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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] I find your explanations less that believable though. [b][i]Yeager[/i]-Class Patrol Cruiser Development Project[/b]: Limited production run of starships created using [i]Intrepid[/i] class primary hull design, but with a older warp carriage. Fleet strengths of combatant vessels were being increased in 2373, and a new type of patrol cruiser was needed. While the [i]Intrepid[/i]-class fit the general requirements, it was deemed too difficult to produce because of its advanced modifications. Since variable geometry warp nacelles were generally only useful in long range flight situations, it was decided to give the [i]Yeager[/i] design a less complicated warp system, which was quicker to build and less complicated to service and repair in combat situations. The prototype was named after the USS [i]Yeager[/i] that was recently destroyed. By the end of the Dominion War, Fleet supply lines were at an acceptable level to produce [i]Intrepid[/i]-class vessels to phase out these specialized variants. [b][i]Shelley[/i]-Class Through-Deck Cruiser[/b]: During the 2330s, Starfleet deemed its interdiction capability in the Ninth and Second Fleets to be inadequate, as several of the fleets Craft-Carrier reserve were retired from service, including the venerable [i]Ariel[/i]-class and the newer but problem-ridden [i]Philbin[/i]-class. While Starfleet was not involved in any major conflicts, the ability to launch fighter and patrol craft, as well as troops, remained at the front of the minds of many military planners. A design was created, designed to use existing components introduced in the fourth-run of the [i]Excelsior[/i]-class, but to reuse nacelle components slated as replacement parts for the two other shuttlecarrier designs, which operated with LN-6(X) nacelles such as those used on the [i]Miranda[/i]-class. Since the development of large multi-mission profile ships which can match the specialized carrier capability, not the least of which was the [i]Galaxy[/i]-class, these vessels have fallen into disuse. Several of these vessels have remained in the Starfleet Reserve, ready for service, while some have been modified for use as cruisers or transports. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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