Excelsior Class

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Excelsior Class
Class Information
Expected Hull Life

80 years

Refit

3 years

Category

Exploration/Heavy Cruiser

Affiliation

Starfleet

Dimensions
Length

467 Meters

Width

185 Meters

Height:

100 Meters

Decks

28

Engines
Warp nacelles

2

Cruising speed Warp 6
Maximum speed

Warp 8

Emergency speed

Warp 9.4

Defensive Systems
Phasers

22 type- VIII phaser banks

Torpedo launchers

4 ( 2 forward and 2 aft )

Photons

400

Quantum

0

Shields

MLSS

Personnel
Officers

115

Enlisted

450

FMI/Sabre

145

Passengers

375

Auxiliary Craft
Shuttle Bays

3

Shuttles

6

Fighters

5

Runabouts

3

Additional Information
Built

182

Refit

108

Decommissioned

85

Mothballed

0

MIA/Destroyed

56

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The Excelsior Class is a long-serving Starfleet vessel, first constructed in the 2280s. The first of the class, the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) was outfitted with Starfleet's first attempted Transwarp drive however the experiment was a failure and subsequent vessels of the class have been outfitted with standard warp drive engines.

Service History

At the time of the USS Excelsior's construction, the most advanced class of starship in Starfleet was the Constitution Class; a capable yet aging design. It became clear to Starfleet that in order to effectively protect the Federation and explore deep space, a tougher, more capable design was needed. At over four hundred and fifty metres, the Excelsior was over 50% larger than the Constitution and its sensory and defensive systems were noticably improved as well. Despite the failure of the experimental Transwarp drive, the design was still seen as a success and went into mass production. Subsequent refits and modifications meant that the spaceframe continued its service well into the latter half of the twenty-fourth century, forming the backbone of the fleet before and during The Dominion War, supporting newer but less numerous designs such as the Ambassador and Galaxy Class spaceframes.

Following the Borg War, the spaceframe was officially retired from Starfleet as the remaining hulls were beyond the regulated levels that Starfleet could accept for active service vessels. Despite this, some spaceframes were been assigned to civilian projects. Whilst the Excelsiors could not compare to Akiras in firepower or Galaxys in terms of sensory capabilities, the design remains a solid one and even older Starfleet systems have proven to be effective against pirate vessels and the like.

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