2261

Historical Events

• Beginning: Kenneth Wescott assumes the office of the President of the United Federation of Planets.

He is the first to be elected by general election.

• Early: USS Smith (Byrd class galactic survey cruiser) begins the first round of experimental modifications in an exploration of cruiser-carrier concepts.

• USS Sheridan (NCC-4463, Larson destroyer) is lost with all but three hands on her maiden voyage due to a power system explosion that could not be contained.

The loss was not dated (in the original text), but had to have occurred prior to the crash of Cromwell, a later ship, in the same year.

• 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 Boliax: it will be uninhabitable in less than a decade as solar instability threatens to wipe out the entire Uzor system.

The date of this awareness is SFC-canon.

• 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.

• The Pershing subclass (of the Sherman class) cargo drone enters service with Star Fleet.

• 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.

Presumption, based on that each of the three ships completed 2 surveys, and the Smith was the last to return from her own 13-year voyage.

• The Constitution class heavy cruisers start receiving transporter upgrades.

This occurred after 2260.

• The crew of USS Cromwell (NCC-4477, Larson destroyer) takes refuge on Delta Canaris VI after her nacelle is ripped off and life support compromised by a relativistic-speed meteoroid cloud.

• Construction of the Mk VI Larson class destroyer begins.

• The first conversion of a Mk II Larson class destroyer to Mk VI begins.

• The third (of three) attempt at further production of the Larson class destroyer is deferred.

Presumably this refers to an expansion of contracts for the present new-builds.

• USS Pompey (NCC-506) is the first of three Siva Flight II subclass vessels to receive a second nacelle, initiating the Pompey subclass.

• The final Flight I Loknar class frigate is upgraded to Flight IA standard.

• Some older Aakenn subclass heavy transports are relegated to Star Fleet training duty.

• Six Westminster subclass heavy transports are transferred from the SMM to Star Fleet and begin modification into Abbott subclass heavy repair ships begun.

• Eight of the Coventry class strike frigates enter a yard period where they receive auxiliary deflector spires.

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

• Deneb IV visited by a Star Fleet mission.

• The final Sulek class prospector is produced.

• The Velikovski class prospector, an improved Sulek subclass, enters service with prospectors subsidized by the Resources Division.

• Star Fleet acquires a limited number of Questor class runabouts for an evaluation period.

• The vessel selected for the "high" track of the Prospecting And Reconnaissance Integrated Scoutship (PARIS) project was put into production.

• The Graynet class support corvette enters service with Star Fleet

• The civilian Karekh class prospector enters production.

• The Karekh class intel scout enters service with Star Fleet.

• The Epsilon proposal for an updated cutter class is accepted.

• Star Fleet grants Bruce-Partington SCW a contract to develop a variable-environment shuttlecraft, capable of exploring water worlds.

• Star Fleet establishes the Grankite Order of Tactics for the "[d]emonstration of exceptional tactical acumen".

• A Star Fleet veterans' organization founds the Karagite Order of Heroism, to recognize the "[d]emonstration of exceptional valor & heroism in the defense of the Federation worlds and people during times of conflict".

New Technology

• Type 6 Disrupters

• Class Alpha Disrupter Targeting System

• Class Alpha Torpedo Targeting System

References

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23rd century 2260s

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