>to a lesser degree the Excelsior
>(though it's too chunky to have the grace of a Constitution or
>a Sovereign).

Original Excelsior, yes. Enterprise-B variant type, no. (Apparently Starfleet thought so too, since all the many, many Excelsior-class ships that turn up in the TNG era look like the original... )

--G.
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