Vinakthen

The Vinakthen class was a mid 23rd century Andorian battlecruiser with comperable combat capability to the Constitution class at a slightly smaller size, at the cost of much of the scientific and diplomatic capabilities. Despite a larger planned production run, only two, the Vinakthen and the Kelsatha, were built before the Andorian Guard made the decision to standardize on Starfleet designs, replacing the rest of the planned production run with Constitution class ships. Difficulties accommodating improved shields in a planned refit eventually led the Andorian Guard to instead develop a generalist refit with greatly improved scientific capabilities and transfer them to the Andorian Survey Corps, producing a new, previously unplanned Constitution-A as a substitute.