Spoilers Starship Design in Star Trek: Picard
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Forget daggers, I'll use the world of fantasy swords. This about sums up my opinion.
The bottom also applies to a lot of starships from the 2256-2259 timeframe in Seasons 1 and 2 of DSC.
I think they're chronological, and I agree. The double mission-pod is an interesting idea, but it's a bit chunky and a lot seven-warp-nacelles fanboy. Maybe if they were mirrored vertically instead of side-by-side, with a second one attaching to engineering or under the fan-tail.
Most of STO's 25th century designs aren't pointy.
Interesting tidbit to add to all of the arguing about starship class distinctions:
Per Memory Alpha, the original series Enterprise being a "Constitution Class" starship was not official canon until TNG's "Naked Now." That's the first official on-screen mention of it being a Constitution Class starship, since that distinction is never made in either TOS or the TOS movies up to that point.
So for a good part of 21 years (i.e., the time between TOS and "Naked Now") there were probably fans that were arguing whether Constitution Class or "Starship Class" was the appropriate terminology.
Per Memory Alpha, the original series Enterprise being a "Constitution Class" starship was not official canon until TNG's "Naked Now." That's the first official on-screen mention of it being a Constitution Class starship, since that distinction is never made in either TOS or the TOS movies up to that point.
So for a good part of 21 years (i.e., the time between TOS and "Naked Now") there were probably fans that were arguing whether Constitution Class or "Starship Class" was the appropriate terminology.
It doesn't help that the U.S.S. Franklin in BEY - originally launched in the late 2140s and lost in 2164 - is called "Starship Class" on its bridge dedication plaque much like the TOS Enterprise.
Guess I should have said pointy AND/OR cluttered.
The bottom also applies to a lot of starships from the 2256-2259 timeframe in Seasons 1 and 2 of DSC.
Oh, I dunno about that. Take away the boxy Warp Nacelles and the designs are pretty simple.
Over the years, I've really grown to appreciate some of these designs.
A few of them have grown on me, but man, that period still is a rough one for me in terms of aesthetics.
I just close my eyes and pretend they all have round, Discoprise style Nacelles, and all is well in the world.
Except the Magee class. I kinda dig its boxy ones.
That's actually one I dig. It's the DS9 Defiant's ancestor. 
Yep! Definitely like the Walker class. Plus, the Engle class to complete all the "Battle of the Binary Stars" classes of ships.
Beautiful ships.Yep! Definitely like the Walker class. Plus, the Engle class to complete all the "Battle of the Binary Stars" classes of ships.
Agreed wirh @Tomalak . Not only that, it also works in some of the elements of the Titan-A/Enterprise-G. I like it.
I just rationalised that the Discovery boxy nacelles were an intermediate step between the ENT/TOS round nacelles and the equally rectangular TMP engines.
Phoenix - NX-01 - Constitution - Discovery - Movie era
Some of the Disco ships may have originally had round engines. Constitution and a few others skipped that stage.
Phoenix - NX-01 - Constitution - Discovery - Movie era
Some of the Disco ships may have originally had round engines. Constitution and a few others skipped that stage.
