2297

Historical Events

• The Klingon Empire abandons attempts to develop the improved Chang type cloak altogether.

• The final Horizon class heavy cruiser, USS Whorfin (NCC-1024), completes her third deep space survey and is stricken from Star Fleet's rolls.

• The United Federation of Planets extends membership to Rigel V (the Rigelians, vulcanoids previously of the Debrune, who had settled Rigel V).

Background material is per the Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 7: Worlds. The year of admission is game-canon. Rigel V is the third of three planets in the system to join the Federation.

• The final Ashanti class battle cruiser is decommissioned.

• USS Scovil (NCC-1598, Kitty Hawk sub-class), in service to TacFleet, is the last of the Rochesters to be decommissioned.

• After very public internal investigations and prosecutions of the identified slavers, Beta Rigel IV and V are re-admitted into the Federation.

The expulsion and re-admission is SFC-canon; the date of admission is from the source.

• The pergium production station on Janus VI closes; though the colony continues.

• The second initiative to refurbish the Kiaga and Agilis class perimeter action ships for service at the Romulan border is blocked.

The year is randomly selected.

New Technology

• Mark 8A Warp Nacelles

• Type 6B Main Impulse Engine

• Class I Subspace Radio

• Mark VII Personnel Transporter System

• Mark V Cargo Transporter System

• Class Delta Threat Assessment/Tracking/Targeting System

References

2296

23rd century 2290s

2298