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| | The Starfleet Museum - Lancaster Class |
 | | Although the ships of what was to become the new LANCASTER class were to enjoy all the fruits of early 23rd century science, they could not yet do without those of the 22nd. |
 | | In other words, while Starfleet hoped that the phasers, transporters, and subspace radio would prove reliable, it was still unwilling or unable to abandon the lasers, shuttlecraft, and warp message torpedoes that had served dependably for nearly 100 years. |
 | | LANCASTER ships displaced twice as much as the preceding MOSKVA class (67 kt vs 145 kt) and were substantially larger than most opposing vessels of that time (Exceptions were the large but technologically primitive Klingon cruisers of the D3 and D4 classes, which displaced 215,000 and 290,000 t, respectively). |
| www.starfleet-museum.org /lancaster.htm (1905 words) |
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