awesome detail^^

This looks awesome :D Love the design !

This is brilliant! STO needs to hire you post haste!

No kidding. I want this as an Excelsior variant.

I believe it is an offshoot of the Sovereign class, the dorsal, the weapons/sensor array at the bottom of the primary hull and the escape pods are a giveaway.

Yes, but the frame is what you look at, not the accessories.

Indeed!

Excelsior NCC-2000:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.co.....752b0ef7fe.jpg

Enterprise NCC-1701E

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rxAY-z6Qk.....earth-ente.jpg

The drawing is kind of a hybrid but I'll stick with saying that the spaceframe is closer to Enterprise-E, as the Federation didn't have escape pods of that design being used during Excelsior's era. Also, Excelsior-class still stuck with the circular primary hull; elliptical hulls didn't begin until Enterprise-D, as even E-C had a circular primary

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6HhYr8DEm.....poral_rift.jpg

http://wallpapers.jurko.net/widescr.....paper_3171.jpg

Also, the nacelles are using E-D / E-E-style Bussard collectors.

It's personal, I know, but I would play her off as E-E era, a smaller sister design with more scientific resources (they made E-E very defense oriented, thanks to the Borg threat).

Not really a fan of the movies but this is awesome

Looks good, could see that as a print on the wall of any trekky nerd <3

I really like it! If this was in the game, it'd be one of my favorites!

...I think your design actually made it in. Because there's a "modernized" that looks really close to this

Honestly I had the same thought dude. I have the timestamps to prove it! lol

I must recreate this in Space Engineers <3

hot damn corvus! this is really awesome!

Took me a double take to make sure it wasn't a sovereign with better contrasting bits (which is an awesome idea in itself).

I really like the direction you went with this, a lot more than the path they took with the akira-class style. This feels more like a logical progression of the design patterns of the last generations, new movies notwithstanding.

Beautiful. Before I read the description I was thinking an Excelsior class refit. Nice work!

Kinda looks like a 25th century redesign of the Excelsior Class
also wish somebody from Star Trek Online would see this, make it, give you money, and let me cruise around the Galaxy in it.

Thank you, thank you very much.
While I have my problems with the design, it is much, much better than most since TNG.
If I have a typical Star Trek-looking Starship, let me have one, but I can't stand these desings with the huge saucers and these itty-bitty lower sections.

Your design makes me believe that the lower section holds a reactor big enough to power the ship.
Again, thank you.

Thank you dude, very much. I've been a Star Trek fan for 20 years and know the ships like the back of my hand, I am very glad you enjoy this design.

So this is what the love child of a Sovereign and an Excelsior looks like?

Fantastic work! This is basically starship porn right here.

What a great looking ship! Very nice~

moist

It looks like a combination of an Excelsior and hints of a Sovereign. I like it.

Like others I thought that this was a Sovereign Class as well. But that mainly due to the fact that the Sovereign Class looks like the combination of the Excelsior Class and the Intrepid Class, with hints of the Constitution and Constitution Re-fit. But this is still very cool. Makes me wish that CBS would allow for another Star Trek series. But no they wish to continue with new movie line.

This should be considered a new class of Starship. Andromeda class, perhaps?

That is most definitely the most badass Excelsior class I've ever seen. Those warp engines look amazing.

Oh wow. They just released a new Excelsior class and this blows it away. You should resubmit it as a new Sovereign design; they are looking release a new version of that class too.

This is an awesome design, I like how you took the look of the Excelsior and updated it with elements from the next generation era. I also like how you use make the ship pop out against the background.

Holy hell! Send that to STO so they design this one in game instead of the fugly looking ship they have vote for right now!

I see a modified Sovergin Saucer, Excelsior Body, modified Galaxy pylons, and custom nacelles...

Do want :) Want in STO wouldn't hurt either :P

Sexy! You are exceptionally good at starship design!

Beautiful. Easily as good as something I've seen from that game and better than most.

definitively looks worthy of a competition, you did a really good job!

Very nice. <^,^>

Beautiful.

That is amazingly impressive! I love all the detail that went into this.

Amazing!

Beautiful. :) The Excelsior has always been a favourite, so seeing its same shape re-imagined with late 24th century design like this looks very cool!

Looks similar to a guardian class from STO

I gotta say, I like this design WAY better than 90% of the rubbish ones they threw in themselves.. they should stop designing their own and let the fans do it. 'Cause they lied outright about being Trek fans and it shows. The incorrect details they put into their ships alone is an abomination that any self respecting trekker/trekkie would never allow. Especially on the classic ships like the refit... which is a MESS in that game!
Doesn't help a ways back they promised to fix those issues and.. nope, never did :/

should resubmit this if they ever do it again.

Thanks dude, your very kind response along with everyone elses has inspired me to do a proper redux of this ship. I hate the STO designs, and honstly wish so badly I could do work for them. I know EXACTLY what makes a REAL Star Trek ship, one of my oddly specific masteries

Takes the best of Enterprises B and E. I absolutely love this and the color palette is so rich and deep. Excellent work.

Oh my what a beauty. I wish i could paint like this.

woahh! simply stunning! you got the starfleet sexy curves down perfectly!

OMG She is beautiful!

Holy shit, that's amazing <3

PLEASE SUBMIT THIS TO THEM! This is so so so gorgeous~

awesome ^^

Boldly superb!

I want this ship.

Oh wow! This is really an amazing design! You have done an amazing job on this for sure!

Class name suggestions:

Excalibur
Masamune
Imperator
Izumo
Bismark
Indomitable

looks good!

Oh sweet lord, that's a pretty ship.... It's like an Excelsior and Sovereign had a perfect baby!

I'd sooooooooo get a Diamond Select model of that to go with the others on my shelf! :3

A 25th century update to the Excelsior? I like!

thanks Lionus! Just been forever since I've been on FA. ~Woar

Looks like the t6 Resolute class in STO

pretty awesome

Excelsior is Beauty, is grace

With all the Excelsior class ships that saw service in the Dominion War era, nearly a full century after they were originally introduced, I can very easily imagine Starfleet having heavily updated and refit them through the decades and coming up with something like this. Too bad the studio was so cheap, and we never got to see an updated Excelsior. (Besides the Enterprise-B variant, and even that would have been an antique design by the DS-9 era.)

Kudos!

Looks like a 25th Century Hood class from Star Trek Online.

5 years late but this is stunning - instead, STO introduced a rather UGLY 25th century, Tier 6 version of the Excelsior (Resolute Class). They should have kept some of the designs from the contest, such as this one, but clearly didn't bother. Would love to be flying this impressive, sleek looking workhorse!

You know... I always loved this, but what i love most is now we have the Excelsior II class, and it looks so close to you, my hats off to ya!

Oh this is wonderful I'd totally use this for my STA game. <3

U MAKE THIS?

Looking at this again after 8 years

It looks like the Excelsior II, but better IMO

Love this design <3

kinda reminds me of the resolute class but with different nacelles and deflector

https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Resolute_class