Star Trek: 10 Secrets About The 25th Century Fleet You Need To Know

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There are a couple of Star Trek Online ships buried in the 25th-century fleet. One is an update on the Discovery design in the shape of the Edison Class, which was originally under the guise of the Hoover Class during the incident at the Binary Stars. 

The Online reasoning for the existence of this class in the 25th Century is that they were rediscovered at what had been a previously unreachable starbase. Starfleet then took these older ships and used their templates to make upgraded editions to strengthen the fleet. In Picard, there was no indication that this was the case, so perhaps it's best described as "head-canon". 

Another Online entry and one created for the game is the Alita Class. Named after the Japanese manga series Alita: Battle Angel, it's similar to the Akira Class and within the STO universe, it is a skin that can be selected for that class. It's not the only one to effectively be a sub-class either as the Ross class ships are a reskinning of the Galaxy Class in the game. 

Fourteen Alita vessels appeared as part of the fleet in their first and to date only appearance on the small screen.