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| image = [[Image:Ambassadorclass.png]]
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| name = Earth-Romulan War
| displayName = '''''Ambassador'' Class'''
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| image = [[File:Earth-romulanwar1.png|350px|none]]
| name = Ambassador
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| date = July 24th 2155-November 9th 2160
| affiliation = United Federation of Planets
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| location = [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] & [[Beta Quadrant|Beta]] Quadrants
| operator = Starfleet
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| result =
| status = Retired
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* Victory for Earth and its allies
| role = *Deep-Space Exploration
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* Establishment of the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]]
*Diplomatic Envoy
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* Later formation of the [[United Federation of Planets]]
*Multirole Capital Ship
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| belligerents left =  
| type = Heavy Cruiser
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{{belligerent|Seal_of_United_Earth_Commonwealth.png|[[United Earth Commonwealth]]}}
| precedingClass = Excelsior
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{{belligerent|Confederacy_of_Vulcan_IDIC_logo.png|[[Confederacy of Vulcan]]}}
| succeedingClass = Galaxy
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{{belligerent|Andorian-Empire-emblem.png|[[Andorian Empire]]}}
| dateEntered = 2330
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{{belligerent|Logo-tellarite.png|[[United Planets of Tellar]]}}
| productionEnd = 2358
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{{belligerent|Kreetassan-Emblem.png|[[Democratic Union of Kreetassa]]}}
| retired = 2400
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| belligerents right =  
| expectedDuration = 100 years
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|[[Romulan Star Empire]]}}
| expectedRefit = 8 years
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| commanders left =  
| timeResupply = 4 years
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{{belligerent|Seal_of_United_Earth_Commonwealth.png|[[President of the United Earth Commonwealth|President]] [[Lydia Littlejohn]]}}
| crewComplement = 750
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{{belligerent|Seal_of_United_Earth_Commonwealth.png|[[Prime Minister of the United Earth Commonwealth|Prime Minister]] [[Nathan Samuels]]}}
| emergencyCap = 3200
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{{belligerent|NXicon.png|Fleet Admiral Moira Hathaway}}
| civilians =
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{{belligerent|NXicon.png|Commodore Jonathan Archer}}
| populationCap =
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{{belligerent|NXicon.png|Commodore Erika Hernandez}}
| flightCrew =
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{{belligerent|NXicon.png|Fleet Captain Lloyd Burton}}
| passengers =
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{{belligerent|NXicon.png|Captain Oliver Campbell}}
| length = 526 meters
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{{belligerent|Confederacy_of_Vulcan_IDIC_logo.png|First Minister T'Pau}}
| width = 320 meters
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{{belligerent|Confederacy_of_Vulcan_IDIC_logo.png|Foreign Minister Soval}}
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{{belligerent|Confederacy_of_Vulcan_IDIC_logo.png|Commander T'Plau}}
| height = 125 meters
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{{belligerent|Andorian-Empire-emblem.png|Chancellor Chamargerit zh’Thacker}}
| decks = 31
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{{belligerent|Andorian-Empire-emblem.png|General Hravishran th'Zoarhi}}
| propulsionSystem = Matter/Antimatter-powered warp drive
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{{belligerent|Andorian-Empire-emblem.png|Commander Ashanthi zh’Becthor}}
| cruiseSpeed = Warp 6.2
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| commanders right =  
| maxSpeed = Warp 8.9
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|Praetor D'deridex}}
| emergencySpeed = Warp 9.4 (12 hours)
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|Admiral Valdore}}
| energyWeapons = *10x Type-X Phaser Arrays
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|Admiral Kameetha}}
| torpLaunchers = *1 Forward
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|Commander T’Voras}}
*1 aft
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{{belligerent|RomulanEmpire2150s.png|Commander Sirrel}}
| torpPayload = *200 Photon Torpedoes
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| strength left =  
| shields = Multi-Layered Shielding System
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| strength right =  
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| casualties left =  
| shuttleBays = 2
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| casualties right =  
| shuttles = 15
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| templatemode = nocats
| runabouts = 2
 
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'''''Ambassador''-class heavy cruisers''' are venerable workhorses for Starfleet. Originally designated as explorers, they have since been pulled back from most frontline operations and serve capably as diplomatic, scientific, and tactical platforms for duties within Federation space. For their time, they were revolutionary, and they still remain quite powerful for their size.
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The '''Earth-Romulan War''' was one of the most devastating interstellar conflicts that took place during the mid-22nd century. The war itself was incited by the [[Romulan Star Empire]]'s covert expansionism and an aggressive foreign policy. Neither side ever spoke face-to-face with a few audio exchanges taking place during the war. The war ended with victory for Earth and its allies signing a peace treaty with the Romulans.  
  
=== Science and Exploration ===
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==Prelude to War==
The ''Ambassador''-class starship was intended to be as revolutionary to the exploration of space as the Constitution was in her time; an order of magnitude more capable than the ''Excelsior''-class ships serving as Starfleet’s premiere exploratory vessels in the 2330s. Indeed, this class was the first to be designated as an explorer rather than as a cruiser, given that she was designed to undertake true five-year unsupported missions outside of Federation space.
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===First Contact===
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The Romulans had shown their aggressive tendencies towards Earth when [[ma:Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' NX-01]] accidentally entered one of their star systems in early 2152. After ''Enterprise'' was heavily damaged by a mine, the Romulans revealed their presence and demanded the Earth ship leave the system at once.
  
By the early 2370s, she had been reclassified as a heavy cruiser but retained impressive scientific and exploratory capabilities that have continued to make her a desirable command. The class contained the most powerful spaceborne sensor arrays of their time, and her eighteen modular sensor pallets continue to be able to use the latest scientific scanner equipment. Twenty-eight large dedicated laboratory facilities are included in the ship, along with facilities to convert three of the cargo bays to hold extra scientific equipment if necessary. This gave the ''Ambassador'' an estimated 325% increase in research capabilities over an Excelsior, and she remains significantly more capable than light cruisers and smaller, more modern-exploratory vessels.
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===The Babel Crisis===
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Two years later and ''Enterprise'' found itself once again engaged in with the Romulans. While escorting Tellarite diplomats to [[Babel]] through Andorian space, the ship responded to the distress call of the [[ma:Kumari|IGS ''Kumari'']] and found the ship destroyed, it's crew all in escape pods. Further investigation by the Human vessel determined that the Romulans were attempting to destabilise the peace in the region by igniting a war between the Andorian Empire and the United Planets of Tellar. Thanks to the intervention of Captain Jonathan Archer, the opposite happened and an alliance between Tellar, Andoria, Earth and Vulcan was established to remove the Romulan threat. After discovering that the ships they were using were drones and being controlled by [[MA:Telepresence_unit|telepresence]] technology, they were able to combat the threat.  
  
With more and more of these vessels having been pulled off of front-line duties in the 2380s and later, some of them have been retrofitted with even more impressive scientific suites in place of crew quarters or engineering support areas, to allow them to perform in-depth surveys of planetary systems with much greater speed than purpose-built surveyors, which tend to be a fraction of the size of an ''Ambassador''.
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===Formation of the Coalition of Planets===
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Realising that many of them had encountered a common threat and the need to for further stability was required for the region, many worlds banded together to discuss finalising an alliance that would not just be military based but would allow further exchanges in ideas and the development of strong trading ties. Where officials from Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar were certain they wanted to go ahead with the coalition, others like the Rigellians, Denobulans and Coridanites needed more assurances. As such it was agreed by the former worlds that this needed to be taken seriously, so as Earth was one of the most neutral parties they led the diplomatic missions to all three home worlds of the latter states. Once again the need for the alliance was reenforced as the task forces that were sent to each world were attacked by mercenaries who were hired by an unknown benefactor at the time (it was later discovered to be the Romulans).  That said the diplomatic efforts of these crews were ruined when Coridan was attacked by a singular ship after it rammed into the world at high warp igniting the mass amount of dilithium crystals that the planet had. This assault left half a billion Coridanites dead and the planet in ecological ruin. Diplomatic overtures and relief efforts were made to the Coridan government, as were similar offers made to the Denobulan and Rigel governments but all three states felt that joining the alliance at that time would be fateful for them. Instead the treaty was signed by the United Earth Commonwealth, the Confederacy of Vulcan, the Andorian Empire and the United Planets of Tellar. This treaty solidified peace in the region and was one of the crowning achievements for Earth to bring the Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites to the table to agree to ever-lasting peace especially as there had always been constant tension, friction and conflict among these nation states. The Romulan attempt of prevent the alliance was stopped and the worst fears had come to light.
  
=== Diplomacy ===
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===The Docana Invasion===
As her name would suggest, an ''Ambassador''-class starship has long been one of the most capable diplomatic platforms in Starfleet and she is still the ship of choice for most diplomatic missions in and near Federation space when a ''Galaxy'' or ''Odyssey''-class ship is not available. She was one of the first classes to include extensive support for variable atmosphere and gravity accommodations to assist in diplomatic dealings with lifeforms who are not from M-class environments. A full 50% of her high-quality guest quarters and all of her elaborate conference facilities were originally able of being quickly configured for K, L, O, or P-class environments, and this capability was extended in the 2370s to include high-temperature environments. Most vessels of this type have also been retrofitted with holographic projectors either in the whole ship or in diplomatic areas to allow for quick reconfiguration of facilities for different negotiations.
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The alliance in its early days saw action quite quickly when the Andorian colony on Docana was invaded by a joint Malurian-Nassican armada. [[Challenger (NX-03)|''Challenger'' (NX-03)]] led the task force sent to deal with the incursion later discovered that it was in fact the Romulans who had hired mercenaries from criminal organisations from the Malurian and Nausicaan societies. At the time the allies, realising that they were not ready for a war with the Star Empire, agreed to keep the Romulan involvement in the Docana occupation quiet from public knowledge. However it did force the coalition to begin preparation for war, the conflict seemed inevitable.
  
An ''Ambassador''-class ship is capable of hosting multi-party talks in great comfort, while also being a suitably-powerful ship to not need an escort when going into hostile areas.
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===The Kobayashi Maru Incident===
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By 2155 it was soon discovered that the Romulans were using their telepresence units again, but for other purposes. Instead of controlling their own fleet, they were using a trojan like computer virus that used telepresence technology to take control of alien ships. Several ships from the coalition were attacked, along with those that were their trading partners. The Romulans focussed their attacks on civilian trading ships, as these were easier targets, and were able to take over Klingon ships. One notable event was when ''Enterprise'' was forced to abandon the ECS ''Kobayashi Maru'' when it was attacked by Klingons ships (that were under Romulan telepresence control). If the ''Enterprise'' hadn't departed the Romulans would have gained controlled of it and more than likely used it against the coalition. This no-win scenario was one of many that would test many commanders in the coalition.  
  
=== Engineering ===
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===The Deltan-Carreon Conflict===
''Ambassador''-class ships were among the fastest vessels of their time, retaining speed records that weren’t broken until the ''Galaxy''-class was launched in the late 2350s. These vessels were the first to use the second generation of the semi-toroid warp coils that became standard after the launch of the ''Excelsior''-class three decades earlier. Their large warp cores provided ample power for her scientific and tactical systems as well, and they boast large engineering crews to keep everything operating effectively.
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Wanting to prevent the Coalition from expanding further, the Romulans diverted some of their resources in escalating a conflict between the [[Deltan Union]] and the [[Imperial Realms of Carrea]]. Stuck in the centre of the fight, the starship ''Challenger'' had to fight its way out of the region. The conflict resulted in Earth unable to formalise any treaty with the Deltans, but more tragically it caused significant loss of life between the Deltans and Carreons.
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==Declaration of War==
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Further attacks against various worlds, ships and stations by the Romulans was enough for the coalition to declare war. The Coalition declared war on July 24th 2155 and fierce fighting took place. The Vulcan, Andorian and Tellarite fleets were brutally being destroyed by the Romulans through the use of their telepresence capturing technology. Coalition scientists and engineers determined that the more advanced designs, compared to Earth ships, were more susceptible to the computer virus that allowed the Romulans to take control. All three governments withdraw a majority of their forces from the frontlines and it was down to Earth and its Starfleet to defend the Coalition.
  
An ''Ambassador''-class ship also maintains relatively large cargo bays and auxiliary craft facilities, alongside industrial replicators and other systems that make her a very effective vessel for humanitarian missions or construction projects. Given her comfortable accommodations and facilities, she is also effective as a tender for frigates and escorts.
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==The War==
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===2155-2156===
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For most of 2155 the attacks by the Romulans were quick hit and runs against the Coalition. A majority of them gave the Romulans a victory.  
  
=== Tactical ===
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One of the first attacks against an Earth world was against the colony on [[Gault]]. The Romulans attempted to destroy the farming colony but were unsuccessful thanks to the arrival of a task group led by  [[Discovery (NX-04)|''Discovery'' NX-04]]. Eventually it was decided that the colony should be evacuated due to its lack of technology to fully defend itself without Starfleet support. The Gault colonists were taken to Alpha Centauri.  
The Type-IX phaser array was developed for use aboard the ''Ambassador''-class. This measure greatly increased the ability of the ''Ambassador'' Class to fire sustained bursts, and greatly reduced the recharge and cool down times. The use of an independent power system for every group of ten emitter segments in the array triples the survivability of the array compared to a ball turret, while there are also benefits to the reaction time, greater control of thermal effects, field halos and target impact. Overall the phaser arrays of the ''Ambassador'' are over 50% more effective than the Type-VIII ball turrets found aboard -class ships. Torpedo coverage is fired by a single burst-fire torpedo tube forward and another aft. These ships generally do not carry quantum torpedoes, but they are able to use them. ''Ambassador''-class ships were updated with Type-X phaser arrays in the 2370s for the Dominion War.
 
  
An ''Ambassador''-class ship is still a force to be reckoned with, even seventy years after their initial launch. They had a much higher survivability rate during the Dominion War than the Excelsior-class did, and continue to be used for routine patrols of the core sector. They do lag behind newer ships in maneuverability and overall power, but most pirates and raiders would think twice about engaging one without support.
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Around the same time, the Vulcan colony on Merak was attacked. Merak II was home to one of the biggest starship construction facilities in the Vulcan Confederacy (it almost rivalled the shipyards in orbit of Vulcan). The Romulans had somehow avoided detection, had circumvented pass the outer worlds in the Merak system and launched an assault against the Vulcan fleet and some of the dry-docks. Their attack hadn’t lasted long, but it resulted in heavy casualties for the Vulcan people after the Romulans had launched kamikaze attacks after they inflicted high damage. The first ship to arrive was the [[Atlantis (NX-05|''Atlantis'' NX-05]]. After this attack, the Coalition were able to meet the Romulans in a number of decisive battles.  
  
=== Shipboard Life ===
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====Significant Battles====
As with many designs that were once launched as flagships, the ''Ambassador''-class is now a reliable workhorse for the Federation. Crews aboard these ships tend to enjoy their assignment, as the class has been retrofitted with most of the amenities you would find aboard newer explorers, such as holodecks, arboretums, and lounges, as well as comfortable crew quarters. Captains assigned to these vessels tend to be relatively junior, as more experienced captains are generally given assignments further away from Federation space, but a number of them are commanded by diplomatic or scientific veterans.
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=====The First Battle of Deneva=====
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On October 23rd 2155, a Starfleet task group of eight ships engaged fifteen Romulan ships. The Romulans attempted to use their drone ships again, this time en-masse. Starfleet were able to defend themselves and the colony against the attack and thanks to an ingenious idea, the crew of ''Discovery'' were able to trick the last two drone ships in following them into the nearby region known as the [[MA:The Barrens|Barrens]]. The subspace node was effective in block the Romulans long range communications in controlling their ships. From inside the Barrens, the ''Discovery'' was able to capture one ship and with the assistance of ''Challenger''.
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=====The Battle of the Bassen Rift=====
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Thanks to the capturing of the Romulan drone, the crews of ''Challenger'' and ''Discovery'' launched a covert attack after discovering the home base of the Romulan drone ship. They also discovered that the Romulans were using an artificial [[MA:ingularity#Microsingularities|micro-singularity]] to amplify their telepresence signals from the [[MA:Bassen_Rift|Bassen Rift]]. The attack was successfully carried out, it resulted in the destruction of the Romulan base, its support craft but ''Challenger'' lost a few of its crew.
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=====The Battle of Rator=====
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=====The Battle of Krios=====
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=====The Battle of Sol=====
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On December 31st 2155, the Romulans launched an unprovoked and daring attack against Starfleet at the heart of the Commonwealth in the Sol system. A fleet of Romulan ships broke passed the outer defence detection grid and made its way across the system. In orbit of Mars, as well as in orbit of Earth, Starfleet prepared its fleet and the two sides met in a deadly and fierce battle. However the Romulans had not been properly prepared for Earth's government to use its defence systems. As a result the Romulan force was made to retreat after taking heavy losses, nevertheless the Romulans were able to give Earth and its forces a bloody nose. A number of nuclear warheads were fired against Earth and a number of Starfleet ships and civilian vessels were lost during the fight.
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=====The Second Battle of Deneva=====
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At the start of 2156, ''Endeavour'' led Earth's forces in defending Deneva colony from its second attack. The battle was fierce and resulted in an Earth victory, but again a number of lives, ships and resources were lost. The colony was heavily damaged and discussions about abandoning it were discussed shortly thereafter. 
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=====The Battle of Kreetassa=====
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On 20th February 2156, the starship ''Endeavour'' intercepted a distress call from the Kreetassan homeworld. When they arrived they discovered the Romulans had attempted to wipe out the Kreetassan military, however their assault failed due to the fact that Kreetassan technology, like Earth technology, was almost immune to the tele-capturing devices. Endeavour would go on to help the Kreetassans and this act would go on to begin diplomatic overtures which resulted in the Kreetassans joining the war effort as an ally of Earth.
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=====The Battle of Berengaria=====
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Annoyed and frustrated with their defeat with the Kreetassans, the Romulans next target was to take out Earth's beachhead on Berengaria VII and remove Starbase One. The attack took place on 29th February 2156. Once again the Romulans inflicted heavy damage to Earth's forces. Not only did they land troops on the planet but attempted to capture the starbase too. With thanks to their new allies, the Kreetassans, Earth was able to take back the damaged Starbase One but the Earth forces ended up loosing their battle on Berengaria VII. The Romulans ended up detonating a nuclear warhead, killing a majority of Earth's forces who were sent down to liberate the miners. The entire mining community were wiped out with their captors too.
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=====The Battle of Devron=====
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5th April 2156, the starship ''Endeavour'' led a combined Starfleet-Kreetassan task force to attack a Romulan repair outpost in the Devron system. The allies suffered the loss of many brave men and women while the Romulans lost their base and several ships too. The Romulans had been wiped away from the map for good from the Devron system. After spending almost three days in the system, Starfleet forces felt they had done all they could to secure it and prevent the Romulans from ever using it again. The fleet had planted a range of mines in the asteroid field along with a basic detection grid. If the Romulans did return then Starbase One would know and the Romulans would encounter a few surprises.
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=====The Battle of Nelvana=====
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In May 2156, Starfleet forces, led by the ''Endeavour'' tricked the Romulans in thinking that Starfleet had established a beachhead on the third planet by placing a probe on the planet's surface. The probe emitted false readings, appearing to send signals from a concealed base. The Romulans sent eight ships into the system to remove the apparent forward base. Not expecting to find a hidden Starfleet task force waiting for them, the Romulans were outgunned two-to-one and were completely obliterated.
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=====The Battle of Altair=====
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On June 21st 2156, a month after the Battle of Nelvana, the Earth colony on Altair VI was successfully defended. The Romulans, thinking they could have a go at taking the planet, had not expected to find a joint Earth-Andorian-Tellarite task force waiting for them at Altair. As such, after loosing ships at Nelvana and now, once again out-gunned, found themselves having to be quite ruthless to damage their enemies. Once again ''Endeavour'' led the combined coalition forces to victory, however the battle resulted in a majority of the Andorian and Tellarite forces being lost. This high cost resulted in both sides withdrawing from supporting the defence of other worlds that were not part of their own states.  
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===2157-2158===
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====Significant Battles====
  
More and more of these vessels are being retired, but they are very popular with their crews, who often consider it an honor to keep these venerable ships going, which leads to a mix of officers and crew who have refused transfers to newer ships and very junior staff who were posted to them as a first assignment. Like the ''Galaxy''-class, they can accommodate civilian scientists.
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===2159-2160===
 
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== Class History ==
 
Initially envisioned as early as 2300, the ''Ambassador''-class was designed as not only the next greatest exploratory ship for Starfleet but also as the first of an entirely new classification of starship: explorer, as opposed to a mere heavy cruiser. Development was done at a relatively slow pace, given that the Federation was in a sustained period of peace and the ''Excelsior''-class was performing above expectations. Starfleet wanted a design that would introduce as many revolutionary systems as her predecessor had, which led to a long prototyping period with other less-capable ships, such as the ''Renaissance''-class light cruiser and the ''Freedom-''class frigate. These technologies included the next generation in warp coils, phasers, shields, and scientific systems, as well as diplomatic facilities that would make the ''Ambassador'' a powerful symbol of the Federation’s values.
 
 
 
Construction on ''Ambassador'', ''Surak'' (renamed ''Enterprise'' before launch, while the name ''Surak'' was transferred to a second-run vessel of the same class), and ''Zheng He'' began in 2323 at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. ''Ambassador'' was launched in 2329, followed by her sister ships in 2332 and 2333, respectively. Despite retaining a crew size of 750, they required nearly twice the time and twice the resources of an ''Excelsior''-class starship, while only giving approximately a 50% improvement in overall capabilities. Though they were markedly better at scientific and diplomatic missions, they were too expensive to replace the Excelsior in her role as a capable multi-mission platform, and both classes continued to be produced alongside one another until ''Excelsior'' and ''Ambassador'' were replaced by the ''Nebula''-class in 2355 and the ''Galaxy''-class in 2358, respectively.
 
 
 
During her production run, the ''Ambassador''-class was generally built at a rate of two units per year, with 75 of the class built in total. This made them rare compared to the ''Excelsior''-class which was built in the hundreds and they were generally reserved for high-status assignments. They proved popular in service to both their crews and to the admiralty, though they were eclipsed by the Galaxy-class which was substantially more powerful and useful in every respect.
 
 
 
They were generally a rare sight within the Federation for the first thirty years of their lifespans, as they were sent on long-range missions or reserved to put out diplomatic brushfires, but they gradually became more and more common within the core as they were supplanted. One was lost at the Battle of Wolf 359, and a handful were destroyed during the Dominion War, but they proved to be substantially tougher than the Excelsior-class thanks to their more powerful shields, something that was simply less important to the Federation during their initial production run.
 
 
 
Currently, Ambassador-class ships have been reclassified as heavy cruisers and see service in most areas of the Federation, remaining a rare but welcome sight. They have received regular refits to keep them up to modern standards. A few of them have received more specialized refits either for scientific, engineering, or diplomatic duties, though most of them remain capable multi-mission vessels. Starfleet expects them to be in service until at least 2425.
 
 
 
== In Play ==
 
 
 
* ''Ambassador''-class ships are capable heavy cruisers built in smaller numbers than the older ''Excelsior'', but still relatively common. Functionally, they have a lot in common with the ''Galaxy''-class, but the newer ship eclipses it in every measure. Because of this, the ''Ambassador'' is a solid, relatively-generic heavy cruiser that can go on nearly any mission and expect to perform adequately. They wouldn't often be sent on long-range missions alone anymore.
 
* Like the ''Excelsior'', captains of ''Ambassador''-class ships would either be very junior and assigned to milk runs, or be very senior and have decades of experience on their ships.
 
 
 
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Earth-Romulan War
Date

July 24th 2155-November 9th 2160

Location

Alpha & Beta Quadrants

Result
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Commanders



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Fleet Admiral Moira Hathaway


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Commodore Jonathan Archer


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Commodore Erika Hernandez


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Fleet Captain Lloyd Burton


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Captain Oliver Campbell


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First Minister T'Pau


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Foreign Minister Soval


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Commander T'Plau


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Chancellor Chamargerit zh’Thacker


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General Hravishran th'Zoarhi


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Commander Ashanthi zh’Becthor
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Praetor D'deridex


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Admiral Valdore


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Admiral Kameetha


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Commander T’Voras


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Commander Sirrel
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The Earth-Romulan War was one of the most devastating interstellar conflicts that took place during the mid-22nd century. The war itself was incited by the Romulan Star Empire's covert expansionism and an aggressive foreign policy. Neither side ever spoke face-to-face with a few audio exchanges taking place during the war. The war ended with victory for Earth and its allies signing a peace treaty with the Romulans.

Prelude to War

First Contact

The Romulans had shown their aggressive tendencies towards Earth when Enterprise NX-01 accidentally entered one of their star systems in early 2152. After Enterprise was heavily damaged by a mine, the Romulans revealed their presence and demanded the Earth ship leave the system at once.

The Babel Crisis

Two years later and Enterprise found itself once again engaged in with the Romulans. While escorting Tellarite diplomats to Babel through Andorian space, the ship responded to the distress call of the IGS Kumari and found the ship destroyed, it's crew all in escape pods. Further investigation by the Human vessel determined that the Romulans were attempting to destabilise the peace in the region by igniting a war between the Andorian Empire and the United Planets of Tellar. Thanks to the intervention of Captain Jonathan Archer, the opposite happened and an alliance between Tellar, Andoria, Earth and Vulcan was established to remove the Romulan threat. After discovering that the ships they were using were drones and being controlled by telepresence technology, they were able to combat the threat.

Formation of the Coalition of Planets

Realising that many of them had encountered a common threat and the need to for further stability was required for the region, many worlds banded together to discuss finalising an alliance that would not just be military based but would allow further exchanges in ideas and the development of strong trading ties. Where officials from Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar were certain they wanted to go ahead with the coalition, others like the Rigellians, Denobulans and Coridanites needed more assurances. As such it was agreed by the former worlds that this needed to be taken seriously, so as Earth was one of the most neutral parties they led the diplomatic missions to all three home worlds of the latter states. Once again the need for the alliance was reenforced as the task forces that were sent to each world were attacked by mercenaries who were hired by an unknown benefactor at the time (it was later discovered to be the Romulans). That said the diplomatic efforts of these crews were ruined when Coridan was attacked by a singular ship after it rammed into the world at high warp igniting the mass amount of dilithium crystals that the planet had. This assault left half a billion Coridanites dead and the planet in ecological ruin. Diplomatic overtures and relief efforts were made to the Coridan government, as were similar offers made to the Denobulan and Rigel governments but all three states felt that joining the alliance at that time would be fateful for them. Instead the treaty was signed by the United Earth Commonwealth, the Confederacy of Vulcan, the Andorian Empire and the United Planets of Tellar. This treaty solidified peace in the region and was one of the crowning achievements for Earth to bring the Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites to the table to agree to ever-lasting peace especially as there had always been constant tension, friction and conflict among these nation states. The Romulan attempt of prevent the alliance was stopped and the worst fears had come to light.

The Docana Invasion

The alliance in its early days saw action quite quickly when the Andorian colony on Docana was invaded by a joint Malurian-Nassican armada. Challenger (NX-03) led the task force sent to deal with the incursion later discovered that it was in fact the Romulans who had hired mercenaries from criminal organisations from the Malurian and Nausicaan societies. At the time the allies, realising that they were not ready for a war with the Star Empire, agreed to keep the Romulan involvement in the Docana occupation quiet from public knowledge. However it did force the coalition to begin preparation for war, the conflict seemed inevitable.

The Kobayashi Maru Incident

By 2155 it was soon discovered that the Romulans were using their telepresence units again, but for other purposes. Instead of controlling their own fleet, they were using a trojan like computer virus that used telepresence technology to take control of alien ships. Several ships from the coalition were attacked, along with those that were their trading partners. The Romulans focussed their attacks on civilian trading ships, as these were easier targets, and were able to take over Klingon ships. One notable event was when Enterprise was forced to abandon the ECS Kobayashi Maru when it was attacked by Klingons ships (that were under Romulan telepresence control). If the Enterprise hadn't departed the Romulans would have gained controlled of it and more than likely used it against the coalition. This no-win scenario was one of many that would test many commanders in the coalition.

The Deltan-Carreon Conflict

Wanting to prevent the Coalition from expanding further, the Romulans diverted some of their resources in escalating a conflict between the Deltan Union and the Imperial Realms of Carrea. Stuck in the centre of the fight, the starship Challenger had to fight its way out of the region. The conflict resulted in Earth unable to formalise any treaty with the Deltans, but more tragically it caused significant loss of life between the Deltans and Carreons.

Declaration of War

Further attacks against various worlds, ships and stations by the Romulans was enough for the coalition to declare war. The Coalition declared war on July 24th 2155 and fierce fighting took place. The Vulcan, Andorian and Tellarite fleets were brutally being destroyed by the Romulans through the use of their telepresence capturing technology. Coalition scientists and engineers determined that the more advanced designs, compared to Earth ships, were more susceptible to the computer virus that allowed the Romulans to take control. All three governments withdraw a majority of their forces from the frontlines and it was down to Earth and its Starfleet to defend the Coalition.

The War

2155-2156

For most of 2155 the attacks by the Romulans were quick hit and runs against the Coalition. A majority of them gave the Romulans a victory.

One of the first attacks against an Earth world was against the colony on Gault. The Romulans attempted to destroy the farming colony but were unsuccessful thanks to the arrival of a task group led by Discovery NX-04. Eventually it was decided that the colony should be evacuated due to its lack of technology to fully defend itself without Starfleet support. The Gault colonists were taken to Alpha Centauri.

Around the same time, the Vulcan colony on Merak was attacked. Merak II was home to one of the biggest starship construction facilities in the Vulcan Confederacy (it almost rivalled the shipyards in orbit of Vulcan). The Romulans had somehow avoided detection, had circumvented pass the outer worlds in the Merak system and launched an assault against the Vulcan fleet and some of the dry-docks. Their attack hadn’t lasted long, but it resulted in heavy casualties for the Vulcan people after the Romulans had launched kamikaze attacks after they inflicted high damage. The first ship to arrive was the Atlantis NX-05. After this attack, the Coalition were able to meet the Romulans in a number of decisive battles.

Significant Battles

The First Battle of Deneva

On October 23rd 2155, a Starfleet task group of eight ships engaged fifteen Romulan ships. The Romulans attempted to use their drone ships again, this time en-masse. Starfleet were able to defend themselves and the colony against the attack and thanks to an ingenious idea, the crew of Discovery were able to trick the last two drone ships in following them into the nearby region known as the Barrens. The subspace node was effective in block the Romulans long range communications in controlling their ships. From inside the Barrens, the Discovery was able to capture one ship and with the assistance of Challenger.

The Battle of the Bassen Rift

Thanks to the capturing of the Romulan drone, the crews of Challenger and Discovery launched a covert attack after discovering the home base of the Romulan drone ship. They also discovered that the Romulans were using an artificial micro-singularity to amplify their telepresence signals from the Bassen Rift. The attack was successfully carried out, it resulted in the destruction of the Romulan base, its support craft but Challenger lost a few of its crew.

The Battle of Rator
The Battle of Krios
The Battle of Sol

On December 31st 2155, the Romulans launched an unprovoked and daring attack against Starfleet at the heart of the Commonwealth in the Sol system. A fleet of Romulan ships broke passed the outer defence detection grid and made its way across the system. In orbit of Mars, as well as in orbit of Earth, Starfleet prepared its fleet and the two sides met in a deadly and fierce battle. However the Romulans had not been properly prepared for Earth's government to use its defence systems. As a result the Romulan force was made to retreat after taking heavy losses, nevertheless the Romulans were able to give Earth and its forces a bloody nose. A number of nuclear warheads were fired against Earth and a number of Starfleet ships and civilian vessels were lost during the fight.

The Second Battle of Deneva

At the start of 2156, Endeavour led Earth's forces in defending Deneva colony from its second attack. The battle was fierce and resulted in an Earth victory, but again a number of lives, ships and resources were lost. The colony was heavily damaged and discussions about abandoning it were discussed shortly thereafter.

The Battle of Kreetassa

On 20th February 2156, the starship Endeavour intercepted a distress call from the Kreetassan homeworld. When they arrived they discovered the Romulans had attempted to wipe out the Kreetassan military, however their assault failed due to the fact that Kreetassan technology, like Earth technology, was almost immune to the tele-capturing devices. Endeavour would go on to help the Kreetassans and this act would go on to begin diplomatic overtures which resulted in the Kreetassans joining the war effort as an ally of Earth.

The Battle of Berengaria

Annoyed and frustrated with their defeat with the Kreetassans, the Romulans next target was to take out Earth's beachhead on Berengaria VII and remove Starbase One. The attack took place on 29th February 2156. Once again the Romulans inflicted heavy damage to Earth's forces. Not only did they land troops on the planet but attempted to capture the starbase too. With thanks to their new allies, the Kreetassans, Earth was able to take back the damaged Starbase One but the Earth forces ended up loosing their battle on Berengaria VII. The Romulans ended up detonating a nuclear warhead, killing a majority of Earth's forces who were sent down to liberate the miners. The entire mining community were wiped out with their captors too.

The Battle of Devron

5th April 2156, the starship Endeavour led a combined Starfleet-Kreetassan task force to attack a Romulan repair outpost in the Devron system. The allies suffered the loss of many brave men and women while the Romulans lost their base and several ships too. The Romulans had been wiped away from the map for good from the Devron system. After spending almost three days in the system, Starfleet forces felt they had done all they could to secure it and prevent the Romulans from ever using it again. The fleet had planted a range of mines in the asteroid field along with a basic detection grid. If the Romulans did return then Starbase One would know and the Romulans would encounter a few surprises.

The Battle of Nelvana

In May 2156, Starfleet forces, led by the Endeavour tricked the Romulans in thinking that Starfleet had established a beachhead on the third planet by placing a probe on the planet's surface. The probe emitted false readings, appearing to send signals from a concealed base. The Romulans sent eight ships into the system to remove the apparent forward base. Not expecting to find a hidden Starfleet task force waiting for them, the Romulans were outgunned two-to-one and were completely obliterated.

The Battle of Altair

On June 21st 2156, a month after the Battle of Nelvana, the Earth colony on Altair VI was successfully defended. The Romulans, thinking they could have a go at taking the planet, had not expected to find a joint Earth-Andorian-Tellarite task force waiting for them at Altair. As such, after loosing ships at Nelvana and now, once again out-gunned, found themselves having to be quite ruthless to damage their enemies. Once again Endeavour led the combined coalition forces to victory, however the battle resulted in a majority of the Andorian and Tellarite forces being lost. This high cost resulted in both sides withdrawing from supporting the defence of other worlds that were not part of their own states.

2157-2158

Significant Battles

2159-2160

Significant Battles