Ambassador class

The Ambassador class is a Federation Command Cruiser.

Description
The Ambassador-class is the oldest Federation starship still to carry the classification of capital ship. Designed in the 2320s to replace the venerable Excelsior-class cruisers, the Ambassador program took advantage of the technological advances in the three decades since the launch of the original Excelsior in 2290. Since the launch of the USS Ambassador in 2335, the Ambassador-class has served on the fringes of Federation space on diplomatic, exploration and scientific duties for nearly fifty years. It was the USS Enterprise-C that paved the way to the Khitomer Accords and the alliance between the Klingons and Federation by sacrificing itself against a contingent of four Romulan warships at the Klingon colony of Narendra III in 2344 in order to defend it.

With the advent of the Nebula, Galaxy and Sovereign-class starships, the Ambassador-class has fallen into obscurity. With a limited production run and their systems showing their age, Starfleet had considered decommissioning the survivors of the class. However, with increased hostilities quadrant-wide, Starfleet Command has approved a full refit of the ageing cruisers, uprating their shield and warp drives and equipping them with latest phaser arrays and photon torpedoes. The Ambassador fleet has now returned to service as a versatile and dependable command cruiser, with the firepower to repel most lighter threats and the resilience to tackle the larger warships of any hostile armada.

Performance
TBD

External References
TBD