Saber class

==Sabre Class Starship ==
This ship is primarily and Andorian design.  The Miranda class starships were popular as patrol ships, but they were old and getting used up fast. The Centaur class was nearly as old and never as numerous. 
The Andorians responded in 2365 with the Saber class escort.  it is equipped to do all the patrol duties the Miranda was filling, but be better at responding to pirates and other threats. The Sabre has modern engines, weapons, and shields.  It lacks staying power in heavy combat due to it's smaller size but can hold it's own against anything in its size range and is a tough little ship. It is unpopular among pirates.
The shipyards at Andor soon had more orders than they could reasonably fill and production moved to other shipyards as well. 
The systems of the Saber were all borrowed from standardized Federation Starfleet technology.  The ship has some multi-role capability, but this is not its strength.  It's a patroller. 
The Saber class is still in production and promises to be around for a long time. Increasingly, the Saber class is a proving ground for command officers.  Many lieutenants discover if they have the skills and temperament to be an XO or a CO of a starship at the helm of a Saber class. 
Saber class ships can be found on patrol, escorting convoys in dangerous situations or escorting heavier ships where fire support might be handy. 
Sabers don't pack the raw punch of a Defiant, but are more comfortable (A relative term, here) and have greater duration.  Sabers with upgraded weapons systems are seen both as official upgrades and as field modifications. 
The first block of Sabers were named for bladed weapons from Federation cultures. Afterwards, they were named for Starfleet Personnel who fell in battle.
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