I like the Connie TNG revision there, but for the most part when dealing with non-canon starships my first question is what its background is and where it fits in the Starfleet. A lot can be forgiven for a beautiful starship, but after the 4-5th ship in a cruiser-explorer role you find youself starting to ask why its needed (STO is a prime example of this with several catagories sporting 3 near identical ships, yes looking at you Intrepid-alikes, with little difference between them).
All that siad I have to admit to building a PBEM around the Luna class which is certainly a non-canon starship... ALtough I once played in a game set on a Manta class (back in the days before all these beautifully rendered CGI variations), you would be hard pressed to google that one these days amid the hundreds of variations avialble these days...
I am intrigued by the chariot class though... That one looks to be a warp-capable starbase and I cannot imagine that one in operation, but do thimnk it looks rather spiffy
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