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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Well, the basic idea behind the variants is that FJ first gave us a selection of names, and other fans then matched the various photographic models and unrealized concept drawings of the Constitutions with those names. When they ran out of FJ names, they invented more. "Constitution" is the subclass that supposedly started it all. Those were built twenty years before Kirk's time by current timeline (older fans usually assumed 40 years), and supposedly looked like the ship in the pilot episode "The Cage". That ship had a taller bridge dome, spikes protruding from the nacelle front ends, and a grillework at the nacelle aft ends instead of the later grey dome. According to many pseudohistories of the class, these ships had laser and particle beam armament instead of phasers (although the new show "Enterprise" makes this unlikely). "Bonhomme Richard" is the subclass that was shown in TOS. The bridge dome is lower in profile, the spikes are gone, and there are minor modifications to other surface detail. These ships supposedly had phasers and photon torpedoes fitted. Kirk's ship was supposedly modified from a "Constitution" into a "Bonhomme Richard" between the pilot episodes and the regular series. "Achernar" is the subclass shown in FJ's somewhat inaccurate drawings. Such a ship was never seen onscreen, although FJ's drawings were shown on some computer screens in the early movies. The primary and secondary hull and the nacelles are all shaped slightly differently from the real thing, and this model also has visible phaser turrets on the saucer. The actual models before the movies had no such turrets. The name "Tikopai" from FJ's book was assigned to a concept drawing for an abortive second Trek live-action TV show. This show later was dropped in favor of the first movie. This ship had most features identical to the actual movie version, but her saucer looked more like the TOS design (with a rounded bridge and lower dome). She did have visible phaser turrets, though. The name "Constitution II" was given to another 2nd show/1st movie predesign, with slightly different nacelles but otherwise Tikopai-like features. The name "Endeavor" was assigned to a rare predesign that had TOS-like features but really weird nacelles and slightly canted pylons. Finally, the names "Enterprise" and "Enterprise II" were given to the classes seen in the first and fourth movies, respectively. Of course, the same exact model was used in both movies, so the supposed differences are internal... As if this hadn't been enough, fans also created many other classes that were based on Constitution components. You can find most of the above ships at [URL=http://www.shipschematics.org.]www.shipschematics.org.[/URL] Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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