PRE-TOS Pioneer Class

quite effective in their role as \"flying fortresses\" for protecting convoys of equally elephantine cargo ships from lightly armed marauders and pirates. Unfortunately, PIONEERs and other fusion-powered cruisers were ill-suited for the demands of deep space ship-to-ship combat when war with the Romulans came in 2156
PRE-TOS Pioneer Class Because of their large size and inefficient fusion-reactor-based warp drive system, PIONEER cruisers were unwieldy at both sublight and warp speeds. However, they were