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.

• USS Sheridan (NCC-4463, Larson destroyer) is lost with all but three hands on her maiden voyage 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, for all the archives 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 would be uninhabitable in less than a decade. Solar instability threatens to wipe out the entire Uzor system.

Background material is per the Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 7: Worlds. The date of this awareness is game-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 from 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.

• USS Cromwell (NCC-4477, Larson destroyer) takes refuge on Delta Canaris VI after the nacelle is ripped out 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.

• Early: USS Smith (Byrd class galactic survey cruiser) begins the first round of experimental modifications, to explore models of the cruiser-carrier concept.

New Technology

• Type 6 Disrupters

• Class Alpha Disrupter Targeting System

• Class Alpha Torpedo Targeting System

References

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