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Historical Events

• USS Justice (NCC-227) began a training mission.

• Construction begins on the first Aholi subclass (of the Ariadne) reconnaissance corvette.

The years of production are mostly conjecture.

• The Babel Conference of 2238 is the last to be held on Earth.

• The surviving Lincoln class frigates, with USS San Francisco as the first, are decommissioned and transferred to the Federation Customs Service.

• USS Glasgow (NCC-1414, Baton Rouge class) is the first vessel to be refitted with an operational dilithium regulation engine.

• The Ashanti class battle cruiser enters service with Starfleet.

• Councilman Saldran of Rigel IV continues a campaign of Starfleet black-painting and doomsday predictions.

• USS Albert Cushing Read (Byrd class galactic survey cruiser) departs on her 25-year voyage.

• Prototype USS Sawyer (NCC-810/I810) light scout is commissioned into the service of Starfleet.

A few months after extensive flight testing, fourteen armed versions are ordered.

• Dilithium-regulated antimatter reactors had been substituted for the original 4:1 m/am spicing, compression fusion powerplants on the Project Starship prototypes.

• Construction begins on USS Constitution.

• USS Constellation is re-activated into Star Fleet service with prototype registry NX-1017.

• December: USS Pyotr Velikiy (NX-1670) is flight-tested at warp speeds with temporary ‘Merlin II’ nacelles and power from its fusion reactor alone.

New Technology

• Mark III Food Processor System

• Mark VII Long Range Sensors

References

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