Class History

Created by Admiral Ricky Wegener on Thu May 5th, 2011 @ 9:22pm

For over one hundred years, Starfleet relied on two primary Starbase designs; the massive Space Dock class and the much smaller Regula types. For years, a mid-sized station was needed for areas of space that need more then what a Regula type could supply, but building a huge Space Dock type wasn't worth while. Variants to the Regula were designed to try and fill the gap, and while they did their jobs well, they still weren't what was needed. Finally, in the late 2360s, a new proposal was submitted. Originally designed to be more the 50% larger then the Space Dock, the Immense class starbase was scaled down to a mid-sized station that would support several vessels at a time, house and store plenty of supplies and provide a good defense position to protect Federation interests.

Support came from several former Regula class starbase commanders and from a Marine BGeneral within the Fourth Fleet. Designs were forwarded to the Avalon Fleet Yards where construction engineers made several changes. They added two external dry docks for capital ships (Galaxy, Sovereign, Nebula, Excalibur, etc) while keeping the three internal bays for smaller vessels like Defiant, Steamrunner, Saber, Excelsior, and other classes.

Final re-designs complete, AFY sent two construction teams to begin work on the first of the new space stations, Deep Space Seven, which replaced an older Regula facility near by. Assigned to command DS7 was BGeneral Emerson of the Fourth Fleet.

Well armed, and with an incredible sensor suite, the Immense class space station has proven to be well liked by it's crew. Another five of the type are being built now. Two are replacing Regula type starbases, while the other three are being built in new sectors. One of the most useful sections of the Immense is it's vast Diplomatic Facilities. Unlike the Regula class, the Immense class has no less then twenty Diplomatic meeting rooms with one hundred VIP quarters. This allows the Immense to service as location for meetings between the Federation and other powers, first contact discussions, and even fleet briefing areas during times of war.

With the expansion of the Federation, the Immense class is poised to be at the fore front of Federation space. Servicing as a place to hold meetings with new species as well as deep space stations for starships on deep space and exploration missions, while at the same time holding the line and protecting the Federation itself.