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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] But the experiment could just be transwarp drive, and as I said I think it just as likely that the Excelsior was designed, and then chosen as the testbed for the transwarp project. As far as how extensive a refit would be required to rework the Excelsior, all we really have to go on is external features, and those changes are minor. A new bridge. A tweaked impulse deck. Whatever design innovations the transwarp project required, they obviously weren't so tied to the design of the ship that the Excelsior class became useless when the project failed. Just the opposite, it would seem. Furthermore, I'd imagine that the Excelsior was not the first transwarp testbed, but rather the first time the experiment was carried out on a "real" ship, as opposed to some specialized unmanned test vehicle. Of course, to some extent, this whole issue arises because financial considerations warrented the extensive reuse of the Excelsior model. If we consider Star Trek III alone on its own merits, then yes, it's possible that the entire Excelsior design was specifically tied to transwarp. But since we know that in "reality" the Excelsior class goes on to become the backbone of Starfleet, it would seem, to me anyway, that the designers had more in mind. Were I to come up with a timeline, it would be something like this: Late TOS: Starfleet starts looking for a successor to the venerable but aged Constitution class. As a stopgap measure, they decide to undertake a massive refit project. Meanwhile, a number of designs gets turned in, one of which will eventually become the Excelsior. (I suppose maybe this should all happen earlier than "late TOS," but work with me here.) + a few years: Another Starfleet project, this one seeking to boost warp drive performance, moves into its final stages, and starts looking around for an active duty ship on which to carry out the final tests. Well, over in another branch of the fleet you've got this brand new class just receiving the green light. All its systems are fresh and new. Why not use one of those? Heck, why not use the class ship? We'll just have to mess about with engineering a bit, and make room in the nacelles for our Fancy Technical Equipment. Something like that is a possibility, is all I'm saying, and seeming just as likely a one. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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