With over 100 years of active service, and hundreds of the class active at any given time, the Excelsior Class Heavy Cruiser was by far the most successful Starfleet design to ever fly. Initially nicknamed The Great Experiment, The NX-2000 was designed as a prototype for transwarp drive. However the drive malfunctioned, leaving the vessel immobilized and The Great Experiment a failure. Despite this failure, the Excelsior Class was far more versatile than previous starfleet classes, and would be assigned to anything from sector mapping, resupply, to first contact missions. The weapons loadout also put Adamant and Proxima Class starships to shame, which led to their decommissioning. During the Dominion War, one heavily refit Excelsior Class ship, the USS Lakota, managed to match and even exceed the firepower of a Defiant Class starship.

Controls: Also in craft instructions

Throttle: Engage Hover Engine (60% for active hover)

Pitch/Roll/Yaw: Standard Controls

AG1: Engage Warp Drive (Make sure to have Emergency Stop on standby) (Emergency Stop is based on DISHWASHER2005's Gravity Anchor)

AG2: Toggle Dorsal Phasers (Phaser Turrets autotarget selected enemy above the ship)

AG3: Toggle Ventral Phasers (Phaser Turrets autotarget selected enemy below the ship)

AG6: Toggle Photon Torpedoes (Aft Tubes fire first, but have full target coverage)