After the conclusion of the Temporal Cold War in the Post-Nemesis timeline, Starfleet decided that the aging Wells-class were too expensive to retrofit and announced it would allocate a large-budget contract to the corporation with the best proposal. Biotech corporate spies got a copy of the requirement list, providing it to each of the Division Heads Morgenroete was among the 1st to complete an initial prototype which was a mothballed Hyperion-class with updated systems. Morgenroete won the contract, but could not expand the design to fully meet all requirements. Fearing a loss of contract, Biotech activated its Section 31 ties and quickly located several agents. These agents led Biotech engineers to an abandoned Wyrqux base, where genetic samples were grown into a Leviathan designated "M