The Ptolemy class transport was the first in a line of successful
high-load warp transports used by the Federation. Equipped with specially
designed warp engines suitable for towing mass never before realized, the
vessels were a boon to infrastructure building outside the core of the
Federation. Initially, production contracts called for 30 ships of this
class to be constructed. However, due to the fleet-wide ship build-up at the
time it was commissioned, limited appropriations permitted the construction
of only 15 of the class.
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