During the Dominion War, star fleet R&D purposed several combat designs to meet the needs of the times. The Prometheus class was the only one approved during thous dark time, but failed to be lunched before the end of the war. Years later with the emergence of a new hostile power and aggression from the klingon front over there Gorn and Romulan Invasion efforts the brass thought a new design would come in handy with the threat of a new war over the horizons. With the new Branch of star fleet, the RRFT, still on the drawling board, Exia would be one of the first to carry the new QSD drive system. The outer hull design would consist of the traditional reliable design resembling the early years duel nacelle, saucers , neck and hull, but that where tradition stopped. Armed with the new MAG pulse cannons (Modulated, electro-mAGnetic pulse phaser Cannons) as the primary weapon, heavy phaser arrays, advanced armor and shields with a duel QSD field coil to open a slipstream tunnel for multiple ship and the stealth of an advanced clocking device, Exia was hoped to lead the way on the Frontlines of battle. Nearing the end of the Prototypes completion, Federation officials decided to not push forward with the construction of any other of her class, stating that her presence would heighten tenchens with the klingons and that new multipurpose explorers are the direction they should take.
