Persistent, Niggling Questions

[Nate the Great]

So Kirk said that there were only twelve ships like the Enterprise in the fleet. Most people (including me) think that this means only twelve Constitution-class, but today on Facebook someone suggested an alternative interpretation. What if the Enterprise and the others of the twelve have special equipment that generic Constitution-classes don't?


Of course if you're going to stretch that much the skies the limit...
* There are only twelve joint Starfleet/UESPA ships.
* Only the twelve are the third-model Constitution-class (first model being what April used, second being that Discovery/SNW nonsense).
* There are twelve that are called Enterprise of different classes.
* The twelve are the ships that Kirk has served on.
* Only twelve have Scotty modifications.


Etc. Etc.