2224

Historical Events

• The final ships (of the ordered 7) of the Archon heavy cruiser class are completed and enter service. Further progress of the USS Gjöa in the Rapier yards above New Aberdeen is cancelled.

Apparently the Archon run was cut shorter than originally intended.

• The Trent and Kovaris light destroyers are relegated to Activation Class Two and sent to the Romulan border as the larger Detroyat and Saladin destroyers are commissioned.

• The phase cannons are removed from all Valkyr subclass shuttlecarriers.

• The final Baton Rouge heavy cruisers are built.

• The final Syracuse subclass destroyer is built.

• Construction starts on USS Saladin (NCC-520), first of the Saladin subclass destroyers.

• Construction starts on USS Hermes (NCC-585), first of the Hermes subclass destroyers.

• The Ptolemy class fleet tug/tender enters service with Star Fleet.

• USS Robinson, prototype for the fleet tug/tender, is deigned to be fully operational; it will be leased to Star Fleet in the future.

• The Sherman class light transport and its variant, the Mk IIa cargo drone, enter service with Star Fleet.

• Star Fleet decides to crank up cruiser production by any means available.

• The Class F1 / MSI(U)-1 'Heavy Lander' medium shuttle enters service with Star Fleet.

• The Class B7 / HSA-106 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle enters service with Star Fleet.

• Following two years of iterative design effort, Chiokis manages to make significant progress on connecting the two hulls of the future heavy cruiser.

• Early: Modification work on the Syracuse destroyer design continues.

This is the design phase for the Saladin subclass.

• An Orion survey vessel makes peaceful contact with the resident Acamarians.

References

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