Federation medium cruiser (Excelsior variant)

This Federation medium cruiser type was a variant of the starship design which entered service in the Federation Starfleet in the 24th century.

History and specifications
This type of medium cruiser starship was in service to Starfleet during the late 24th century. These variant ships were 288.33 meters in length, 173.98 meters in width and 74.85 meters tall. This type of medium cruiser massed 660,000 metric tons and was normally staffed by 275 officers and crew. With a 1,500+ unit warp core feeding three warp nacelle and one impulse engine module, these vessels could maintain a maximum speed of Warp 9.6 for 12 hours. Armament on these ships included 8 Type-IX phaser emitters; 2 photon torpedo launchers, with defenses of standard deflector shields.

Ships of this type were constructed from surplus equipment at the ASDB Integration Facility at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards in the Sol system, and several were in operation by the mid-2370s decade.