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Built during the midst of the Romulan-War, the Daedalus class of ships became the mainstay of the Federation starfleet in their efforts to repel the Romulan aggressors. It was the direct replacement of the older Mann Class of cruisers that had been the backbone of the fledgling Federation fleet during the first years of the war. The Mann Class was armed with particle-accelerators and standard laser-beam emitters which were equal to the Romulan plasma-bolt emitters and spatial torpedoes of the 2155-2160 War. The Daedalus was the first in a new generation of Federation starships whose emphasis was on both space exploration and combat as the demands of the War include trying to determine the boundaries of the Romulan Star Empire's area of space they controlled. At the time, the phased-laser beam emitters were brand new and thus this class was fitted with these weapons up until the introduction of Phasers nearly a century (2240 or 83-years) later. Many Daedalus class ships were on the border of Federation space as part of the "Deep-Space" exploration operations when the Klingon Empire began its expansion into Federation territory in the early 2200s. Needless to say, the Daedalus class did not fair well against the heavily armed, and armored Klingon warships.

EDIT:
Whoops.
My bad.
I confused the date the Daedalus comes out with the Baton Rouge. The Daedalus is the "Prototype Battle Cruiser" on page 142-143 of the Space Flight Chronology book. I had to push the Romulan war up to the 2150s since in the SFC book it takes place in the late 2090s early 2100s and that is too far back from the ST:TOS episode "Balance of Terror".

Description
Built during the midst of the Romulan-War, the Daedalus class of ships became the mainstay of the Federation starfleet in their efforts to repel the Romulan aggressors. It was the direct replacement of the older Mann Class of cruisers that had been the backbone of the fledgling Federation fleet during the first years of the war. The Mann Class was armed with particle-accelerators and standard laser-beam emitters which were equal to the Romulan plasma-bolt emitters and spatial torpedoes of the 2155-2160 War. The Daedalus was the first in a new generation of Federation starships whose emphasis was on both space exploration and combat as the demands of the War include trying to determine the boundaries of the Romulan Star Empire's area of space they controlled. At the time, the phased-laser beam emitters were brand new and thus this class was fitted with these weapons up until the introduction of Phasers nearly a century (2240 or 83-years) later. Many Daedalus class ships were on the border of Federation space as part of the "Deep-Space" exploration operations when the Klingon Empire began its expansion into Federation territory in the early 2200s. Needless to say, the Daedalus class did not fair well against the heavily armed, and armored Klingon warships.

EDIT:
Whoops.
My bad.
I confused the date the Daedalus comes out with the Baton Rouge. The Daedalus is the "Prototype Battle Cruiser" on page 142-143 of the Space Flight Chronology book. I had to push the Romulan war up to the 2150s since in the SFC book it takes place in the late 2090s early 2100s and that is too far back from the ST:TOS episode "Balance of Terror".