Most beautiful ships in Trek?
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Need you ask?
Not to mention:
Not to mention:
Of all the ships that Trek has shown us over the decades, I still think the original series Enterprise takes first place.
Although I will admit that those ENT-era Vulcan ring-ships are interesting.
Although I will admit that those ENT-era Vulcan ring-ships are interesting.
I have to give the prize to TMP Enterprise.
After that, I'd give it to the Enterprise-E,
Intrepid-class,
and good ol' K'Tinga-class battle cruiser.
Other ships I like, but don't think are particularly beautiful are the Nebula and Miranda classes.
I must confess I never really liked the Vulcan ring-ships. I personally found them rather drab. I hated the design of the Defiant-class. Although I have no trouble accepting it in the logic of the narrative. It's easy to believe a government would build something that ugly, IMHO.
After that, I'd give it to the Enterprise-E,
Intrepid-class,
and good ol' K'Tinga-class battle cruiser.
Other ships I like, but don't think are particularly beautiful are the Nebula and Miranda classes.
I must confess I never really liked the Vulcan ring-ships. I personally found them rather drab. I hated the design of the Defiant-class. Although I have no trouble accepting it in the logic of the narrative. It's easy to believe a government would build something that ugly, IMHO.
I just finished gathering up a group of beauty shots for my new jigsaw app, and the selection menu rotates through them like a slide show. Some are made from meshes, and some are just clipped from Trekcore screencaps. Here's a new shot of the Defiant:
Miranda. 
E-E
For me it's between Enterprise-A and Enterprise from the new movie. I guess the latter is a controversial pick, since so many people are bitching about "Abramsprise", but I have no interest in endless debates over its size, I just think it looks beautiful.
I'm doing a lot of this: 
in this thread, seeing ships I that I think are positively ghastly. But, hey, beauty is subjective, right?
I'd have to put the TMP refit E on top, with the ol' gray lady in second place, and the 1701-D in third.
The Vulcan ships from Enterprise are also very beautiful, like fine art sculptures.
Nothing Cardassian will ever be on my list
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in this thread, seeing ships I that I think are positively ghastly. But, hey, beauty is subjective, right?I'd have to put the TMP refit E on top, with the ol' gray lady in second place, and the 1701-D in third.
The Vulcan ships from Enterprise are also very beautiful, like fine art sculptures.
Nothing Cardassian will ever be on my list
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Favorite cannon ships are the Ent refit and the Excelsior.
The Abramsprise.
The Aventine (do the books count? Because there IS a picture of that DANG sexy ship....).
The Aventine (do the books count? Because there IS a picture of that DANG sexy ship....).
The shot of the nuE you have there is the one I kinda don't like so much, going back to the "proportions" gripe. It looks too "front heavy" for me there too.
This is the shot makes it for me.
That's my personal favourite. The design is just awesome:
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I assume the OP was asking the question based on external ships' appearance, not the internals. Here's my aesthetic list for external appearances:
1: pre-TOS Enterprise ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" version
2: TOS Enterprise
3: TMP K'T'inga
4: pseudo-TOS-era Spitfire by Starscape
5: Probert's original Enterprise-C, as seen on the wall in the E-D's lounge
6: NX-Alpha
7: Sisko's Defiant
8: TNG Romulan Warbird (illogical looking, but fun to look at)
9: DYellow submarine
10: TMP Vulcan warpsled-courier
This is my thrown-together list, with no regard to what's canon and what isn't.
1: pre-TOS Enterprise ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" version
2: TOS Enterprise
3: TMP K'T'inga
4: pseudo-TOS-era Spitfire by Starscape
5: Probert's original Enterprise-C, as seen on the wall in the E-D's lounge
6: NX-Alpha
7: Sisko's Defiant
8: TNG Romulan Warbird (illogical looking, but fun to look at)
9: DYellow submarine
10: TMP Vulcan warpsled-courier
This is my thrown-together list, with no regard to what's canon and what isn't.
USS Excelsior.
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