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Posted by Lindsly on :

According to the ST:TNG Companion, the following models of starships were present in the battle site of "The Best of Both Worlds" 2 (* denotes ship class that have been seen)-

Challenger*
Cheyenne*
Freedom*
Nebula*
New Orleans*
Niagara*
Rigel*
Springfield

From what I have observed, the kit-bashed ships were composed from parts of five classes of ships-Ambassador, Constellation, Constitution, Excelsior Galaxy. This could mean that the Springfield which is yet to be seen may be a combination, for example, of Galaxy and Ambassador. Are there ideas about how this ship looks or has anyone seen this ship?

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

The Springfield class could have been represented by one of the Excelsior study models.

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

"Eagle-eye" Lindsly: Did you actually spot the Niagara, or do you just trust in the FF diagram to reproduce the actual model?

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Posted by Lindsly on :

Bernd: I am afraid that my eyes are not that powerful. I trust in the FF. BTW, how is that you can see through the bow of the Shelly Class starship and project what the stern appears as?

*NCC-45617
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/ =angle of camera

camera shows starboard bow with battle damage. the beauty shot of the ship ends when the scene switches to the bridge of the defiant leaving the stern unseen the STDS9 TM could be right or you could be right

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Lindsly: You may not know this, but Mike Okuda says that he doesn't recall any Constitution parts being used in the TBoBW ships.

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Posted by Lindsly on :

TSN: Mr. Okuda is wrong. When the USS Enterprise D is seen entering the battlefield, there is a shot of the secondary hull of a Constitution Class starship on the left side of the screen. This Class of ship is the only one I know of that has the four square windows about two decks above the keel. In the Enterprise A, these windows were a bluish color. I believe this is the arboreteum of this class of starship. Could this be a closeup of the USS Buran or of another class of starship we haven't seen it?

Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

I believe Frank has a good pic of that scene. *looks over at Frank*

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Okay, let me rephrase that... He doesn't think they used any Const'n parts in the kitbashes. I think that sec. hull was nothing more than, well, a secondary hull, thrown in and burned up. I don't think it was part of a larger model (except maybe the kit they got it from...).

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Posted by Lindsly on :

TSN: Can you explain the Challenger Class ship which is described as a Constitution Variant?

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

TSN:

For the third time:

HE SAID HE DIDN'T REMEMBER.

And I don't have any images. Go away! Well, none that show anything of use, anyway.

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Posted by CaptSershek on :

May those infamous Star Trek Fact Files might produce another pretty ship like the Niagara, Challenger, Rigel and Freedom classes. Yes, I'm teasing, I'm more of a Galaxy/Nebula/Sovereign man myself.

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

*The X-Ray Man*

Lindsly: I think you refer to the saucer-hull connection, since the Encyclopedia shows the stern shuttlebay as well.

Basically I assume that the modelers don't spend much time in making detail changes to the kitbashed models, although this were often necessary for the sake of plausibility. Take a saucer, engineering hull, and a pair (or three ) nacelles, and that's it, unfortunately.

One more thought about the Constitution secondary hull: In BoBW it's a very close shot, and this part is definitely much more detailed than the AMT kit. Could it be they used (part of) an actual studio model? Could it be the rest of the Enterprise blown up in STTSFS? Anyway, maybe we have to look for the Challenger class somewhere else at Wolf 359, and maybe we're lucky it doesn't actually have Constitution components.

Posted by grb on :

Maybe Okuda considers the refit enterprise and the enterprise-a as enterprise class starships? I've seen them called that a couple times before.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

But not in the Encyclopedia, which Okuda wrote and which presumably reflects his opinion on the matter.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Is it possible one day to GET Okuda here - it'd save a lot of arguing

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Probably not, as far as posting goes. He's a busy man. However, he's generally pretty good about responding to email.

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