Galaxy class Explorer. and according to the DS9 TM Nebula class Explorer.
Sovereign, nothing official, probably Explorer or Heavy Cruiser (what on earth is a Cruiser II?)
Intrepid according to Rick Sternbach is Explorer (the lightest class of verssels so designated) though some pre-publicity seems to have originated the widespread Scout designation.
Nova class was mentioned in dialogue I think. Some sort of Deep Space Surveyor or something like that.
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Oh no, yet another classification discussion!!!! :-(
Well, OK, Nova was a 'research vessel', if I remember the dialogue from "Equinox" correctly. Something of a follow-up to the Oberth class, I like to think.
The SciPubTech cutaway poster from the Sovereign class designated it as a 'Type-2 Explorer'. Not entirely canon, but better than nothing. However I like the Sovereign as a 'Heavy Cruiser' more.
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Well, if you want "official" as in on-screen, then the New Orleans is a frigate and Wambundu is a light cruiser. And isn't it generally accepted that the Constitution is a heavy cruiser?
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I like to split the classifications into tow groups, the official and the unofficial. The official is what the ship odes during the peacetime to make the ship keeps it's worth. The unofficial term is what the ship actually is during a war.
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I have a similar classification for the major ships in Starfleet also, well my Star Trek Club at least does.
Galaxy Class: Explorer in peacetime, Battlecruiser in wartime
Sovereign Class: Explorer in peacetime, Battlecruiser in wartime
Ambassador Class: Explorer in peacetime, Heavy Cruiser in wartime
Excelsior Class: Explorer in peacetime, Cruiser in wartime
Nebula Class: Explorer in peacetime, Cruiser in wartime
New Orleans Class: Scout in peacetime, Frigate in wartime
Defiant Class: Escort in peacetime, Battleship in wartime
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to identity crisis i typed cruiser II because I beleive that the Sovereign-class is the predocessor to the Galaxy-class. That's why, thank you for those who responded.
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...sucessor... hmmm, doesn't having the Defiant a battleship and the Sovereign a battlecruiser, give you just the slightest double-take?
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I won't repeat what I've said before. But in short, the "wartime/peacetime" classification system advanced by Frank and a few others is completely unneccessary and, IMHO, crap.
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I have one question. How did the Defiant class get a PEACETIME classification? The ship was built for war. No more, no less. As for the wartime classification, the Defiant class is an escort, not a battleship.
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