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* For the fifteen year period spanning [[2275]] to [[2289]], Star Fleet is well-stocked in exploratory cruisers.<ref name=Bader>[[Guide: Bader]]</ref> | * For the fifteen year period spanning [[2275]] to [[2289]], Star Fleet is well-stocked in exploratory cruisers.<ref name=Bader>[[Guide: Bader]]</ref> | ||
* Some regret is expressed in [[Star Fleet]] with the inability to project a perimeter fleet.<ref name=Kiaga>[[Guide: Kiaga]]</ref> | |||
* '''Late''': New cruisers dedicated solely to scientific duties once again have to be fielded, to compensate for the dispatching of multipurpose units to the front lines.<ref name=Bader>[[Guide: Bader]]</ref> | * '''Late''': New cruisers dedicated solely to scientific duties once again have to be fielded, to compensate for the dispatching of multipurpose units to the front lines.<ref name=Bader>[[Guide: Bader]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 16 November 2022
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]\
- Continuing Okinawa light frigate operations in this decade is an unexpected bonus.[5]
- For the fifteen year period spanning 2275 to 2289, Star Fleet is well-stocked in exploratory cruisers.[6]
- Some regret is expressed in Star Fleet with the inability to project a perimeter fleet.[7]
- Late: New cruisers dedicated solely to scientific duties once again have to be fielded, to compensate for the dispatching of multipurpose units to the front lines.[6]
Years
Events
- By: All civilian ships of the Vanguard-Ganymede subclass have been scrapped.[8]
- By: Many civilian Merchant class heavy transports are retired.[9]
- Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.[10]
- Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the 2271 weapons classification system) first enter service.[11]
- Icarus and Ashanti class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.[12]
- 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.[13]
- A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.[14]
- 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.[15]
- The network of sensors and communications relays is ordered expanded.[3]
- Budgetary limitations begin to be lifted.[16]
- Early: Star Fleet decides to cease operating the remaining handful of corvette tenders.[17]
- Mid: All but six of the Vulcan T'Pari and K’Kmarak surveyors and three of the Star Fleet Thuringias are idled.[15]
- Late: The Coronado through-deck carriers start to be retired, one-by-one, from active operations.[18]
- By end of: Only 50 Cochrane class colonizers remain active with Star Fleet.[2]
References
- ↑ Guide: Larson
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guide: Cochrane
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guide: Grayson
- ↑ Guide: Ohio
- ↑ Guide: Okinawa
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guide: Bader
- ↑ Guide: Kiaga
- ↑ Guide: Vanguard
- ↑ Guide: Murmansk
- ↑ Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts
- ↑ Guide: Detroyat
- ↑ Guide: Icarus/Ashanti/Apache
- ↑ Guide: Amchitka/Kearsarge
- ↑ Guide: Voltara
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Guide: T'Pari
- ↑ Guide: Derf
- ↑ Guide: Tavares
- ↑ Guide: Santee
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