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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] The Excelsior was a beautiful ship for its time. I love the refit-Enterprise, but it was successfully "upstaged" by the end of ST:VI in the "signing off" scene. And although the Excelsior compared favorably to the Enterprise-D, I think that you could tell that it looked "old." "Cannon fodder"? Maybe... that depends on just how effectively the ships were refitted over the years. While the attrition rate was probably high based on what we saw on screen, I really don't think that they were death traps at all -- and they certainly were useful, or else some would've been withdrawn from the front lines. We still saw Excelsiors in the thick of things alongside Galaxies and the Defiant up until "What You Leave Behind." Something you might want to consider here: a good deal of our perspective depends on the effects people and how they present the "non-focus" starships. In ST:III and ST:VI, the Excelsior was an Important Ship, and thus received some very favorable shots to make it look good. But looking at TNG, the Excelsiors seemed to appear dark and "run down" compared to the Enterprise-D... and obviously the focus was on the "D" as the star-of-the-show. And in DS9, the Excelsiors were nothing more than background decorations for the battle scenes, and so never received that much attention aside from a few "destruction" shots (the USS [i]Valley Forge[/i] comes to mind). I'd be surprised if the Excelsiors lasted very much longer as a front-line starship after the "upgrading" programs bringing in more and more new starships. They may be relatively outdated and not suited for deliberate offerings for the advanced enemies like the Dominion and Borg. But they're still a capable starship (from what we know about them), and certainly could be useful as a "coast guard" internal patrol ship, or else as a low-threat explorer, or even as a transport -- since Starfleet seems to like to refit "obsolete" classes and use them as container ships. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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