Affiliation:
United Federation of Planets
Active:
23rd Century - 24th Century
Propulsion:
- Impulse Drive
- Warp Drive
Armaments:
- Phasers
- Photon Torpedoes
Defences:
Deflector Shields
Miscellaneous:
- One of the fleet's longest-serving starship designs
- Constructed during the early 2280s at Starfleet's San Francisco Fleet Yards
- Prototype was equipped with transwarp drive, regarded as the "Great Experiment"
- Despite the failure of transwarp Starfleet went ahead with the Excelsior design
- Underwent an overhaul in 2290s
