After the Incom Class line was decommissioned in the early 2350's, one hull, the USS Meier, was at the last minute kept from recycling. With components from other hulls in the Incom fleet, a new secondary hull was built for the ship, and a new, single ship class was born. The Alberta Class USS Edmonton was a fully modernized vessel commissioned in 2359 to conduct long range exploration in the galactic south of the Alpha Quadrant..
The warp nacelles from the original ship had been modified and extended with additional warp coils from other ships, and given a new corbomide coating for additional field efficiency. A modern deflector derived from the Galaxy class was installed into the secondary hull, along with a new warp core, phaser arrays, and high yield photon torpedo system.
With a crew of 557 people, the USS Edmonton served proudly until it was destroyed in the Dominion War as a part of the ill-fated 7th fleet.
A little surprise for you guys I've been working on over the past two days in homage to my hometown. I'm heading to Edmonton tomorrow to see family, so I'll HP it on Wednesday when i get back. Will have phasers as powerful as my USS Galaxy, but not as many or as good of coverage. Shields will be about 75% of the Galaxy.
Textures aren't quite finished, and I'm still making some minor mesh changes, so constructive comments for changes are most welcome.
Cheers.
