The Excalibur class was something of an experiment, and not an entirely successful one. The technological limits at the time of construction meant that compromises had to be made both in terms of firepower and in terms of basic onboard facilities. The result was a powerful battleship, with long range, high-damage capabilities and superb shielding, but a ship which was near to spartan inside despite the engineers cramming in as many crew facilties as they could in what they later termed an extreme spatial design challenge. Crews of Excalibur class ships tend to grumble at the conditions in which they have to work, but nobody can deny that the ship is a force to be reckoned with.
