Schematics:
Type: Explorer
Accommodation: 750 Officers and Crew
Height: 86.76m
Length: 511.25m
Beam: 195.64m
Mass: 2,350,000 Metric Tons
Weapons: Two Photon Torpedo Launchers
16 Type-X Phaser Emitters
Warp factor: 9.5
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Summary:
Called the "Great Experiment", the Excelsior prototype NX-2000 designed to be Starfleet's first trans-warp capable starship. After the transwarp experiment had failed, the Excelsior, now with the regular registry NCC-2000, relied on a conventional warp drive. The Excelsior was commissioned in 2290 under the command of Captain Sulu, and was put into mass production. A large number of Excelsior class starships was built over a period of more than 60 years, mainly replacing the outdated Constitution class. The Excelsior is one of Starfleet's most widely used vessels for many different types of missions, deep space exploration, science, and battle. Excelsior class ships incorporate two shuttlebays in the engineering hull stern and keel. In 2293 the first Excelsior Refit was launched, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B. The new design featured more powerful impulse engines built onto the saucer section for possible separations, and a reactor room by the navigational deflector array. The Excelsior design is still in use by the year 2374. After 91 years the Excelsior is still in heavy use with no sign of being retired.
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