*Spoilers* U.S.S. Franklin Design?
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Dude, thanks so much for this.So * SPOILER ALERT* obviously though this is just concept art and it may look totally different later. Since you already have a Franklin thread here, and warned for spoilers, I'll just post below
It's not a bad design. My biggest gripes are the view-screen window and the blue nacelle bussards/tips. Give us some frickin color. Everything is blue nowadays, even christmas lights.
It reminds me of the JJ NX seen in the comics and the concept art for the enterprise for the Starfleet Academy movie that was supposed to be Star Trek VI.
See here for what i'm talking about
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/File:Star_Trek_The_First_Adventure,_USS_Enterprise_concept.jpg
http://postimg.org/image/5ewpw06nt/
Yeah, ever since blue LED's made their entrance over a decade ago, that does seem to be the "kewl kolor" to put in everything. I prefer the standard red for the bussards, especially considering the era, but maybe it's an experimental design newer than the Enterprise that got lost on this graveyard planet, which is why the Enterprise was sent to find it in the first place. Since blue bussards seem to be the thing now (based on a different path of tech advancement in this universe), it may not be quite so distracting. Besides, it looks like the Franklin spent most of its life in this movie crashed down, so we'll likely never see it in operation, save a Kelvin-like opening shot at the beginning where we see it get swarmed.
Wait, why does the NX class have 23rd century, post-Nero style nacelles? This shouldn't look any different.
Was it meant to be an NX back in its day or potentially a refit version from the same time as the 2009 movie?
Without having read the issue I would guess its more a case of artistic licence on the part of the illustrator seeming its not like they haven't made any mistakes in the past; Kirk tapping his chest badge as if it were a TNG Comm Badge, LCARS displays, the same Enterprise design being use for both the current and a previous ship and I am pretty sure one issue had what looked much like the TMP-TUC Enterprise.
Without having read the issue I would guess its more a case of artistic licence on the part of the illustrator seeming its not like they haven't made any mistakes in the past; Kirk tapping his chest badge as if it were a TNG Comm Badge, LCARS displays, the same Enterprise design being use for both the current and a previous ship and I am pretty sure one issue had what looked much like the TMP-TUC Enterprise.
I'm not too familiar with the comics, but I know they "rebooted" a number of TOS episodes. The ship in question here is the USS Archon from 'Return of the Archons'. I assume it was pictured in some kind of flashback. But yeah, I agree the comic artists are horrible at continuity, which is unfortunate.
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Yeah blue LED's. They came out for the wrong reasons. Where's my LED TV using individual LED elements?
I've notion that too. Which means, that she could have been commission some time around the time the Enterprise NX01 was commission; And was lost some time before the founding of the Federation.
Spock is wearing a Franklin jacket with the Starfleet delta on it. So it would have to be post founding of the Federation.
Or from an era when non-Starfleet organizations used the delta (it's on the side of the 2060s Friendship 1 probe by UESPA, say).
But odds are that the ship is regular'ish UFP Starfleet from Kirk's own rough era. Still, we've seen NAR registries on ships that sport the gold delta and red cheat lines, in ST6 and TNG. The new movies might do something like that, too, just because. (Or just to drive it home that the Franklin is different from Kirk's ship, in size and capabilities, if that's to be a plot point.)
Timo Saloniemi
But odds are that the ship is regular'ish UFP Starfleet from Kirk's own rough era. Still, we've seen NAR registries on ships that sport the gold delta and red cheat lines, in ST6 and TNG. The new movies might do something like that, too, just because. (Or just to drive it home that the Franklin is different from Kirk's ship, in size and capabilities, if that's to be a plot point.)
Timo Saloniemi
It has the Starfleet delta, a TOS-like star inside the delta and says "USS Franklin" on the jacket patch.
Seems like a lot of work is needed to interpret it as a pre-Federation ship.
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Fascinante. Members in a smaller amount? Maybe, early Federation.
I have no doubt that it is a ship that's been lost for a while. I just don't buy it being pre-Federation based on the pictures we've seen.
Many possibilities:
1. It's been on the surface for maybe a century. The registry wore off.
2. They didn't put it in the concept art for some reason (don't know what it is yet, didn't care, major spoiler, etc...).
I think we're supposed to assume it's an early Starfleet exploration vessel that somehow went too deep in space.
Also, are we sure that the "USS Franklin" and arrowhead on the nacelle are authentic? Someone earlier in this thread thought it looked (poorly) photoshopped.
I don't know? But we also see Spock wearing a USS Franklin jacket.
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