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Developed as one of the first six of Starfleet’s Galaxy class starships beginning in the late 2340s, the Astraeus was fraught with bad luck and problems from her first years in construction. | Developed as one of the first six of Starfleet’s Galaxy class starships beginning in the late 2340s, the Astraeus was fraught with bad luck and problems from her first years in construction. | ||
Used as a test bed for additional new technologies planned to be implemented on the Galaxy, Yamato, and Enterprise, some upgraded systems were installed, ran into at-the-time | Used as a test bed for additional new technologies planned to be implemented on the Galaxy, Yamato, and Enterprise, some upgraded systems were installed, ran into at-the-time irrepairable incompatibilities, personnel or supply issues, or just straight up misfortune. Because of these problems, the Astraeus, named for the Greek Titan of the dusk, was launched a full two years after her sister ships, in 2365. Her first commander, Captain Andrei Nabatov, assumed command on 4 November, 2365. Her shakedown cruise lasted for fourteen months, and with the bugs from her construction shaken out, the Astraeus was assigned her first long range mission. | ||
'''First Exploration Missions''' | '''First Exploration Missions''' |