With the refit of Enterprise
in the early 2270's, Star Fleet began to re-evaluate the design
of ship components, looking towards ways to make ships that can
be configured (and re-confugured) to specific missions or specifications
more quickly rather than going through an extensive design and construction
process for every ship.
The first two testbeds for this
concept were the Balson and Mars secondary hulls - Constitution
hulls with center sections added to increase their overall length.
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