Excelsior Class

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Excelsior Class
The Federation Excelsior Class
Catagory:	Explorer
Commissioned:	2284-phaseout
Length:	511.25 meters
Width:	195.64 meters
Height:	88.76 meters
Mass:	2,350,000 metric tons
Decks:	20
Crew:	750 officers and enlisted
Maximum capacity:	9800
Phasers:	Type VIII-IX
Torpedo launchers:
Warp reactor:	M/ARA
Normal cruising speed:	Warp 6
Max cruising speed:	Warp 8.2-9
Maximum speed:	Warp 8.6-9.4 (12h)
Armament:	Type VIII-IX Phasers Photon Torpedoes
Defenses:
Threat:	Med
Estimated Ships:	100
Known Ships:	26

The Excelsior class was originally designed as a test bed for Starfleet's first experimental transwarp drive. Due to sabotage, the ship’s first attempt at transwarp flight proved unsuccessful, and having failed in all subsequent attempts, the Excelsior prototype was refitted with a conventional warp drive. As full production started on the Excelsior class, the ship became the mainstay of the fleet in the late 23rd and early 24th centuries, replacing the increasingly obsolete Constitution class as the Federation's frontline class.

The Excelsior class remains in service today, more then 90 years after it was first launched. Through a program of continuous system upgrades, the ships continue to be capable platforms for a wide range of missions and are the personal flagship of choice for many admirals. The Excelsior class has two major variants, the Enterprise-B type and the Lakota type. The Enterprise-B type, commissioned in the late 23rd century, has upgraded sensor and science systems. The Lakota type, which entered service in 2372 shortly before the outbreak of the Dominion war, has upgraded weapons and defensive systems bringing the ships up to parity with the Defiant class.

Additional Information

Having suffered substantial losses during the the Dominion war, further refitting of the Excelsior class to the Lakota standard will likely cease and the class be retired from service in favor of newer, more capable starship designs.

History

• 2280's - Excelsior class ships enter service
• 2290 - USS Ecelsior begings mission to cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in the Beta Quadrant
• 2293 - U.S.S. Enterprise-B launched

Notable Ships

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• Excelsior Class

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Images

The USS Excelsior encounters a shockwave from the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxas.	The USS Enterprise-B sits in space dock awaiting its first mission.	The USS Malinche is disabled by a Maquis surprise attack.
An Excelsior class is destroyed by a Cardassian orbital defense platform in the Battle of Chin'toka.	The Excelsior class is one of Starfleet's longest serving classes. First commissioned in the late 23rd century, it is still in service in the late 24th century.	The USS Excelsior prepares to follow the USS Enterprise out of space dock.

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