I gotta say that as soon as I saw this I thought "Romulan BoP." IF ENT had gone this route then encountered Romulans a century prior to TOS with similar ships then I could actually see the Romulans emulating the design of the guys who kicked their ass when they returned to have another try at what they thought were Earth forces rather than the Federation.No, I know the ship you're talking about:
The design I'm thinking of was just a sketch of the same kind as you and the OP posted, and appeared next to them in a compilation image of might-have-been NX-01s. There's a small possibility that I might be thinking of the design you posted, actually, but I seem to recall a distinctly triangular hull.
Edit:
Bingo! This is it:
Don't know if this was an idea for the NX-01 or a different ship, but when I first saw it it was presented with the other two designs, and possibly one or two more, already posted here.
I've always thought this likely myself. The Romulans started emulating Earth designs after the Romulan War, which is why the BoP in TOS has a shape similar to that of Earth vessels. Afterward perhaps they adopted the Klingon model, leading to designs like the 24th century Warbird and Valdore-class. Though non-canon, I always thought this late-23rd century Romulan ship looked like a good intermediate design between the Romulan D-7s and the later Warbirds:
Well, yeah... it sucks when someone who has no real physical artistic or mechanical design capabilities decides that they're the one who should be making those calls, huh?
Well, yeah... it sucks when someone who has no real physical artistic or mechanical design capabilities decides that they're the one who should be making those calls, huh?
Interesting, I wonder if there any drawings in existance of what this might have looked like?
(jk - someone had to say it 
