*Potential Spoilers* What will the Alternate Enterprise-A look like

[Dukhat]

Eh? really? I never read that comic but had thought all along from reports on the web and at trek BBS that it was April's Ship and was a flashback of some kind.

Timo is correct. We only see the bridge of April's ship. The confusion stems from the fact that there's no segue between seeing the exterior of Kirk's Enterprise and the flashback to the bridge of April's ship in the next panel, which gives the false impression that both ships looked alike.

However, there is another interpretation of the scene, based on the comic's dialogue. April states that his ship was also named the Enterprise with this remark: "Let's say roughly twenty years ago. The Starship Enterprise arrived for a routine survey of this place. First Federation ship to visit."

http://i.imgur.com/YuZpLBG.jpg

Because it's the same planet, only 20 years prior, one could make the case that the writer and illustrator were under the erroneous impression that the nuEnterprise was already more than 20 years old at the time, that it was the same ship that Pike and then Kirk would eventually command (just like in the Prime timeline), and that there wasn't another ship named Enterprise built between the NX-01 and the NCC-1701 that happened to look exactly like the nuEnt. However, this of course contradicts what we see in the '09 film, where the nuEnt was just built a few years before.

So not seeing the exterior of April's Enterprise was either a deliberate choice on the comic illustrator's part, or the writer and illustrator made a mistake.

 

[Gonzo]

I'm liking the thought of a Vengeance-class Enterprise...

This x1000

I must admit I do like Gabriel Koerner's version as well, I would love if they were able to salvage most of the Vengeance and refit it to be used as the new Enterprise A, it would be boss.

When the Vengeance crashed it was pretty much still intact and if they were to reclaim it the message it sent would be a strong one after such great losses over the last two films.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The Vengeance-class is still a solid design. Starfleet would be crazy to just throw it away on general principles.

With a few minor alterations, such as eliminating stealth mode and the advanced weapons, it would make a GREAT search-and-rescue ship. Since it can be operated with a minimum of crew, there'd be no need to risk more lives (in dangerous missions) than absolutely necessary. And it would be a measure of poetic justice - taking a ship of war and repurposing it as a ship of peace.

@Dukhat, I don't see how that comic could possibly be implying anything else than those exteriors actually were those of April's Enterprise. It sure doesn't look anything like the Abramsprise, after all. Yes, there are notable errors in some of the other Abrams comics, but I doubt this is one of them.

 

[Dukhat]

I don't see how that comic could possibly be implying anything else than those exteriors actually were those of April's Enterprise. It sure doesn't look anything like the Abramsprise, after all. Yes, there are notable errors in some of the other Abrams comics, but I doubt this is one of them.

Er, it looks exactly like the Abramsprise.

Panel 1: April's "assumed" Enterprise: http://i.imgur.com/EGZMTQUl.jpg

Panel 2: Another view of April's "assumed" Enterprise: http://i.imgur.com/YuZpLBG.jpg

Panel 3: Actual Abramsprise: http://cdn2-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2013/04/StarTrek_CTD_04-pr-4628.jpg

Little blinky lights aside, it sure looks like the same ship to me.

 

[The Wormhole]

Very unrelated, and I think I even brought this up before, but it really looks silly that the comics actually draw in their own lens flares. Seeing the above links reminded me that.

 

[ancient]

I wouldn't mind a vengeance class replacement since that's a better design anyway imo. None of us is inside the head of the creative team, but it's possible they want to tweak the design to make it more like the TOS ship. Maybe give it some red engine caps.

Or maybe they'll dig the Akira out out & be like 'this looks pretty good'. Nah, that would never happen.

 

[Dukhat]

Or maybe they'll dig the Akira out out & be like 'this looks pretty good'. Nah, that would never happen.

You're forgetting: "This ship was only in in the movie for a few seconds. Nobody will remember it, or know that it came from a movie set 200 years after our show!"

 

[Timo]

Of course, there's a reason why the Steamrunner class is called that: the first units of the class had reciprocating engines back in 1867... (Some retained those as of 2154 still.)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Longinus]

I wouldn't mind a vengeance class replacement since that's a better design anyway imo.

Oh dear Athe, no! Vengeance is possibly the ugliest Starfleet ship in the entire 50-year history of Trek.

 

[F. King Daniel]

the Vengeance is the fearsome steroid monster of Starfleet. Awesome as an engine of destruction, but I can't see it as a hero ship.

 

[BillJ]

Maybe Starfleet figures Kirk is in over his head with the Enterprise and they refurbish the Franklin and make it his next posting.

 

[BillJ]

Oh dear Athe, no! Vengeance is possibly the ugliest Starfleet ship in the entire 50-year history of Trek.

There are a lot of contenders for that crown, including Voyager.

 

[eyeresist]

I must admit I do like Gabriel Koerner's version as well, I would love if they were able to salvage most of the Vengeance and refit it to be used as the new Enterprise A, it would be boss.

I wouldn't want to see either version used. After the complaints the E-E got for being too aggressive-looking, these two look like that on steroids.

 

[Gonzo]

I wouldn't want to see either version used. After the complaints the E-E got for being too aggressive-looking, these two look like that on steroids.

In defence of the E-E it is a totally different prospect than its predecessor as the D had families on board, after the D's destruction it was wisely decided that families had no place on a flagship that regularly enters combat, truth be told they should never have been on board in the first place.

If they did use the Vengeance as the basis for a new Enterprise I suspect it would have a smoother hull and a less angular design with a much lighter paint job to fit in more with the rest of the fleet.

Would be a waste to not use the Vengeance really, I mean it's already been delivered to earth and landed and everything.

 

[captainkirk]

Would be a waste to not use the Vengeance really, I mean it's already been delivered to earth and landed and everything.

But didn't the saucer come off? And half the engineering hull was blown up by the torpedoes. Given the size difference it would be easier just to put the Enterprise back together.

Of course there is the fact that the Vengeance was referred to as Dreadnought-class which implies that there is a U.S.S. Dreadnought out there somewhere so they could always use that (or it could be the setting for the series.)

 

[C.E. Evans]

IMO, the Dreadnought-class was a design that wasn't even supposed to be known widely to exist and the crash of one in San Francisco likely opened up a big can of worms for Starfleet about Section 31 and Admiral Marcus' plan to go to war with the Klingons. I think Starfleet immediately retired the design as soon as they could--but some of its technology (like its advanced warp drive and phaser systems) may be incorporated into newer designs--if they haven't been already by the time of Beyond.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

IMO, the Dreadnought-class was a design that wasn't even supposed to be known widely to exist

Despite the fact that Admiral Marcus openly had a MODEL of the damn thing on his desk?

 

[Hutchy01]

I can't be bother to find the exact quote, but would it not be possible that the construction we saw in '09 was a total refit such as occurred in between TOS and the Films. Because from memory isn't the original enterprise either slightly older or a just a touch younger than James Kirk so it had to exist in the New timeline.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Despite the fact that Admiral Marcus openly had a MODEL of the damn thing on his desk?

Which doesn't mean much since all of our heroes acted like they never saw the ship before.

 

[Kemaiku]

There are a lot of contenders for that crown, including Voyager.

Voyager looked like someone forgot how to design...anything halfway through. Then the dockyard works turned up drunk on Romulan Ale the entire time. It could be worse though, the Defiant, Aventine and Titan look a hell of a lot uglier than that again.