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- USS Sheridan (NCC-4463, Larson class) is lost with all but three hands on her maiden voyage due to a power system explosion that could not be contained.
- USS Smith (Byrd class galactic survey cruiser) begins the first round of experimental modifications in an exploration of cruiser-carrier concepts.
- The Memory Alpha planetoid is selected—as an event during the Centennial Survey—as the archive of the UFP’s cultural and scientific knowledge. The eight-year development of the project begins.
- The plight of Uzor becomes apparent to the people of Bolarus IX: it will be uninhabitable in less than a decade as solar instability threatens to wipe out the entire Uzor system.
- USS Skagerrak (NCC-G504, Bering class) is lost to “therspace” after rescuing a Tellarite crew.
- After final funding for the last 26 vessels of the Larson class destroyers is procured, destroyer funds are redirected to experiments intended to address the inherent shortcomings of the single-nacelled configuration of the Syracuse family class.
- USS Virgo (NCC-1572, Taurus cruiser) is lost to unknown causes while scouting in the direction of Zeta Persei.
- Having completed a multi-year refit, USS Byrd (first of her class) launches on her second galactic survey, a 13-year voyage.
- The crew of USS Cromwell (NCC-4477, Larson class) takes refuge on Delta Canaris VI after her nacelle is ripped off and life support compromised by a relativistic-speed meteoroid cloud.
- The third (of three) attempt at further production of the Larson class destroyer is deferred.
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