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Originally Posted by Millenniumfalsehood
No, the reason was Gene had a big falling-out with Matt Jeffries and made up a bunch of rules about starship design so he could exclude a bunch of Jeffries' designs just to tick him off royally.  The Excelsior doesn't follow those rules, btw, and Gene was involved with ST3 IIRC.
Look up the book "Inside Star Trek". It's a great book with a bunch of stories in there about Gene Roddenberry when the original Trek was in production.
As an aside, I like the Destroyer/Scout design. Simple, yet elegant in its simplicity. But I digress. . .
Anyway, there was a Saratoga by Diego Cortez if the other Miranda design is too big. |
The only two rules I recall were that the nacelles come in pairs and have clear line of site forward, unobstructed by the saucer, both of which the Excelsior meets.