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Of course the FX guys would want to prove something is still in use by taking hours to rebuild a model for which they won't get paid and then toss it in the background, barely noticeable even in stills.
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Yes, that is the USS Majestic, and the other Miranda is the USS Sitak.
BTW, does anyone notice that the front of the Sitak's nacelles is RED? Like a Bussard Collector? I think I've seen it before on other Mirandas
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I HAVE checked the episode thrice and when you see the frames in motion you can see the nacelles are a third longer than the saucer, so it is an excelsior. Shame though, I had really hoped it was an ambassador.
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I do not understand how you think you can even tell what part is the sacer and what is the nacelles. For one thing, when a ship is that far away, if part of it is sufficiently in shadow, you won't even be able to see that part. It can make the ship look completely different than normal.
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Which puts visual identification at an impasse and real-life/common-sense information in favour of it being an Excelsior, anyway.
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I just looked at the picture that was posted here and the one in the magazine. The picture here makes it look either a Galaxy Class or an Ambassador Class. The picture on the magazine looks like an Excelsior Class.
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TSN: I told you I checked the scene several times on my video and the ship is clearly visible if you just focus on it. But I understand your skepticism since that screencap, although of a much higher quality than usual, is two-dimensional. In motion it is entirely different, you can see it's height-width ratio is more like an excelsior than an ambassador.
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Well, there was no doubt to begin with that it wasn't an Ambassador. But I'll take your word for it that the video shows it to be an Excelsior, as opposed to something completely different.
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