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Given the ongoing threat to Federation trade from the Orions, other pirates, and raids by the Klingons and other enemies, Starfleet decided in 2258 to design a new escort ship to replace the aging ''Guardian'' and ''Majestic'' class vessels, neither of which was worth further uprating. The development project began in 2259, and ten years later Starfleet launched the ''Hellespont'' class Escort. The class served the Federation admirably for half a century, and was finally decommissioned in 2319 following the general diminishment of the Orion threat in the first two decades of the 24th century. | Given the ongoing threat to Federation trade from the Orions, other pirates, and raids by the Klingons and other enemies, Starfleet decided in 2258 to design a new escort ship to replace the aging ''Guardian'' and ''Majestic'' class vessels, neither of which was worth further uprating. The development project began in 2259, and ten years later Starfleet launched the ''Hellespont'' class Escort. The class served the Federation admirably for half a century, and was finally decommissioned in 2319 following the general diminishment of the Orion threat in the first two decades of the 24th century. | ||
In a design aesthetic clearly presaging the ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Miranda_class Miranda]'' class Cruiser, the ''Hellespont'' consists of a ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Constitution_class Constitution | In a design aesthetic clearly presaging the ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Miranda_class Miranda]'' class Cruiser, the ''Hellespont'' consists of a ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Constitution_class Constitution]''-like saucer with a rectangular Engineering hull attached directly to it aft center. The warp nacelles are mounted almost directly to the Engineering hull dorsally (and, in some variants, have a stabilizing bar joining them dorsally at their midpoint). The impulse engines flank the Engineering hull. Many of the ''Hellespont's'' systems were borrowed or adapted from the ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Saladin_class Saladin]''/''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Hermes_class Hermes]'' Development Project, or were created in conjunction with that effort. | ||
While not as heavily armed as later vessels such as the ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Miranda_class Miranda]'', for its size the ''Hellespont'' packed a powerful array of weaponry; four Type VII phaser banks and a photon torpedo launcher. (After 2271, many ''Hellesponts'' began carrying the new Type II torpedo, and in some cases were upgraded for channelled phasers.) When necessity demanded, Starfleet pulled the ''Hellespont'' off primary escort duty and used it as an escort for Explorers and Cruisers as they went into battle against the Klingons or other foes. | While not as heavily armed as later vessels such as the ''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Miranda_class Miranda]'', for its size the ''Hellespont'' packed a powerful array of weaponry; four Type VII phaser banks and a photon torpedo launcher. (After 2271, many ''Hellesponts'' began carrying the new Type II torpedo, and in some cases were upgraded for channelled phasers.) When necessity demanded, Starfleet pulled the ''Hellespont'' off primary escort duty and used it as an escort for Explorers and Cruisers as they went into battle against the Klingons or other foes. | ||