The Third Desolator Incursion of the 02280s

Roughly twenty years after the first encounter with the Desolators, the TransFed fleets encountered a third and much more powerful representative of that ancient dark robotic evil that once again, as fifteen years before, penetrated to Terra's orbit.  Only the combined efforts of the Federacy's best military and scientific minds staved off this attack, thereby delaying the full brunt of the Desolator invasions until the 02900s.

The fallout of the Third Desolator Incursion was a major effort to build a new generation of combat-capable starships, while still retaining the focus on exploration that had dominated fleet doctrine for most of the 02200s.   

As the older starships began to be phased out around 02290, the newest designs in the "V" series came into service.  The Valiant is shown here with an elderly Venture class exploration cruiser and a refit Valkyrie serving in a patrol function out on the frontier.

The Valiant class battlecruisers were somewhat larger and substantially more powerful than the earlier "V-series" exploration cruisers.  Optimized for both combat and exploratory roles, the Valiants were such a successful design that they ultimately served for most of the 02300s by way of multiple refits and service life extension programs. 

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