When Starfleet needed a medium range escort ship for convoy escort and customs patrol duties, the shipbuilders at Utopia Planetia came up with several designs. Most of the submitted designs featured the latest in strident Federation technological advancements, and carried many impressive improvements. The admiral in charge of the project, one Admiral Ryan Brosch, chose instead a small single nacelled ship design that lacked any of these massive improvments in favor of a more simple and straightforward design. "We don't need all these gadgets! What we need is a stout ship that her crew can depend on!" and the Lynx class escort was born. Class: Frigate (FF)