Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

If it helps any, it seems like every subscription (at least for now) starts from the beginning so you haven't missed out on any yet.

 

It's not a bad idea to try that if you're only after a few- though one would imagine trying to get the subscriber specials through the secondary market would likely cost a pretty penny.

I had fan wished for something like this a couple years ago- dreaming that if I had a toy company I'd totally do a due cast Trek ship series if I could get the rights.

So when someone else went and actually did it, I could hardly pass up the opportunity (although, granted, my versions would have been Action Fleet size, costs be damned! ).

I thought the magazines would be fluff but the BTS info on the design process for each ship has been pretty interesting (like the Voyager stuff I highlighted a few posts back). Avoiding DS9 spoilers has been a bit trickier though .

In a few years it'll make for a great display though (I'm keeping them boxed til then- but they're easily accessible which is great).

My grand plan is to have a full history of space flight display with the Phoenix through Enterprise-F (I'll 3D print a model if I have to) augmented with die cast models of the Apollo rocket, space shuttle, etc in a similar scale.

I might make two or three smaller displays with the other ships that have common design evolutions to present but I somehow doubt I'll ever have the room to properly display the whole series (it's a safe bet that, once I get it, the Bajoran Solar Sailor will rarely leave its packaging, for example).

 

It's on their to-do list- I believe that article mentioned them acquiring the CGI files.

 

I thunk that Ships of the Line image was just a really bad angle (it's particularly confusing to tell what's raised above/in front of the saucer or what runs along it)- the ship looks much better once you can see the underbelly (and how it incorporates the wing ship/flying-V design concepts that were considered for multiple ships (like Voyager or the NX-01) over the years)..




That feels futuristic (and, oddly, dangerous). It keeps the theme of progressive sleekness that has permeated most of the Enterprise designs over the decades while also bringing the saucer back to a more Galaxy-class vibe (which would fit in with the "generational ship" concept behind the design).

 

I kinda like how it's broad and flat - that rear shot makes the pylons really pop.

You have to really look at the windows for a scale reference- if one of the smaller white dots (not the wider strips which i assume are more like observational decks or botanical purposes) you see on the saucer is equivalent to a window on a Galaxy-class (more or less), then the ship is actually pretty huge.

Just taking the outer few rows of 1/5th of the top side of the saucer section probably equals the total number of viewports on a Galaxy-class. in fact, that center cluster of lights is probably the size of a Galaxy-class itself.

 

Like, their ships or the actual aliens themselves?

The wing ship "Altair-class" design concept it was inspired by was this:





They actually kept the nacelles from it- just added a saucer on top and an NX-01-inspired forward dish.

 

The Memory-Alpha entry says this on the subject:

An official class name for this type of ship has not been confirmed, although Doug Drexler approves of "Universe-class.". He also estimates the length of the vessel as being about two miles. Drexler saw the Enterprise-J "as a multi-generational vessel, that had large parks, entertainment zones, and entire universities on board. The ship is so large that turbolifts would be replaced with site to site transporters. [It] had one deflector, recognizably descended from the NX. I opted for spindly nacelle struts because I felt it suggested a technology beyond what we were familiar with. They are beyond transwarp. They can fold space, and they are exploring other galaxies besides the Milky Way."​

 

Who's the photobomber in the back?