The Vulcans restricted their involvement to environmental, propulsion, and defensive systems. But the Ares's first real test would be on the battlefield. The ship's initial specifications, along with computer simulations of ship-to-ship combat, appeared impressive. Ramirez's first action was to order the design and production of Starfleet's first dedicated warship, the Ares class. In 2243, Starfleet's Commander in Chief, Admiral Conrad Slater, was replaced by Admiral Marcus Ramirez.
Whole systems were being seized and their populations were slaughtered in offensives spearheaded by these formidable warships.
During the first two years of the Four Years War, Starfleet experienced near-constant defeats at the hands of the Imperial Klingon Navy's D6 battlecruiser.
