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after the Start of the Second Romulan War, Admiral Michael Davenport
pushed into service all of the new designs that he had been working on.
One of those was a design used by Starfleet in the 2270's. Romulan
Fleet Commanders had begun to expect going up against powerful designs
looking up to date . Since ship losses were starting to mount, he
didn't have the time for a leisurly design process like he had with
others. He brought up the Enterprise class design and
deleted the secondary hull, slinging the two nacelles under a quad (4)
torpedo launcher housing. He went up to the primary hull and
gutted all of the science labs, sensors (save for targetting scanners)
and secondary cargo bays to make room for extremly high power
Phaser Banks. He worked in 8 Type XII units along with a limited
supply of quantum torpedos. The Romulans considered older designs
such as the Polaris to be easy picking and sent whole squadrons
after these ships, only to find them torn up. This was a tactic
that Davenport began to take to heart as the war drew on. Although
the Polaris was orginally classified as a destroyer back in the
day, the addition of type XII phaser units and quantum torpedos booted
her up to the light cruiser bracket. Because of these
improvements, the science labs had to be completly eliminated and
sensors were limited. Although not as maneuverable as other ships
of her size, the Polaris packs a heavy punch that made quite an
impact. |
