A Starfleet class of the early 25th century that rebuilds the classic Excelsior design, represented by a new USS Excelsior destroyed during the Frontier Day takeover in Star Trek: Picard.
The Excelsior II class keeps the long saucer-and-neck outline of the 23rd-century Excelsior class while using modern hull forms and nacelles. Ships of the type are seen in the fleet that gathers around the Borg vessel in The Star Gazer, at the start of the second season of Star Trek: Picard.
The class is most prominent in the third season. A new USS Excelsior, registry NCC-42037, is part of the Frontier Day review in Vox. When the Borg signal seizes the younger officers across the fleet and links the ships together, the Excelsior briefly breaks free, and the rest of the fleet is turned on it and destroys it as Picard and his old crew watch.