2270

Historical Events

• By: A third of the Cochrane class colonizers have been idled.

• The final select vessels of the Ariadne class (and its subclasses) receive transporter upgrades.

• Based upon the nearly 80% evacuation of Uzor by the Bolians, Bolarus IX is offered—and accepts—membership into the United Federation of Planets.

Background material is per the Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 7: Worlds. The membership is game-canon

• The last of the Titan subclass shuttlecarrier are mothballed.

• USS Pompeii (NCC-424, Siva II subclass) is destroyed with all hands by heavy cruiser USS Enterprise (NCC-1701, Constitution class), as part of the ‘dreadnought conspiracy’.

Details are per the Diane Carey novel, Dreadnought!.

• The last four constructed Kitty Hawk subclass cruisers, including USS Trailblazer (NCC-1596) and USS Scovil (NCC-1598), are quietly transferred to TacFleet.

• The last of the Roberts class security cruisers is decommissioned, and gifted to the people of Arkaria.

• USS Bellatrix (NCC-S462), of the Mark II type of Capella class, is modified as a test of the WD-4 nacelles.

• The initiation of conversion of USS Wilkerson (NCC-4704) with the linear warp engine begins, the first of 10 Paladin class destroyers to undergo the process.

• The Loknar class frigates with the AIG receive a final refit.

The Star Fleet ships will not receive this refit, per the intent to draw down the number of active ships of the class.

• Aakenn, Westminster heavy transports and Abbott heavy repair ships enter the yards for a transporter upgrade.

• The Andromakhe subclass buoy tender enters production and then service with Star Fleet.

• The Whirlwind class assault ships areonly given solo assignments to ‘lukewarm spots’.

• The last of the Constitution heavy cruisers pull in from their exploration missions, after three decades of operation.

• November: The last (of the remaining nine) Sager subclass scouts is retired.

New Technology

• Mark V Food Processor System
• Medical Facilities & Systems (Rating 7)
• Mark 4.9 Warp Nacelles
• Mark 4E Warp Nacelles
• Mark 4G Warp Nacelles
• Mark 5.7D Warp Nacelles
• Mark 6B Warp Nacelles
• Mark 6C Warp Nacelles
• Mark 6D Warp Nacelles
• Mark 7 Warp Nacelles
• Mark VII Warp Engine
• Type VIII Phaser (for limited use onboard destroyers)

References

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