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[X] Internal Nacelles (-Optional Aft Cannon, Defense Rating 10 -> 12) [Warp 3.6 Cruise]

If people are dead-set on naming it the Hummingbird-class, might I suggest we use the Nahuatl term for the hummingbird, huitzil, instead of the English in this case? Later bird names would presumably be in English, but the class name being in Nahuatl would make the logic being proposed more obvious.
Sure. But if the Romulans ever discover the origin and cultural context around the Nahua people, then they might fear that any peace settlement might involve humanity going Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on them.
 
I'd really prefer not to use the term hummingbird, it really doesn't resemble one at all, hummingbirds mostly stay in place and dart in any direction, this is going to be going at high speeds and turning.

More like a bird of prey or a shark.

It also doesn't really match the name stingray either.
Stingrays aren't that dangerous, but if you annoy one you can get hurt, which fit pretty well.

Hummingbirds are literally harmless and tiny fragile things.
 
[X] Internal Nacelles (-Optional Aft Cannon, Defense Rating 10 -> 12) [Warp 3.6 Cruise]

As I said before, I value compactness highly.
 
Selachii or Magpie are good names for this.

The former being the name of the Project, the latter for the temperament of the Magpie.
 
Hummingbirds are literally harmless and tiny fragile things.
I mean, some if them do fight shockingly fiercely for territory, but that's generally rather impotent versus anything of a weight class or two higher.
I'm still advocating for Piranha - get enough of them together and they'll strip you to the bone in seconds.
 
[X] Internal Nacelles (-Optional Aft Cannon, Defense Rating 10 -> 12) [Warp 3.6 Cruise]
 
I mean, some if them do fight shockingly fiercely for territory, but that's generally rather impotent versus anything of a weight class or two higher.
I'm still advocating for Piranha - get enough of them together and they'll strip you to the bone in seconds.
I mean... there is literally no record of that ever happening.

Piranha have a massively overblown reputation.
 
[X] Internal Nacelles (-Optional Aft Cannon, Defense Rating 10 -> 12) [Warp 3.6 Cruise]

I make no claim to voting for any particular strategic reasoning, but merely because internal nacelles are cool.
 
[X] Internal Nacelles (-Optional Aft Cannon, Defense Rating 10 -> 12) [Warp 3.6 Cruise]
 
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