I always thought that the warp 7 engine mentioned in These are the Voyages would be for the Daedalus class. I would be one of the first Federation starship classes, thus look significantly different from the NX-class and while warp 7 might be a huge leap for mankind, the joint endeavour of Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, Tellarites should quickly lead to it.
Kinda like another first, the first exploration ships after the Earth-Romulan war, the first official joint adventure of several races.
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