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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Some time ago, a bunch of us came to, and generally stick to, the notion that a ship's type designation is independent of its size, and furthermore may change over time. For example, when the Excelsiors debuted they were probably classified as battleships, or perhaps even explorers (if what is said of the E-B in the TNG tech manual is true). Now, the Excelsiors are probably described as crusiers or heavy cruisers (I'm ignoring the DS9 manual). Ditto for the Nova-class science vessel seen in "Equinox" and the likely not-science vessel from "Endgame". Furthermore, designations often vary within the ship's class at the same time - the Lantree, Br!ttain and Saratoga, for one, are transport, science vessel and probably medium cruiser or light explorer respectively, to say nothing of all the apparently combat-equipped Mirandas in DS9. Oberths see the same variety of uses in the TNG era. So for Voyager, Explorer is hardly out of the realm of possibility for me, given all the stuff it seemed to have for that purpose. Also, the only other example of the Intrepid class we've seen is the USS Bellerophon, which was possibly serving as a diplomatic courier and while she was probably not built for that purpose (just being used as such), I'd imagine that an Intrepid being customized and used exclusively for diplomatic missions would not be impossible. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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