2272
Historical Events
- Select ships within the Syracuse family class start receiving the latest transporter upgrades.[1]
- The Keppler subclass (of Ptolemy class) fleet tug/tenders complete their overhauls with the LN-52 warp engines.[2]
- USS Trailblazer (NCC-1596, Kitty Hawk cruiser), in service to TacFleet, is rendered un-spaceworthy (but not in combat with an enemy) and stricken from the Fleet rolls.[3]
- USS Recovery, a massive rescue drone prototype, is lost during its space trials due to sabotage by Tholian forces.[4][5]
- The final Class B7 / HSA-106 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle is removed from service with Star Fleet.[6]
- USS T’Pool (NAR-24307, Thuringia surveyor) is crippled by an unexpected coronal mass ejection during a standard nova survey.[7]
- 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.[7]
- USS Exeter (NCC-1706, Constitution heavy cruiser), having been dormant since being returned from Omega IV and fumigated (in 2268), is selected for a modernization refit.[8]
- She will also be recommissioned as USS Indomitable.
- September: The huge, autonomous vessel known as V'Ger approaches Earth after passing through a portion of the Klingon Empire. This initiates the early launch of the heavy cruiser USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), having almost completed refit to the Enterprise standard.[9][10]
New Technology
References
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