History-
Around the time that the Intrepid-Class came online, Sol V Shipyards were also preparing a new Class that was 3/4s of the way through completion, that had been planned since 2359, that was given the then-new Light Explorer (EXL) Classification, that would be a close cousin of the Sequoia Class, and perform lone long-range exploration. The resulting ship, instead of using new 4Xe technology like Bio-Neural Gelpacks and Variable Geometry Warp Engines, would instead use long-reliable 3X Systems, and while the ships sometimes did well, such as in the Typhon and 001 Conflicts with the Borg, and the Dominion War, they were clearly a Utopianist approved, exploratory and diplomatic vessel, with two of the class making further improved relations with the Jaradans and Catarr, and the Class easily survived into the mid 25th Century with their longlasting 3X construction.