For those of us around here who like the Universe, let me ask who amongst you like which classes of ship?
Personally, I'm probably in the minority... I like the class that is one of the more beat on throughout the Universe; the Ambassador class.
Based on what I could find in the few Star Trek encyclopedias that mention the class and on the website, it was originally built as a replacement for the Excelsior class... however this ships main job was escort, patrol, defense and other military mission (as it was built during the War-era). Starfleet determined that the Excelsior class was far more versatile, thus only ordered 90 of these ships built.
The noteable of these ships were the Excalibur commanded by Riker during the Romulan blockade, and the Enterprise C... which in my opinion was the second most important of the Enterprises, for its contributions during the Kitomer (spelling?) massacre...
The class is now 78 years old according to the info, and only a handfull of them are still in use. Still according to the specifications, this old ship easily matches the Galaxy class "Explorer's" armaments, the disadvantage being that its sheilds are rather poor and it isn't nearly as fast. This in mind, these ships were frontline fighters during the Dominian war, and when available are the ship of choice usually (or the Excelsior class is) for an Admiral's flagship.
A good measure of how durable these relics are is seen in the first "Dominian War" book. The USS Aurora is fighting one on one with a Dominian Battleship. Before the Enterprise arrives, the ship takes a massive hit to its warp nacelle and goes spinning out of control. Never-the-less this ship never stopped firing once. Picard made sure to credit her with that much when the ship finally did meet its end.
All and all even though only a small amount of them were built, I think the left thier mark on the Star Trek universe.
Who else have a favorite class and why?
Personally, I'm probably in the minority... I like the class that is one of the more beat on throughout the Universe; the Ambassador class.
Based on what I could find in the few Star Trek encyclopedias that mention the class and on the website, it was originally built as a replacement for the Excelsior class... however this ships main job was escort, patrol, defense and other military mission (as it was built during the War-era). Starfleet determined that the Excelsior class was far more versatile, thus only ordered 90 of these ships built.
The noteable of these ships were the Excalibur commanded by Riker during the Romulan blockade, and the Enterprise C... which in my opinion was the second most important of the Enterprises, for its contributions during the Kitomer (spelling?) massacre...
The class is now 78 years old according to the info, and only a handfull of them are still in use. Still according to the specifications, this old ship easily matches the Galaxy class "Explorer's" armaments, the disadvantage being that its sheilds are rather poor and it isn't nearly as fast. This in mind, these ships were frontline fighters during the Dominian war, and when available are the ship of choice usually (or the Excelsior class is) for an Admiral's flagship.
A good measure of how durable these relics are is seen in the first "Dominian War" book. The USS Aurora is fighting one on one with a Dominian Battleship. Before the Enterprise arrives, the ship takes a massive hit to its warp nacelle and goes spinning out of control. Never-the-less this ship never stopped firing once. Picard made sure to credit her with that much when the ship finally did meet its end.
All and all even though only a small amount of them were built, I think the left thier mark on the Star Trek universe.
Who else have a favorite class and why?