Starfleet Experimental Division

The Starfleet Experimental Division (SED) was a secret divison of Starfleet overseen by Starfleet Command. It was created to create advanced and sophisticated devices and starships for Starfleet in the year 2410 after a rumored Dominion threat.

The SED was responsible for constructing the experimental Rimor-class as a response to the Dominion threat, and after the threat was deemed fake, the ship was put on delay until 2438 when it was decided that the Rimor-class starship would just be a well-armed explorer vessel, that was until the Galactonian threat when, by the words of Captain Givens, it became a 'belligerent exploratory vessel ' and its experimental status was reinitiated by Starfleet Command and the Federation Council.