2280s

Summary

• The "modern" Larson class destroyer (Mk VII) continues to play a relatively minor role.

• Ninety percent of colony expeditions opt for small vessels and batches of less than half a thousand colonists, to avoid the Federation edict regarding Star Fleet escorts.

• As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.

• The network of sensors and communications relays is ordered expanded.

• This is the last decade in which Star Fleet utilizes single-nacelle tugs.

Years

• 2280
• 2281
• 2282
• 2283
• 2284
• 2285
• 2286
• 2287
• 2288
• 2289

Events

• Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.

• All civilian ships of the Vanguard-Ganymede subclass have been scrapped before this decade.

• Many civilian Merchant class heavy transports are retired by this decade.

• Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the 2271 weapons classification system) first enter service.

• Icarus and Ashanti class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.

• All the old light cruisers, from Amchitka to Kearsarge to the Texas refits, have been disarmed and donated forward, sold for scrap, or converted to support vessels of various sorts. The light cruiser force has shrunk by more than 60 % in a matter of a decade.

• A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.

• Following the decommissioning of the penultimate Thuringia class surveyor, USS Ratha (NAR-24309) is retained for ‘technology evaluation purposes’, carrying classified equipment whilst operating in the vicinity of Omega Leonis.

• Mid: All but six of the Vulcan T'Pari and K’Kmarak surveyors and three of the Star Fleet Thuringias are idled.

• By end of: Only 50 Cochrane class colonizers remain active with Star Fleet.

References

2270s

Category:Timeline 23rd century

2290s