Four hulls were authorised for sequential construction, each subsequent vessel to incorporate lessons learned from the previous Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E) results. Among these were a crash refit program for the outdated Federation-class dreadnoughts, an improved dreadnought development project (Komsomolsk), a new perimeter action vessel development project (Akyazi), and carrier-starship construction consisting of a massive “fleet carrier” development project (Ark Royal) and a heavy cruiser-class shuttle carrier (Jehnshan), and finally, Starfleet’s new “battle cruiser”.

These actions could take the form of re-taking Federation space-borne or ground-side infrastructure from the enemy, or performing boarding actions against enemy vessels during a battle so that the crew complement of pure ship-to-ship combat vessels could concentrate on operating and securing their own vessels.Īs a result of this surprise war with the Mirak, many new, more tactically-oriented classes were authorised. While limited in scope in relation to the Federation as a whole, it apparently highlighted the need within Starfleet for a class of ship which would take part in the fight to get to an objective to deploy its complement of Marines for boarding actions.

The first call for Starfleet’s first ever “battle cruiser” came as with so many of Starfleet’s more “purely military” designs of the late 23rd Century out of the aftermath of the Federation-Mirak War of 2275. The Treatise by Rear Admiral Andrew Brown, Neo Caldonia Fleet Shipyards Federation Starbase 23 - Federation Databanks Federation Technical Database

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