![]() The entire California-class fleet arrives to defend the Cerritos Though the Aledo won the race, it was later discovered its artificial intelligence not only blatantly disregarded the Prime Directive by planting its deliveries without regard of the possible ecological consequences that the organic competitors accounted for in their mission, but the AI's programming was fatally flawed due to possessing similar code to that used by Badgey, a hologram created by Ensign Sam Rutherford who developed patricidal impulses and had repeatedly attempted to murder Rutherford. Protesting that the Texas-class had not been tested, Captain Carol Freeman of the USS Cerritos convinced Starfleet Command to hold a "second contact race" between her ship and the USS Aledo. In 2381, Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo advocated decommissioning the California class and replacing them with his new Texas-class automated starships. ( LD: " Moist Vessel", " Much Ado About Boimler", " No Small Parts") The Merced was eventually repaired and returned to service by the end of 2381. ( LD: " Cupid's Errant Arrow", " No Small Parts", " First First Contact")Īt least three ships of this class were lost in 2380: the USS Merced was critically damaged from exposure to terraforming emulsion that leaked from an ancient generation ship, the USS Rubidoux was subsumed by a space-dwelling lifeform, and the USS Solvang was destroyed with all hands by an enhanced Pakled vessel. Starfleet Command was reluctant to change the senior staff of California-class starships. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, new ships of the class continued to be commissioned. By the 2380s, the California class had been in service for a long time, such as that some examples of the class were beginning to "fall apart". ![]()
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