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Open 'all_cap_veteran' (C:\Program Files\Activision\Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations 3.1.0\Data\odf\system) and add at the end:

fleetcapclassXX = "fed_galaxyxr6.od"
fleetcapclassXXcapvalue = 9

Replacing XX with the number 1 higher than the ship before it.

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Open 'all_veteran9' (C:\Program Files\Activision\Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations 3.1.0\Data\odf\system) and find:

wpnname = "Promote to Veteran"

add above it

replacementXXcondition = "fed_galaxyxr5"
replacementXXclass0 = "fed_galaxyxr6"

Replacing XX with the number 1 higher than the ship before it.