2261
Historical Events
- Beginning: Kenneth Wescott assumes the office of the President of the United Federation of Planets.[1]
- He is the first to be elected by general election.
- USS Sheridan (NCC-4463, Larson destroyer) is lost with all but three hands on her maiden voyage to a power system explosion that could not be contained.[2]
- The loss was not dated (in the original text), but had to have occurred prior to the crash of Cromwell, a later ship, in the same year.
- The Memory Alpha planetoid is selected, as an event during the Centennial Survey, for all the archives of the UFP's cultural and scientific knowledge. The eight-year development of the project begins.[3]
- The plight of Uzor becomes apparent to the people of Boliax: it will be uninhabitable in less than a decade. Solar instability threatens to wipe out the entire Uzor system.[4] [5]
- The date of this awareness is SFC-canon.
- USS Skagerrak (NCC-G504, Bering class) is lost to 'therspace', after rescuing a Tellarite crew.[6]
- After final funding for the last 26 vessels of the Larson class destroyers is procured, destroyer funds are redirected to experiments intended to address the inherent shortcomings of the single-nacelled configuration of the Syracuse family class.[7]
- The Pershing subclass (of the Sherman class) cargo drone enters service with Star Fleet.[8]
- USS Virgo (NCC-1572, Taurus cruiser) is lost from unknown causes while scouting in the direction of Zeta Persei.[9]
- Having completed a multi-year refit, USS Byrd (first of her class) launches on her second galactic survey, a 13-year voyage.[10]
- Presumption, based on that each of the three ships completed 2 surveys, and the Smith was the last to return from her own 13-year voyage.
- The Constitution class heavy cruisers start receiving transporter upgrades.[11]
- This occurred after 2260.
- USS Cromwell (NCC-4477, Larson destroyer) takes refuge on Delta Canaris VI after the nacelle is ripped out and life support compromised by a relativistic-speed meteoroid cloud.[2]
- Construction of the Mk VI Larson class destroyer begins.[2]
- The first conversion of a Mk II Larson class destroyer to Mk VI begins.[2]
- The third (of three) attempt at further production of the Larson class destroyer is deferred.[2]
- Presumably this refers to an expansion of contracts for the present new-builds.
- USS Pompey (NCC-506) is the first of three Siva Flight II subclass vessels to receive a second nacelle, initiating the Pompey subclass.[7]
- The final Flight I Loknar class frigate is upgraded to Flight IA standard.[12]
- Some older Aakenn subclass heavy transports are relegated to Star Fleet training duty.[13]
- Six Westminster subclass heavy transports are transferred from the SMM to Star Fleet and begin modification into Abbott subclass heavy repair ships begun.[13]
- Eight of the Coventry class strike frigates enter a yard period where they receive auxiliary deflector spires.[14]
- The Samson fleet tug/tender class enters service with Star Fleet.[15]
- Deneb IV visited by a Star Fleet mission.[5]
- The final Sulek class prospector is produced.[16]
- The Velikovski class prospector, an improved Sulek subclass, enters service with prospectors subsidized by the Resources Division.[16]
- Star Fleet acquires a limited number of Questor class runabouts for an evaluation period.[17]
- Early: USS Smith (Byrd class galactic survey cruiser) begins the first round of experimental modifications, to explore models of the cruiser-carrier concept.[10]
New Technology
References
- ↑ SFC: Federation Presidents
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Guide: Larson
- ↑ Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 7: Worlds, pp. 123-125
- ↑ Worlds (Decipher)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 SFC
- ↑ Guide: Bering
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guide: Syracuse
- ↑ Guide: Sherman
- ↑ Guide: Rochester
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Guide: Byrd
- ↑ Guide: Constitution
- ↑ Guide: Loknar
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Guide: Aakenn
- ↑ Guide: Coventry
- ↑ Guide: Samson
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Guide: Sulek
- ↑ Guide: Questor
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