12.1 Major Events (Chronology / Timeline)

MAJOR EVENTS

2276 • The Cardassians are encountered for the first time in a conflict over a new Federation colony in the Europa Nova system, located on the far side of the Badlands. • The uprated Federation class dreadnought enters service. • Developent of the transwarp drive is authorized. • The Daran class frigate enters service. • The Ariel class shuttlecarrier enters service.

2277 • The Federation flag and seal are updated to mark the 150th anniversary of the Federation Charter. • The heavy cruiser Excelsior (NCC-1718) is lost while on a long-range reconnaissance mission outside of Federation territory. The name will be given to the lead ship in the new space control ship program, which is already on the drawing boards. • The first problems with transwarp drive are noted during simulation testing aboard the prototype starship U.S.S. Ingram (NX-2001). • The first of the Jackill's Starfleet Reference Manuals is published. • The Knox class frigates enter service. • The Sydney class transport enters service.

2278 • The Klingon C-8/9K'herr class dreadnought enters service, much to the dismay of Starfleet starship spotters. It outclasses even the uprated Federation class dreadnought, the most powerful ship in Starfleet at the time. It serves as an incentive for kicking development of the Excelsior class space control ship program into high gear. • The Ares Incident marks the first time a Starfleet vessel has been forced to engage Tholian vessels in combat in years. • The Pleiades class survey cruisers are commissioned. • The Ascension class dreadnoughts are commissioned. • An incident between Klingon and Federation forces in the Typhon Expanse exposes Klingon plans to invade the Federation. The Klingon plot is made public and condemned, resulting in the overthrow of the current Klingon government. Starfleet loses a single starship in the incident, the Soyuz class heavy frigate U.S.S. Bozeman (NCC-1841). • The Enterprise (NCC-1701) returns from its final fiveyear mission under Admral James T. Kirk. It is assigned as flagship of the Terran Defense Group under Commodore Gregory Westlake. It will spend approximately the next year in drydock undergoing a regularly scheduled routine service upgrade. In the meantime, Admiral Kirk resumes staff duties within Starfleet Command. • The Canopus class starships are retired.

2279 • Federation surveillance drones spot the new Klingon heavy destroyer K'teremny (D-9 class) while it is temporarily disabled during a final test flight. This is the first time that Starfleet is able to get the proverbial goods on an new Klingon starship class just as it is about to enter service. • Border incidents with the Klingons begin a marked rise this year, indicating that the Klingons have resolved their internal disputes and are once again arming for war with the Federation. • The Tyson Encounter will go down in history as one of the most unusual carrier duels ever fought between Federation and Klingon forces. • The Klingons stage a surprise raid on Sherman's Planet. The end result is a massacre. • The Klingons finally begin construction of their longrumored Kar’harmer B-10 class of battleships. These will be the largest starships ever built by a current spacefaring culture in known space to date. • Starfleet’s new battlecruiser program is placed on temporary hold due to numerous flaws found in the class prototype, the U.S.S. Menagha (NCC-3100)

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• A working transwarp drive core is approved and delivered to the yards for fitting into the class prototype U.S.S. Excelsior (NX-2000). • A highly infectious viral plague sweeps the Kzinti Patriarchy. The death toll numbers in the millions. The new Kzinti Patriarch grants permission for the Federation to dispatch medical assistance teams in an effort to combat the plague. The leader of this effort is Commander Nyota Uhura and assisting her is Lieutenant Shiboline M’ress, a Caitian. This unexpected act of kindness despite decades of aggression and piracy does much to change Kzinti perceptions about the Federation.

2280 • The crew of the Klingon D-6 battlecruiser Destruction, all press-ganged prisoners, mutiny and manage (with Starfleet support) to escape into Federation space. All are granted asylum while the ship is interned at Starbase 12 for extensive study. It will not be returned to the angry Klingons for a year. Although an old design that predates current starship technologies, its seizure is considered important -- in particular what its computer data banks hold concerning current Klingon fleet strength and deployment. • The Federation confirms the existence of the B-10 construction program from the data banks of the captured D-6 Destruction. Release of this information does much to win Federation Council support for authorization of the Excelsior class space control ship. • The Organians are forced to intercede to prevent the Klingons from going to war with the Federation. This is the last time they will do so prior to events leading up to the destruction of Praxis. • Admiral James T. Kirk becomes an instructor at the Starfleet Academy Command School.

2281 • Improved Starfleet fightercraft enter service and are deployed as fast as possible to all operational carrier battle groups. Anywhere from two to four will also be deployed on all fleet units with standard shuttle bays, with Miranda type starships operating at least one full squadron. This too is a response to increased Klingon activity on its border with the Federation. • The last operational Bering class tanker is removed from service and sold for scrap. 2282 • The first working holodeck is developed, based on simulated reality technology developed some three decades before. • The Kzinti Patriarchy formally petitions for associate member status with the Federation. It is an act which would have been unheard of only a decade before.

2283 • The heavy cruiser Kongo and the frigates Halk and Rome are destroyed by the Klingons in the Kargon Incident. • The Tal Taan Offensive ends in victory for the Federation; however, it is the closest it has yet come to open war with the Klingons. The pacifists within the Federation Council fall out of favor as more militant factions take the reins of power. The result is increased funding for more Starfleet starships. • Lars-Eric Valdemar becomes the new Starfleet Commissioner. He will make many changes in order to improve Starfleet operations and bring up its strength in the face of Klingon aggression. Many new starship classes that had been stalled in development will be reactived and begin construction under Valdemar's tenure. • The frigate Matkapan (NCC-1960) is lost along with an entire TacFleet force on operations beyond Federation borders. • The Jenshahan class heavy carrier enters service.

2284 • The Renner class corvette enters service. • The Battle of Khatanga results in the loss of seven Starfleet vessels. • Rumblings begin within the Admiralty about the need for retiring the eldest starships in the Class I fleet. The officer at the forefront of this movement is Admiral Randolph Morrow, Starfleet Chief of Staff and heir apparent to Fleet Admiral Heihachiro Nogura for the role of Starfleet Commander-in-Chief (CinC). Admiral Nogura makes clear for the need for all Class I starships to remain in active duty service, with the eldest needing to serve “a little while longer.” • The rebuilt heavy cruiser Enterprise (NCC-1701), the second oldest operational Class I starship in Starfleet, is reassigned to the Starfleet Academy Command School as a training vessel at the request of guest instructor Admiral James T. Kirk. Her commissioned days as a Starfleet vessel are numbered, given all of the new Class I linear warp equipped starships - 7 -

entering service and current trends within the Starfleet Admiralty. Transfer to training duty status is Admiral Kirk’s way of ensuring that his beloved Enterprise remains in service for as long as possible. • At this time Starfleet has only 69 starship classes and a total of 1,265 active duty vessels in its Class I fleet. Comparable numbers exist for its Class II fleet. • The first working experimental transwarp drive is developed. • Starfleet Command decides to follow the inexpensive LN-52 upgrade path for all remaining existing Class I starships and starship classes that have not yet received a linear warp refit. The LN-60 upgrade path is officially abandoned save for those vessels that are already scheduled for or undergoing the conversion process. All Starfleet new builds will have LN-64 technology (or derivative, in the case of the new perimeter action ship program) from this point forward. The ACE (Advanced Circumferential Engine) program is retained only for prototype testing purposes. It will never see widespread fleet use beyond a few isolated vessels. • Border incidents with the Klingons reach new heights as the more militant of the Imperial Houses take over border patrol duties, seeking the glory of battle with their traditional Federation foes. Several protot • ypes for Starfleet’s new perimeter action ship program enter service for fleet testing prior to implementation of the program. Three slightly different classes (Alert, Akula, and Akyazi) will be built in parallel, with each being modified as data from the class prototypes comes in. • The Chosin class heavy carrier enters service.

2285 • The Ranger class scout program is officially discontinued in favor of the Oberth class. All Ranger class scouts will be removed from Starfleet service by 2290. • Starfleet is forced to begin using non-sequential naval construction contract (NCC) numbers due to rapid changes in fleet construction authorizations and cancellations. It is also around this time that Starfleet Command begins to consider the possibility of reusing previously assigned NCCs for new-build starships that have the same name as older ones no longer in service. • At this point in time Major General Roger Kensington is Colonel of the Starfleet Marine Corps (i.e. Marine Corps CinC). He holds the franked rank of general (admiral) for official purposes, such as day-to-day operational duties with Starfleet Command. • The escort carrier Sangamon (NCC-1927) is attacked and damaged beyond reasonable repair by a Meerkan pirate fleet. The Sangamon will be scrapped once it returns to port. • The Excelsior class space control ship prototype (NX2000) begins construction. • The Ianar class fast frigate enters service. • The Klingons make their boldest move yet into the Treaty Zone, capturing the planet Mrzicann without Organian intervention. • The Loki class destroyer and Adams class scout are authorized, with construction dependent upon the success of the Excelsior program. They are singlenacelled stablemates to the Excelsor, similar to the role that the Saladin class destroyer and Hermes class scout played in the original Class I Program. • The Joshua class command cruiser, a variant of the Loki/Adams program, is also given provisional authorization at this time. • The uprated heavy cruiser Hood (NCC-1707) is responsible for defeating and capturing the Klingon starhsip L’ktja. It is the first D-8 K’t’inga class battlecruiser to fall into Federation hands. It will be impounded at the nearest starbase, where Starfleet Intelligence will thoroughly study it for the next five months anticipating return demands. Oddly enough, that demand never materializes, thus allowing Starfleet Intelligence to continue studying the L’ktja and its data at their leisure. The L’ktja will eventually be repaired and join Starfleet’s infamous Adversary Squadron, made up entirely of captured Klingon and Romulan starships, for annual war games exercises. • The second and final generation of megaphaser cannon enters Starfleet service. • Randolph Morrow is promoted to fleet admiral, succeeding the retiring Heihachiro Nogura as Starfleet CinC. One of his first orders is to begin the decommissioning of Starfleet’s oldest Class I starships, starting with such non-combat classes as the Ptolemy class transport/tugs and working his way up to other classes. All starships whose launch dates fall within Morrow’s parameters are placed on the decommissioning schedule even if they have not yet reached the end of their expected service lives. Morrow’s decommissioning program is set to take place over the next five years. Included at the end of Morrow’s list are the Constitution class heavy cruisers, the eldest of which is now 63 years old (or almost 20 years in terms of their linear warp conversions, which is they way Admiral Morrow usually describes them).

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• As a gesture of goodwill Kzinti warriors are allowed to serve in Starfleet for the first time, albeit on a limited basis. They quickly find a welcome home in the Starfleet Marines, although it takes them and the Corps a while to adapt to each other. • Work on the Genesis Project has proceeded to the point where Stage II testing is ready to begin; however it cannot proceed unless additional funding is procured. Dr. Carol Marcus, project director, records a special request for the required funding to be sent to the Federation Bureau of Sciences. Her recording, along the accompanying data, is classified for security reasons. Her request will be granted and work will resume shortly thereafter. The heavy cr • uiser Enterprise (NCC-1701) undergoes a minor refit to better facilitate its new role as a training starship. Included with the upgrade is a new photon torpedo deck, complete with backup manual operations capability (in the event that the automatic system is out of commission) and a somewhat retooled engineering deck better suited to midshipman training. • rance class frigate enters service. The Endu ce. • The Mitannic class battlecruiser enters servi • hip in The keel of the Ingram (NX-2001), second s Starfleet’s new space control ship program, is laid down at the Proxima Shipyards. The major visual difference between Ingram and Excelsior is the addition of second-generation megaphaser cannon to Ingram’s warp engine support pylons. These will be removed once the Ingram program is terminated and all ships in the class merged with the Excelsior program. • All Texas class light s crui ers still in service are decommissioned on the direct orders of Starfleet CinC Fleet Admiral Randolph Morrow. The only fo ur still in service are the converted “commando” cruisers of the Starfleet Marines, who had declined to decommission them back in the 2270s due to “operational needs.” This is despite protests by the Starfleet Marines that their new Miranda class cruisers cannot perform the surface landing and support capabilities as the Texas. General Kensington resigns his commission in protest. His replacement is Lieutenant General Anthony West, who eventually finds a way to use his Miranda class starships for ground operations via old-fashioned Terran insertionextraction drop techniques. This and other innovations will earn Anthony West, the new Colonel of the Corps, eventual promotion to major general by 2290.

2286 • The Akula and Akyazi class perimeter action ships enter service around this time, thus permitting the obsolete Kiaga and Agilis classes to take their final bow. • age II Genesis Device is built at the Regula One The St spacelab under the direction of Drs. Carol and David Marcus. The starship Reliant (NCC-1864), under the command of Captain Clark Terrell, is assigned to the Genesis Project. It goal is to find a suitable nearby uninhabited planet devoid of all lifeforms (intelligent or not) for use in Stage III testing. The Starfleet Corps of Engineers uses phaser bores in a 10-month continuous effort to hollow out a cave within the asteroid around which Regula One orbits. This will be the site for the Stage II test of the Genesis Device. • ng with all senior Fleet Admiral Morrow holds a briefi members of Starfleet Command over the continued absence of the Organians. It is his belief that the Klingons are seeking to take advantage of the situation and that they are arming for war. He orders Starfleet to do the same. Orders are dispatched deploying additional forces to the Treaty Zone and informing all Starfleet units to respond in kind if attacked. • It is probably about this time that a conspiracy is formed within the ranks of Starfleet Command to deliberately provoke a war with the Klingons. The belief that the Federation will win in the end, eliminating “the Klingon problem” once and for all. This conspiracy will in time extend though all branches and ranks of Starfleet, from lowly enlisted personnel all the way up to the Admiralty itself. • caught operating A squadron of Klingon frigates is within Federation border territory. A battle ensues when they fail to heave to and surrender their vessels. All of the Klingon frigates are destroyed by new Starfleet perimeter action ships, which sustain only minor damage in return. This incident increases tension between the two interstellar powers.

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• In a carefully coordinated response to “Federation provocation” the Klingon D-9 heavy destroyer Qirsh is sent over the border to provoke a fight. The uprated heavy cruiser Hood (NCC-1707) responds to the challenge, along with the newly uprated destroyer Ajax (NCC-547) and the uprated Larson class destroyer Moltke (NCC-4417). The Qirsh takes on all three at once. In the battle that follows, the Qirsh succeeds in destroying the Hood and the Ajax is so badly mauled that it is forced to retreat from the field of battle. The Moltke is left alone to face the Qirsh but its foe suddenly withdraws, having accomplished its mission in destroying the Hood. Only 3 members of the Hood’s crew survive the battle. The Qirsh will become the bane of the Federation border fleet for the next four months, raising all kinds of havoc and leaving many destroyed Starfleet vessels in its wake. Eventually, the Qirsh is cornered and destroyed just short of the Klingon border by a Federation fleet made up of two uprated Loknar class frigates, three Siva class destroyers, and a Belknap class strike cruiser. • The Cyane class heavy frigate enters service. • The Romulans launch their first dreadnought. • Fleet Admiral Morrow grudgingly gives his blessing for the early conversion of seven Tikopai class heavy cruisers to Enterprise specifications. This is to replace converted Constitution class heavy cruisers that Morrow intends to retire as soon as possible.

2287 • Stage II testing of the Genesis Device is successfully completed. Work begins on the Stage III Genesis Device. Its use will be dependent on locating a suitable planet for the test, something that Captain Terrell and the Reliant have yet to accomplish. • The Genesis Incident marks the gravest crisis to Federation-Klingon relations in years, all due to the mad thirst for vengeance from former Terran dictator Khan Noonien Singh. It will see the formation and subsequent destruction of the unstable Genesis Planet, the destruction of the starships Reliant and Enterprise, the capture of a Klingon Birdof-Prey (the first successful capture of a starship of this type), and the indictment of both Admiral James T. Kirk and his former command staff on charges of mutiny and sedition. The Klingon Empire will rejoice in the destruction of the legendary Enterprise but will threaten war unless Admiral Kirk is turned over to them for trial immediately for having authorized Project Genesis in the first place (during his time at Starfleet Command). The only bright point in this whole sordid affair is the apparent death and subsequent resurrection of Captain Spock, former commander of the Enterprise, for whom Admiral Kirk and his command staff risked both their lives and their careers. Kirk and his followers find asylum on Vulcan under the protection of Ambassdor Sarek., Spock’s father. The Vulcan government subsequently rebuffs all attempts to bring Kirk and his followers to justice. This added twist to the situation only serves to exacerbate the growing hostility of the Klingon Empire but plays right into the hands of the growing war hawk conspiracy within Starfleet. • Former Starfleet commanders Montgomery Scott, Hikaru Sulu, and Pavel Chekov help Admiral Kirk convert their captured Bird-of-Prey into something more suitable for human use. Along the way, though, they record all data on their “acquisition” and forward it to Starfleet Intelligence, who accepts it without comment. In this manner Starfleet gains considerable configuration and knowledge about the Bird-of-Prey’s behind capabilities. Starfleet Intelligence will also be months the successful retrieval of the ship several later from the bottom of San Francisco Bay after the end of the Whalesong Crisis. • The Arbiter class perimeter action ship enters service. • Fleet Admiral Morrow reverses his own order calling arships for the decommissioning of all older Class I st due to heightened tensions with the Klingon Empire in the wake of the Genesis Incident. Those that have already been decommissioned are reactivated and returned to service as quickly as possible. • The completed Excelsior disappears during a test of its transwarp drive and then just as mysteriously l reappears three weeks ater. Transwarp drive is abandoned as a result. • Klingon Ambassador Kiltarc o delivers an ultimatum t the Council: turn over Admiral Kirk for trial or face the prospect of war. The Federation Council responds that they cannot

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grant Kiltarc’s request because Kirk has sought asylum on Vulcan; furthermore, if Kirk is to be tried at all for his actions it will be done under Federation law.

• The decision of Admiral Kirk and his followers to return to Terra of their own free will to face court-martial is interrupted by the Whalesong Crisis. True to form, Admiral Kirk puts the good of the Federation above his own life and moves to resolve the situation. His actions result in several temporal violations (due to the manner of his solution) but ends the crisis. Because of this all charges against Kirk’s command staff are dropped, as well as all but a single charge of disobeying a superior officer (Fleet Admiral Morrow). Admiral Kirk pleads guilty, is reduced three grades to the rank of captain, and “sentenced” to spend the rest of his useful service career in command of a starship. The outraged Ambassador Kiltarc storms out of the hearing in protest. • To honor of Captain Kirk’s heroic actions and that of his former command staff in resolving the Whalesong Crisis, the upgraded Constitution class heavy cruiser Yorktown (NCC-1704) is redesignated as the new Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) to replace the original destroyed over the Genesis Planet. The Yorktown had upgrade in been undergoing a computer systems Spacedock just before the Whalesong Crisis and had been disabled along with all other Starfleet units during the emergency. The name of Yorktown is soon elsior class space control ship. reassigned to a new Exc ew perimeter action ships • The abilities of Starfleet’s n a Fe Encounter. are further proven in the Kort • ble ship” S.S. Mundy is The mystery behind the “trib finally solved. • he population of the Estimates indicate that t uintupled over the past “Triangle” region of space has q ed activity on the part of two decades despite increas the Romulans and the ever-present threat of war between the Federation and Klingons. • The successful completion of Project Grey Ghost yields Starfleet a wealth of intelligence regarding the new Romulan Space Navy. • The Scorpio class corvette enters service. • The Youngblood class heavy carrier enters service. • The Fredrikstad class fleet shuttlecarrier enters service. • Starfleet’s F-type 18 fighter shuttle, A-type 20 attack shuttle, and E-type 3 ELINT shuttle enter service on all operational shuttlecarriers. Older F-type and A-type craft are retired to bases, secondary vessels, and reserve units. The Kirov class battlecruiser enters service. •

2288 • The Miranda class cruiser Accommodator is scrapped following a dockyard accident in which it is rammed and damaged beyond repair by the out-of-control civilian freighter John B. Goodings. • History repeats itself when a tragic accident during a Starfleet wargames exercise results in the destruction of the starship Arashi and the crippling of the Eiger, with 74 crewmen from both ships dead and 32 wounded aboard the Eiger. • Klingon fleet strength across the Treaty Zone increases in response to similar Federation moves. • The Tholians begin fielding new and more powerful starships of a previously undocumented design. The reasons behind this are unknown at the time. • design of its seal for the The Federation changes the in 2127. The new seal first time since its founding features a wreath design that more closely resembles the old Terran New United Nations logo than before. • The Nimbus Incident marks the first tenuous step towards defusing the looming Federation-Klingon war, much to the dismay of Starfleet conspirators. • A coup within the Klingon Empire and the death of the Romulan Praetor results in a change of government of both of the Federation’s traditional interstellar foes within the same year. • enters The Excelsior class space control ship finally service after years of developmental delays. • Excelsior, under the command of newly The starship promoted Captain Hikaru Sulu, embarks on a threeyear mission to prove that space control ships are also capable of filling the exploratory role previously assigned to Class I heavy and survey cruisers. Excelsior’s exceptional performance under Captain Sulu’s command will lead to the authorization of a second block of Excelsior class starships. • lonial transport enters service, The Crippen class co replaceing the aging Cochrane class. • Operation Distant Hammer takes place. F • The ederation Reference Series is published.

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228 9 • The Klingons stage an ambush on the Starfleet perimter action ship Abreus with no less than seven assault craft disguised as Romulan vessels to capabilities of this new determine the full combat uing vessel type. The Abreus is destroyed in the ens battle with all hands lost. At least two of her attackers are also destroyed and others damaged, but the full status of the surviving vessels remains unknown. • The Midway class fleet shuttlecarrier enters service. • The F-type 22 “Peregrine” fighter shuttle enters service. • Starfleet begins using five-digit naval construction ime with some of its new contract numbers at this t starship classes. • rst The strike cruiser Baikal (NCC-2513) is the fi in a joint operation with Starfleet vessel to take part Kzinti forces. • ugh new By this time the Romulan Space Navy has eno volume to once again be starship classes in service in Federation security. considered a serious threat to • er Design REFiT) is permanently Project ADREFT (Aveng shelved. This would have upgraded an Avenger or Miranda class starship to “pocket dreadnought” status by adding a third warp engine and additional r weaponry (known at various times as the Comanche o Rickover configurations). Along with it goes the Kirov class battlecruiser (ADREFT on an Ariel-type primary hull), with only five ships completed. • All remaining Soyuz class frigates are withdrawn from service, having failed to live up to their original design.

229 0 • The Federation Starship h rt i u Recognition C a s p blished. • The first volume in Mastercom’s new Ships of the Starfleet series is published. Additional volumes follow every ten to twelve months until the series is complete. • The Cathedral Unit is formed as a permanent pool for starship prototype testing crews. • At this point in time the United Federation of Planets consists of a total of 1,560 member and affiliated star systems. nters service • The massive Yamato class dreadnought e entually as a replacement for the long-delayed and ev by the cancelled Komsomolsk. It is heavily influenced Ariel and Excelsior class starship programs. Yamato will be the last new-build dreadnought class of this era in Federation spacecraft history. • The Nordenskjold class cruisers are removed from service. 2291 • The uprated Excelsior class space control ship is authorized for construction. 19 vessels are eventually e first build group. An additional 53 authorized for th are proposed as replacements for existing Class I heavy cruisers once they reach the end of their service lives. • The Decisive class frigate is approved for construction. • The Ranger class light cruiser enters service. • The Clemenceau class shuttlecarrier enters service. • The Anaxagoras class transport/tug is approved for construction • T he S’harien class battlecruiser enters service. • The Todega class transport/tug enters service. • The mineral-rich moon o f Praxis in the Klingon core systems explodes due to overmining. Much of the Klingon Empire’s core support network is wiped out by the kwa shoc ve, which also wreaks havoc w ith the Empire’s ays. Starfleet internal infrastructure in other w homeworld has Intelligence estimates that the Klingon of the Praxis only 50 years before the effects explosion render it incapable of supporting life. This humbling event forces the Klingons to turn for help to its traditional enemy, the Federation – an event foreseen three decades before by the Organians. • Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon Empire is assassinated by the Starfleet conspirators in their final bid to provoke an all-out war between the Klingons and the Federation. Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise makes the perfect frame for the act, given his past history with the Klingons (the Genesis Incident in particular). Kirk is eventually able to clear his name through a remarkable series of events that end with the exposure of the conspiracy, the n of the assassination of Federaton President preventio Ra-ghoratrei by Colonel of the Starfleet Marine Corps Anthony West (a conspirator), and the signing of the Khitomer Accords with the Klingon Empire. This is Kirk’s last mission aboard the Enterprise. The age of Kirk and his former command crew is also catching up

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with them, with all but the youngest on the verge of retirement. • The first Kzinti officer ever to serve in Starfleet is present at the signing of the Khitomer Accords. He takes the time, on behalf of the Patriarch, to invite the Klingons to send an ambassador to Kzin. This marks a new and unexpected turn in the relationship between these millennia-old cultures. • The heavy cruiser Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) is decommissioned. Her name and registry are ssigned to a subsequently a new Excelsior class starship. • The Federation Council initiates a two-year into the investigation Starfleet conspiracy to provoke war with the Klingons. What they learn, coupled with the and the extent to which the depth of the conspiracy go, including collusion with conspirators were willing to Klingon Houses in favor of the Romulans and dissident war, will shock them. • ort/tugs enter service. These The Hensley class transp ollond proposal for a Mirandaare based on the old D derived heavy transport/tug. • The Star League class dreadnought enters service.

2292 • The Klingon-Romulan alliance is formally dissolved. • The Malverne (NCC-2205) is the last of the Ariel/Fredrikstad type shuttlecarriers to enter service.

2293 • The uprated Excelsior class starship Enterprise (NCC1701-B) enters service under the command of Captain John Harriman. Three special guests at the ceremony include original Enterprise commander James T. Kirk, original chief engineer Montogomery Scott, and original weapons officer Pavel Chekov. The starship’s shakedown cruise is cut short when it comes to the rescue of two El-Aurian transports trapped inside the energy ribbon of the Nexus. Kirk is apparently killed in the line of duty saving the Enterprise from the Nexus. ever recovered. His body is n • The Leavenworth class frigate is approved for construction. • Captain Montogomery Scott retires from Starfleet. He never gives up hope that Kirk is still alive somewhere inside the Nexus. • The Federation Council concl udes its investigation of h the the Starfleet conspiracy to provoke war wit g Starfleet officers and Klingons. Many high-rankin in the affair. The civilian officials are implicated Council begins debating measures to be Federation taken against what it see s as “alarming militaristic trends” within Starfleet. Some councilors openly question the need for the lone superpower of space,” Federation to remain “the what with the Klingons crippled by the Praxis explosion and Romulan fleet strength still well below that of Starfleet. • ttlecarriers are retired. The Oriskany class shu

2294 • The transport Jenolan is lost, and along with it legendary starship engineer Montgomery Scott

NOTE: It is reported that Captain Scott’s accident was arranged by Section 31 as punishment for his altering of the Prime One timeline (see Volume 01).

NOTE: The removal of Captain Scott from the course of history will cause the Prime One and Prime Two timelines to rapidly resync with each other. By the turn of the century (2301) they will running on parallel tracks. Differences between these two realities will no longer be readily discernable save by a trained observer or with special equipment. The “disappearance” of Montgomery Scott is generally referenced as the reconvergence point Two timelines. of the Prime One and Prime

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229 4 • ated, warp-powered The Romulans introduce upr rship designs. versions of their "classic" sta • enters service. The Arusha class superscout • er service. The Kresta class frigates ent Betazed • joins the Federation. Its inhabitants are natural empaths, the first humanoid species encountered of this type. • The Klingon Empire ceases all work on its B-10 battleship program, with only two in service and four hulls in drydock in various stages of completion. • The Constellation class star d, with cruiser is authorize to begin construction slated in 2299.

2295 • The Federation Council and Starfleet Command clash over the future role of Starfleet. This is due largely to the political fallout from the Camp Khitomer it conference. The Council has the last word when e sed by pass s the Starfleet Reorganization Order is pas a unanimous voice of its full membership. This forces a complete revamping of Starfleet command structure, starship classifications, and fleet mission profiles. The net result is intended to be a wholesale transformation of Starfleet from a military-oriented peacekeeping force into a semi-military organization “dedicated to peaceful galactic exploration.” • Severe restrictions are place on the number of combat-oriented starships procured and operated by Starfleet courtesy of the Starfleet Reorganization Order. Many of the ones currently on duty are promptly removed from service, scheduled for conversion to peacetime-oriented roles, or destined for premature retirement as soon as operational the requirements permit. Replacing them is "explorer," a new starship class inspired by the old exploratory cruiser classification. An explorer class starship is intended to be a large, long-range starship designed for peaceful interstellar exploration, with weapons fitted purely for defensive purposes. • All Excelsior-derived designs previously authorized up to this point (Loki, Adams, Joshua, Decisive, Leavenworth, Anaxagoras, et al) are placed on hold pending program review under the Starfleet Reorganization Order. • The Federation Council begins debating the issue of the admission of Kzin as a full member of the Federation. • The Lng'we Chi class explorers enter service. These are the first designated "explorer class" starships to ization join Starfleet under the terms of the Reorgan Order. Prior to this they were classified as "star cruisers," predecessors of the new Constellation class coming in just a few shor t years. • As of this date Starfleet has 95 upgraded or new build Class I heavy cruisers in service. • er Class I The linear warp upgrade program of all old r. This starships is terminated effective this yea -build Class I termination will not affect most new starship programs. • The Ishtasse class heavy cruisers are cancelled in the wake of the Starfleet Reorganization Order, leaving one ship at 85% completion in spacedock. • The Regate class heavy cruisers are also cancelled. • scheduled for Multiple Class I starships are sioning and transfer to the Starfleet decommis Reserve. Fully one-fourth of Starfleet will be going into Federation storage depots within the coming decade. Two surprises on this list are the entire rosters of both the Belknap class strike cruisers and Ascension class dreadnoughts, which are among the newest starships in the fleet.

NOTE: Some starship historians are already calling 2295 the end o f the Class I era.

Excelsior (NX-2000) during final space trials

The recommissioned Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)

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