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Historical Events

• Select ships within the Syracuse family class start receiving the latest transporter upgrades.

• The Keppler subclass (of Ptolemy class) fleet tug/tenders complete their overhauls with the LN-52 warp engines.

• USS Trailblazer (NCC-1596, Kitty Hawk subclass), in service to TacFleet, is rendered un-spaceworthy (but not in combat with an enemy) and stricken from the Fleet rolls.

• USS Recovery, a massive rescue drone prototype, is lost during its space trials due to sabotage by Tholian forces.

• The final Class B7 / HSA-106 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle is removed from service with Star Fleet.

• USS T’Pool (NAR-24307, Thuringia surveyor) is crippled by an unexpected coronal mass ejection during a standard nova survey.

After the crew was evacuated aboard USS Agincourt (NCC-4314), the survey vessel was set adrift with marker beacons activated, though the T'Pool is never refound.

• The Vulcan Science Directorate idles the last (unconverted) T'Pari surveyor.

New Technology

• Type B Plasma Injector System

• Class 8 Long Range Strength Package

References

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