Excalibur I class

The Excalibur Class Starship was designed to replace the aging Nebulas-Class starships. The vessel was the most sophisticated type of ship ever built between 2289-2340. Although the vessel may not be as advanced as it used to be, it is still a well used into the late 24th Century.

=History=

The Excalibur Class project began with the aging Nebulas-Class starships. So by the 2280's Starfleet Engineers decided to upgrade the vessels. Engines, weapons, scientific equipment. But after a few years it began to become apparent that the ships had reached their limits of their design. As it was obvious that the Nebulas-Class vessels were less enduring in strength and capabilities in engagements with enemies such as the Folians and the Jelorans. So Starfleet ordered a new type of vessel to be built. The vessel was to be larger in size. Last at least 50x longer in combat. 3x more efficient sensor array and faster engines.

So in 2285 construction of the USS Excalibur (NX-78000) began at San Francisco Fleet Yards. Starfleet ordered the Excalibur to be put together as fast as possible. So in 9 months the Excalibur’s Super Structure was complete and the ships Computer Core was been installed with the new Isolinear Chips. The construction of the Excalibur was at top priority it was been done behind closed doors with only a few high ranking officer such as Commodore Mcbeath and Captain Jacobson knowing about it.

By 2288 construction of the USS Excalibur was complete. The entire ship went through hundreds of Shake-down tests. The test included the ships sensors, science labs and tactical systems. Starfleet were pleased with the ship except from the ship in manoeuvrability. Starfleet decided to ignore this problem as the rest of the ship was what they wanted. And by the 2290s, the Excalibur Class Starship went into mass production.