Excelsior Modification

This modification of the standard Excelsior Class represents major advancements in the base Excelsior design. Armament is superior to that of standard Excelsiors and the sensor platform is almost entirely disparate from the Excelsiors'. Large protruding bulges are present on the port and starboard extending aft from the deflector dish. These bulges house the Excelsior Modification's lateral sensor arrays, capable of scanning millions of wave patterns and frequencies for two parsecs in either direction. Also, maneuvering vanes on both the hull and upper warp nacelles have been enlarged immensely, providing the Excelsior Modification nearly twice the maneuverability of the first block of Excelsiors. Also, the impulse systems have been completely reworked, giving the ship greater sublight velocity at less energy expense due to a more efficient impulse plant. The impulse redesign was so extensive in fact, that several sections of the aft saucer had to be removed to accommodate it. Overall, the Excelsior Modification is a more powerful ship than the Excelsior, and a definite improvement to the already legendary Excelsior design.

U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701B

• Third Starship Enterprise

U.S.S. Melbourne, NCC-62043

• Riker was offered this command in 2366; Melbourne was one of 39 starships destroyed by the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359.

• Attacked Defiant during Changeling scare