Excelsior Class

Lakota

Universe :	Prime Timeline
Affiliation :	Federation
Class Name :	Excelsior Variant 2
Type :	Combat Enhanced Cruiser
Unit Run :	NCC 42768 [1] USS Lakota [2] - Active
Commissioned :	2372, class remains in service
Dimensions :	Length : 467 m [3] Beam : 185 m [4] Height : 100 m [4] Decks : 28
Mass :	2,495,000 metric tons
Crew :	790, 8,000 evacuation limit
Armament :	30 x Type IX phaser bank, total output 40,000 TeraWatts 4 x Pulse fire quantum torpedo tube [5] with 150 rounds
Defence Systems :	Standard shield system, total capacity 2,362,500 TeraJoules Standard Duranium / Tritanium Double hull plus 2 cm High density armour. Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds (TNG scale) :	Normal Cruise : 6 Maximum Cruise : 9 Maximum Rated : 9.4 for 12 hours.
Strength Indices : (Galaxy class = 1,000)	Beam Firepower : 800 Torpedo Firepower : 2,700 Weapon Range and Accuracy : 660 Shield Strength : 875 Hull Armour : 310 Speed : 917 Combat Manoeuvrability : 3,000
Overall Strength Index :	1,301
Diplomatic Capability :	4
Expected Hull Life :	100
Refit Cycle :	Minor : 2 year Standard : 2 years Major : 18 years

Notes

This variant of the Excelsior design was intended to extend the usefulness of the class by incorporating new technology to give a much greater weapons capability [2]. It was hoped that the whole fleet could be similarly refitted to give Starfleet a far greater combat power during its current crises. However, the unfortunate battle between the USS Lakota and the USS Defiant clearly established the superiority of the latter [2]; it is also actually easier to build a whole new Defiant class vessel than to upgrade an Excelsior class to Lakota standard. When full production of the Defiant class begun, the Lakota subclass was therefore dropped and only the original prototype vessel remains in service.

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References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1			Star Trek Encyclopedia
2	DS9	4	Paradise Lost
3			Star Trek Chronology	Stated on page 138, assuming this is the same size and the original
4			Star Trek Chronology
5			Generic canonical information

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Last updated : 22 Dec 2021

Series :	DS9 Season 4
Episode :	Paradise Lost

Book :	Star Trek Chronology
Comment :	Stated on page 138, assuming this is the same size and the original