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Historical Events

• January 21st: The surviving crew of USS Cavalier (ND-626, Cavalry class), is found alive and in good health by USS Lorelei (Helena class). Their recovery is a long-awaited positive media event in the middle of the postwar atmosphere of disillusionment, ambiguity and anxiety.

• The two Aberdeen subclass escort cruisers are decommissioned.

• September: The first class of Star Fleet Academy convenes amongst the under-construction campus in San Francisco.

The year is presumed to have occurred four years prior to the first class' graduation (in 2266); the month is based on the same class' commencement date that same (latter) year.

• A conflict erupts with the Tarn, when the USS Constitution is attacked and over 200 crew are killed.

The attack on the Constitution as the opening act is presumed.

• The USS Verdun and USS Constantine, both Messier class, are pressed to duty against the Tarn. Both disappear: the Constantine without a trace and the Verdun until 2366.

• The last Messier to be retired, USS Braxton (CA-195), is on her way to be preserved in the recently founded Star Fleet Museum when her warp drive system creates a catastrophic asymmetry and tears the ship into pieces. The skeleton crew of fifteen is killed instantly.

• The Ottawa subclass of the Hercules transports starts to receive significant warp engine upgrades.

• The last Djartanna light destroyers are removed from active service and mothballed, never transferred to the UFP Star Fleet register.

• The Marshall heavy destroyers are assigned to the defense duties previously held by the Djartanna light destroyers.

• Eighteen of the Doppler class scout ships start to receive forcefield generators (as well as NCC numbers); some of the remaining others are sold to allied navies.

This started after 2161.

• The fifth Poseidon class heavy cruiser clears its box dock, to enter service with the UFP Star Fleet.

• Earth Councillor Dannon assassinated while making a pacifist speech on Federation grounds in San Francisco.

• The Normandy & Port Stanley classes of escort fightercraft enter service with Star Fleet.

• November: The newly upgraded USS Endeavour (NCC-06, Columbia class) heads out on a sweeping mission of frontier diplomacy in the Tandar-Rigel flank of the nascent Federation.

• Work progresses on shield/warp field integration, at first on the Triton fleet, then on the new human flagship, USS Endeavour (NCC-06, Columbia class).

• The last of the 39 Chryse subclass transports are completed.

New Technology

• Magnusson class laser
• Size 3 warp vessels
• Mark IV Industrial Fabrication Unit
• Mark 3 Warp Nacelles
• Mark 3A Warp Nacelles
• Mark 3B Warp Nacelles
• Type 4A Main Impulse Engine
• Mark IV Long Range Sensors
• Class 5 Long Range Strength Package
• Class 4 Navigational sensors
• Class IV probe

References

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