History-
This Light Cruiser was used to guard against the IKS, who were surprising merchants and Starfleet Intelligence with more raids, with three of them already battering and even destroying one IKS D-18, soon they would see solo and squadron/fleet duty alike, retired in th emid 24th century, as their aging didn't leave them anything other than frail, unlike the Excelsior and Cetis Sierra Class. Most prominent was the USS Hammerer, who destroyed 13 Tholian ships and 2 Talarian ships, destroyed against a Tholian Heavy Cruiser octet in 2353.
The Prototype is named for some Spanish bloke who explored wildlife near the coast in the late 20th Century.