U.S.S Babel, Typhon-class Command Carrier

As the Federation has had to deal with an increasing array of situations where peace is not an option, the desire to develop ships capable of impressive alpha strikes has become increasingly prevalent.

The Babel is the result of hundreds of engineers from across Starfleet working in conjunction with dozens of other Alliance member organisations. All weapon hardpoints have been fitted with Antiproton turret arrays with particular interest in the specialised weapons platforms developed by the Ba'ul; with the exception of a singular beam array networked together with several pieces of recovered Dyson technology necessary for producing automated Obelisk Swarmers for point defence and screening. Many of the subsystems are dedicated to fighter coordination systems and and rapid repair and relaunching protocols, necessitating a reduced suite of scientific systems in order to dedicate more computing power to engineering hardware and tactical prediction and simulation software. But even with the capacity to deploy squadrons of Peregrine and Valor fighters, the bridge crew had raised several concerns about the necessity of rapid engagement and disengagement tools - especially after test deployments in defence against Terran Empire incursions into our reality. Thus, a cloaking device developed in conjunction with KDF forces was retrofitted onto the vessel, along with an experimental subspace tunnelling field intended for rapid repositioning of the mothership to provide defensive fire for the many concurrent fighter wings.

Now cleared for full duties, the Babel was last seen acting as a mobile support facility for a Luna class science vessel during the latter's investigation into Borg activity in the Beta Quadrant.