped 
  ype. 
   
   
  • 
  The Sherman class cargo drone enters service.  These 
  will become the most ubiquitous Class II starships of 
  their time. 
  The planet Holberg 917G is purchased by businessman 
  Micah Brack for his personal use. 
  Star Fleet authorizes the construction of a single 
  prototype for the Akula class perimeter action vessel.  
  It will experience numerous delays in construction and 
  testing due to its unique over/under warp engine 
  configuration. 
  • 
  All remaining Baton Rouge generation starships under 
  construction are cancelled save for the two closest to 
  completion.  These are
  Liberty and Chauncey
  in their slips and their components scavenged for use 
  with existing Baton Rouge generation hulls.  Star Fleet 
  needs the extra yard space for additional Class I 
  starship construction.  Among the list of cancellations 
  is Arbing and Lidde’s dreadnought protot
  NOTE: 
  official end of the Baton 
  Rouge era of starships.  
  The year 2235 marks the 
   
   
  223
  • 
  • 
  • 
  ar Fleet converts four of its old 
  Texas class light cruisers into “c
  These are for the exclusiv
  a class starship program. 
  serve as the prototype for the Surya class frigates. 
  • 
   the disabled SS Juliana. 
  • 
  At the request of the UESPA 
  Foundation the retired Marshall 
  nated to the 
   museum’s 
  • 
  h zero-point 
  energy devices for use as a tactical 
   for decades; 
  oncept of the 
  orpedo by the turn of the century. 
  • 
  The Federation Council approves Star Fleet’s request 
  for a “second wave” of Class I starships to supplement 
  its existing Class I Program vessels.  Out of this new 
  series will come the Larson class destroyer, the 
  Nelson class scout, the Pompey class heavy destroyer, 
  and the Loknar class frigate. 
  • 
  The Wolf 359 Combined Fleet Exercise is the largest 
  war games operation conducted by Star Fleet to date.  
  It is also the first in which Class I starships take part 
  in significant numbers. 
   
   
  2238 
  • 
  • 
  • 
   
   
  on 
  n 
  6 
  The USS Liberty (NCC-1373) 
  and USS Chauncey (NCC-
  1374) join the fleet as the 
  last two Baton Rouge era 
  starships. 
  The Alexis class cargo drones enters service.  These 
  will later be uprated to Sherman class specifications. 
  As an experiment, St
  ommando cruisers.”  
  e use of the Star Fleet 
  Marines in support of assault operations.  Lessons 
  learned from the conversion and subsequent 
  operations will be incorporated into the future 
  Mirand
  • 
  The Deodryat class heavy destroyer USS Resolution 
  (NCC-1101) is pulled from service to be converted to 
  a new Class I “second wave” starship design.  It will 
  The largest space rescue in history occurs when the 
  USS Deerslayer rescues the 600+ passengers and 
  crew of
  class destroyer UES Hannibal 
  (NAR-D246) is do
  Federation 
  Air 
  and 
  Space 
  Museum.  It undergoes an extensive, privately funded 
  restoration over the next three years.  The restored 
  Hannibal will become the centerpiece of the
  Romulan War exhibit. 
  The Federation begins experimenting wit
  singularity 
  weapon.  This research will not bear fruit
  however, it will eventually result in the c
  quantum t
  2237 
  • 
  A young starship engineer named Montgomery Edward 
  Scott begins making a name for himself in the 
  Federation Merchant Marine. 
  The Surya class frigate program is formally authorized. 
  Montgomery Scott is recommended for the Star Fleet 
  Academy based on his excellent record in his year of 
  service with the Federation Merchant Marine.  
  • 
  Wrigley’s Pleasure Planet is founded by a private 
  business 
  consortium 
  “for 
  the 
  pleasure 
  and 
  entertainment of all space travelers and passers-by.”  
  The many vices it offers will make it a legend among 
  Federation starship crews. 
  The starship USS Republic 
  (NCC-1371) is reassigned
  as the official training ship
  of the Class I Program 
  30 May.  It will operate i
  conjunction 
  with 
  both 
  regular Star Fleet forces 
  (retraining) and the Star 
  Fleet Academy Training Command (midshipman 
  training) on Terra.  In time it will become the 
  Academy’s official training starship. 
   
  - 12 - 
  
  2239 
  • 
  The Federation outpost on Caleb IV is attacked without 
  provocation by a Klingon battle group testing a 
  prototype cloaking system.  The test fails to go as 
  planned and the Klingons are quickly routed by 
  Federation forces.  This incident marks the return of 
  the Klingons in force to the Federation border. 
  • 
  The Battle of Donatu V (results inconclusive). 
  • 
  One of the side benefits of the duotronics 
  breakthrough is the development of the universal 
  translator.  This will be quickly adopted for use by Star 
   
  2240
  • 
  • 
   class cutter 
  • 
  t
   
  Fleet vessels and landing parties. 
  • 
  The Aurelians become the first intelligent avian race to 
  join the Federation. 
   
  • 
  The Larson class destroyer 
  enters service. 
  The Nelson class scout enters 
  service. 
  The Frobisher
  enters service. 
  Star Fleet cancels the remainder of its order for 100 
  Fraternity class (modified Independence class) 
  ransports even though only 14 have been delivered.  
  At this time it feels it has more than enough 
  transports to fulfill Federation needs.  Star Fleet will 
  regret this decision in the years to come. 
  2241
  i
  • 
  k 
  more under serious 
  .  Among the new 
  ula and Kiaga class 
   the Kearsarge class 
  • 
  rs service. 
  • 
  r Kodos has already murdered.  
  • 
  T
  r.  11 more will be re-
  • 
  r 
  of 
  the 
  Klingon Empre has given his 
  blessing for an all-out war.  The 
  • 
  Pavel Andreievich Chekov is born 19 September on 
  Terra in Pushkino, Russia. 
  224
  • 
  will 
  tes than any other given 
  • 
  issioned as an officer in 
  om Star Fleet Academy. 
  • 
  xplicably travels through 
  ission in only 33 days. 
   
  2243 
  • 
  s in excess of 
  the “time barrier” of Warp 6.  These will not enter 
   
  • 
  The Star Fleet White Paper for this year notes the 
  nitial success of the early Class I program starships, 
  most notably the Constitution class heavy cruisers.  It 
  calls for a “third wave” of Class I starships to be built 
  as soon as possible due to the Klingon threat.  It also 
  notes that due to budget and yard constraints the 
  first of these new classes cannot enter service until 
  2244 at the earliest, assuming construction begins 
  immediately. 
  In light of the growing hostilities with the Klingon 
  Empire the Federation Council gives Star Fleet a blan
  check for its Class I starship program.  At least a half-
  dozen new Class I designs are authorized for 
  immediate construction, with 
  consideration for future building
  classes authorized are the Ak
  perimeter action ships, as well as
  light cruiser. 
  The Eagle class civilian starliner ente
  The Tarsus IV Massacre.  The Merchant Marine 
  freighter SS Dierdre is the first on the scene with 
  relief supplies, albeit too late to save the 4000 
  colonists that Governo
  Kodos disappears in the ensuing riot.  Eventually, a 
  body burned beyond recognition is found and claimed 
  to be his.  Among the survivors are two boys, James 
  Kirk and Kevin Riley, who were visiting relatives on the 
  colony prior to the imposition of martial law. 
  • 
  Star Fleet Intelligence begins receiving reports of a 
  new battlecruiser in Klingon service.  These initial 
  reports mislead analysts to believe that the new class 
  is no more effective than the current D-5 Dupat class. 
  he size of the Surya class is reduced to a more 
  reasonable 28 hulls on orde
  authorized two months before construction begins on 
  the first. 
  Unknown 
  to 
  the 
  Federation, 
  Chancellor 
  Kar’harme
  Klingons begin massing forces along 
  their shared border with the 
  Federation. 
   
  2 
  • 
  The Cochrane class colonial transport enters service. 
  The Loknar class frigate enters service.  This class 
  as a whole see more action than any other Federation 
  starship class during the Four Years War.  It is based 
  on the NX-cruiser design study of the 2150s.  It will 
  also prove to be a favorite with Star Fleet’s Andorian 
  contingent (aka “the Blue Fleet”).  More Andorians will 
  serve on Loknar class friga
  Class I starship design to date. 
  Montgomery Scott is comm
  Star Fleet upon graduation fr
  The survey cruiser Wells ine
  time, completing a three-year m
  Dr. Lawrence Marvick is one of the principal designers 
  of the PB-32 circumferential warp engine.  This is the 
  first to allow sustained cruising speed
  - 13 - 
  
  Star Fleet service until the start of the Bonhomme 
  • 
   
  2244 
  • 
  • 
   
  • 
   He is 
  the first Vulcan to join in 
  Star Fleet in the normal 
  dor Sarek of Vulcan, is outraged by 
  peak to each other 
  the next two decades. 
  E
   in Star Fleet were 
  ers
  “
  • 
  adulterous affair and taking their 
  daughter Joanna with her. 
  • 
  Captain Robert April, who has replaced the infirmed 
  William van Anling as officer in charge of the Class I 
  Program, is promoted to commodore and accepts an 
  appointment as Federation ambas
  an honor for the program’s 
  Command lets Commodore April pick t
  of his former command, the starshi
  • 
  Commodore 
  April 
  picks
  Commander Christopher R. Pike, 
  the new executive officer of the 
  destroyer Darius, as the new 
  captain of the Enterprise.  At age 
  33, this will make Pike the 
  youngest starship captain in Star 
  Fleet history at the time. 
  • 
  • 
  de to present an updated version of its 
  • 
  • 
  Klingon’s S-Graph FTL engine 
   
  2245 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  Terra for her first ESLP 
  overhaul.  It is expected to take eleven months to 
  complete.  It is at this time that Pike formally receives 
   
  • 
  • 
  , Commander George 
  • 
   
  expected war between the two interstellar powers. 
  Richard heavy cruiser program. 
  DD495 series drydocks are phased out of service. 
  The Pompey class heavy destroyer enters service. 
  The Surya class frigate enters service. 
  • 
  The Canopus class research ship enters service.
  • 
  All Deodryat class heavy destroyers are reclassified as 
  heavy scouts following the introduction of the Pompey 
  class starships. 
  Spock of Vulcan enrolls in 
  Star Fleet Academy against 
  his father’s wishes. 
  “human” manner.  His 
  father, Ambassa
  Spock’s choice.  The two will not s
  again for 
  (NOT :  All previous Vulcans serving
  either pre-Charter naval transf
   or exchanges 
  arranged by the Vulcan Academy of Sciences.) 
  • 
  Space bag” protective gear becomes standard on all 
  Star Fleet vessels. 
  Dr. Leonard Horatio McCoy enlists in 
  Star Fleet after his wife walks out on 
  him, having been caught in an 
  sador-at-large.  As 
  success, Star Fleet 
  he next captain 
  p Enterprise. 
   
  • 
  A Klingon sneak attack at Tassem-Loki III is ample proof 
  of the Empire’s new intentions toward the Federation.  
  Star Fleet begins staging additional forces along the 
  border in anticipation of a full-bore Klingon attack. 
  The Arcanis IV Massacre almost triggers the Four 
  Years War two years early. 
  In light of increasing hostilities with the Klingon 
  Empire, Star Fleet’s Starship Design Bureau requests 
  Arbing and Lid
  dreadnought proposal.  The intent is to begin 
  construction as soon as Federation Council approval is 
  granted.  The outbreak of the Four Years War will 
  prevent this from happening. 
  The Brass Ring Incident takes place on the Federation-
  Romulan border. 
  The USS Lovell manages to salvage a crashed Klingon 
  scout ship.  Much is gleaned from the wreckage 
  concerning the 
  technology. 
  A second block of Class I heavy cruisers is authorized 
  for construction.  This will become the Bonhomme 
  Richard class. 
  The Kearsarge class light cruiser enters service. 
  PXK pergium fission reactors are phased out of use in 
  the Federation around this time. 
  Auroral plague strikes Dramia II.  A Star Flee
  • 
  t medical 
  mission lead by Lt. Leonard McCoy is unsuccessful in 
  determining the cause of the plague.  Only a handful of 
  the population survives. 
  • 
  The heavy cruiser Enterprise is laid up at San 
  Fransisco Navy Yards at 
  his assignment orders from Commodore April
  transferring him to the Enterprise.  April then gives 
  Pike a personal tour of his new command. 
  Among those involved with the Enterprise’s overhaul is 
  Lt. Montgomery Scott.  This will be his first encounter 
  with the Enterprise, but by no means his last. 
  Future Star Fleet captain James T. Kirk gets his first 
  exposure to life in space as a cargo hauler aboard an 
  industrial freighter.  His father
  Kirk, was instrumental in arranging the job for him. 
  Star Fleet notices a massive buildup of Klingon forces
  around the Axanar star system.  They correctly 
  interpret this as setting the stage for the long-
   
  - 14 - 
  
  - 15 - 
  2246-22
  T
  50 
  he Four Years War 
  • 
   
   
  NOTE: 
  For the Klingon perspective on the Four Years 
  ight 
  n Empire. 
   
  War, 
  please 
  consult 
  the 
  Federation 
  Spacefl
  Chronology Supplement A:  The Klingo
   
  2246 
  ion ship enters service. 
  e Star Fleet Academy.  
   Robert April, an old 
  • 
  Gulliver is destroyed by a 
  xanar.  This event marks 
  • 
  lmingly superior 
  uted Federation 
  om mounting a 
  eration border 
  d and receive a 
  • 
  • 
  p 
   Star Fleet’s first 
  he building of the 
  construction and 
  ent of the Coronado 
  • 
   is cut short due 
  • 
   weapons system.  That 
  he phaser cannon.  Its one and only 
   
  • 
  The Akula class perimeter act
  • 
  James T. Kirk is admitted to th
  He is sponsored by Commodore
  family friend. 
  The Federation scout vessel 
  Klingon task force staging at A
  the opening act of the Four Years War. 
  Captain Kelvar Garth, commander 
  of 
  the 
  Marklin 
  class 
  heavy 
  destroyer Xenophon and overall 
  commander of a hastily assembled 
  squadron of Star Fleet vessels, 
  makes a name for himself at the 
  First Battle of Axanar.  His brilliant 
  battle tactics in the face of overwhe
  Klingon forces results in an undisp
  victory.  It also prevents the Klingons fr
  devastating “first strike” against Fed
  forces.  For this Garth will be decorate
  battlefield promotion to the rank of fleet captain.  
  Garth’s victory at Axanar will be studied at the Star 
  Fleet Academy for decades to come. 
  The Federation formally declares war with the Klingons 
  due to the situation in the Axanar star system. 
  All four starships of 
  the Santee class are 
  hurriedly 
  assembled 
  from off-the-shelf Class I and Class II starshi
  components.  They will comprise
  dedicated shuttlecarriers since t
  Illustrious.  Experience gained in their 
  operation will lead to the developm
  class through-deck cruiser. 
  The planned overhaul of the Enterprise
  to the war.  The ship is hurriedly put back together for 
  action against the Klingons.  The refit has proceeded 
  long enough, though, for the Enterprise to be fitted 
  with new PB-31 warp engines prior to reassembly and 
  departure from spacedock. 
  • 
  Among those assigned to the Enterprise before it 
  ships out is Lt. Montgomery Scott, by his own 
  request.  He is assigned as junior assistant engineer 
  under Chief Engineer Caitlin Barry. 
  Phaser technology (PHASed Energy Rectification) is 
  perfected.  It will take another two years to develop 
  the necessary support systems so Star Fleet vessels 
  can be upgraded with this new
  will not stop Star Fleet from developing a prototype 
  weapon known as t
  deployment will be the new Kiaga class perimeter 
  action ship already under construction. 
   
  2247 
  • 
  Axanar also results in a 
  Federation victory.  This is Captain Pike’s first action 
  as a starship commander earns him a commendation 
  from Captain Garth.  Klingon forces have penetrated 
  elsewhere along the border, though, and continue to 
  make significant inroads into Federation space.   
  • 
  The Federation suffers heavy losses at the Battles of 
  GR-1 and Nozseca VIII. 
  • 
  The Battle of Revonet, also known as the Attack on 
  Convoy Y-162, ends in a Federation victory.  It also 
  marks the end of all major Klingon advances into 
  Federation space for the time being. 
  • 
  Star Fleet establishes the Zone of Transport Escort 
  ttacks and 
  • 
  he 
  • 
  By this time enough dedicated Class I military designs 
  have entered service for Star Fleet to withdraw the 
  Constitution class heavy cruisers from the front lines.  
  They are returned to survey and exploration duties. 
  • 
  Dr. Leonard McCoy sees action during the Four Years 
  War as a surgeon aboard the USS Hood (NCC-1707). 
  The Second Battle of 
  over a large region of Federation space along the 
  border.  This restricts the movement of civilian 
  shipping within the war zone as well as providing for 
  armed escorts for all Federation shipping operating 
  within the Zone.  This act not only saves the 
  Federation’s transport capability but also significantly 
  cuts down on the number of pirate a
  unexplained starship disappearances.  The Zone of 
  Transport Escort will remain in effect for the rest of 
  the Four Years War. 
  • 
  All contact is lost with the 
  old UESPA deep space 
  probe Friendship One. 
  The Klingons suffer their worst defeat yet in t
  Nostveg Engagement.  Star Fleet losses are minimal in 
  comparison.  The presence of the newly deployed Kiaga 
  class perimeter action ship, with its prototype phaser 
  cannon, is the deciding factor in the battle. 
  
  • 
  A young Lieutenant Spock is assigned to the Enterprise 
  e’s first official five-year mission. 
  • 
  Starbase 25 begins operations.  It is the unofficial 
  “quarter-century” mark in Star Fleet’s ongoing and 
   
  as part of Captain Pik
  oft-delayed starbase construction program. 
  • 
  The Coventry class frigate enters service. 
  2248 
  • 
  first major ground 
  tar Fleet Marines 
  ,000 Klingons led 
   The fight to 
  • 
  s are 
  dly mauled survivors limping 
    Star Fleet losses are three 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
   
   
  • 
  Phaser weapon upgrades begin in earnest on all Star 
  Fleet vessels, with priority given to those on the war 
  front and to new builds.  This technology automatically 
  makes a Star Fleet vessel more powerful in battle than 
  its Klingon counterpart.  It will have a telling effect on 
  the outcome of the war. 
  • 
  New phaser-equipped starships are the key to the 
  Federation victory at the Battle of Thranstor.  The 
  attacking Klingon fleets are thoroughly routed 
  attempting their deepest penetration ever of 
  Federation space.  Star Fleet goes on the offensive. 
  • 
  James T. Kirk becomes the 
  first Star Fleet Academy 
  iginal 
  • 
  e caused, among other things, 
   War. 
  • 
  n Finney, is reprimanded and 
  • 
  his program is designed 
  lass suited for fleet command 
  • 
   service. 
  K
  or 
  The Battle of Sinbad IV includes the 
  action of the Four Years War, with S
  taking on an occupation force of 30
  by a crack Imperial Guard battalion. 
  liberate the planet eventually ends in a Federation 
  victory, with Klingon forces fighting to the last man.  
  The events of this hard-fought action will become the 
  stuff of legend among the Star Fleet Marines, ranking 
  in the same pantheon of stories as the campaign to 
  liberate Alpha Centauri during the Earth-Kzin Wars.   
  Meanwhile, up in orbit above Delgon-R, the major 
  moon of Sinbad IV, a nine-ship Klingon task force 
  charged with defending the planet is attacked head-on 
  by the Federation Sixth Fleet.  In the space of 30 
   of the Klingon ship
  minutes all but three
  destroyed, with the ba
  away as fast as they can.
  starships destroyed, two crippled, and the rest of the 
  fleet receiving light to moderate damage. 
  The Battle of Sinbad IV marks the turning point of the 
  Four Years War.  The Klingons Imperial Navy has 
  penetrated as deep as 15 parsecs into the Federation 
  in some places; however, its supply lines are strained 
  and its resources are overtaxed. 
  • 
  The 
  Miranda 
  class 
  cruiser enters service. 
  The Bonhomme Richard 
  class 
  heavy 
  cruiser 
  enters service. 
  • 
  The Agilis class perimeter attack ship enters service. 
  • 
  Star Fleet General Order 7 is enacted, prohibiting 
  contact with the natives of Talos IV on pain of death.  
  This almost immediately follows a volatile encounter 
  between the Talosians and Captain Christopher Pike of 
  the starship Enterprise. 
  The Klingons use chlortheragen nerve gas for the first 
  time in action at Rudgur III. 
  Hikaru Sulu is accepted to Star Fleet Academy. 
  The Aakenn class freighter enters service. 
  2249
  midshipman to beat its 
  infamous Kobayashi Maru 
  training simulation.  His 
  unorthodox solution had 
  the virtue of having never been tried.  It earns him his 
  first-ever Star Fleet commendation – for or
  thinking. 
  Wartime conditions hav
  the reduction of the Star Fleet Academy officer 
  training program from four years to just two.  James 
  T. Kirk earns an early commission as a Star Fleet 
  ensign this year due to the Four Years
  • 
  Disagreements with the chief surgeon of the Hood 
  cause Dr. Leonard McCoy to request and be granted a 
  transfer to the Star Fleet Surgeon General’s office.  
  He will undertake numerous planetary medical 
  missions, write several books, and earn a second 
  doctorate (in pathology) during this time. 
  Ensign James T. Kirk earns his second Star Fleet 
  commendation by preventing a near-fatal explosion and 
  saving the lives of 10 crewmen aboard the training 
  starship Republic (NCC-1371).  The officer-in-charge, 
  Commander Benjami
  reduced in rank. 
  Project Citadel is enacted.  T
  to develop a starship c
  ship operations.  It will eventually result in the 
  development of the Balsom and Citadel class starships, 
  as well as the later uprated Nordenskjold auxiliary 
  command cruiser program. 
  The Chariot class civilian cargo hauler enters
  • 
  The Federation gets a major intelligence break due to 
  the defection of Admiral Komex, one of the leading 
  lingon commanders on the war front.  Among the 
  data Komex shares are the locations of both maj
  Klingon supply bases in the war zone. 
  - 16 - 
  
  225
  • 
  • 
  ion 
  he Klingon 
  occupation and supply fleets.  The Klingons have no 
  choice but to begin retreating towards the border. 
  • 
  The Treaty of Axanar between the Federation and the 
  Klingons ends the Four Years War. 
  • 
  Among the ranks of the Federation delegation to 
  Axanar is Ensign James T. Kirk.  He will receive the 
  Palm Leaf of the Axanar Peace Mission by virtue of his 
  presence.  The end of the Four Years War will find Kirk 
  promoted to lieutenant by the time he returns to 
  Earth.  Many other newly minted Star Fleet officers 
  receive comparable promotions at this time. 
  • 
  By this time phasers and photon torpedoes have 
  replaced lasers and fusion torpedoes on all Star Fleet 
  vessels. 
  • 
   
  • 
  • 
  • 
  ty status in order to 
  r fo
  d during the Four Years 
  ve phaser and warp engine 
  a
  urn to duty. 
   
  0 
  Researchers at the Vulcan Academy of Sciences 
  develop an antidote to chlortheragen poisoning. 
  In the Battles of Grank and Kolm-an, Star Fleet 
  destroys both Klingon supply bases within Federat
  space as well as large portions of t
  • 
  Lt. James T. Kirk serves as an instructor 
  at Star Fleet Academy while awaiting a 
  starship posting. 
  Advances in phaser technology have 
  developed to the point where portable 
  single-operator units become available.  The first of 
  these is the Type IV phaser rifle, which is quickly 
  distributed to all Star Fleet vessels.  The “40mm” 
  hand laser pistol, a Star Fleet standard sidearm for 
  decades, remains in service until the Agronska 30
  handheld phaser is developed in 2260. 
  Star Fleet’s starship classification system is 
  reformatted to more clearly define classes and mission 
  designs, as well as offer better comparison with 
  Klingon designs. 
  Hikaru Sulu graduates early from Star Fleet Academy 
  due to the Four Years War.  He is in the top 5% of his 
  class, with majors in astrophysics and tactical 
  weaponry. 
  • 
  Lt. James T. Kirk is assigned to the heavy cruiser 
  Farragut (NCC-1702), under the command of Captain 
  Garrovick. 
  Five Caracal class cruisers are taken from the Star 
  Fleet Reserve and returned to du
  cove
  r fleet losses suffere
  War.  They will recei
  upgr des prior to their ret
   
  Klingon B-1 
   
  Starbase One (c.2240) 
   
  Jul’kar  class battleship 
   
  A squadron of Class I heavy cruisers on patrol (c.2245) 
   
   
  nterprise (NCC-1701) on her way to the Second Battle 
  f Axanar (2247), sporting her new PB-31 warp engines 
   
  U.S.S. E
  o
   
  An Independence class freighter under attack (2248) 
  - 17 - 
  
  STAR FLEET STARSHIPS 
   
  CON
  HEAV
  STITUTION  CLASS 
  Y CRUISER 
  SERV E
   
  IC  ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2222 
   
   
  The 
  st
  ue to the 
  exploit  o
  on class 
  starships
  were
  s
  g in both 
  the mi ta
  r-century 
  of their s
  and chart
  Federatio
  War with
  role, in w
  fought.  
  mos
  Constituti
  once mor
  and returned to assignments more
  cons
  ct
  the 
   
   
  The Cons
  Star
  e
  year
  I
  extended
  basi
  s
  its a
  it
  service li
  starship c
  theoretic
  ven pro
  eme stresses.  
  s a whole, though, the Starship Design Bureau rated the 
  lifespan for a Constitution class heavy cruiser at three-quarters 
  of a century (75 Terran years).  This allowed for both irregular 
  hull and frame stressing during extreme missions and periodic 
  overhauls of both major and minor ship’s components and 
  onboard systems.  An approximate 25-year cycle was 
  established for major overhauls and changeouts of all critica
  starship components.  Thes
  linear warp refits of the late 2260s and early 2270s lasting 2½ 
  years).  In the meantime, minor overhauls (6-9 months) would 
  occur after every five-year mission while ship’s stores were 
  being replenished and its personnel rotated.  A Class I heavy 
  cruiser could thus serve Star Fleet in this manner for 75-80 
  years before being placed in ready reserve for another 20-30 
  years before final decommissioning.  This meant Star Fleet could 
  always count on having a fleet of spaceworthy starships at its 
  disposal – a luxury that it had never enjoyed before.  The 
  Constitution class heavy cruisers were t
  e wisdom of such planning.  Extended service life program 
  (ESLP) refits, such as those pioneered with the Constitution 
  class, are now a standard part of Star Fleet support operations. 
   
  It had been the original intent of Star Fleet to refit all 
  Constitution class starships with PB-31 warp engines starting 
  around 2245.  This would have taken place during their first 
  regularly scheduled ESLP refit.  The outbreak of the Four Years 
  War in 2246 changed all that.  Starships that had already been 
  docked for their ESLP refits were hurriedly put back together 
  and sent to the war front with their original PB-18 warp 
  engines.  Because of this, Constitution (NCC-1700) and 
  Enterprise (NCC-1701) were the only two Class I heavy cruisers 
  that received PB-31 warp engines prior to the war, since their 
  refits were already well underway when the war broke out.   The
  others w
  war, by which time the new PB-32 had passed Star Fleet 
  acceptance tests.  The remainder of the Constitution class 
  received PB-32 warp engines during post-war ESLP refits.  
  Constitution and Enterprise had to wait until 2260 for theirs. 
   
  Two additional build groups of the Constitution class were 
  authorized as part of Star Fleet’s expansion during and after the 
  Four Years War.  These are often referred to as the Bonhomme 
  Richard and Achernar sub-classes due to slight variances in
  d
  engines
  fited with PB-47s and an early version of Star Fleet’s modern
  dual-purpose deflector grid system. 
   
  There is only one “original” Constitution class heavy cruiser still 
  in Star Fleet.  The Potemkin (NCC-1711) was converted to a 
  training ship shortly after the Four Years War.  It became the 
  main Class I training starship after the decommissioning (and 
  subsequent scrapping) of the aged Class I prototype Republic 
  (NCC-1371) in 2257.  It never received a linear warp refit due 
  to its training vessel status.  The Potemkin was decommissioned 
  earlier this year and placed in the Star Fleet Reserve.  Plans are 
  already underway to convert it to a museum ship at Memory 
  Alpha within the next few years.  Its retirement marks the end 
  of one of the most pivotal eras in Star Fleet starship history. 
    
  mo  famous of all Class I starships, largely d
  s
  f the Enterprise (NCC-1701), the Constituti
   were the original backbone of the Class I fleet.  They 
   de igned to be true multi-mission ships, excellin
  li ry and exploration roles.  For the first quarte
  ervice lives they were the great explorers, surveying 
  ing much of what remained of unexplored space within 
  n borders (and sometimes without).  The Four Years 
   the Klingon Empire called upon them in the military 
  hich they distinguished themselves in every battle they 
  Upgrades to phaser weaponry in 2247 made them the 
  t powerful capital ships of their time.  The valuable 
  on class was removed from the war front, though, 
  e dedicated combat Class I starships became available, 
   worthy of their multi-mission 
  tru ion.  They would continue operating in this manner for 
  rest of their service lives. 
  titution class was not the first starship class to serve 
   Fle t beyond a standard service lifespan of 30 Terran 
  s.  t was, however, the first in which the concept of an 
   service life far beyond the norm was applied on a class 
   opposed to s
  s (a
  elected ships).  This was made possible by 
  ll-tr itanium hull and frame, which had already extended the 
  ves of the older Horizon, Archon, and Baton Rouge era 
  lasses.  The base frame of a Class I heavy cruiser had a 
  al service lifespan of a century (100 Terran years) 
  per maintenance and no exposure to extr
  gi
  A
  l 
  e would usually last 1-2 years (the 
  he first to demonstrate 
  th
   
  ould have to wait for upgraded engines until after the 
   
  esign.  Bonhomme Richard was the first with PB-32 warp 
   “out of the yard,” while Achernar was the first to be 
   
  - 18 - 
  
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 290 m 
   
  VISUALS: 
   
  Beam:  ……………………………
  Draft:  …………………….……
  …….……
  ………… 127 m 
  …………… 73 m 
  ……..190,000 DWT 
  ……………………….… 430 
  rs at L.Y.V. 
    Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
        2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First starship class in Star Fleet’s new Class I 
  program. 
  • 
  First Star Fleet starship class with a projected 75+ 
  year service lifespan. 
  Mass:  … ……………
  Crew …………………
  Range:  ………………………... 18 light-yea
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………
   
  SCHEMATICS:  
   
   
  Constitution as built (c.2220s) 
  sporting her original PB-18C warp engines  
   
   
  Constitution after first ESLP refit (c.2240s-2250s) 
  sporting PB-31 warp engines 
   
   
  Constitution after Bonhomme Richard upgrade (c.2260) 
  sporting PB-32 warp engines and a retooled primary hull 
   
   
  CONSTITUTION DESIGN BY WALTER M.JEFFRIES 
  SCHEMATICS COURTESY OF THE STARSHIP SCHEMATICS DATABASE 
  (DERIVED FROM THE WORK OF TODD GUENTHER AND ARIDAS SOFIA) 
  VISUALS COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES, BATTLECLINIC.COM, & WARPED9 
   
  U.S.S. Potemkin (NCC-1711) as she is today (2295) 
   
   
  A rare shot of a Constitution class starship 
  firing on a planetary ground-based target 
   
   
  Front-on view of an original Constitution class starship.  This 
  appears to be the post-war Constitution or Enterprise based on 
  the visual evidence.  Note the enlarged deflector dish and canted 
  intercoolers indicative of a PB-31/32 series warp engine.  Only 
  Constitution and Enterprise retained oversized deflector dishes 
  after their first ESLP refits. 
   
  - 19 - 
  
  SALADIN  CLASS DESTROYER & 
  HERMES  CLASS SCOUT 
  SER
   
  VICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2224 
   
   
  These e
  ass destro
  out of the Baton Rouge era.  
  ecessors, the Saladin and Hermes had more 
   and interior design due to their lack 
  of a secondary hull.  The Saladin was intended to be an 
  inexpensive fleet combatant and picket ship, patrolling 
  Federation borders and responding to situations where the 
  presence of a cruiser-class vessel was not required.  The 
  Hermes, based on the same hull, played the role of fleet scout 
  and was fitted with the most sophisticated sensor, surveillance, 
  and ELINT/ECM/ECCM packages of
   
  The single-nacelled design, though, was not without its
  problems.  Even as early as its Baton Rouge ancestors there had 
  been intermittent problems with warp field instabilities above 
  Warp 5.  Early Saladin and Hermes class starships were plagued 
  by total warp field collapse any time they attempted to exceed 
  Warp 6, usually resulting in the dreaded “wormhole effect.” 
  Unfortunately
  done due to t
  design.  Subsequent duotronic 
  alleviate but not completely solve these instability problems.  The
  end result was a one-in-four chance of creating a wormhole 
  whenever the Warp 6 threshold was exceeded.  This issue would 
  not be completely resolved until Star Fleet’s linear warp 
  technology program came on line in the 2260s.  Be that as it 
  may, though, it was this inherent instability that also made th  
  single-na
  both sim
  the legendary Klingon D-6 battlecruiser, which was in itself a
  considerable accomplishment – provided, of course, its warp
  field didn’t collapse into a
  soon fou
  s
  with Klingon forces during the Four Years War.  Eventually, 
  though a design was found that could give Saladin combat 
  performance without the Saladin’s notorious warp field issues.  
  That design would be the Larson class destroyer. 
   is often difficult to tell the difference between a Saladin and 
  ll.  Most of the Hermes class and its spin-offs 
  tensive phaser upgrades after the Four Years War
  giving them a phaser capacity equivalent to a Saladin.  The key 
  difference, though, is that a Hermes lacks photon torpedo tubes.  
  This is true even of the linear warp refit version.  Space that 
  would have been occupied by photon launching assemblies is 
  instead taken up by its extensive electronics and sensor suite. 
   
  The Saladin and Hermes class starships have reached the end of 
  their projected service lives.  They are currently scheduled to be 
  decommissioned and scrapped beginning this year (2295), their 
  fleet roles now performed by newer and more able designs. 
   
  w re the Class I descendants of the single-nacelled Drake 
  yer and Cook class sc
  cl
  Like their pred
  specialized mission profiles
   its day. 
   
   
  , there was a whole lot of nothing that could be 
  he lack of a counterbalancing engine in the ship’s 
  computer upgrades helped 
   
  e
  celled Class I starship such an excellent combatant.  In 
  ulation and practice a Saladin could always outmaneuver 
   
   
   wormhole first.  Saladin commanders 
  nd ways to use this tendency to wormhole at high warp 
  peed to their advantage on several occasions during combat 
  It
  Hermes hu
  received ex
  , 
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 242 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 60 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….…………. 95,000 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….. 200 
  Range:  ………………………... 9 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes (Saladin only) 
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First single-nacelled Class I starship design 
   
  VISUALS: 
   
   
  U.S.S. Saladin (NCC-500) after first ESLP upgrade (c.2250). 
  The Hermes class scouts were virtually identical to the Saladin 
  class destroyers after this upgrade save for the telling lack of 
  on t
    
  phot
  orpedo armament. 
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
   
  SALADIN AND HERMES DESIGN BY FRANZ JOSEPH SCHNAUBELT 
  SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  VISUALS BY JASON “VEKTOR” LEE, HEATH COOP, AND “THE RED ADMIRAL” 
  - 20 - 
  
  PTOLEMY  CLASS TRANSPORT/TUG 
  AND CONTAINER SYSTEM  
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2224 
   
   
   
  The idea of a fleet transport combined with a standardized 
  modular cargo system was not new.  Star Fleet had been using 
  such transports ever since the founding of the Federation, with 
  the Watt being the best known and most popular.  Be that as it 
  may, the Watt was by now too old and too slow to adequately 
  support the new Class I fleet.  Starfleet found its answer in the 
  Ptolemy class transport/tug, itself based on Class I components.   
   
  Star Fleet had already been looking for a suitable replacement 
  for its aging Watt class transport/tugs for some time.  The 
  Swiftsure proposal at the turn of the century had come the 
  e
  ) 
  ere authorized as replacements.    Once the Ptolemy class was 
  eing retired to the Star Fleet Reserve as they reach the end of 
   lives, having ably fulfilled the role for which 
  to serve. 
  closest to acceptance but ultimately died due to lack of funds.  
  The abrupt termination of the Baton Rouge generation in favor of 
  the Class I Program also resulted in the cancellation of yet 
  another proposed transport/tug design (Liberty).  This meant 
  that the first wave of Class I starships had to include a new 
  transport/tug class by default, since Star Fleet could no longer 
  put off the issue.  The Starship Design Bureau’s solution was 
  both simple and elegant.  It was in essence a light cruiser with a 
  tractor tow pad (instead of a “stub” secondary hull) for towing 
  standardized cargo containers.  The amount it could to would be 
  limited only by the capabilities of its dual PB-18 warp engines. 
   
  With the new transports also came a new container system, 
  significantly larger and with greater volume than that used with 
  the old Watt class transport.  Initially there were only five 
  different Class I cargo containers:  bulk products, liquids, dry 
  goods, refrigerated goods, and personnel.  The personnel 
  container was also self-powered (via modern impulse engines) 
  and was designed to operate on its own as a sublight starliner.  
  Over time, a number of additional types of cargo container were 
  added:  colony transport, spare parts shipment, mobile repair 
  facility, and so on.  Three specialized containers developed in 
  support of fleet combat operations were the battle pod (giving a 
  tug dreadnought firepower), the carrier pod (turning a tug into a 
  fully functional shuttlecarrier), and the troop transport pod (in 
  support of planetary ground operations).  Even more would be 
  added in the decades that followed. 
  It became all too obvious during the Four Years War that not 
  nough Ptolemy class starships had been ordered to meet Star 
  Fleet’s wartime transport needs.  The Ptolemy class was pushed 
  well beyond its designed operational limits as a result.  The 
  operational stresses they endured during this time seemingly 
  made the Ptolemy class prime candidates for the scrapheap.  To 
  that end a second build group had been authorized (Keppler) and 
  several other transport/tug classes (Doppler, Dollond, et al
  w
  pulled from service, though, it was found that their hulls had not 
  degraded as much as had been thought.  Many would receive 
  linear warp refits in the 2270s, forming the spin-off Al-Rashid 
  class.  The remaining non-upgraded Ptolemy class starships are 
  b
  their normal service
  hey were designed 
  t
   
  SPE
   
   
  Cruising speed:  ..…
  ed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  a
  er banks 
   
  ions: 
  rst Class I transport/tug design to enter service 
  • 
  First starship designed for use with the new Class I 
  transport container system. 
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 222 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127.1 m
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 66 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………… 126,500 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 210 
  Range:  ………………………... 9 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  ……………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum spe
  Arm ment: ………………….……….. 4 phas
  Innovat
  • 
  Fi
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
  Ptolemy class transport 
   
  Al-Rashid linear warp upgrade 
   
   
  PTOLEMY AND CONTAINER DESIGNS BY FRANZ JOSEPH SCHNAUBEL
  VISUALS BY W. J. C
  T 
  SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  ASMIR AND “THE RED ADMIRAL” 
  - 21 - 
  
  MARKLIN  CLASS 
  HEAVY DESTROYER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2228 
   
   
   
  The Marklin class heavy destroyer was the first Class I take on
  tar Fleet’s tried-and-true philosophy of the heavy-firepower-
  a
  estroyer.  Operational experience with earlier Baton Rouge 
  w
  f 
  e main sensor array topside, where it was wedged inside an 
  mpulse deck concept was 
  s starships to victimize Admiral 
  horzetta’s fleet.  Massive photon torpedo volleys tore large 
  rmations.  Garth’s lesser-armed starships 
  e attack, with a Marklin as escort providing 
  Khor
   
  prev
  what
   
   
  S
  foreward combatant.  In truth, though, it was not a Class I 
  starship in origin.  Its beginnings are firmly rooted in the Baton 
  Rouge generation of Star Fleet vessels, being the last such 
  design approved by the Federation Council for construction.  It 
  was designed to replace the Deodryat in the role of heavy fleet 
  combatant.  Operational experience with the Deodryat had led to 
   number of changes in Star Fleet requirements for a heavy 
  d
  generation starship classes were also incorporated into the 
  design.  The lead ship was just about to begin construction when 
  ord came down in 2218 that the Class I Program had been 
  approved.  Rather than lose the momentum and resources that 
  had been allocated for the Marklin class, Star Fleet instead 
  elected to convert it to Class I specifications while still “in the 
  dock,” as it were.  This resulted in a six year delay while various 
  conversions were evaluated before a final design was chosen. 
   
  Marklin as built differed considerably from the original Baton 
  Rouge proposal – or from any other Class I starship of the era, 
  for that matter.  Its most obvious difference was its “notched” 
  primary hull.  Inside this notch was crammed the primary hull’s 
  normal dual photon torpedo tubes.  This forced the relocation o
  th
  enlarged bridge housing.  Four more forward-firing tubes were 
  located on the front of the secondary hull, giving an impressive 
  total of six forward-facing tubes.  Two more faced aft, mounted 
  inside a raised housing over the shuttle bay.  This was a first at 
  the time and was an experiment of sorts in giving any would-be 
  pursuers second thoughts about a chase.  The most notable 
  difference, though, was the least obvious.  The Marklin’s 
  emergency hull separation was designed in such a manner as to 
  jettison only the secondary hull.  The main part of the ship, 
  comprising of the warp engines and the primary hull saucer, 
  were designed to separate as a single, combat-capable package. 
   
  For such a design to be as deliberately overgunned as the 
  Marklin it had to have a failing somewhere.  That failing was in 
  its split impulse deck.  The split i
  borrowed from the Kiaga class perimeter action ship.  These 
  were notorious for failures and usually only one was operational 
  at any given time.  In fact, it was common during operation 
  deployments for Marklin chief engineers to use only one impulse 
  deck and keep the other in reserve or strip it for parts as 
  needed in between base layovers.  It was a price Star Fleet was 
  willing to pay, though, given Marklin’s overall combat capability. 
   
  The Marklin design proved its capabilities without question in the 
  First Battle of Axanar at the beginning of the Four Years War.  A 
  group of Marklin class heavy destroyers, supplemented by 
  several other Class I starships, engaged and defeated a Klingon 
  invasion force despite overwhelming odds.  Captain Kelvar Garth 
  of the heavy destroyer Xenophon (NCC-1214), the squadron 
  leader and acting fleet commander, used the superior forward 
  firepower of his Marklin clas
  K
  gaps in the Klingon fo
  hen raced in for th
  t
  suppressing fire for these attack runs.  In this manner 
  zetta’s fleet was destroyed by Garth’s inferior forces, thus
  ke 
  enting a deep-penetration offensive into the Federation li
   had happened in the opening stages of the Romulan War. 
  SPE
   
  raft:  …………………….………………… 45.3 m 
  ……………….………..… 118,500 DWT 
  w
  1 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
   ………………….………..  5 phaser banks 
  8 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 191.4 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 106.2 m 
  D
  Mass:  … …
  Cre  …………………………………………… 21
  Range:  ………………………... 15 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Armament:
  SCHEMATICS:  
   
   
  ORIGINAL MARKLIN DESIGN BY DANA KNUTSON
  SCHEMATIC AND DESIGN MODIFI
    
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON 
  CATIONS BY RICHARD E. MANDEL 
  - 22 - 
  
  INDEPENDENCE  CLASS TRANSPORT 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALE
   
  NDAR):  2229 
  sels in the 
  ass I era.  They were officially designated as Class II starships 
  due to their auxiliary support role.  100 were originally 
  approved, and by 2240 there were 514 in service constructed 
  in six build groups.  That was the same year that the Federation 
  Council cancelled the remaining 86 ships in the Fraternity class 
  (the sixth build group) due to lack of apparent need.  Within six 
  years they would regret their decision due to the outbreak of 
  the Four Years War and more were quickly ordered.  They began 
  construction too late to help the existing fleet, however, and 
  what transports were not destroyed were worked well beyond 
  These were Star Fleet’s first major transport ves
  Cl
  their official limits for stress, cargo, and endurance. 
   
  The seventh build group, the Huron class, entered service after 
  the War.  It has a modified configuration and is sometimes 
  considered a class in its own right due to its size and noticeable 
  design changes.  The eighth and final group, the Condor class, is 
  currently awaiting approval by the Federation Council.  It 
  represents a linear warp retooling of the Independence class.  
  These will be all new builds, provided funding is granted for 
  construction. 
   
   
   
  The heavy cruiser Enterprise (NCC-1701) escorts 
  an Independence class transport (c.2248) 
    
   
  Huron class transport (c.2260) 
   
   
  Proposed Condor design (c.2295) 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 117 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 69 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 60 m 
  Mass:  ……………………….. 85,000 DWT full load 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 42 
  Range:  ………………………... 20 light-year at L.Y.V. 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 7 
  Armament: …………………………… 2 phaser banks 
   
  Innovations: 
  ship design in Star Fleet’s new Class II 
   
  • 
  First star
  program.
   
  VISU
   
  ALS: 
   
  Independence 
    
  class transport (c.2230) 
   
   
  Huron class transport (c.2260) 
   
   
  INDEPENDENCE DESIGN BY GEOFFERY MANDEL 
  HURON DESIGN BY DON KRISTIANSEN
  SCHEMATICS BY GEOFFERY MANDEL AND NEALE DAVIDSON
  VISUALS 
   
   
   
  AND CONDOR CONCEPT BY MATEEN GREENWAY  
    
   
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  CLASS II “CONTAINER SHIPS” 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2230 
   
  The “container ship” started as a civilian adaptation of Star 
  Fleet’s Class I transport container system for use as a quick-
  and-dirty freighter.  This was accomplished by means of a simple 
  latch-on control and propulsion module secured at both 
  container ends, the forward tractor grapple pad, and amidships.  
  A typical freight run for a “container ship” would proceed thus:  
  travel to an assigned pick-up point, latch onto the Class I 
  container in question by matching hull registry to shipping 
  orders, transport the container to its destination, then check in, 
  unlatch, and proceed to the next pick-up point.  A number of 
  “container ships” were also operated by independents with 
  fixed, multi-cargo, container-like hulls. 
   
  Several hundred of these inexpensive “container ships” were 
  requisitioned by Star Fleet Transport Command to help cover the 
  shortage of transports during the Four Years War.  They 
  continued in Star Fleet service until the introduction of additional 
  Class II transport/tug classes in the decades that followed.  The 
  last “container ship” with a Star Fleet registry was retired in 
  2274.  Hundreds of civilian versions, both the original latch-on 
  type and later dedicated-hull designs, still continue to ply the 
  ace lanes as of this date. 
   
  sp
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 223 m 
  Beam:  …………………………… 48 m (single hull) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  90 m (double hull) 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 40 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………… 153,000 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 140 
     (varies ±60 depending on cargo and configuration) 
  Range:  ……………………….… 7 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 4 
  Maximum
  Armament: ……
   
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Star Fleet use of a “strap-on” type fleet 
  transport (i.e. a transport container with engines) 
  • 
  One of the most common types of large transport in 
  Federation space still in service, including both single-
  hull and double-hull designs 
   
   speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 6 
  …………….………..  2 phaser banks 
   
  VISUALS: 
   
   
  Single-hull “container ship” 
   
   
  Double-hull “container ship” 
   
    
  Fixed (dedicated) single-hull civilian “container ship” 
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
    
    
   
  “CONTAINER SHIP” C
    
  ONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY STEPHEN V. COLE 
  (AMARILLO DESIGN BUREAU)  
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  SHERMAN  CLASS CARGO DRONE 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2235 
   
  The Sherman class has often been described as a “smaller, 
  meaner” version of the Independence class.  These were 
  designed from the start to operate entirely on automation in 
  relatively safe sectors of Federation space.  Interior spaces are 
  functional at best, although rudimentary accommodations were 
  provided in the event manual operations were required.  These 
  were intended primarily for colony and starbase supply but were 
  pressed to fill the transport gap during the Four Years War.  
  Five build groups were originally authorized and two older yet 
  similar classes were uprated to Sherman specifications.  Many 
  were also sold to private industry or the Federation Merchant 
  Marine.  The Sherman class drones still remain a familiar sight 
  n the spaceways, even though advances in bulk transporter 
  sses could be authorized for 
  onstruction.  The new Pershing class is little more than a linear 
  he venerable Sherman design.  A limited 
  e being built to replace older ships as they 
  eac
  in 
  whic
  t 
  also
  the 
   
  o
  technology (via subspace-transmitted mass patterns) have all 
  but rendered them obsolete. 
   
  There are at least two additional variations of the basic Sherman 
  design.  The Manhattan build group replaces the modular cargo 
  bays with a standard Class I transport container tow pad.  
  These were produced to assist the limited number of Class I 
  Ptolemy class transports in fleet support duties until the 
  Keppler and Doppler cla
  c
  warp upsizing of t
  umber of these ar
  n
  r
  h the end of their service lives for those support roles 
  h a cargo drone is still required.  The “Pershing refit” migh
   be applied to less aged members of the Sherman class in 
  future, pending Federation Council approval. 
  SPE
   
  rew ………………………………………….… 27 
  (normally automated) 
  Cruising speed:  ………………….….………  Warp 6 
  Arm
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 113 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 52 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 55 m 
  Mass:  ………………………………… 78,000 DWT 
  C
  Range:  ………………………. 20 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….………..  Warp 8 
  ament: ………………………….. 2 phaser banks 
   
   
   
   
   
  VISUAL: 
   
   
   
  SCHEMATICS: 
   
  Sherman class cargo drone (c.2240) 
   
   
  Manhattan class container transport (c.2250) 
   
   
  Pershing class cargo drone (c.2290) 
   
   
  SHERMAN  DESIGN BY DON KRISTIANSEN 
  MANHATTAN  CONCEPT BY HARRY DODDEMA 
  AS BOTH ILLUSTRATED BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  PERSHING CONCEPT AND ILLUSTRATION BY ERIC “JACKILL” KRISTIANSEN 
  VISUAL BY MATEEN GREENWAY 
   
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  LARSON  CLASS DESTROYER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2240 
   
  The roblems of the single-nacelle Class I starship vexed Star 
  Fleet’s Starship Design Bureau for years.  Such a vessel was 
  necessary for fleet operations, yet the inherent warp 
  instabilities of the design would by nature limit those very 
  operations.  That was something Star Fleet could not afford, so 
  the Starship Design Bureau devoted considerable time to solving 
  this problem.  Their first solution remains among the most 
  unique, mounting the warp engine on dual oversized canted 
  “wings,” for lack of a better word.  These eliminated the 
  crossflows that created warp field instabilities in a single-nacelle 
  starship.  This increased both the size and mass of the Larson; 
  however, it was a small price to pay for zero chance of a 
  wormhole above Warp 6.  The slanted boom design proved such 
  a success that the Larson quickly replaced the Saladin on Star 
  Fleet’s production schedule. 
  p
   It would eventually serve as the 
  asis for a number of sub-classes (such as the Shackleton class 
  rs and photon 
  rpedo magazines – a feature v in its 2270s era linear warp 
  b
  survey cruisers) and derivative designs (including the dual-engine 
  Derf class tender).  89 Larson class destroyers in six major build 
  groups have been authorized since the class entered service in 
  2240.  Practically all of the survivors (from war, attrition, 
  mission losses, etc.) continue in Star Fleet service today. 
   
  The secondary hull of the Larson is not designed in the same 
  manner as Anton derived designs.  There are no dual shuttle 
  bays, since this space is taken up by an extended impulse deck.  
  Instead, as many non-essential subsystems as possible have 
  been removed from the primary hull and placed in here, as well 
  as in the canted booms.  This extra space in the Larson’s 
  primary hull is used for extra phaser capacito
  to
  refit. 
   
  SPE
   
   
  Mass:  … ………………….……………115,000 DWT 
   
   
   
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Class I starship with canted engine pylons 
  • 
  Most successful of the Class I single-nacelle designs 
  • 
  One of the few Star Fleet starship class named after a 
  military hero (Admiral William Larson, hero of the 
  Triangle Campaign during the Romulan War) 
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 271 m
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 132 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   84 m 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 230 
  Range:  ………………………... 20 light-years at L.Y.V.
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8
  VISUALS: 
   
   
   
   
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
  Original configuration (2240) 
   
   
  Current configuration (2295) 
    
   
  LARSON DESIGN BY DANA KNUTSON
  INSPIRED BY THE SALADIN BY FRANZ JOSEPH SCHNAUBEL
  VISUALS COURTE
   
  T 
  SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  SY OF TED W. GIEBEL AND BATTLECLINIC.COM 
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  NELSON  CLASS SCOUT 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2240 
   
   
   
  The Nelson represented an alternate take to the Larson in 
  solving the warp instabilities inherent with a single-nacelle 
  design.  In this case the underslung engine arrangement was 
  retained but the single support pylon was replaced by two small 
  canted ones.  This doubled the effective radiator area of the 
  warp engine.  It was admittedly not as an effective solution as 
  that which had been used with the Larson; however, it was 
  obviously more cost-effective.  The Nelson class were also the 
  first Class I scouts to be fitted with photon torpedo tubes, 
  making them the operational equivalent of their destroyer 
  brethren insofar as fleet operations were concerned.  Most of 
  the time, though, they carried an extensive and varied 
  ssortment of probes and only a small number of torpedoes 
   starships.  Upgraded vessels of the Nelson class have 
  placed all retired Hermes class starships as of the date this 
  d (2295).  Many still remain in reserve in 
   configuration, though, ready to be returned 
   se
   
  a
  sufficient for defensive purposes. 
   
  The Nelson soon replaced the Hermes as the standard Class I 
  scout design in production.  Despite their being newer vessels, 
  all were placed in the Star Fleet Reserve in the late 2260s while 
  the older Hermes class received a linear warp refit.  They were 
  reactivated and upgraded in the 2280s as the Hermes class (like 
  many other original Class I starships) were retired in favor of 
  newer
  re
  work was publishe
  their original Class I
  to
  rvice should the need arise. 
  SPE
   
  ruising speed:  ..………………
  ed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  nks 
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 265 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   61 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………… 105,000 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 200 
  Range:  ………………………... 9 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  ….…………  Warp 6 
  C
  Maximum spe
  Armament: ………………….……….. 3 phaser ba
  2 photon torpedo tubes
   
  VISUAL:  
   
   
  This digital model, provided courtesy of Morena Shipyards, 
  illustrates the unique canted double-mount of the Nelson’s 
  underslung single warp engine. 
   
  SCHEMATIC:  
    
  Original configuration (2240) 
   
   
  Current configuration (2295) 
   
   
  ORIGINAL NELSON DESIGN BY DANA KNUTSON 
  BASED ON THE HERMES DESIGN BY FRANZ JOSEPH SCHNAUBELT 
  SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON
  VISUALS COURTESY O
   
  F STEVE BARON AND WARPED9  
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  LOKNAR  CLASS FRIGATE 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2242 
   
  The Loknar is unique among Class I frigates.  It owes its unusual 
  appearance to the aborted NX-project advocated by the 
  Andorians back in the 2140s.  At that time the technology was 
  simply unable to meet the proposed design specs without major 
  compromises.  Once trititanium and improved construction 
  techniques became available then the Andorians got their wish.  
  They were allowed to proceed with a design modified to Class I 
  ecifications, with the understanding that they would have to
  oulder most of the construction costs themselves. 
  rite of combat-eager starship 
  aptains during the Four Years War.  It won more encounters 
  sp
  sh
   
   
  The design of the Loknar is reflective of the Andorian philosophy 
  of “big guns and little comfort.”  It was the first to mount six 
  lasers in banks of two:  one bank in front of the lower primary 
  hull and two equally spaced on the topside.  This feature would 
  eventually be adapted for the dual phaser mounts of Class I 
  starships during and after the Four Years War.  Its “splayed” 
  dual warp engine configuration also made for an extremely 
  maneuverable 
  vessel 
  despite 
  its 
  size. 
   
  Its 
  interior 
  accommodations, though, were spartan compared to those of 
  other Class I starships.  Its shuttle bay was small and limited in 
  comparison as well. 
   
  The Loknar quickly became a favo
  c
  with Klingon starships than it lost, tallying up the most 
  impressive combat record of any starship class during the war.  
  Cries from the Federaton Council to decommission these ships 
  after the end of the war were countered by assigning them as 
  command ships for perimeter action squadrons on Federation 
  borders.  It is there that they still serve, with linear warp 
  technology upgrades to keep them current with the rest of 
  today’s Class I fleet. 
     
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  ……
  Beam:  ………
  ……………………………….. 288 m 
  ……………………………… 127 m 
  T 
   
  . 
  • 
  The only Class I starship desig
  • 
  First starship class to feature the “standard” Class I 
  configuration of 6 laser (phaser) banks on its primary 
  hull. 
   
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   86 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….……………140,000 DW
  Crew ………………………………………….… 177
  Range:  ………………………... 10 light-years at L.Y.V
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  Innovations: 
  ned and built on Andor 
  VISUALS: 
   
   
   
   
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
  Original configuration (2241) 
   
  Current configuration (2295) 
    
   
  ORIGINAL LOKNAR DESIGN BY DANA KNUTSON 
  SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  VISUALS COURTESY SFBNEXUS AND “THE RED ADMIRAL”  
    
   
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  SURYA  CLASS FRIGATE 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2244 
   
   
   
  The production of uprated Baton Rouge era Anton class cruisers 
  was scheduled to take place in the 2230s.  After evaluating the 
  many changes that would be required in the design, though, the 
  Starship Design Bureau decided that producing new-build Antons 
  would be a waste of time.  Instead, it decided to go with a 
  smaller, retooled Anton design utilizing Class I components and 
  technology “from the ground up.”  This would allow them to 
  correct design deficiencies in the Anton that had been noted in 
  peration, such as t
  o
  he splayed warp engine arrangement.  Two 
  Kearsarge for 
  ruiser; however, the idea of a fully armed 
  o intrigue them.  Adding a reduced form of 
  the 
  ton’s modular hull made it even more attractive.  It would 
  be, 
  n.  
  Thus
   
  The 
  Star 
   
  offer
  frequ
   
  trans
   
  simil
   
  watching for Suryas lying in wait for the
   
  comp
  th empty container frames. 
   
  The 
  e 
  Con
  Four Yea
  valuable starships for more peaceful missions in less contested 
  reas.  Its dual shuttle bays, while not quite as versatile as the 
   on the Coventry (or the oversized ones on the 
  wed the Surya to fill the roll of shuttle transport or
  auxililary shuttlecarrier in a pinch.  Were it not for their 
  production costs they might have become the largest Federation 
  starship class of the war.  As cheap as they were, though, the 
  Kearsarge was cheaper and the Surya was soon surpassed in 
  quantity by its less capable but more affordable stablemate.  
  One thing the Kearsarge couldn’t do, though, was put any kind 
  of dent in the Surya’s reputation as one of the best all-around 
  combat starship designs in the “third wave” of Class I starships.  
  The Surya was soon outclassed by both the Coventry and 
  Miranda in terms of design; however, it would never be 
  outmatched in terms of reputation. 
   
  Originally 72 starships were proposed for the Surya class.  Thi
  number was cut to 28 once the Coventry and Miranda programs
  were approved.  An additional 11 were re-authorized just before 
  construction began in 2242. 
   
  The Surya is slowly disappearing due to the needs of the service.  
  22 of these were rebuilt to an uprated Miranda configuration 
  when they received linear warp technology beginning in 2273.  
  The rest have been laid up in reserve awaiting final disposition. 
   
  different versions of the “retooled Anton” were submitted for 
  review in 2238 and both were approved.  These wound up being 
  the Surya and Coventry class frigates. 
   
  The configuration of the Surya was heavily influenced by that of 
  the Hunt light cruiser proposal.  This was nothing more than a 
  Ptolemy class transport/tug fitted with cruiser class armament.  
  A stub-like, Detroyat-style secondary hull (in place of the 
  container tow pad) would have provided room for both a shuttle 
  bay and additional equipment.  The Starship Design Bureau 
  ntually chose the cheaper and less versatile 
  eve
  Star Fleet’s light c
  Ptolemy continued t
  An
  after all, a leaner, meaner, and ultimately cheaper Anto
   was born the Surya class frigate. 
  Surya went on to prove itself as the combat workhorse of 
  Fleet.  It could deal with the best that the Klingons had to
   and more often than not came out the winner.  It 
  ently served as a convoy escort for Ptolemy class
  port/tugs due to their similar appearance and operational
  arities.  Klingon starship commanders soon learned to begin
  m, disguised as tugs and
  lete wi
  Surya class frigate eventually replaced the valuabl
  stitution class heavy cruisers on the front lines during the 
  rs War as its numbers increased, thus freeing these 
  a
  larger ones
  Anton) allo
   
  s 
   
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
  Original Hunt proposal 
   
  Surya class as built 
   
   
  ORIGINAL SURYA DESIGN BY ARIDAS SOFIA 
  HUNT SCHEMATIC COURTESY OF T
  SUR
  VISUAL COURTESY OF FILEFRONT
   
  HE STARSHIP SCHEMATIC DATABASE 
  YA SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
   
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  KEARSARGE  CLASS 
  LIGHT CRUISER  
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2245 
   
   
   
  As the threat of war with the Klingon empire loomed ever 
  closer, Star Fleet decided it was high time for what might 
  appropriately be called a “war cruiser.”  This would be an 
  inexpensive starship with all the firepower of a standard heavy 
  cruiser.  Of all the designs that were submitted to the Starship 
  Design Bureau in the late 2230s for this project the Hamilton 
  proposal looked the most promising.  It was essentially an 
  inverted Ptolemy without the tow pad, and thus could be 
  xpected to perform about the same as a Class I frigate.  The 
  t
  nd combat operations.  
  hiokis engineers pointed out that range wasn’t necessarily an 
  almost immediately. 
  e
  s
  t
  lass I design (Marklin being 
  e first).  There were also many other modifications tried with 
  ould have one last bout of glory 
  uring the Kzinti Incursion of 2272, after which the Kearsarge 
  e
  only remaining issue was how to reduce its projected cost 
  without reducing its firepower.  Enter Chiokis Starship Design, 
  he moving force behind the Class I Program.  Its first 
  suggestion was to lose the standard Class I upper primary hull 
  assembly in favor of the simpler one from the Baton Rouge era.  
  Since this was going to be a purely military vessel then it didn’t 
  need extensive science labs and such.  Second, Star Fleet should 
  use S-variant warp engines (the “shorty,” as Support Services 
  called them) in place of normal Class I starship engines.  
  Normally used for transports and auxiliaries, these would 
  severely limit the range and duration of the new class, given 
  Star Fleet expectations for normal a
  C
  issue, since this new class would spend the bulk of its time on 
  the borders as opposed to extended-duration exploration 
  missions.  They would be rapid-response vessels, quickly sallying 
  forth from deep space stations or border outposts to deal with 
  any threat knocking on its door.  Star Fleet conceded on both 
  points and the Federation Council was quick to agree, given the 
  projected low cost of the new design.  Final approval was given 
  in 2243, with construction commencing 
   
  It is asy for starship historians to argue that the Kearsarge 
  hould have never been produced given its inferior engines.  The 
  Surya and Loknar class frigates were superior in every aspect, 
  being able to go places and do things the underpowered 
  Kearsarge could not.  This would have remained true had not the 
  Four Years War come along.  As Star Fleet starship losses began 
  to mount it boiled down to simple manner of numbers.  Suryas 
  and Loknars were expensive to build; Kearsarges were not.  Five 
  Kearsarge class NCLs could be built for the same amount of 
  credits it took to build three Class I frigates.  That is why 
  Kearsarge production boomed and frigate production dwindled 
  during the Four Years War.  The Kearsarge had found the 
  mission for which it had been designed:  short range, low cost, 
  starship-class fleet combatant. 
   
  A common Four Years War modification replaced the dual photon 
  orpedo tubes with a quad array.  This resulted in Star Fleet’s 
  second “heavy firepower forward” C
  th
  the Kearsarge class –far too many to list here – to augment 
  both combat and support roles.  Their limited mission profiles 
  kept them on the borders as patrol ships following the end of 
  the Four Years War.  They w
  d
  class was retired en masse to the Star Fleet Reserve.  They are 
  at present scheduled to be scrapped at the turn of the century. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 211.8 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 122.0 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………  47.2 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….……………112,500 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 272 
  Range:  …………………………. 3 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 5 
  Maximum speed:  …………………
  Armament: ………………….………… 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
     (2 more added in 4YW upgrade) 
   
  .…………  Warp 8 
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
  Original Hamilton proposal 
   
  Kearsarge class as built 
   
   
  ORIGINAL KEARSARGE DESIGN BY STEPHEN V. COLE (ADB) 
  VISUAL COURTESY OF BATTLECLINIC.COM 
  HAMILTON SCHEMATIC COURTESY OF THE STARSHIP SCHEMATIC DATABASE 
  KEARSARGE SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
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  POMPEY  CLASS DESTROYER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD
   
   CALENDAR):  2244 
   
   
  The Pompey represented another attempt to address the 
  problems of a single-nacelled destroyer design.  In this case the 
  obvious solution was the one chosen, with a second warp engine 
  added in tandem with the first on an inverted T-mount.  In 
  theory the extra engine made it a “heavy destroyer” even 
  though its armament remained the same.  This was the simplest 
  and most direct means of solving the single-nacelle warp field
  balance problems that plagued the Saladin class at excessive 
  s
   
  im
  warp speeds.  A total of seven Saladin class destroyers were 
  eventually upgraded to the Pompey configuration. 
   
  While the inverted T-mount solved the warp field imbalance 
  problems, it could not hide the fact that the Pompey was an 
  overpowered, expensive starship for the destroyer role. Star 
  Fleet Command eventually ruled in favor of the Larson class, 
  whose de ign had solved the warp field imbalance issues without 
  adding a second engine.  The Pompey conversion program was 
  put to an end by the outbreak of the Four Years War in 2246.  
     
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 234 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   49 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….……………133,000 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 200 
  Range:  ……………………….… 9 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
    
   
  ORIGINAL POMPEY DESIGN BY TODD GUENTHER 
  SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON  
  AKULA CLASS DESTROYER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2246 
   
   
   
  The Akula was actually Star Fleet’s original perimeter action ship 
  class.  It also holds the Class I Program record for taking the 
  longest to enter service.  Numerous construction delays and 
  problems with its unique over/under engine arrangement held up 
  the Akula by over a decade.  These delays in construction also 
  prompted Star Fleet to switch to the smaller and less 
  troublesome Kiaga for the perimeter action ship role.  It and the 
   go on to make names for themselves during 
  .  As for the troubled Akula, it was eventually 
  ecla
   
  the 
  class
   
  repu
   
  spin-off Agilis would
  he Four Years War
  t
  r
  ssified as a destroyer and deployed as such, never fulfilling
  mission profile for which it had been designed.  Today’s Akula 
   perimeter ships have done much to overcome the
  tation of their troubled namesake and predecessor. 
  SPE
   
  Draft:  …………………….……
  Mass:  … ……………
  Crew ………………………………………….. 200 
  ……………………... 8 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  eed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  CIFICATIONS: 
  Length:  …………………………………….. 242 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127 m 
  …………… 82 m 
  …….…………. 108,500 DWT 
  Range:  …
  Cruising sp
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
   
   
  ORIGINAL AKULA DESIGN BY ACTIVISION GAMES 
  SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  VISUAL COURTESY OF FILEFRONT 
  - 31 - 
  
  SANTEE  CLASS SHUTTLECARRIER  
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2246 
   
   
   
  The outbreak of the Four Years War found Star Fleet without a 
  single dedicated shuttlecarrier class aside from the monstrous 
  Illustrious, and it was both too old and slow to do anything 
  meaningful.  As Klingon forces surged into Federation space, 
  Star Fleet pressed every hull that it could find capable of 
  carrying fighter and attack shuttles into service.  There were far 
  too few Antons to fill this gap, though, and few of the Surya and 
  Coventry classes could be spared from their roles as frontline 
  combat vessels.  As a quick fix to this dilemma Star Fleet 
  hurriedly purchased the hulls of four partially completed 
   
  truction proceeded at breakneck speed due 
  n.  All four of the new Santee class escort 
  shut
   would enter service by the end of 2246, mere 
  mon
   
  The 
  e 
  Sant
  front
  class
  movi
   
  freed
   
  duty
   
  class itself was not intended for fr
   
  owever, that would not stop such action from coming to find it 
  In 2248 the U.S.S. Santee (NCC-1925), her sister ship U.S.S. 
  Suwanee, (NCC-1928) and the convoy they were escorting 
  were attacked by a Klingon raiding force fielding its own fighter 
  shuttles.  During the melee that followed, one damaged Klingon
  uttle managed to fly directly into the Santee’s top shuttle bay 
  on a suicide run.  The impact ignited the Santee’s hangar fue
  stores and the resultant
  Likewise, the Suwanee was also the
  run (this time through the lower 
  bl
  gons quickly fled 
  th
  h ships to be 
  back” was 
  e reverse-T 
  ine mounts of both starships had spared them this fate.  
  Santee had taken the most damage, with multiple ruptures in 
  her primary hull and one of her warp engines shattered due to 
  flying debris.  Her other warp engine was repairable, though, and 
  soon fixed sufficiently for limited warp speed travel.  Both 
  shuttlecarriers were able to limp to the nearest friendly port at 
  reduced warp speed, bearing their dead and wounded.  Suwanee 
  was rebuilt and sent back into the thick of the action within a 
  few short months.  Santee would take considerably longer due 
  to her extensive damage, but would return to service just in
  me to support fleet actions at the Battle of Grank in 2250. 
  neutronic fuel carriers and converted them into specialized 
  secondary hulls suitable for mounting with Class I starship 
  components.  These were rebuilt solely for the operation of 
  combat shuttlecraft, with a split-level flight deck to facilitate 
  dual launch and retrieval operations.  Since these custom hulls 
  could not bear the stress of being mounted with warp engines, 
  the Starship Design Bureau had to devise a special reverse-T 
  dual engine mount that could be fitted to both a Class I primary
  hull and dorsal.  Cons
  to the war situatio
  tlecarriers
  ths after the start of the Four Years War. 
  term escort shuttlecarrier was a carefully chosen one.  Th
  ee class was designed to escort convoys up to the war 
  .  Its shuttle squadrons, combined with its own cruiser-
   firepower, provided more effective coverage for a slow-
  ng freighter convoy than would two Class I frigates.  This
   up valuable Star Fleet combat units from convoy escort
   and made them available for frontline combat.  The Santee
  ontline action as such;
  h
  instead. 
   
   
  sh
  l 
   explosion nearly tore the ship apart.  
   victim of a similar suicide 
  shuttle bay) and had her keel 
  own off in similar fashion.  The surviving Klin
  e scene after the dual explosions, believing bot
  mortally wounded.  Fortunately, neither ship’s “
  roken (i.e. their base frames remained intact).  Th
  b
  eng
   
  ti
   
  As Star Fleet’s first dedicated shuttlecarrier class, the combat 
  data of the Santee would prove quite valuable in the 
  development of postwar designs.  The Coronado class through-
  deck cruiser was an obvious retooling of the Santee that 
  addressed many of its shortcomings.  One can also see the 
  influence of the Santee in more modern shuttlecarrier designs, 
  such as the various heavy carrier classes of the 2280s 
  (Jenshahan, Chosin, and Youngblood).  Even the designers of 
  today’s Ariel and Fredrikstad classes, the largest and most 
  powerful shuttlecarriers ever built, acknowledge the debt they 
  owe to the pioneering experiences of the Santee during the fight 
  to win the Four Years War. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 290 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   67 m 
   
   
   
     up to 30 shuttlecraft 
     (normaly only one wing of 14 operational) 
  Mass:  … ………………….……………185,000 DWT
  Crew ………………………………………….… 345
  Range:  ………………………... 10 light-years at L.Y.V.
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  SCHEMATICS:  
   
   
   
   
  SANTEE DE
  VISUAL BY SANDMAN3D 
  SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON 
  SIGN BY FEDERATION FRONTIERS 
  - 32 - 
  
  COVENTRY  CLASS FRIGATE 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2247 
   
   
  The Coventry class frigate was the second of two starship 
  designs to be derived from the Baton Rouge era Anton class 
  cruiser.  Its line are a close match the Anton, given the size 
  differences in Class I modular components, save for a 
  considerably reduced modular hull (although not as much as the 
  Surya) and straight-mounted warp engine pylons.  The splayed 
  and slanted mounts of the Anton had proven prone to stress 
  fatigue at high warp speed given the mass of the ship they were 
  required to push.  The reduction in hull size plus the straight-
  mounted pylon design practically eliminated this problem. 
   
  Both the Surya and Coventry classes were originally intended to 
  enter service at the same time.  Delays in approval by the 
  Federation Council plus numerous spaceyard issues dragged out 
  the start of Coventry production for several years.  The Socorro 
  (NCC-1231) was the first to service on 23 December 2247.  
  The last ship of the class, the Indus (NCC-1243), did not enter 
  service until 7 June 2249, due to delays caused by the Four 
  Years War and a fierce debate in the Federat
   
  ion Council over 
  ppropriating funds for both the Coventry and Miranda class 
  d defense duties with the similar Miranda class 
  ruisers.  Plans to convert the Coventry class to full Miranda 
  n
  a
  starships.  The Indus also featured the unified hangar bay that 
  became one of the trademarks of the Miranda class cruiser. 
   
  The Coventry rose to fame during the Four Years War as a 
  shuttlecarrier and ground assault support ship.  Few other Class 
  I designs (save the upgraded but elderly Anton) could match its 
  shuttle capacity or its capability to defend itself during combat 
  shuttlecraft operations.  In fleet operations it sometimes filled in 
  as a command ship.  After the war the Coventry shared border 
  patrol an
  c
  specifications were cancelled in 2263 due to apparent lack of 
  eed.  The class received a limited LN-52 linear warp refit in 
  2289 due to budget restrictions.  Two were retired to the 
  storage depots last year (2294), with the rest expected to 
  follow shortly. 
   
  It is impossible to tell the Coventry apart from an original Class I 
  Miranda at a casual glance save for the hull numbers.  A routine 
  sensor scan will reveal the four extra branch conduits feeding off 
  of the warp engines to the capped hard points in a pre-refit 
  Miranda not fitted with a “roll bar.”  A Coventry lacks these 
  extra branch conduits.  It was largely for this reason that the 
  class never received a full linear warp refit. 
    
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 245.1 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 127.1 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   54.1 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………… 150,000 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 315 
  Range:  ………………………... 11 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 5 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
   
  SCHEMATICS:  
   
   
  The Baton Rouge era Anton 
   
   
  The Class I era Coventry 
   
   
  COVENTRY DESIGN BY EVAN MAYERLIE (STARSTATION AURORA) 
   
  BATON ROUGE ERA EXTRAPOLATION BY NEALE DAVIDSON
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STARSHIP MODELER 
   
   
   
   
  SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON
   
   
   
   
  Masterson class Federation police cutter (2237) 
  - 33 - 
  
  KIAGA  AND AGILIS  CLASS 
  PERIMETER ACTION SHIP  
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2247 
   
   
   
  The Kiaga was the second and most important of Star Fleet’s 
  three original perimeter action ship classes fielded during the 
  Four Years War (2246-2250).  It was by far the most 
  significant of them all.  Combat data gleaned from the first full 
  ear of the Four Years War along with prototype weaponry was 
  incorporated into its design even as the first vessels in the class 
  were being built.  The result was a starship that was in many 
  ways ahead of its time. 
   
  y
  e Kiaga was the smallest Class I starship fielded in this era, 
  ort 
  t
  unts would be quickly developed and deployed 
  eral shielding 
  stem, which powered all shields to equal strength.  It was a 
  arily for frontal attacks and this shielding 
  ker forward shields than it should have had.  
  perim
   
  The 
   
  224
  favo
  Kling
  patr
   
  spac
  f 
  35 were buil
   
  ombat.  These were replaced by a s
  e war the Kiaga class continued to serve on the 
  ing Klingon raiding attempts and using their 
  ecial sensor suites to assist regular fleet scouts in the 
  intelligence gathering role.  Both the Kiaga force and the 155 
  ships of the Agilis class was cycled in and out of the Star Fleet 
  Reserve during the 2260s and 2270s due to Organian Treaty 
  restrictions and growing obsolescence.  They were finally 
  replaced during Star Fleet’s Perimeter Acton Program of the
  2280s.  The last active duty Kiaga c
  CC-847) was retired in 2291. 
   
  Th
  being just over half the size and mass of the Akula.  It was far 
  more suited to the role of perimeter action ship than its ungainly 
  and troublesome elder sibling.  It unusual configuration hid one of 
  the most extensive sensor suites short of a Hermes class scout.  
  The bulk of these were mounted in dual forward blisters, one on 
  each side of its primary hull, along with a “normal” lower sensor 
  dome and specialty scanners in eight banks (four to a side) on 
  its upper hull.  It small shuttle bay had just enough room for two 
  small Class J shuttlecraft carried end-to-end.  Its unique warp 
  engines, the most advanced of their day, were the forerunners 
  of the Advanced Circumferential Engine (ACE) program of later 
  ars.  They were capable of Warp 10 bursts for sh
  ye
  dura ions.  Kiaga, like Marklin, also had a split impulse deck.  This 
  was partly due to its design considerations and partly due to 
  battle contingency measures. 
   
  For its small size the Kiaga packed impressive firepower.  It was 
  the first Star Fleet vessel ever deployed with phaser weaponry, 
  with its prototype “phaser cannon” fitted in blister mounts both 
  port and starboard of its primary hull.  These early phaser units 
  (quickly nicknamed “jowl guns” by Kiaga crews) were only 
  deployed on the Kiaga class.  They had a beam force 1.6 times 
  more powerful than a Class I laser; however, they could only 
  sustain the beam for half as long.  Smaller, more efficient, and 
  more advanced phasers that could share the same fairings as 
  andard laser mo
  st
  for Class I backfit purposes; however, Kiaga would retain these 
  prototype phaser cannon through the rest of the war.  These 
  phaser cannon were supplemented by five photon torpedo tubes 
  in concealed fairings and four batteries of standard Class I 
  lasers.  The bottom three laser banks were in a special ring 
  mount around the lower sensor dome, permitting them to track 
  individual targets or being all brought to bear on a single target.  
  The Kiaga’s main flaw, though, was its unilat
  sy
  vessel design prim
  ystem gave it wea
  s
  This problem was rectified the following year in the Agilis class 
  eter action ships. 
  Kiaga’s baptism of fire was at the Nostveg Engagement of
  7.  A six-ship Kiaga squadron turned the tide of the battle in 
  r of Star Fleet, with their phaser cannon playing havoc on 
   
  on forces.  After that the Kiagas were deployed as border
  ol and interdiction units, often raiding deep into Klingon-held
  e and taking on multiple attackers in the process.  A total o
  t between 2247 and 2251, of which 4 were lost in
  pecial appropriation in 
  c
  2253.  After th
  border, interdict
  sp
   
  lass starship, the Kostolain 
  (N
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 112 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 104 m 
  Draft:  …………………….……
  Mass:  … ………………….……………48,250 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 48 
  Range: 
  Cruising spee
  Maximum speed:  ……………
  Armament: …….. 2 phaser cannon / 4 laser banks (4YW) 
  5 photon torpedo tubes (3 fore / 2 aft)
  Innovations 
  • 
  First successful perimeter action ship design 
   
  ……………  25 m 
   …………………………. 5 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  d:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  …….…………  Warp 10 
   
  SCHEMATIC:  
   
   
   
  KIAGA DESIGN AND SCHEMATIC BY ARIDAS SOFIA 
  VISUALS BY JASON “VEKTOR” LEE 
  - 34 - 
  
  MIRANDA  CLASS CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2
   
  248 
   
   
  Project Avenger was a design study undertaken by the Starship 
  Design Bureau in the late 2230s.  Its goal was to produce an 
  improved Anton class cruiser.  Alone of all of Star Fleet’s 
  starship classes, the aged Anton class had proven equally adept 
  in both the cruiser and shuttlecarrier roles.  Their origins in the 
  Baton Rouge era, though, combined with several obvious design 
  flaws meant that there would be limits as to how and in what 
  manner they could be upgraded.  A purpose-built Class I starship 
  ased on the Anton, as opposed to upgrading the Antons 
   “hard points” to the rear of its 
  nique modular primary hull.  These were two to a side, with one 
  he issue in 2291 when for political 
  urposes it ordered Star Fleet to redesignate all Avenger class 
  b
  themselves, would prove more useful in future Star Fleet 
  operations to come.  Three starship classes would eventually 
  result from this effort:  the Surya and Coventry class frigates, 
  and the Miranda class cruiser. 
   
  Two major changes was made to the Anton design before it 
  became the Miranda class cruiser.  The first major change was 
  the replacement of its splayed warp engine pylons with straight 
  mounted ones.  The splayed pylons, which were mounted along 
  the aft edge of its modularized hull, had proven more prone to 
  stress problems than those of any other starship in Star Fleet.  
  This change alone resulted in a more stable design.  Parallel 
  efforts at retooling the secondary hull for the new pylons (as 
  well as perceived mission requirements) lead to the spinoff 
  Surya and Coventry class frigates.  The second major change 
  was to install a series of four
  u
  running along the edge of the hull, in the old location for the 
  warp engine pylons, and another directly above the new straight 
  pylons.  The reason for this was simple.  Anything mounted on 
  these hard points could tap directly into the warp engines for 
  power, thus eliminating a lot of power routing (and system 
  vulnerability due to extended conduits).  The Miranda “roll bar” 
  option mount made its debut at this time, designed to straddle 
  the top two hard points.  In its most common form it sported 
  extra photon torpedo tubes in addition to special long-range 
  sensors.  Another common version was an electronic warfare 
  version, with a special ELINT sensor array replacing the photon 
  torpedo package and dual ECM/ECCM pods.  The Miranda’s side 
  “hard points” were rarely used in this era; however, starbase-
  rated phasers would be tested on these mounts after the war 
  during the development of the megaphaser cannon. 
   
  The Miranda is the direct ancestor of the 2280s-era Avenger 
  class heavy frigate program.  All but two were uprated to 
  Avenger specifications in the 2280s.  This obvious Miranda 
  heritage, plus the fact that the Miranda class itself was being 
  uprated, led many to confuse the two classes.  The Federation 
  Council put an end to t
  p
  heavy frigates as uprated Miranda class cruisers. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 236 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 136 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   63 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….……………162,000 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 227 
  Range:  ………………………... 18 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 6 phaser banks 
  2 photon torpedo tubes 
    optional “roll bar” mounted weaponry 
  Innovations 
  • 
  Four hull hard points for optional weapons and other 
  accessories (side mounts usually plated over) 
  ra systems and/or weapons 
  • 
  Custom “roll bar” for ext
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  Original Miranda design with standard “roll bar” (c.2250) 
   
   
  Linear warp Miranda conversion with new “roll bar” (c.2280) 
  (NOTE:  Avenger class heavy frigate practically identical) 
   
   
  MIRANDA CONCEPT BY EVAN MAYERLIE (STARSTATION AURORA
  AND DAN ABNETT, IAN EDGINGTON, AND PATRICK ZIRCHER (MARVEL COMICS
  BASED ON THE RELIANT CONCEPT BY JOE JENNIINGS AND MIKE MINOR 
  SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON
  )  
  ) 
   
  VISUAL BY CYRILLE LEFEVRE 
  - 35 - 
  
  CIVILIAN STARSHIPS 
   
  COCHRANE INDUSTRIES 
  MARK IV ONE-MAN SCOUT  
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2240 
   
   
   
  Cochrane Industries was set up as a spin-off company of 
  Cochrane Warp Dynamics when it returned to the small craft 
  market in 2179.  The Cochrane Mark IV Scout was the most 
  popular personal starship of the Class I era and was a favorite of 
  both civilians and traders alike.  Its dual Kloratis KT-12 warp 
  engines could push it up to Warp 6, allowing its owner to travel 
  practically anywhere in the Federation within a few days.  They 
  could be found everywhere in every port and star system both 
  major and minor, engaged on almost every kind of business, both 
  legal and not.  The Mark IV officially ceased production in 2260; 
  owever, its sheer numbers ensure 
  h
  that it will remain a familiar 
  sight in Federation space for decades to come. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 10.4 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 9.2 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………   3.1 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………………. 42 DWT 
  Crew ……………………………. 1 (+3 passengers) 
  Range:  ………………………... 2 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….………… Warp 4 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….………… Warp 6 
  Armament: ………………….………………. none 
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
   
  MARK IV CONCEPT BY DON KRISTIANSEN 
  SCHEMATIC BY GEOFFERY MANDEL AND DOUG DREXLER 
  EAGLE  CLASS STARLINER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2241 
   
   
   
  Altho
   
  Stel
   
  comp
  t 
  luxurious starliner of its day, caterin
   
  Federation tourists and m
   
  Durin
  th
  service fo
  arines.  
  Each
  ar
  t 
  eir deeds and actions aboard an Eagle either going to or 
   major battle – none of which can be reprinted 
  postwar period they plied all of the sightseeing 
  routes in the outer sectors of Fedeation space.  The Eagle class 
  starliners were all retired by the late 2270s.  Many were 
  purchased off the block almost immediately and retooled as large 
  bulk freighters.  It in this capacity that one will most likely 
  encounter an Eagle today. 
   
  ugh not as graceful as the Tesujin nor as opulent as the
  larford, the Eagle class starliner was nonetheless a
  etent performer.  It was among the largest and mos
  g especially to wealthy
  erchants. 
  g 
  e Four Years War many of these were pressed into 
  r use as troop transports by the Star Fleet M
   M ine unit has its own assortment of wild stories abou
  th
  coming from a
  here.  In the 
  SPECI
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 250m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 75 m 
  Draft:  …………………….…………………  45 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….…………… 58,700 DWT 
  Crew ………………………… 250 (+750 passengers
  Cru
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 2 phaser banks 
  FICATIONS: 
  ) 
  Range:  ………………………... 10 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  ising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
       (during Four Years War military service) 
   
   
  D SCHEMATIC BY RICK STERNBACH 
  EAGLE DESIGN AN
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON 
  - 36 - 
  
  COCHRANE  CLASS TRANSPORT 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2242 
   
  These were the prime movers of Federati
  supplies to frontier worlds during the Cla
  on colonists and their 
  ss I Era.  A Cochrane 
  heir personal 
   rarely traveled 
  ers usually 
  record, 42 
  Cochrane class transports transported over 100,000 beings 
  and 10 million metric tons of supplies and building equipment in 
  2255 to the Star’s End settlement. 
   
  During the Four Years War these were pressed into service as 
  emergency transports, supplementing the harried Ptolemy and 
  Independence classes in moving personnel and supplies to and 
  from the war front.  Eight were lost to the Klingons in convoy
  ids.  The Cochrane is no longer in production; however, 120 
  could carry up to 2,400 colonists along with all of t
  belongings and homesteading equipment.  These
  alone but in convoys, with frigates or destroy
  roviding escort.  In the largest such convoy on 
  p
   
  ra
  survive today in civilian service in various parts of the 
  Federation. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 370 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 210 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 110 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….………….. 61,150 DWT 
  Crew ………………… 36 (+ up to 2400 passengers) 
  Range:  ………………………... 12 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  …………….……….. 2 phaser banks 
  Armament: ……
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
   
  COCHRANE CONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY DANA KNUTSON 
  (FASA CORPORATION) 
   
  CANOPUS  CLASS RESEARCH SHIP 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2244 
   
   
   
  These were specialized survey craft built for the Federation 
  Bureau of Sciences to replace its aging, pre-Class I fleet of 
  vessels.  Their main claim to fame is their survey of the 
  Sagittarian arm of the galaxy, which was their first missions 
  immediately following their entry into service.  They were lightly 
  armed but well shielded.  Phaser weaponry was added during the 
  Four Years War, making them the functional equivalent of a ligh
  ruiser.  Fortunately, they never had to be pressed into service 
  P
  t not a single example had 
  een saved for posterity.  The lead ship Canopus was quickly 
  t 
  c
  on the war front.  Star Fleet’s prewar ramp-up of its Class I 
  rogram spared them from this fate. 
   
  The scrapping of the Canopus class was ordered in 2286.  
  Almost too late it was realized tha
  b
  repurchased by the Star Fleet Association at scrap dealer’s 
  prices.  It was in very poor condition, as initial scrapping had 
  already started on its exterior and interior surfaces.  Its 
  restoration for the Starfleet Museum at Memory Alpha, which is 
  still underway, is proving to be its greatest challenge to date. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 242 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 80 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 30 m 
  …………….……………110,000 DWT 
  ……………………………….… 245 
  ange:  ………………………... 10 light-years at L.Y.V. 
   
   8 
   
   
  Mass:  … ……
  Crew …………
  R
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp
  Armament: ………………….……….. 4 phaser banks
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
   
  CANOPUS CONCEPT BY RICK STERNBACH 
  SCEMATIC ADAPTED FRO
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON 
   
  M THE WORK OF LAWRENCE MILLER 
  - 37 - 
  
  AAKENN  CLASS TRANSPORT 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2248 
   
   
   
  The Aakenn class entered service late in the Four Years War and 
  was almost immediately pressed into service by Star Fleet.  It 
  erformed many of the same duties as the older Cochrane, 
  shuttling personnel and supplies to and from the war front.  The 
  Aakenn was more suited as a dedicated freighter, though, and 
  its 100,000 metric ton cargo capacity ensured that it would 
  remain in use
  p
   by Star Fleet until the end of the war. 
  rever remembered to students of starship 
  ous member, the “tribble” ship S.S. Mundy.  
  It w
  w 
  miss
  le 
  but t
  to 
  the c
   
  of tr
   
  been
   
   
  The Aakenn class is fo
  lore for its most fam
  as found adrift near Starbase 21 in 2266 with its cre
  ing and its logs wiped.  Its bridge showed signs of a strugg
  here was no other indication as to what had happened 
  rew.  When the cargo hold was opened, out poured millions
  ibbles that had been living off of a food synthesizer.  It had
   left on when the crew apparently disappeared. 
  SPE
  Length:  …………………………………….. 190 m 
  …………………………………… 100 m 
    60 m 
  Mass:  … ………………….…………… 70,640 DWT 
  Crew ………………………………………….… 54 
  Range:  ………………………... 8 light-years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  Armament: ………………….……….. 2 phaser banks 
  CIFICATIONS: 
   
  Beam:  …
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  CHARIOT  CLASS SPACE TUG 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2249 
   
   
   
  The critical lack of transport capacity during the Four Years War 
  required Star Fleet to appropriate almost every military and 
  transport craft it could find.  Civilian spaceyards were 
  scrambling to fill orders for transport craft of all kinds.  The 
  Chariot was but one of these craft, a high-speed tug designed to 
  quickly tow a single transport container (either Watt-type or 
  Class I) to its destination as fast as possible and then zip away 
  before it could be attacked.  Only 2
  rds by the time the war ended.  All
  7 had made it out of the 
   of these were turned over 
  ya
  to civilian service within a decade of the war’s end.  A total of 
  218 were built between 2249 and 2273, after which production 
  ceased.  Chariots can still be found operating as civilian craft in 
  many sectors of Federation space, since there is always need for 
  a good, fast space tug. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 65 m 
  ……………………………… 75 m 
  …………….…………………  20 m 
  T 
   
  . 
   
  Beam:  ………
  raft:  ………
  D
  Mass:  … ………………….…………… 46,500 DW
  Crew ………………………………………….… 24
  Range:  ………………………... 8 light-years at L.Y.V
  Cruising speed:  ..………………….…………  Warp 6 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  Warp 8 
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
   
  COCHRANE CONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY DANA KNUTSON 
  (FASA CORPORATION) 
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON 
   
   
  CHARIOT CONCEPT A
  VISUAL COURTESY OF STEVE BARON 
  ND SCHEMATIC BY RICK STERNBACH 
  - 38 - 
  
  ALIEN ENCOUNTERS 
   
  HUMAN FUSION KLINGONS (QUCH’HA) 
   
   
   
  e Klingons of the early Federation encounters prior 
  Th
  to 2267 
   been advanced over the years to explain the 
  early “look” of the Klingons.  No Klingon will 
  discuss it.  The most that they have 
  ever
  it is 
  spea
  Kling
  Four
  hum
  Whe
  rema
  the 
  .  
  egardless of their origins, whatever they may be, it was these 
  lingons with whom the Federation fought the Four 
  on Klingons are still occasionally 
  encountered today, usually as covert intelligence operatives or 
  low-level Klingon officials.  There have been certain exceptions, 
  however, and some have hinted that Chancellor Azetbur, the 
  current ruler of the Klingon Empire, is herself a human fusion 
  Klingon.  This is not confirmed and may never be, given the 
  natural Klingon reluctance to discuss the origins of the Quch’Ha. 
  A human fusion Klingon on average is about the same size and
  build as a normal
  to most normal humanoids, save fo
  dark
  n 
  norm
  l 
  meta
   
  asil
   
  ince their homeworld 
  -gravity planet).  The blood of a human fusion 
  Klingon is red like humans but darker. It also tends to turn 
  purplish-pink when exposed to the right conditions.  Their 
  internal organ redundancy is not as pronounced as a full Klingon; 
  however, they can still withstand injuries that would cripple or 
  even kill a human.  Most human fusion Klingons have uniformly 
  dark skin and thick, bifurcated eyebrows; however, light-skinned 
  human fusion Klingons with features closer to human norm are 
  not unknown.  In any case a simple medical scan is enough to tell 
  the difference between a human and a human fusion Klingon 
  despite external appearances. 
  (save for the very first occasion with civilian trader E.A. Jacoby) 
  bore little resemblance to the Klingons that we know today.  
  They were more human-like in appearance and wore their hair 
  short.  The only signs of their true heritage were their 
  preference for Oriental-style beards and long moustaches, their 
  Mongol-like features and mannerisms, and the shoulder sashes 
  worn by their officers (which turned out to be almost identical 
  to those of “normal” Klingons). 
   
  Many theories have
  mystery behind the 
   said about this discrepancy is that 
  a private manner and they do not 
  k of it to outsiders.  Scans of 
  ons captured or killed during the 
   Years War revealed traces of 
  an DNA in their genetic makeup.  
  n and how they came by this 
  ins a mystery as of this date, but this discovery has led to 
  term “human fusion” for these types of Klingons
  R
  human fusion K
  Years War.  Human fusi
   
   
   human.  Externally they appear almost identical 
  r swarthy skins and uniformly 
   hair, which tends to be thicker and longer than the huma
  .  That is where the likeness ends.  Their abnorma
  bolic rate, which is remarkably close to the Klingon norm, is
  e
  st
  y detectable by scanners.  They average 1.5 times the
  rength of a human of comparable build (s
  Kazh is a high
   
   
  ARTWORK BY SHANE JOHNSON 
   FROM THE STAR FLE
  REPRINTED
  ET UNIFORM RECOGNITION MANUAL
  - 39 - 
  
  THE TALOSIANS 
   
  he Talosians are a genetically weakened race with the
  T
   most 
  r 
   
  eir collective powers have not been tested. 
   
  At one time the Talosians were great explorers, like humanity, 
  and brought back many samples of lifeforms from the worlds 
  they visited back to their own.  About 200,000 years ago, 
  though, the Talosian civilization collapsed under the brunt of a 
  self-induced thermonuclear war.  The surface of their planet was 
  rendered uninhabitable and they were forced to relocate 
  underground, living in cities buried miles below the highly 
  radioactive surface.  It was at this time that the Talosians, with 
  nowhere to go and nothing else to do, began concentrating on 
  their mental powers.  Many of their off-world specimens had 
  been brought below with them for their own survival, and th
   
  robed their minds with their newfound powers.  At first merely 
  olumbia crashed on their planet.  
  e only survivor was a badly injured young girl named Vina 
  r many injuries.  Vina 
  ell-meant but ultimately 
   her disfigured for life.  
  nst the hand that fate 
   her mind a vitality and 
  ore.  Add to that the 
  hort time as an adult 
  the young Vina was a 
  deration history.  To its horror Star Fleet learned that a 
  systems.  Star Fleet had no choice but to accept Captain Pike’s 
  recommendation that all contact with the Talosians be broken on 
  st assets. 
  powerful psionic powers in known space.  The range of thei
  powers is so great that as a group effort it can span the many 
  parsecs from Talos IV all the way to Starbase 12.  Beyond this
  th
  ey
  p
  a test of their newfound abilities, soon they become 
  psychologically addicted to the life experiences of the residents 
  of their underground menagerie.  They stopped building and 
  creating, allowing their civilization to stagnate and eventually 
  decline as they spent their days living and reliving the thoughts 
  and experiences of their menagerie specimens. 
   
  The Talosians got their first taste of human experiences in 2232 
  when the ACI science ship S.S. C
  Th
  Oliver.  The Talosians did what they could to save her life.  
  Unfortunately, they had never seen humans before and had no 
  guide save themselves for tending to he
  survived the experience; however, the w
  misguided Talosian medical attention left
  As she recovered, though, and railed agai
  had dealt her, the Talosians discovered in
  life force they had never experienced bef
  memories of her life on Earth and her s
  explorer of space, and to the Talosians 
  narcotic new-found.  It took years to break her mind and spirit 
  but that they eventually did, reveling in the broad vistas that her 
  memories and experiences offered.  This brief taste the Talosians 
  had been given of human experiences made them thirst for 
  more.  Pooling their mental powers, they soon learned that the 
  Federation occasionally sent ships within range of Talos IV.  
  When the next one came, they would be ready. 
   
  The eventual encounter between Captain Christopher Pike of the 
  starship Enterprise and the Keepers of Talos IV is documented 
  elsewhere.  Suffice it to say that it was a paradigm event in 
  Fe
  psionic power of massive proportions, potentially capable of 
  overthrowing and enslaving the very Federation it was sworn to 
  defend, lay within a virtual stone’s throw of Local Group 
  pain of death.  The only way the Talosian threat could be 
  combated was to deny them the very narcotic that they sought:  
  the minds and experiences of beings others than their own.  This 
  order would remain in place for decades to come. 
   
  A lot has happened since the clash between Captain Pike and the 
  Keepers of Talos IV almost half a century ago.  General Order 7 
  has recently been lifted based on the recommendation of 
  Ambassador Pike.  The Talosians have turned their powers 
  toward the greater good and now export their psionic skills.  
  Their mind-manipulation abilities have been applied to diverse 
  projects ranging from intelligence gathering to empathic and 
  telepathic training, and even such fields as holodeck research 
  and the entertainment industry.  The very beings that the 
  Federation so feared not so long ago are now proving 
  themselves as one of its greate
   
   
  ARTWORK BY SHANE JOHNSON 
  REPRINTED FROM THE WORLDS OF THE FEDERATION  
  - 40 - 
  
  TERRAN EXPLORATIONS 
   
  KAZH 
   
  The planet Kazh is the homeworld of the Klingons.  It is the 
  et’s agricultural 
  sources.  The Hamar Mountains are its largest and longest 
  gth (as befitting 
   high-gravity planet).  The mainland Klingons, less numerous 
  second of seven planets orbiting a binary pair, the dominant of 
  which is spectral class K1.  It is also called Qo’noS and Klinzhai.  
  It is sometimes called Kling in formal reference, usually in the 
  phrase “Houses of Kling.”  Its system primary is named 
  Klingonkii and its secondary Kazara by the Federation but they 
  have no native names among the Klingons themselves.  They 
  simply call them wah’Hov (“First Sun”) and cha’Hov (“Second 
  Sun”). 
   
  Kazh is the focal point of the interstellar Klingon Empire.  On it 
  can be found the Klingon High Council, the Klingon Academy for 
  Warriors, the Klingon Traders Guilds, and private complexes for 
  most of the major Houses of Kling. 
   
  Kazh is an arid planet, with a single major continent and two 
  minor continents surrounded on all sides by shallow, marshy 
  seas and numerous island chains.  The Kethla Lowlands on the 
  major continent represents 60% of the plan
  re
  range, dominated by the massive peak of Kang’s Summit.  Two of 
  its arms nestle the inland Sea of Gatan, the largest such on the 
  planet.  Distanda is the major port city of “New Continent,” 
  Kazh’s second largest land mass.  The third largest land mass is 
  composed entirely of military bases and training areas.  It is 
  called the Darvba Defense Complex and is strictly off-limits. 
   
  The largest and oldest city on Kazh is Kahl (Captiol).  It was 
  rebuilt a day’s journey southwest of the original Kahl, which was 
  completely destroyed ages ago in one of the planet’s many civil 
  wars.  The ruins of Old Kahl can still be seen and are a popular 
  place both for tourists and for pilgrimages by representatives of 
  the eldest of the Houses of Kling.  Other major cities include 
  Qam-Chee, Quin’Lat, and Tong Vey. 
   
  The dominant lifeform on Kazh today is the native Klingon 
  humanoid (homo sagittarii).  These developed as a group in the 
  planet’s southern hemisphere on New Continent.  They are 
  easily distinguishable from the humanoid norm by their swarthy 
  skin, ridge bone protrusions, and superior stren
  a
  today than they once were, have fair skin and their bony ridges 
  are far less pronounced than the Klingon norm.  There are also a 
  small number of genetically engineered Klingon fusion humanoids 
  (Quch’Ha) living in separated colonies in the Northern and 
  Southern Island regions.  Most Klingon fusions prefer to live 
  offworld due to their “unnatural” appearance; a topic that all 
  Klingons steadfastly refuse to discuss with outsiders. 
    
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  System star: Klingonkii (no native name) 
   
  Distance from system star ……………… 240 million km 
  Period of revolution (Terran measure) …… 18.26 hours 
  Period of orbit (Terran measure) ………… 291.90 days 
  Mass …………………………………. 1.392 x1028 kg 
  Places of note: 
  Kahl City (both New and Old
  The southe
  The Caves of No’Mat 
  Diameter ………………………………. 7489 km 
  Axial inclination ………………………… 23º  
  Average surface temperature ……………  23º C 
   
  Satellites ……..………………………..  none 
  Planetary Richter Scale rating ………….. M 
  Level of technology …………………….. current 
   
  Indigenous culture(s) …………………… Klingon 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo sagittarii) 
  Additional culture(s) ……………………. Klingon fusions 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo sagittari terran) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo sagittari eridani) 
  Major surface features:  
  Kang’s Summit 
  Sea of Gatan 
  New Continent 
  Skral River 
   
   Kahl) 
  rn port city of Distanda (New Continent) 
  - 41 - 
  
  TALOS IV 
   
   
   
  Talos IV is the sole habitable world in the eleven planets of the 
  binary Talos star group.  It was the under the protection of Star 
  d at 
  ans have the highest psionic 
  Fleet General Order 7 since its discovery by the starship U.S.S. 
  Columbia (NCC-1701) in 2232 until fairly recently.  Access to 
  the planet is still severely restricted at the desire of both its 
  natives and the Federation Council. 
   
  The planet is for the most part a barren world, with what little 
  surface water that remains locked away in thin polar ice caps.  
  Thousands of years ago an atomic holocaust wreaked havoc on 
  the planet’s surface and destroyed its ecosystem, forcing the 
  survivors of its native peoples (homo talosii) to move 
  underground.  The few life forms that remain on the surface, all 
  of them plants, have developed unique methods of surviving in 
  what remains of the planet’s shattered ecosystem. 
   
  Recently, with the encouragement of Federation ambassador 
  Christopher Pike, the Talosians have begun to reclaim parts of 
  their planet.  There is a small surface city (New Talos) locate
  the primary access point to the Talosian underground facilities.  
  A limited number of carefully selected volunteers, mostly humans 
  and Vulcans, are working with the Talosions towards the long-
  term goal of reclaiming more of their planet’s decimated surface. 
   
  Contact with the Talosians is barred to all but a few carefully 
  chosen Federation citizens and then only under the authority of 
  the Federation President.  The Talosi
  capabilities of any corporeal beings in the known universe and 
  only recently (under Ambassador Pike’s efforts) have begun to 
  use that power for good.  Among those powers is the ability to 
  instantly sift through the mind of almost any visitor (save for the 
  strongest of telepaths) and know all that they know within 
  seconds.  This is an unnerving and unpleasant experience for all 
  save those who are trained for this event or whose cultures 
  permit such mental intrusions.  Past encounters with the 
  Talosians have usually resulted in open conflict and hostility.  It 
  will take considerable time, effort, and preparation before Talos 
  IV is ready to accept visitors on a wider scale. 
   
    
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  System star: Talos (native name unknown) 
  134 million km 
  tion (Terran measure) …… 48.05 days 
  Period of orbit (Terran measure) ………… 194 days 
   5.063 x1024 kg 
  Diameter ………………………………. 16,720 km 
  t 
  digenous culture(s) …………………… humanoid 
   
   talosi) 
  anoid 
   
  rran) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo eridani) 
   
   
  Distance from system star ……………… 
  Period of revolu
  Mass ………………………………….
  Axial inclination ………………………… 12.5º  
  Average surface temperature ……………  24º C 
   
  Satellites ……..………………………..  none 
  Planetary Richter Scale rating ………….. M 
  Level of technology …………………….. curren
   
  In
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo
  Additional culture(s) ……………………. hum
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo te
   
  Major surface features:  
  none 
   
  Places of note: 
  New Talos (sole surface colony at present) 
  - 42 - 
  
  HISTORICAL ARTICLES 
   
  THE LAUNCHING OF THE ENTERPRISE 
  4 JULY 2223 
  AN ABRIDGED AND EDITED EXTRACT FROM STAR TREK LOG TEN 
  BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER (NEW YORK:  BALLANTINE BOOKS)  
   
   
   
  Several thousand strong, the construction crews began to 
  assemble around the finished ship.  Individuals in work-quits 
  drifted in, as did crews of two or three manning engineering 
  lighters and early “work bee” utility craft.  Several hundred 
  looked on from the orbital assembly stations that boxed in the 
  shipyard.  All were watching as the first crew finally took official 
  ossession of their ship.  Their  starship. 
  arah would see to the rest.  Luxuriating in the comparative 
  “Ready to get underway, captain,” 
   
  “Very well, Mr. Sundresh.  All hands, stand by.” 
   
  Suddenly his fear was gone, replaced by a strange 
  calmness.  It all seemed so natural somehow, as if he had been 
  doing this for years.  Walking forward, he strode to the 
  command con and took his seat.  His seat.  His body melted 
  easily into the deceptively blunt countours.  The con was 
  comforting beyond imagination in a way that bordered almost on 
  the erotic. 
   
  Leaning over, April keyed the intercom and spoke with a 
  reassurance 
  that 
  sprang 
  from 
  just-tapped 
  regions.  
  “Engineering?” 
   
  “Chief Engineer Kursley, sir,” the thick voice filtered back.  
  “Standing by for orders.” 
   
  "Activate warp-drive engines, Chief." 
  "Activating warp-drive, Captain."  Kursley turned to the 
  prime engineering board. She eyed her subordinates, then
  uttered a silent liturgy. It might have been a prayer, might 
  g else. She engaged the energies of a sun. 
  cent monitors awoke on the bridge. Blank-
  yed
  ands ascended 
  n gauges
  i
  he 
  ridg
   
  the 
  Navi
  se, 
  bear
  inter
  all room 
  bene
  eters 
  and predict
  ing 
  to fi
  hite 
   
  ons, thousands of men and 
  women of s
   watched their fully formed offspring and 
  wait
  tensely, 
  wo ... on
  Head-on, the tiny projectile struck the completed cruiser, 
  exploded, and burst into a small but rapidly expanding ball of 
  brilliance. Tiny reflective fragments caught the morning sunlight 
  and turned the diffusing globe into a spray of diamonds. 
  Thousands of watching eyes saw the distant explosion and 
  reacted. From electronic pickups set strategically around the 
  assembly area, billions more on Earth and on other globes also 
  saw it and all reacted.  On billions of speakers, the aged but 
  enormously respected voice of the Federation president, Samuel 
  p
  The engineering crew alone did not proceed at once to 
  assigned quarters.  Starship engineers seldom used their on-
  board personal cabins.  They lived in Jeffries tubes and cramped 
  accessways and the free spaces in between computer housing. 
   
  Captain Robert Townsend April barely had time to stow his 
  gear and check the glistening chronometer in his quarters.  
  S
  spaciousness of the captain’s cabin would have to wait.  He had 
  a ship to command. 
   
  It was a short turbolift ride to the bridge.  His first shift 
  officers awaited him there.  Slowly, appraisingly, he looked them 
  over one at a time.  Were they all as nervous as he was, he 
  wondered?  Some had more time in Star Fleet than he, albeit in 
  non-commissioned ratings.  Did any of them feel the same 
  overpowering mix of fear and exultation, of terror and 
  expectancy, that had been building in him since the day 
  Commodore van Anling had shown him this ship, at that time 
  only a smattering of diagrams spread on an office wall in the San 
  Francisco Navy Yards? 
   
  To April’s relief, it was First Officer Sundresh who broke the 
  silence. 
   
   
  m
  have been somethin
  Hitherto quies
  e
   circlets winked on, needles sprinted ahead, b
  , and a t ny shock ran through every member of t
  o
  b
  e crew. 
  " 
  "All systems," April ordered firmly, "final checkout. Report.
  s at
  Response came from around the bridge, from speaker
  freshly painted communications station, and finally from 
  gation. 
  cour
  “Visual contact, sir. Object approaching on collision 
  ing dead ahead." 
  cknowledged, Lieutenant Po." April addressed the general 
  "A
  com. "All hands, stand by." 
  sm
  Other, distant hands were standing by in a 
  ath the lunar surface. Other eyes checked chronom
  ors as they watched the distant Earth-ball, fight
  nd a minute speck outlined against that brilliant blue-w
  globe. The drama begun on a small stage several weeks before
  was approaching the final curtain. 
  "Contact in thirty seconds, Captain," Lieutenant Po 
  reported, with an irrepressible shiver of excitement. 
  "Thank you, Lieutenant." 
  In s
  d ships and stati
  uits an
  everal races
  ed expectantly. 
  "Four . . . three . . . " the navigator counted off 
  e . . . mark!" 
  "t
  - 43 - 
  
  Solomon Qasr, sounded from a chamber on the moon: "In the 
  name of the United Federation of Planets, speaking on behalf of 
  all its peaceloving, space going peoples, I hereby christen thee 
  nterprise! 
  E
  Those on board the just-commissioned ship heard those 
  words, but not the cheering of the construction crews gathered
  , or the comments and smil s and expressions of 
   
  e
  ber 
  ing 
  There was too much to do now. 
  The Federation Exploration Territory was enormous beyond 
  comprehension, and it was but a minuscule portion of this tiny 
  section of the galaxy. Class I heavy cruisers were too expensive, 
  their personnel too valuable to be tied up on anything as 
  wasteful as a shakedown cruise. 
  It seemed there was a certain world on the present fringe 
  of Federation expansion that desperately required the know-how 
  and capabilities of a starship-class vessel.  April had his orders. 
  The initial cruise of the Enterprise would be fully operational. 
  Ceremony concluded, April leaned back in his chair, already 
  a part of him, and called firmly to his helmsman. 
  "Thrusters ahead, Mr. Nobis.  Take us out of orbit.  Once
  e’re clear of Earth, then ahead warp factor three." 
   
  around them
  satisfaction on the world below. Though each crew mem
  f vary
  might have permitted himself a silent observation, o  
  content and intensity, these were not voiced aloud. 
   
  w
  “Warp factor three.  Aye, aye sir.” 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Franz Joseph’s final conceptual illustration 
  for the Class I heavy cruiser (2215) 
  LARGEST SPACE RESCUE IN HISTORY 
  UBS EVENING NEWS – 6 DECEMBER 2236  
   
   
   
  Rescue in space:  At today’s press conference concerning the 
  loss of the starliner Juliana, Star Fleet spokesman Arnold 
  Trenchant informed reporters that all 600 passengers of the 
  missing vessel have been recovered safe and sound.  Captain 
  Demetrius and three of his officers gave their lives by destroying 
  their
  um.  Such 
  wormhole-like effects are known to happen 
  i
   
   crippled vessel so that the passengers could get off the 
  doomed starship could be rescued. 
   
  Everybody’s in good health and in surprisingly good 
  spirits, considering what they’ve been through.  We’re 
  still trying to figure out just what happened, but 
  Captain Kovanas and his crew deserve credit for 
  reacting the way they did.  Their sacrifice ensured that 
  we would find where the ship had been thrown.  If 
  they hadn’t, there’s a good chance that they never 
  would have been found. 
   
  The Juliana’s recorder-marker, along with the testimony of First 
  Officer Helen Morgan and the other surviving crewmembers, 
  together with probes of the area by rescue vessels, appears to 
  point to a freak rift in the local space-time continu
  but are extremely 
  rare.  This is the first time in the history of the Federation that a 
  starship has ever been caught in one as it forms.  The effects of 
  this split-second rift hurled the Juliana several dozen parsecs 
  out of known space and shattered the ship’s dilithium converter 
  assembly.  With no way to return to known space save by 
  mpulse power – a trip that would take generations – Captain 
  Kovanas elected to blow up the Juliana and use the explosion as 
  a giant distress flare to attract attention to their location.  He
  and three volunteers stayed behind to detonate the ship’s 
  engines while the rest of the crew evacuated all passengers to a 
  safe distance in lifeboats and small craft.  As planned, the 
  explosion was detected by long-range scans of one of the ships 
  searching for the lost starliner, with rescue vessels finding the 
  Juliana’s lifeboats and small craft several hours later. 
  - 44 - 
  
  STARSHIP TRAVELS THROUGH TIME 
  STARBASE 12 LOG – COMMODORE GREGORY TREE, COMMANDING 
  12 MAY 2242  
   
   
   
  The U.S.S. Wells embarked from Starbase 20 thirty-tree solar 
  days ago on a five-year exploratory mission to chart several 
  sectors of unknown space.  Yesterday, it returned – limping on 
  impulse power, its warp engines seriously damaged and the rest 
  of the ship in equally bad shape.  When Captain Perry reported 
  to me, however, he stated that the Wells had been gone for 
  ver
   apparently happened. 
  e crew swears to it.  The ship’s logs confirm it.  Hull testing 
  ows stress, fatigue, and signs of deterioration consistent with 
  eir tale of three years of sublight interstellar travel.  Clearly, 
  e Wells somehow traveled back in time – an event that almost 
  estroyed them. 
  eil is certain exactly when his ship made its time-jump.  His 
  collection is confirmed by the ship’s logs.  The Wells was 
  aveling through an apparently empty sector of space when the 
  ip began to be buffeted by what Science Officer Filby described 
  s “ripples in time.”  They were emanating from a particular 
  oint in space several sectors ahead of them.  When they tried 
   approach it, however, the time waves increased in intensity 
  ntil it was too much for the ship’s engines to handle.  They 
  ere caught by one and thrown like the crack of a whip.  Once 
  ey stopped, they found they had been thrown back in time just 
  ver three years.  The ship was so badly damaged by the event 
  at they had to return on impulse power at space normal 
  speed.  No warp power, no subspace communications, just 
  impulse engines and what stores they had on board.  There’s 
  been no other ship in that part of space except the Wells for at 
  least a decade.  That’s why it took them three years to get 
  back.  We didn’t know they were out there. 
   
  There’s no way Neil Perry and his crew are faking this.  I’m not 
  about to let any other starships into that sector until Star Fleet 
  sends me one powerful enough to deal with it.  In the meantime, 
  I’m declaring it a navigational hazard and off-limits to all non-
  authorized starships 
  Command. 
   
  UFP INFONET – 20 JULY 2245  
  o
   
   three years.  This is impossible; yet it
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  save by direct order of Star Fleet 
  COMET CREATED BY 
  STARSHIP EXPLOSION 
   
   
   
  The mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the starship 
  Ajax has been solved.  Debris identified as coming from the lost 
  Star Fleet scout has been found in the form of a comet orbiting 
  the star UFC 514263 near the Klingon border.  The U.S.S. 
  Brahe, a Canopus class research cruiser under the command of 
  Captain Peter Sullivan, discovered the comet while on a routine 
  survey of previously unmapped interstellar phenomena.  Captain 
  ullivan was able to recover the recorder-marker of the 
  S
  f
  Ajax 
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  ata 
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   the comet debris.  Preliminary analysis of the d
  ests the Ajax was destroyed by an explosion resulting from 
  astrophic failure of its dilithium energy converter assemb
  survivors were found and there does not appear to ha
   time for any of the crew to escape based on the record
  ker data.  All relatives of Ajax personnel are being notified
  final fate of their loved ones.  In the meantime, Star Fl
  set up a board of inquiry to determine if the possibility of a 
  r catastrophic converter failure might occur in other 
  si
  starships with dilithium moderated warp engines. 
  - 45 - 
  
  VULCAN ENROLLS AT 
  STAR FLEET ACADEMY  
  UBS NEWSLINE – “FROM THE FLEET” FEATURE – 29 APRIL 2244  
   
   
   
  Something of a stir is taking place within the ranks of Federation 
  military and diplomatic circles.  Spock, son of Sarek, has applied 
  for and been admitted to the Terran branch of Star Fleet 
  cademy.  He will be entering the Academy as part of this year’s 
  ns currently serving in Star Fleet are either 
  ecial attached duty personnel arranged through the Vulcan 
   attempting to join 
  e Star Fleet officer corps.  Should the young Spock pass this 
   
  A
  midshipman class. 
   
  Spock is the first Vulcan in history to attempt to aspire to the 
  ranks of the Star Fleet officer corps like any other Federation 
  citizen.  All Vulca
  sp
  Academy of Sciences or interservice transfers made after the 
  disbanding of Local Group system fleets in 2184.  Up until now 
  Vulcans have refrained from a more active role in Star Fleet due 
  to what they assert are its overly militaristic overtones.  No 
  reason was given as to the young Spock’s decision.  It has 
  apparently caused considerable contention within the ranks of 
  Vulcan’s diplomatic corps on Earth.  Spock’s father Sarek is the 
  Vulcan ambassador to Terra and, according to one report, is so 
  upset with his son’s decision that he is no longer speaking to 
  him.  Only time will tell if this family rift, if true, is ever healed. 
   
  Academy officials refused to comment on Spock’s admission to 
  the freshman class of 2242.  Speaking off the record, though, 
  Academy insiders say that Spock will receive no special 
  treatment despite his unique status.  He will be expected to 
  prove himself and pull his weight just like any human, Andorian, 
  Tellarite, or other Federation citizen who is
  th
  gauntlet, then he can look forward to what will certainly be a 
  groundbreaking career in Star Fleet. 
  VICTORY AT AXANAR
  UFP INFONET – 29 AUGUST 2246  
   
   
   
  Star Fleet has won its first major victory against the Klingon 
  Empire in the war that has broken out between the Klingons and 
  the Federation.  A Star Fleet task force led by Captain Kelvar 
  Garth, commanding the heavy destroyer Xeonphon, has routed a 
  Klingon invasion fleet staging at the Axanar star system.  
  According to Star Fleet forces the Klingons were planning a 
  deep-strike invasion of the kind that the Romulans so 
  successfully pulled off at the start of the Romulan War.  Star 
  Fleet Intelligence got wind of the operation, and Captain Garth’s 
  fleet was sent to stop the invasion before it could happen.  
  Despite odds of four-to-one the battle was won by Captain 
  Garth’s tactical wizardry.  His slash-and-attack tactics, utilizing 
  the fearsome firepower of the Marklin class destroyers at his 
  disposal, wreaked havoc with Klingon forces as they 
  unsuccessfully attempted to corner and destroy his small fleet.  
  They were themselves routed instead, losing over two-thirds of 
  their ships and the rest fleeing back towards Klingon space.  
  Captain Garth is already being hailed as Star Fleet’s first hero of 
  the war and has been placed in overall command of all Star Fleet 
  forces in and around the Axanar system. 
   
  Despite their loss at Axanar, however, the Klingons have proven 
  more successful elsewhere along the border.  Five of Star 
  Fleet’s eleven new deep space stations have either been 
  destroyed or captured by Klingon forces, and they have managed 
  to succeed in the Andromeda sector where they failed at 
  Axanar.  Star Fleet’s biggest problems seem to be with the 
  sheer number of Klingon ships as well as a new “battleship” that 
  has more firepower than any Star Fleet ship in the field.  Star 
  Fleet is also experience problems in moving enough supplies and 
  reinforcements up to the front due to lack of transport 
  capability.  Civilian and Merchant Marine craft of all kinds and 
  sizes are being pressed into emergency service.  This includes 
  four of the legendary Stellarford class starliners, which are now 
  being used as troop transports to reinforce beleaguered 
  planetary defense forces. 
  - 46 - 
  
  KLINGONS SUE FOR PEACE 
  UFP INFONET – 26 APRIL 2250  
   
   
   
  Today, under a sign of truce, a Klingon escort was permitted 
  into Federation space bearing a diplomatic envoy from the 
  lingon High Council.  According to a Star Fleet spokesman, the 
  e 
  RACALS 
  K
  Klingons are suing for peace on Federation terms.  They have 
  admitted that they can no longer sustain the war that they so 
  cold-bloodedly provoked with the Federation almost four years 
  ago. 
   
  The Battle of Kolm-an was one of the largest battles yet fought 
  between Star Fleet and Imperial Klingon forces.  This two-
  pronged assault against the last remaining Klingon supply base in 
  captured Federation space was an all-day affair, with both 
  Federation starships and carrier groups taking part in the fight.  
  Star Fleet casualties were lighter than expected; even so, some 
  11 starships were destroyed and 17 damaged.  Klingon forces 
  were far heavier, with not only the loss of their base but almost 
  every ship that was defending it.  Only seven badly damaged 
  lingon starships managed to escape Star Fleet forces, and th
  K
  hunt is on to find them before they can find safe shelter or make 
  it back over the border. 
  THE RETURN OF THE CA
  UFP INFONET – 3 DECEMBER 2250  
   
   
   
  Veterans of Star Fleet in days past will soon see a familiar 
  looking starship in the post-war skies.  Five of Star Fleet’s old 
  Caracal class cruisers, built before the modern starship era, are 
  being returned to active duty service this week.  They have been 
  reactivated along with several other older reserve starships to 
  help cover for losses that Star Fleet suffered during the Fou
  ears War. 
   rest of the ship is still 
   
   
  r 
  Y
   
  “Well, it’s like coming back to an old friend that you haven’t seen 
  in a while,” said Senior Chief Petty Officer Patrick O’Brien.  He 
  and several other retired Star Fleet veterans were offered the 
  chance to return to service due to their prior experiences 
  aboard a Caracal class cruiser.  “As soon as I set foot inside the 
  main hatch and felt that old deck under my feet, well, I was right 
  at home again.  It felt good to be back.” 
   
  O’Brien worked as a junior engineering assistant aboard the 
  cruiser Palomar during the last years of its original service life.  
  Now he’s returning as a consulting engineer, working with ship’s 
  chief engineer Commander Hrondal of Tellar.  The two seemed to 
  hit it off almost at once, and their friendly arguing over how best 
  to keep the ship in good running order is welcome music to 
  Captain Jake Peterson’s ears. 
   
  “That’s just Hrondal’s way of saying how glad he is to have Chief 
  O’Brien with us,” Captain Peterson said when interviewed.  
  “They may have put new warp engines on the Palomar and 
  replaced her lasers with phasers, but the
  pretty much the way she was when she was decommissioned 
  back in 2232.  Vets like Chief O’Brien know best how to deal 
  with those old systems, and Hrondal knows that.  Personally, I 
  think he’s learned a thing or two from the chief and some of our 
  other special guests.” 
   
  The Caracals are part of a program to replace newer Star Fleet 
  vessels in Local Group fleet duties for the next two years.  The 
  ships they replace will be freed for duty along the still-sensitive 
  Klingon border.  Each Caracal will have, in addition to its regular 
  crew, a team of two dozen volunteer veterans returned to duty 
  status.  They will do their best to ensure that this last tour of 
  duty for these old warhorses ranks among their finest. 
   
   
  - 47 - 
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  ti
  to be con
  nued … 
  - 48 - 
  
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
  VOLUME 10:  2221-2250 
    
   
  AUTHOR’S COMMENTS: 
   
  For this issue I’d like to thank the very creative Warped9 for his 
  many “what-if” STAR TREK photoshopped pictures he’s posted 
  on the Internet over the past two years.  You’ve certainly gave 
  us all food for thought.  You’ve also allowed me to cover one or 
  two illustration holes I would have otherwise had to fill with 
  lesser works in this and other volumes of the FSC. 
   
  I’d also like to say a special “thank you” to Jan-Hendrik Kobarg 
  (“The Andorian” of the Deep Space Station K7 website, an FSC 
  mirror), the mystic sage “Cluttered Mind,” and Federation 
  Reference Series author Aridas Sofia for reviewing the drafts of 
  this issue prior to release.  They caught a lot of my early 
  mistakes and helped me resolve several canon and fanon issues 
  regarding this important period in TREK’s history. 
   
   
  Those of you who swear by the Prime Two timeline (Okuda 
  chronology) are probably going to be rather upset by my listing 
  an “early” launch date of 2223 fo
  is you’re going to say, whatever a
  in my email to “convince” me that
  date isn’t going to work.  My dating is based on what’s shown 
  on screen in TOS and TAS as well as the original TOS pre-
  production documents.  James Dixon argues the point well for 
  the so-called “early date” in his musings on the subject, and I’ve 
  had several interesting discussions myself with Aridas Sofia, 
  Bernard Guigand of Treknografix, and many others on the 
  subject.  At the risk of spoiling Dixon’s excellent dissertation, 
  here’s how I came to the conclusion that an “early” date of 
  2223 worked for my Prime One timeline: 
   
  1) Almost all major fandom works (prior to Okuda’s 
  slipshod timestream meddling and with the notable 
  exception of the efforts of TREK magazine) give the 
  dates for TOS as 2260-2265.  The basis for this is 
  Chuck Graham’s original 1974 fandom timeline from 
  The Menagerie fanzine and reprinted, used, and 
  elaborated upon by Geofferey Mandel in all of his old 
  fandom publications (Star Fleet Handbook, USS 
  Enterprise Officer’s Manual, Star Trek Maps, et al).  It 
  was derived from extensive analysis of on-screen 
  evidence from both TOS and TAS (read Dixon for the 
  dirty details).  Since this document is based on an 
  updated and corrected version of that timeline then it 
  too uses the 2260-2265 dates for TOS. 
  2) Several pre-production TOS documents exist (one of 
  which was reprinted in The Making of STAR TREK by 
  Stephen Whitfield) that give an approximate age of 40 
  years for the Enterprise at the time Kirk took 
  command.  A number of “old school” TREK fans appear 
  to interpret this literally, which is from where the 
  2221 date comes.  Since the first season of TOS 
  roughly corresponds to the year 2261 per the 
  Graham/Mandel timeline, then  
   
  2261 – 40 = 2221. 
   
  I interpret this 40-year figure as an approximate date 
  based on information from other sources.  Still, I’ll be 
  the first to agree that 2221 is the earliest possible 
  date for the launch of the Enterprise.  It probably 
  happened a little later than that and apparently did so 
  based on my interpretation of the available evidence. 
  3) The reason why I do not accept 2221 – or Okuda’s 
  2245, for that matter – as the Enterprise launch date 
  is based on the following: 
   
  a) 
  The established “fact” that at age 30 or 31 
  (given your source) James T. Kirk was the 
  arship captain in Star Fleet 
   is backed up by both on-screen 
  evidence (TOS “The Deadly Years,” for 
  starters) and the majority of licensed and 
  unlicensed STAR TREK works.  Before him 
  was Christopher Pike, his predecessor, at 
  age 33 (per Mandel’s EOM). 
  b) 
  We know that Robert April was the first 
  captain of the Enterprise per TAS (“The 
  Counter-Clock Incident”).  Even Okuda has 
  conceded this point. 
  c) 
  There is considerable on-screen evidence in 
  TOS, TAS, the original franchise movies, and 
  even into TNG, DS9, and VOY that the mid-
  to-late 30s age range is fairly common for 
  Star Fleet starship commanders.  Younger 
  candidates (such as Kirk and Pike) are 
  sometimes accepted based on demonstrated 
  exceptional command ability.  I could cite 
  many examples, but I’ll choose a well-known 
  one.  TNG’s William Riker was offered 
  command of the Melbourne at age 31 for 
  the very reason stated above.  He turned it 
  down, of course, and stayed as Picard’s 
  executive officer or several more years.  The 
  fact that he was offered it at all, though, 
  given his youth, serves to prove my point. 
  d) 
  Based on all of the above, Robert April 
  couldn’t have been any younger than 34 (or 
  r the Enterprise.  Whatever it 
  rguments you’re going to drop 
   2245 is the “correct” launch 
  youngest st
  history.  This
  - 49 - 
  
  a late 33, possibly) when he became the 
  first captain of the Enterprise.  If he had 
  been any younger then April would have been 
  starship captain in Star Fleet 
  the youngest 
  history prior to
  of April’s age is never mentioned when he 
   Kirk, not Pike.  The subject 
  discusses taking command with Kirk 
   (“The Counter-Clock Incident”), so 
  75 – 34 = 41 
   
  4) 
   
  briefly 
  in TAS
  it’s probably safe to say he was in that 
  median age group favored by Star Fleet for 
  initial starship command.  An age of 34 falls 
  within this median range.  The original TOS 
  production documents say that April was 
  “about 34” when he was envisioned as 
  commanding the Enterprise. 
  e) 
  Robert April was 75 years old when he 
  visited the Enterprise in TAS (“The Counter-
  Clock Incident”).  Kirk states April’s age 
  onscreen as part of his log entry.  Bouncing 
  his retirement age (75) against the earliest  
  age he assumed command (34) of a brand 
  new starship Enterprise … 
   
   
  …which means Robert April took command 
  of the Enterprise 41 years prior to the 
  events depicted in TAS.  This happens to 
  agree with the approximate 40-year figure 
  given in the TOS pre-production documents.  
  The 40-year figure was taken into account 
  by both the writers and producers of TAS 
  per 
  their 
  own 
  account; 
  hence 
  its 
  consistency with the TOS evidence. Now, we 
  know that the Graham/Mandel timeline puts 
  TAS in 2264, so April’s visit to his former 
  command at age 75 also took place in 2264.  
  One last bit of math left to do … 
   
   
   
  2264 – 41 = 2223 
   
  … and that’s how I got 2223 as the launch 
  date for the Enterprise. 
  The only other thing I’ll say at this point is that the 
  2218 launch date as given in certain high-brow 
  fandom works, such as Ships of the Star Fleet Volume 
  1 and the Federation Reference Series, is now 
  generally conceded to be in error.  At least one of the 
  authors behind those works has privately admitted to 
  me that 2218 was too early a date, again based on 
  April’s age at the time he took command.  Star Fleet 
  has yet to appoint a 29-year old starship captain, 
  folks, based on current onscreen evidence.  The author 
  in question also agrees with the accuracy of an early 
  2220s launch date. 
  Others may use other methods for their calculations, but all of 
  us “old school” fans tend to arrive at the same approximate 
  figure:  an original launch date for the Enterprise in the early 
  2220s.  We may quibble on the exact year, but we’re all agreed 
  on the period at least.  This “early dating” is based on direct 
  idence, both on-screen (in both TOS and TAS) and in the 
  actual TO
  swearing
  screwed 
  ignore thi
  of any of 
  there is 
  us in favor of official 
  pronouncements, however obviously flawed or incorrect they 
  may be.  Oh, well.  Believe
  appy.  Add two 
  decades t  my dates and “adjust” them at your leisure, if that 
  will make
  STAR TR
   
  ev
  S production documents themselves.  If you insist on 
   by Okuda’s chronology, though, (or the absolutely 
  up TREK magazine/SFC/FASA chronology) and refuse to 
  s evidence, then you’ll never accept my dating nor that 
  the other “early” launch date advocates.  All I can say 
  that you’re ignoring the obvio
   what you will and be h
  o
   you feel better.  At least we can agree in enjoying 
  EK, can’t we?  ^_^ 
   
  The Mir
  origins an
   
  fans
  o
  the Relia
  original 
  documents.  The Miranda 
  esignation has been used by the franchise ever since, though, 
  and a franchis
  appearances in lice
  story Cloak and D
  presented).  This 
  that both Todd Gu
  Reliant and how it 
  at “fixing” a late d
  made things worse
  Anton still lurking 
  irst” unofficial 
  Reliant precurs
  of you who don’t a
  for me, though. 
   
  anda class cruiser has serious issues regarding its 
  d placement – or TOS existence, according to some
   I kn w.  Apparently the TNG writers ignored the fact that 
  nt was conceived as an Avenger class starship per the 
  Wrath of Khan production 
  d
  e-sanctioned TOS-era Miranda put in several visual 
  nsed works, most notably the Marvel comics 
  agger (where the TOS-era version was first 
  really gummed up the elaborate background 
  ether and Aridas Sofia had developed for the 
  came to be.  Alexander Rosenzweig’s efforts 
  ate for the Miranda class blueprints has only 
  , IMHO.  On top of that there’s FASA’s old 
  in the background as the “f
  or.  My solution may not be the best, and those 
  gree are free to go your own way.  It works 
   
  The apparent youth
  as an officer has be
  Star Trek fans for
  realize that his wa
  have either been 
  history know that 
  programs during w
  my mind is the U.S
  that cranked out en
  examples in history
  and midshipmen ea
  Star Fleet would ha
  way to explain som
  TOS service career 
  deus ex machina 
  s 
  (Preserver ma
    
   of James T. Kirk when he was commissioned 
  en the source of some consternation among 
   years.  It makes sense, though, once you 
  s a wartime commission.  Those of us who 
  in the service or are students of military 
  all militaries accelerate their officer training 
  artime.  The example that comes quickest to 
  . Navy’s WWII-era “90-day wonder” program 
  signs as fast as it could.  There are plenty of 
   of military academies graduating their cadets 
  rly so they could go be part of a current war.  
  ve been no exception.  It’s the only sensible 
  e of the seeming inconsistencies in Kirk’s pre-
  without having to resort to some of the silly 
  used by some of the TREK novel writer
  nipulation?  Gimme a break!). 
  - 50 - 
  
   
  I’m well aware tha
  using aren’t technic
  100% accurate the
  War would be fitted wit
  ones with PB-31 or
  distinguished from 
  intercoolers (see t
  The Baton Rouge E
  with their grilled re
  are what you see 
  spiked domes and h
  3D renders of any
  dreadfully few with
  what I’ve got.  I’
   pictures from 
  anybody who h
   
  The schematic of th
  horrible “NX-Consti
  Starship Schematic
  bring it more in lin
  many fandom musin
   
  t some of the Class I starship pictures I’m 
  ally accurate for the period.  If I were to be 
  n all Class I starships prior to the Four Years 
  h PB-18 warp engines and all post-war 
   PB-32 warp engines.  PB-18s can be easily 
  later designs by their side-mounted rear 
  he Bering and Archon classes in Volume 10:  
  ra).  PB-31s are the “pre-TOS” warp engines, 
  ar cowls and “spiked” front domes.  PB-32s 
  in regular TOS and TAS episodes, with no 
  alf-globed rear cowls.  I have yet to find any 
   Class I starships done with PB-18s and 
   PB-31s, though, so I’m forced to work with 
  d gladly welcome corrected
  as the artistic talent and time for such an effort.  
  e Constitution as launched isn’t mine.  It’s a 
  tution” that I got and doctored a bit from the 
   Database.  I retooled the engines in order to 
  e with what it must have looked like per the 
  gs on the subject. 
   
  I’m glad Aridas directed my attention to forgetting his Kiaga 
  class perimeter acti
  quite a different bea
  with Internet-savvy
  on a starship clas
  Ships of the Star F
  the way it was dev
  the idea that its e
  Fleet service, could 
  Remember, this is
  literally kick out the
  weapon that was kl
  for fleet action.  M
  they’re hard press
   in 2246-
  2247. 
   
  on ship in my first draft of this volume.  It’s 
  st than Activision’s Akula and rather popular 
   TREK fans.  It’s a 2240s-era design based 
  s that was mentioned but never shown in 
  leet Volume 2.  I’ve presented it pretty much 
  eloped on the TrekBBS.  My only addition was 
  arly phasers, the first ever deployed in Star 
  not fire a sustained beam like we see in TOS.  
   an early phaser, something they had to 
   door in order to get it to the war front – a 
  udged and deployed before it was really ready 
  ilitary forces do that kind of thing whenever 
  ed, just as Star Fleet certainly was
   
  Well, here we are. 
  history that everyb
   two more volumes 
  f the FSC to go, folks, so hang tight! 
   
  Regards, 
   
  - Richard E
   We’re on the threshold of the period in TREK 
  ody knows.  There’s only
  o
  . Mandel 
   
   
  In-jokes and asides: 
   
  1) The picture of Admiral Shephard is actually that of 
  Captain Draco Gideon from Star Blazers.  WELL?!?!?  
  As big an anime fan as I am, and as important as Star 
  Blazers is (the “Japanese Star Trek”), you just KNEW  
  I was going to slip in a Star Blazers reference 
  somewhere!  ^_^ 
   
  2) Yes, that REALLY IS a picture of actor Steve Inhat as 
  the young Garth of Izar.  I had to do some digging to 
  find a picture of him on the Internet that wasn’t from 
  the TOS episode “Whom Gods Destroy.”  It’s from an 
  old Outer Limits episode, I believe, but I could be 
  wrong.  The horrible photoshopping is mine. 
  3) I deliberately used a lot of pictures and stills from Star 
  Goldstein and Sternback decided to play The 
  Time Machine card by having the U.S.S. Wells go back 
  in time, I named the ship’s captain Neil Perry (from 
   
  Trek: The Animated Series this time around.  It’s never 
  been considered canon by the Church of Okuda but it 
  is here in old-school TREK fandom.  It’s just my way of 
  acknowledging my roots.  I got hooked on STAR TREK 
  when the animated series first aired.  I can still 
  remember as a young boy sitting on the horrid green 
  shag carpet of my parent’s living room, watching their 
  old Zenith color TV (they were the first in our area to 
  have a color set) and seeing “Beyond the Farthest 
  Star” when it originally aired.  I loved the animated 
  STAR TREK because it was the first Saturday morning 
  TV series I ever watched that invited me to come up 
  to its level of storytelling, not the other way around 
  (as with most TV cartoon fare).  Maybe that’s why I’m 
  such an anime fanatic today.  I know the animated 
  STAR TREK hooked me on the franchise for life. 
   
  4) Since 
  the TV movie) and his science officer David Filby (from 
  the George Pal feature film) 
  - 51 - 
  
  SPECIAL THANKS TO: 
   
  Jason Bogguess (Star Fleet Network) 
  Eric Kristiansen (Jackill’s) 
  Neale Davidson (Pixel Sagas) 
  James Dixon 
  Alan Dean Foster 
  Bernard Guignand (Treknografix) 
  Dana Knutson (FASA Corporation) 
  Jan Hendrik Kobarg (aka “Kobi”, The Andorian’s Office) 
  Geoffery Mandel 
  Memory Alpha and Memory Beta 
  Aridas Sofia (Federation Reference Series) 
  Wikipedia 
   
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  hip Modeler 
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