Developer: Dalekium/Dalekanium2

Description: This is the USS Arcadia, NCC-2713-D. She is a slight refit of the Century class, with increased phaser strength, impulse speed and stronger shields. She can certainly handle her own against 3 KM Romulan Warbirds and 1 KM Cardassian Hutet "at the same time" without taking hull damage but minor shield damage. 

Warning: The Arcadia "will rip the Enterprise-F to shreds", quoting kirk2164. So if you think the Enterprise-F was powerful, watch out till the USS Avenger pops into the Century family...

She was built before the USS Avenger (being made by lukerobin/Chronowerx Productions or Chronowerx_GT) which explains why she hasn't got the "Rhode Island" pointy bit on the edge of her saucer or the extra impulse engines. She is a first stage refit of the Century Class  This also explains why she doesn't have the "Endgame" armour (created in 2404) since she was built before the armour was properly tested, in 2398.

Another note: Really good quality pics were taken by beta tester, kirk2164.

History of the USS Arcadia:

2291: USS Arcadia-NCC-2713 constructed, Joshua class.
2294: Arcadia escorts the Enterprise-B on her first mission.
2295: First time a Klingon transports onto a Federation ship without hostile intentions. The Federation ship is the Arcadia.
2298: Arcadia disappears near Romulan Territory.

2314: Arcadia-A constructed, Sirius class.
2315: Mk5 torpedoes tested on the Arcadia. Deemed successful and placed on all Federation ships at the time.
2320: Arcadia-A takes heavy damage from an unknown vessel (later discovered to be a Cardassian vessel in 2347).
2321: Arcadia-A comes out of spacedock after major refit of all systems and extensive repairs.
2322-2347: The Arcadia-A explores the galaxy for most of this time.
2348: Arcadia-A in first major battle with Cardassians during the Border Wars. Takes heavy damage and is deemed to expensive and old to repair. She is decommisioned and used for spare parts.

2352: Arcadia-B constructed, Himalaya class.
2354: Arcadia-B helps defend an outpost from Cardassians. Lieutenant Kathryn Janeway is on the outpost defending it. First sighting of the Galor Class.
2358: Cardassians gaining the upper-hand during the war. UFP tests mk6 torpedoes and prove successful. Arcadia later destroys several Galors within 20 minutes.
2359: Arcadia-B is decommisioned due to lack of materials for a refit.

2365: Arcadia-C constructed, New Orleans class.
2368: Arcadia-C is part of the fleet that stops Romulan supplies to the Duras Sisters (Redemption Pt II)
2374: Arcadia-C destroyed by Dominion forces while orbiting Betazed.

2395: USS Century constructed, commanded by Captain D.J. Curtis.
2397: USS Enterprise-F constructed, Cpt. D.J. Curtis transferred to command the Enterprise-F.
2398: USS Arcadia-D constructed, first stage refit of the Century, commanded by Captain P.J. Miles.
2402: USS Archangel-A constructed, commanded by Captain M.A. Fallen.
2407: USS Avenger constructed, second stage refit of the Century class, commanded by Captain L.D. Robinson.

Differences with the USS Century and the Arcadia-D:
Arcadia has Turquoise coloured deflector dish.
Black rimmed armour.
Very slight colour change of impulse engines, warp coils and bussard collectors.
New, more powerful hardpoint.

Installation: Just unzip the files into a temporary folder and copy the data, scripts and sfx folders into your BC directory. You'll find it under a submenu in the Federation ships called "2398".

Requirements: NanoFx 2, tested in BC 1.1 and KM 1.0

Credit goes to:
kirk2164 for being an absolute star by being my beta tester, texture problem sorting-out-man and the only reason I have fabulous pictures. You can tell the difference between mine and his.
USS Prime for making me realise what alpha channels are.
Adonis, lukerobin/ChronowerX_GT for helping me with the Arcadia history. But mostly Adonis.
DJ Curtis for letting me release this mod.
And all of BCC being a helpful bunch of people! Most of the time.

Any problems, please PM me over at BC Central, I'm Dalekanium2.

Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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THIS MODEL(S) IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY Activision
TM & (C) INTERPLAY & PARAMOUNT PICTURES.

Copyright notices: 

Star Trek, Bridge Commander, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Voyager (and the various logo devices used in them) are copyright Paramount Pictures,
as are the characters, related images, and sound from the productions. 





