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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] except for the Ent/Const. issue, none are exclusive of the others. Here goes (these are my own suppositions of definitions that would fit the facts available): [list] [*]Starship-class. Supposition: A starship is any high warp-capable vessel that can travel to another star system in a reasonable amount of time, without requiring the support of other vessels. This definition excludes: Embarked craft such as shuttles, impulse-ships, sleeper ships, low-warp vessels that would take months or years to reach another star. This definition would include every starship weve seen so far, including runabouts (thus justifying their status as USS & NCC ships rather than auxiliary vessels) [*]Class I Heavy Cruiser. Supposition: A Class I Heavy Cruiser is any cruiser armed starship with a tonnage exceeding 150,000mt, with cargo capacity of 3,000mt or more that can support the mission profile of 3 or more years of extended patrols & exploration, response time of speeds higher than warp factor 6.5. (a class II could possibly slower, or have less cargo space, etc...) (or class II could even be used further down the line, where the usage of the word 'class' might be similar to 'mark' i.e. the next major heavy cruiser design would be class II, III after that, etc...) [*]Constitution-class. Canon: The Constitution-class is a type of Federation starship designed as a heavy cruiser, length 289 meters. First built in 2245, this class features speeds above warp 6, up to warp 8. Supposition: The Constitution class has undergone several modifications represented by the sub-classes [i]Bonhomme Richard[/i] (new bridge dome & bussard colelctors), [i]Achernar[/i] (new deck 2 dome & deflector gridding), [i]Endeavour[/i] (variant warp nacelles), [i]Constitution(II)[/i](evolved warp nacelles, sensory, docking ports), [i]Tikopai[/i] (new bridge dome, nacelles, torpedo bay), [i]Enterprise[/i] (new cargo docking configuration, nacelles, warp core, bridge & weapons and [i]America[/i] (new computer core & torpedo bay). These vessels are all still Constitution-class in the Federation naval register, but when referring to design features the more descriptive sub-class name can be used for clarity [*]Enterprise-class. Supposition: Dock nomenclature for a sub-class of the Constitution class, a variant which originated with the 2270-2271 refit of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. While not official naval register terminology for the Constitution-variant vessel, this is used to refer to the refit vessels for clarity's sake in Fleet memos and signage. [/list] So, given the suppositions there: [*]The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is a starship-class vessel (every ship weve seen with a NCC number is starship class too) [*]The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is a class I heavy cruiser (in both original and refit modifications) (so are the faster [i]Boston[/i]-class and the more heavily armed [i]Andoria[/i]-class.. or not whatever...) [*]The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is Constitution-class [*]The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 was an Enterprise-class variant after it was refit. so they are all descriptive of the Enterprise from the very broad (starship encompassing all down to narrower [type, class and then the specific design]).. Yay! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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