Excalibur class



The Excalibur class (Mark II) was a large Federation battleship that entered service in the late 24th century

History
The Excalibur-class was submitted at the same time as the Sovereign class. Both ships were roughly equal in proposed specs. The Sovereign was approved while the Excalibur was put on hold.

Following the Borg attack of 2373, Starfleet re-opened the Excalibur files. They altered the ship from Explorer/Battleship specs to include rapid response abilities, increasing the size of the vessel by nearly 50%. Weapons were slightly scaled back though as was crew needed for those systems. In their place was put facilities for covert ops teams, marines, and even diplomatic and medical personnel. In the event of a medical emergency, these spaces could be configured for emergency medical care, and thus the ship is equipped with no less then four separate EMH programs. Only the Hope-class medical ship and Starbases carry as many independent EMH programs. The Excalibur Mark II is also capable of MVAM (multi vector assault mode).