Made for the films, the Sovereign-class was not available as a source of components
for the props department to kitbash extra ships from for the later Trek TV programs
The lack of canon variants forced me to get creative to satisfy the Starfleet tradition
of each era's core spaceframe being repurposed as new classes to fill different roles
remix of 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/ce51aa7054ee3cf3cdef5411424c487a
all textures replaced with solid colors, coplanar faces merged, geometry cleaned up
Sovereign: the classic long-range explorer configuration, but more militaristic due to
appearance of new threats; refit adds 3rd nacelle, phaser lance/secondary deflector
Warlord: a pure warship, based on the Chimera Heavy Destroyer from Star Trek Online
Noble: an alternative to the Luna-class, moves the secondary hull to under the saucer
a leaner equivalent of the Nebula-class, similar to the Sovereign relative to the Galaxy
Knight: a post-TNG replacement for the aging Centaur- and Miranda-class starships
the increased size allows it to tow larger payloads or mount specialized mission modules
-the name is a pun: on top of fitting in with the feudal hierarchy-based naming scheme,
knights were law enforcers like modern police (who are associated with MIRANDA rights)
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