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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] But the Ambassador saucers already have a rear shuttlebay. It's just hard to see (I thought it wasn't there even after having seen the pictures on Bernd's Yamagochi/E-C comparison page - but the rolling door IS visible if you look closely enough). Apparently, Starfleet in the 2330s-50s decided to see if the engine shape introduced for the New Orleanses and whatnot could be upscaled for heavy-duty work. They didn't upgrade the existing XXXXXL sized hull components too much for this experimental ship, but mainly used Ambassador hardware to cut costs. Their first attempt went a bit over the top, though, and the actual "production models" of Nebula and Galaxy classes were judged to require no more than two of the new engines. But at least three ships of Niagara class apparently got built, so the ships couldn't be mere "X-planes" or prototypes. They probably filled a gap in Fleet strength (left by the rapid aging of the Ambassador class, or low Ambassador production numbers, or something) until the Nebulas started coming off the dockyards. Or then they really are special-purpose ships, perhaps deep-space explorers - which, however, begs the question of why the Princeton and the Wellington would loiter anywhere near Earth. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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