well the rough secs for the stellashield is that she was built just before the enterprise 'c' was built to replace the aging excelsiors though they ultimately never achieved that role as the new ambassador class was coming on line and were a much better platform for exploration and defense. thus only 20 were built though they did Sterling work exploring the beta quadrant in fact three survived into the dominion war though as rear ward patrol ships or supply ships with their saddle shuttle bays making resupply of other ships and bases easier, and never in the front line. two were scrapped as soon as the war ended the third was sold to a minor governmental project program though stripped of weapons. crew of 500 photon torpedo's 2 for wards one aft magazine of 400 casings shields are about the same as the ambassador class speed max warp 9.5 cruising speed 6.8 length 500 meters 24 decks
The best kitbashes around. Bar none. The utter Trek-plausibility of ships like Preble, Val'Walo and especially Venture are my anti-fanboy. Never got a chance to say it before, so I'm saying it now.
Still not enough posts to place photos, so there's the links..... http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/starshipdiscovery.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1304 http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/starshipdiscovery.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1302 http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/infinityreachgalleries.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=37
The bulk of my designs can be found here: http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/eliyahu5733/Star Trek/Ship Designs/
USS Ivanova (bridge-dedication plaque): "One Tough Bitch!" Link to the original post (and backstory) for Starship Discovery..... http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=79852