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* As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.<ref name=Grayson>[[Guide: Grayson]]</ref>
* As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.<ref name=Grayson>[[Guide: Grayson]]</ref>
* The network of sensors and communications relays is ordered expanded.<ref name=Grayson>[[Guide: Grayson]]</ref>


* This is the last decade in which [[Star Fleet]] utilizes single-nacelle tugs.<ref name=Ohio>[[Guide: Ohio]]</ref>
* This is the last decade in which [[Star Fleet]] utilizes single-nacelle tugs.<ref name=Ohio>[[Guide: Ohio]]</ref>
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==Events==
==Events==
* Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.<ref name=Corvettes>[[Guide: Corvettes,_Couriers,_Escorts,_Perimeter_Ships_%26_Light_Scouts_#Corvettes.2C_Couriers.2C_Escorts.2C_Perimeter_Ships_.26_Light_Scouts|Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts]]</ref>
* '''By''': All civilian ships of the ''Vanguard''-''Ganymede'' subclass have been scrapped.<ref name=Vanguard>[[Guide: Vanguard]]</ref>


* All civilian ships of the ''Vanguard''-''Ganymede'' subclass have been scrapped before this decade.<ref name=Vanguard>[[Guide: Vanguard]]</ref>
* '''By''': Many civilian ''Merchant'' class heavy transports are retired.<ref name=Murmansk>[[Guide: Murmansk]]</ref>


* Many civilian ''Merchant'' class heavy transports are retired by this decade.<ref name=Murmansk>[[Guide: Murmansk]]</ref>
* Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.<ref name=Corvettes>[[Guide: Corvettes,_Couriers,_Escorts,_Perimeter_Ships_%26_Light_Scouts_#Corvettes.2C_Couriers.2C_Escorts.2C_Perimeter_Ships_.26_Light_Scouts|Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts]]</ref>


* Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the [[2271]] weapons classification system) first enter service.<ref name=Detroyat>[[Guide: Detroyat]]</ref>
* Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the [[2271]] weapons classification system) first enter service.<ref name=Detroyat>[[Guide: Detroyat]]</ref>
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* ''Icarus'' and ''Ashanti'' class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.<ref name=Icarus>[[Guide: Icarus/Ashanti/Apache]]</ref>
* ''Icarus'' and ''Ashanti'' class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.<ref name=Icarus>[[Guide: Icarus/Ashanti/Apache]]</ref>


* 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.<ref name=Guide:Amchitka>[[Guide: Amchitka/Kearsarge]]</ref>
* 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.<ref name=Guide:Amchitka>[[Guide: Amchitka/Kearsarge]]</ref>


* A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.<ref name=Voltara>[[Guide: Voltara]]</ref>
* A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.<ref name=Voltara>[[Guide: Voltara]]</ref>


* 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]].<ref name=Tpari>[[Guide: T'Pari]]</ref>
* 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]].<ref name=Tpari>[[Guide: T'Pari]]</ref>
* The network of sensors and communications relays is ordered expanded.<ref name=Grayson>[[Guide: Grayson]]</ref>


* '''Mid''': All but six of the Vulcan ''T'Pari'' and ''K’Kmarak'' surveyors and three of the Star Fleet ''Thuringias'' are idled.<ref name=Tpari>[[Guide: T'Pari]]</ref>
* '''Mid''': All but six of the Vulcan ''T'Pari'' and ''K’Kmarak'' surveyors and three of the Star Fleet ''Thuringias'' are idled.<ref name=Tpari>[[Guide: T'Pari]]</ref>

Revision as of 07:29, 5 February 2020

Summary

  • The "modern" Larson class destroyer (Mk VII) continues to play a relatively minor role.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.[3]
  • This is the last decade in which Star Fleet utilizes single-nacelle tugs.[4]

Years

Events

  • By: All civilian ships of the Vanguard-Ganymede subclass have been scrapped.[5]
  • By: Many civilian Merchant class heavy transports are retired.[6]
  • Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.[7]
  • Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the 2271 weapons classification system) first enter service.[8]
  • Icarus and Ashanti class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • The network of sensors and communications relays is ordered expanded.[3]
  • Mid: All but six of the Vulcan T'Pari and K’Kmarak surveyors and three of the Star Fleet Thuringias are idled.[12]
  • By end of: Only 50 Cochrane class colonizers remain active with Star Fleet.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Guide: Larson
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guide: Cochrane
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guide: Grayson
  4. ↑ Guide: Ohio
  5. ↑ Guide: Vanguard
  6. ↑ Guide: Murmansk
  7. ↑ Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts
  8. ↑ Guide: Detroyat
  9. ↑ Guide: Icarus/Ashanti/Apache
  10. ↑ Guide: Amchitka/Kearsarge
  11. ↑ Guide: Voltara
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Guide: T'Pari





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