U.S.S. Excalibur

NCC-1705

Camelot Class Battle Cruiser

The U.S.S. Excalibur, NCC-1705, was a rebuild of the original Excalibur, NCC-1664, that was lost from the computer controlled attack of the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701. (From the show "The Ultimate Computer")

The Excalibur was to be a Constitution class vessel and was still in dry dock when the Tholian Wars broke out on Stardate 3220. Star Fleet's need for fighter carriers and ships of that nature prompted the Excalibur to be transformed into a Camelot class battle cruiser. She held the original NCC-1705 from her Constitution class designation instead of getting a NCC-176# designation of that class. This ship was made with two forward 360 degree plasma phasor turrets that would work independently for Tholian fighter attacks. On the secondary hull of the ship, a 250-degree plasma phasor turret was placed for protection of the shuttle/fighter bay and the lower rear quarter of the ship. The third Warp nacelle was placed to allow the ship to enter a Warp envelope faster than the two nacelle designs. This third nacelle was only activated on the startup of Warp speed. After that, it was shut down so the other two could continue the warp speed. This is why the third nacelle has no cooling vents on the supporting pylons.

On the primary hull right above the Impulse engines, is an Impulse Drive Diverter (IDD). This is to allow the thrust of the Impulse engines to be diverted to the sides of the third Warp nacelle support pylon by sending a small force beam down in between the impulse thrust, slowing the damage to the pylon. In emergencies, the impulse engines could be used without the IDD, but not for extended periods of time. Above the IDD is a Sensor cluster pad to help the two forward phasor turrets target ships.

The Excalibur is notable for many battles with the Tholians and was assigned the 4th Task squadron under the command of Admiral Jeol Nissan.

After the end of the Tholian Wars on Stardate 4205, she was moth balled and put into storage. She was re-commissioned four years later for the Klingon conflicts and was lost near the Klingon boundaries. It is unknown to what happened to the Excalibur and was presumed lost on Stardate 4215.

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