Valiance-Class Battleship...

[backstept]

Two bridges? Is one for the fleet admiral?

The overall shape is very cardassian.

probably not two bridges . . . I'd imagine the offset one is the real bridge, and the traditional location of a bridge would be something like a sensor dome or somesuch
if it was a cruiser instead of a battleship I'd imagine it would be a neat place for an observation bubble or arboretum

or maybe it could be two bridges

 

[B.J.]

Yay for asymmetry!

 

[sojourner]

probably not two bridges . . . I'd imagine the offset one is the real bridge, and the traditional location of a bridge would be something like a sensor dome or somesuch
if it was a cruiser instead of a battleship I'd imagine it would be a neat place for an observation bubble or arboretum

or maybe it could be two bridges

Hmmm, I'm not so sure. Now that we know what we're looking at in the original side view, it looks like 2 bridge structures to me.

 

[Atolm]

Two bridges? Is one for the fleet admiral?

The overall shape is very cardassian.

not two bridges

Reminds me of a couple of FASA RPG ships. I don't have the book (because I'm at work), but Starship Tactical lists them as the Lenthal and Thufir Class... I have to look at the book when I get home, because those names don't sound right. Then again, it's been a year since I looked at it.

I kind of like it. Not keen on that one "bridge?" offset location. It seems a little greebled out for my taste, but meh. Overall, it's a decent ship. Tough looking. I like the drawings more then the 1st image.

you are correct on the FASA ship names as they were of Andorian creation

Two bridges? Is one for the fleet admiral?

The overall shape is very cardassian.

probably not two bridges . . . I'd imagine the offset one is the real bridge, and the traditional location of a bridge would be something like a sensor dome or somesuch
if it was a cruiser instead of a battleship I'd imagine it would be a neat place for an observation bubble or arboretum

or maybe it could be two bridges

you are very close, as it is a Conning tower (a huge sensor station)

probably not two bridges . . . I'd imagine the offset one is the real bridge, and the traditional location of a bridge would be something like a sensor dome or somesuch
if it was a cruiser instead of a battleship I'd imagine it would be a neat place for an observation bubble or arboretum

or maybe it could be two bridges

Hmmm, I'm not so sure. Now that we know what we're looking at in the original side view, it looks like 2 bridge structures to me.

see the above reply

 

[JES]

I was thinking the same thing. I was going to say that it looks similar to the Northampton or Southampton, but the Lenthal is probably more like it. The command/saucer section on the other hand reminds me of the Larson class.

This pretty much throws any relationship to the Excelsior or Sovereign class out the window, coincidental similarities aside.

 

[backstept]

so it's like a CIC and a bridge

 

[Atolm]

Aye

 

[publiusr]

On Caracal, I think they used the term Flag Bridge...

 

[Atolm]

On Caracal, I think they used the term Flag Bridge...

yeah I believe you are correct