The _Exclesior_ class Battleship    

BB-1 Excelsior 
BB-R6357F4-590106-00Q08-0 

MCr86,649.2 
100,000 tons 		batteries bearing   	Y 7 1 L  
Crew=1070. 		batteries     		Z A 1 U  

TL=12. 
Low=535. 
Cargo=5. 
Fuel=37,000. 
EP=7000. 
Agility=5. 
Marines=300.      
Y=35, Z=50 

Notes: This ship has a frozen watch, fuel scoops, and 
purification plant. This is the original version of 
the _Excelsior_ class. The NFN built 15  of these ships, 
most of them named for historical battleships. The  
exception was the lead ship, which was named for a 
fictitious ship class  from Star Trek. This version of 
the ship saw action during the Old  Islands War and the 
Topas War--following the Topas War, FAdm Connor  
described it as "the best battleship in the Islands." 
This class also received the Series A refit immediately 
after the wars. 

BB-1 Series A 
BB-R6357H4-590307-00R09-0 
MCr86,286.3 
100,000 tons 		batteries bearing    	Y   7   1 L 
Crew=1070. 		batteries     		 Z   A   1 U 

TL=12(14). 
Low=535. 
Cargo=527. 
Fuel=37,000. 
EP=7000. 
Agility=5. 
Marines=300.      
Y=35, Z=50 

Notes: This ship has frozen watch, scoops, plant. The 
refit cost  MCr1,887.6 per ship and took 15 weeks. The 
Series A _Excelsior_ wasn't a major improvement over the 
original  version. The Admiralty felt that upgrading the 
battleships further would  delay improvements on other 
ships unacceptably, so the upgrade was  postponed. The 
battleship _Musashi_ was officially handed over to the 
Alliance Navy  in 5629, and served as the flagship of 
the Alliance for several years.  The Series A version of 
the battleship saw action in the Serendip War. 13  of 
the ships participated in the defence of Neubayern, and 
two of them  were lost or damage beyond repair. The 13 
surviving _Excelsiors_ fled to the safe worlds when the 
Imperials  arrived. During the Occupation, the ship 
received a major refit, effectively becoming a new class 
of ships.