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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] I postulate a twenty-year cycle for each of the Starship/Explorer development projects -- in a twenty-on, twenty-off pattern -- followed by twenty-year refit cycles after completion. At each refit cycle, the class is evaluated and either is given the go-ahead for another cycle, or scheduled to be phased out of service. So the [i]Constitution[/i] was launched in 2243, and had a major refit in 2263 that boosted the crew capacity from ~200 to ~430, etc. That same year the Great Experiment was begun, and wouldn't be completed until 2285, due to problems with developing the Transwarp drive. In the [i]Constitution[/i]'s 2383 review, it was decided to begin retiring the class in favor of the new [i]Excelsior[/i] class, but the failure of Transwarp in 2285 put a hold on that. That year saw the 'fleet registry system change, and the [i]Excelsior[/i] go through its first service cycle retrofitting it to conventional (if more advanced) warp drive and testing some variant designs. Then, in 2303, the Ambassador Class Development Project got underway, with better results. Then, in 2343, the Galaxy Class Development Project began. Given that sort of cycle, the next Explorer project (what I call the [i]Nova Explorator[/i] Development Project, in that the actual ship hasn't been named yet -- and also to support the TNG TM appendix on the subject) will officially begin in 2383... *checks watch* ...Which is coming up soon. --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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