Ambassador
Class
| Registry # |
Ship Name |
Information |
|
NCC-1701-C |
USS Enterprise |
Lost at Narendra III |
|
NCC-10521 |
USS Ambassador |
Originally NX-10521; Class ship |
|
NCC-10532 |
USS Horatio |
Captain Keel's ship lost at Dytallix-B |
|
NCC-26136 |
USS Zhukov |
Lt. Barclay's assignment before Enterprise |
|
NCC-26198 |
USS Valdemar |
|
|
NCC-26510 |
USS Yamaguchi |
Lost at Wolf 359 |
|
NCC-26517 |
USS Excalibur |
Commanded by Riker at Romulan Blockade |
|
NCC-26632 |
USS Ghandi |
|
|
NCC-26849 |
USS Adelphi |
Disastrous first contact with planet
Ghorusda |
The Ambassador class was the result of a study by Starfleet
astronautical engineers to find a worthy successor to the
Excelsior
Class. Their goals called for larger lift capability and internal volume
(thus a longer operating range and longer on-station time), and upgraded
defense/weapons systems to deter the then-hostile Klingon Empire. The design
teams from Starfleet and the warp drive experts at Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems
set to work on the project. Some fourteen months later, the prototype, NX-10521,
departed Earth Station McKinley on its shakedown cruise. The ship was christened
USS Ambassador, and she was all that Starfleet had hoped for. The
Ambassador was a true battleship -- her armament systems far surpassed
any other ship's in Starfleet, in both power and number. Ambassador's
hull was shielded with extra-thick duranium plate armor. Her sheilds could
withstand much more punishment than than an Excelsior's and she was quicker,
too. The Ambassador met Starfleet's defensive needs
admirably, and Ambassador class starships (along with their counterpart, the New
Orleans Class) still comprise the backbone of Starfleet's military wing.
