From: jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca (Joshua Bell)
Subject: Re: Excelsior class ship that was blasted in DS9 (Spoilers)
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 21:21:12 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1993Jan6.045524.747@sol.cs.wmich.edu> 52kaiser@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Matthew Kaiser) writes:

>also does anyone know what other classes appeared besides the
>Excelsior and Ambassador classes? 

Spoiler warning, to protect the innocent:


The first ship to appear in the sequence is the Soyuz-class
Saratoga. The Soyuz-class is identified by its similarity to the
Miranda (Reliant)-class ships, minus the roll-bar, and having
extra sensor turrets above the nacelle pylons.

The second ship is an Excelsior-class ship. Its saucer is
obliterated by the Borg. The Excelsior-class is identified by the
circular primary hull, and the little 'bump' protruding from the
secondary hull where the nacelle pylons emerge.

The third and fourth ships appear in tandem, in an attack
formation, breaking starboard towards the Borg cube. They are an
Ambassador-class and a Nebula-class. The Nebula-class has a
Galaxy-class Primary hull, underslung warp nacelles and secondary
hull, and a wedge-shaped protrusion above the primary hull.

The Ambassador-class is the same type of ship as the
Enterprise-C. It is similar to the Galaxy-class in many respects,
but has some very characteristic differences. The primary-hull is
circular, not elliptical. The nacelle pylons do not curve up to
the warp nacelles, but are an angular 90-degree bend. The
secondary hull is not curvelinear, but cylindrical in shape.
These can be seen clearly when the ship is viewed from the rear.

The next ship seen is through the window in Sisko's cabin. It
drifts past, has an explosion, and drifts out. I am not
one-hundred percent certain, but in the last few frames it
appears to be an Oberth-class, like the Grissom or Biko. It can
be identified by the circular bridge and primary hull, the flat,
rectagular 'plate' behind it (upper-right in the shot), two warp
nacelles on either side (is it one of them that explodes?), and
the underslung 'tank' or sensor-battery, or whatever. The very
tip of this can be seen in the upper-right hand corner of the
shot, protruding from beneath the frame.

The ship thats driving me batty is the ship in the very
upper-right corner of the frame seen from Sisko's point of view
afte the escape-pod blasts free of the Saratoga. A circular
primary hull is evident, as are the tips of two warp nacelles. I
would guess that it is either a fore-shortened Excelsior class,
or a Miranda or Soyuz class, because of the color (grey-lavender
instead of the pale-blue of 24th century ships). Anyone have a
handle on it?

Now, does anyone have "Best of Both Worlds II" on tape, and want
to do up a list of ships present in the graveyard scene when the
Enterprise enters the Wolf 359 system?

Further, does anyone have a good JPEG or GIF of a Nebula-class
ship? I've fallen in love with them, being the only other 24th
century design besides the Galaxy-class. :)

Joshua
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