TOS Asia Class

significant advances in computer, life support, and power systems. Despite these innovations, a small group of military strategists still regarded these systems as being less important than weapons performance and speed as long as they performed well. However, the clearly improved systems of the Asia class were quickly adopted for military ships as well. Only one ship of the Asia class, U.S.S. America, ever suffered heavy battle damage. In 2219, she was ambushed by two Klingon D-3 cruisers and subsequently retired from service. Four starships of the Asia class were nearly completely reconstructed from 2262 to 2265.
The Asia class was the first to be fully equipped with subspace radio and celerotronic computer technology that would become standard for the next 50 years. In addition, the Asia class introduced