I've been reading up on each of the ships, and have a few questions for people to consider.
Ambassador Class:
Would the ship be one of the 875 regular ships or one of the 150 revised models (revised has less cargo space but more maneuverability and bite), Would our ship be a 'new' ship or have history?
Would we have a use for a general purpose Cruiser class?
Excelsior Class:
These ships are aging, espeically in weapons tech (Excelsior classes are outmatched by two B'riel BoP's), would that be ok to have?
Would our ship be new or have a history? (Almost certainly history) and if so what is it?
Would we have a use for a general purpose Cruiser class?
Nova Class:
This class is very small and very specialized for one purpose: Short range Science. It was commissioned to replace the Oberth class ship (so it's a science lab on nacelles)
With this ship size do we have the resources, missions, and interest to commit to a large science based ship? I've heard lots of talk of a pure hospital ship but do we have the inspiration to use a very very directed craft and not make it repetitive?
This ship is meant as a second wave, in some missions going places already explored by larger ships... do we want this or would we prefer a ship that can be the first line of "Let's see what's out there"?
Do we want a ship of this size, with very few amenities and not meant for extended operation... this means less things to do off duty if the crew so chooses.
Defiant Class:
This class is built for one purpose: To fight and kill. This ship is a warship plain and simple.
With a ship this based in tactical systems, do we have enough missions and inspiration to continually support a warship without the mission being repetitive and boring? Do we have enough conflict, enough warfare, enough invasions to justify one being it's own simm instead of say, bringing the starbase online with a defiant tagalong.
This ship is not meant for extended operations. It's cramped, with almost no amenities for off duty, cutting into what we can RP off duty. It's also lacking in many scientific opportunities, almost getting rid of an entire department.
This ship class is still in production. Is this a new defiant or a hand-me-down from another fleet, or has this ship just 'been in' the fleet for a while and is just now being APC'ed.
Sabre class:
A well rounded, if small, cross between a frigate, tactical ship, and science vessel.
This ship is not meant for extended operations. It's smaller, with a few basic recreational things but not to the magnitude you see on larger cruisers.
This ship class is still in production. Is this a new defiant or a hand-me-down from another fleet, or has this ship just 'been in' the fleet for a while and is just now being APC'ed?