What Starfleet ship classes are visible in the Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard?

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In season 1, episode 10 of Star Trek: Picard, a fleet of Starfleet vessels arrive. What classes of vessels were present?

Sovereign Inquiry · Accepted Answer

I can only make out two classes, and the only difference between those two classes seems to be nacelle variations. However, three classes were meant to be in Star Trek: Picard.

According to Michael Chabon, the fleet was originally supposed to be more diverse: "There were three new classes of Starfleet ships approved for the climactic sequence. Whether all three can ultimately be seen or distinguished in the final screen version is unclear.

A heavy cruiser: the Inquiry-class. That's the Zheng He.

A carrier cruiser, similar to the Inquiry but with two distinctive forward 'prongs' or 'horns' off the elongated 'saucer': the Equity-class.

An explorer, with a distinctive 'open' or ring-style saucer: the Seeker-class."

Ex Astris Scientia, Starfleet Ship Classes A-K

wcullen · Answer

From Space it looks similar to the Pathfinder Class from ST: Online. But one of the reasons the ships all look the same is that the VFX were finished the week before it was released giving the VFX team no time to vary the ship styles (VFX supervisor Ante Dekovic).

Internally, the USS Zheng He bridge is comprised of the bridge from ST: Discovery

Conversely, Den of Geek states that the USS Zheng He is similar to the USS Ibn Mājid which is a Curiosity-Class ship.

Michael Chabon, on Instagram Talkbacks, is a bit elusive saying that many of the Curiosity-Class ships were named after explorers (Zheng He was a 15C Chinese explorer and admiral), but then saying that the Zheng He was something new.

In the same Den of Geek article, fans have said it looks like a composite of Odyssey and Avenger class from the online game.

What Starfleet ship classes are visible in the Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard?

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