Excelsior Class


Registry # Ship Name Information

NCC-2000

USS Excelsior

Transwarp testbed

NCC-2544

USS Repulse

Dr. Pulaski's former ship

NCC-8253

USS Potemkin

One of Riker's first assignments

NCC-14232

USS Berlin

 

NCC-14427

USS Lexington

 

NCC-14598

USS Fearless

 

NCC-34099

USS Livingston

 

NCC-38907

USS Intrepid

Sergey Rozhenko's former ship

NCC-38955

USS Crockett

 

NCC-38997

USS Malinche

Disabled by Maquis

NCC-40273

USS ????

Admiral Hanson's flagship at Wolf 359

NCC-40512

USS Gorkon

Admiral Nechayev's flagship

NCC-42111

USS ????

Damaged during the war with the Dominion

NCC-42136

USS Cairo

Captain Jellico's ship before he was assigned to the Enterprise; Presumed destroyed by JemHadar

NCC-42285

USS Charleston

Took the people from the cryosatellite back to Earth

NCC-42296

USS Hood

Riker's assignment before Enterprise

NCC-42857

USS Grissom

 

NCC-42995

USS Al-Batani

 

NCC-43305

USS Valley Forge

Participated in the invasion of the Chin'Toka system

NCC-50446

USS Crazy Horse

 

NCC-62043

USS Melbourne

Destroyed at Wolf 359

Modifications

* It is unknown when the Excelsior Modifications began, and thus it is likely that many of the later vessels listed above are in fact Excelsior Modifications rather than Excelsior.

In the year AD 2284 (Stardate 8105.5), NX-2000, USS Excelsior departed the San Francisco Orbital Shipyards to test its revolutionary new warp drive system: Transwarp. The Transwarp drive fiasco is now considered a legendary blunder in warp physics, but the ship which bore its shame became immortalized for its beautiful grace and classicly practical design. Even though the Transwarp project was scrapped, Excelsior captured the attention of Starfleet for other reasons. This graceful ship was potentially a very useful and adaptable design, capable of a number of missions -- ambassadorial, transport, defense, command -- without any modification. Indeed the Excelsior has proved so successful a design that there are more of this class in service now -- almost 90 years after its design -- than any other class of starship. The Excelsiors are so well-liked that many admirals use them for their personal fleet flagships. While no longer a formidable foe in combat with its original outfitting, the Excelsiors now serve other roles, often as courier ships and diplomatic envoys. Even though the design is very old, Excelsiors' brilliant engineering have allowed them to remain a vital part of Starfleet through periodic systems upgrades and modifications. Thanks to overhaul programs, it is unlikely that these graceful ships will vanish from the spacelanes any time soon.