The Fleet 2300 Project was a revolution in warship and fighter technologies. It consolidated a century of study into alien technologies and combined it with our best engineering to make a new fleet that could stand up to anything in the galaxy. The fruits of that project included the Avenger, Marauder, and Los Angeles-class heavy cruisers. They stood up to the Shang. They attacked the Hyades. They gave us a chance to win The War. And they were all old tech within ten years. Progress always marches on, especially when one is fighting for survival.