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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Guardian 2000: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [qb]I've always figured that "starship class" is like saying "cruiser class" or "freighter class" or something. It was simply the terminology used in 2245 for that type of ship. "Class 1 heavy cruiser" would be in the same category. Just, sometime between 2245 and whenever this newer term appeared, the E's classifiaction was changed. Just different terminology. "[i]Enterprise[/i] class" is a the simulator, not the ship. And "[i]Constitution[/i] class" is the actual class name of the ship, as derived per tradition from the prototype ship's name. That, in my opinion, is the easiest, most sensical way to look at it.[/qb][/QUOTE] I've got to go with the above as the most logical (and aesthetically satisfying) answer. I will point out, though, that Starfleet designations for Romulan ships have included the phrase "B-type Warbird", referring to what is otherwise referred to as the D'deridex. Not to assume what I'm agreeing with, but perhaps there was a prior Warbird which, though rather "D'deridexish", wasn't quite the same, or was an earlier model. Similarly, one could refer to a "B-type Constitution" . . . or, more properly, the "Enterprise sub-type". The big problem I see with referring to the Enterprise post-2271 as "Enterprise Class" would be that you could then give a different class name to all sorts of mostly similar vessels . . . the USS Lakota from Deep Space Nine, which could also be referred to as Enterprise Class (or Enterprise-B Class). And heaven forbid we start counting all those kooky-topped Nebulas. :-) Guardian 2000 [/QB][/QUOTE]
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