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Historical Events

• June: The last of six Mercury class scouts (in one year) is lost, presumably to Romulan action.

• June: USS Candace (S-5665) is damaged in an encounter with Romulan forces.

The month is conjecture.

• July: Concurrent design, development and construction of the Achilles and Helena class cruisers begins.

Month is conjecture, though the project took 8 months total for the first Achilles' to be fully produced in 2158.

• September: USS Candace (S-5665) re-launches, is hijacked by stranded Romulans, recovered by the USS Jackson (Cavalry class) and returned to drydock for repairs.

The hijacking occurred 3 months after its initial encounter in June.

• The original Durance class transports started to receive wartime weapons upgrades.

• The Romulans penetrate the interplanetary security of the Sector 5B Mining Complex, destroying this important allied resource.

The year of the attack is moved forward to accommodate the stated year of official hostilities.

• A Mercury hull under construction is modified to become the first Doppler class scout.

• The Romulans conduct a starship suicide attack on the planet Vulcan.

• The loss of six more Daedalus corvettes by the end of this year leads the class to be relegated to secondary roles shortly thereafter.

• The Ganges class destroyers receive the 1-layer graviton/subspace globular forcefield during upgrade.

• The Minuteman design is selected for the UESF's new deep-space destroyer class.

• UESF Command composes the ‘seventy per cent deal’, where 70% of the cost of an Enterprise class explorer will be budgeted to other ship classes for each one built.

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