[RFC] The United Federation of Planets

[M Fnord]

Federation Special Security Force... 'Redshirts'
As the name suggests, these are the individuals who escort and provide security for Federation VIP's, such as the President and members of the cabinet . They've taken the 'Redshirt' epithet as a badge of pride,incorporating the red tunic into their duty uniform. A memorial wall in their headquarters lists the names of Redshirts who have perished in the line of duty

(maybe not as secret service, but Redshirts are definitely going in the final mix)

There - that should explain why they Trekkies both could and couldn't build decent ships before the end of OGJ...

I was thinking more along the lines that they could build decent ships, they just couldn't build big ships. Lack of experience, excessive quirkiness, etc. kept them from getting anything larger than an Archer (or Bird of Prey) off the ground in any useable manner until they finally figured it out working on the Gagarins.

The idea on the member fleets is kinda interesting; might use that with a little remixing.

Anyway, new content in re: the Constitution class starship.

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Constitution-class controversy
Since the founding of the Federation, the iconic form of the USS Enterprise has been missing from the fleet. Early efforts to build an appropriate Enterprise fell short of the mark due to lack of resources, or simply proved too quirky to be functional. Starfleet purchased OV-201 USS Enterprise in 2014 just to have a functional Enterprise; the shuttle Enterprise went on to a successful career as a science vessel. Despite this, in 2020 the Federation Council in a rare moment of directly butting into the affairs of Starfleet ordered the Admiralty to draw up plans and begin requisitioning the necessary materials, lab time, etc. to build a functional Constitution class starship (expected to be either NCC-1700 USS Constitution or NCC-1701 USS Enterprise) with a launch date of no later than Spetember 8th, 2030.Ideally, the Council hoped Starfleet would get their act together and have an Enterprise ready to launch on September 8th, 2026, the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: TOS. This may have been overly optimistic.

As of 2022 the Admiralty hasn’t decided which Constitution class vessel will be implemented by the Council’s 2030 deadline. The original Matt Jefferies design is the favorite of the Corps of Engineers,Mostly thanks to the exhaustive Franz Joseph deckplans, which give the engineers a base to develop from. with a strong minority favoring the Andrew Probert redesign and smaller groups agitating for the Ryan Church reboot design or just skipping the Constitution class altogether and going for the Excelsior or even the Galaxy class.Enterprise, who will core transfer to NCC-1701 once one’s built, has remained neutral through this somewhat ridiculous debate.

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