Star Trek Discovery

Star Trek Discovery trailer -

 

And? That doesn't make me feel better. It just mean that they may try to blow out some more 90s Era fanwank.

 

Interesting, though I'll reserve final judgement until I see the pilot (and find out *for sure* details like when this is set etc)

 

I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring and say this is set post-TNG/DS9/VOY... The split emblem hints strongly at some sort've rift or civil war in the Federation (strongly drawing from today's headlines and sociopolitical climate - as Trek has always done). And the "rustic" (for lack of a better word) look of the ship, combined with the music, has me leaning strongly towards some sort've joint Federation-Klingon project...

The teaser also begs the question (aside from the name of the ship) thematically in the show - just WHAT is waiting to be discovered...??

 

Remember there is NO footage, they haven't shot any footage of any kind yet. This is just a quick promo they did for the SDCC

 

It's a study model, same as the first image released of the NX-01 Enterprise in 1999.

 

^This. I've seen people saying it was Test Footage, but I have not seen an official source on that.

 

It's because CBS called this the test flight of the discovery in the tweet.

 

Reminder, the first public images of the NX-01 were not the CG model they used in the actual show.

 

Whether it's test, demo, in-progress, promotional, etc. footage - it was still greenlit for public release, which means that it is representative of the development of the show and worthy of analysis...

 

I hope they just never even mention what universe it's in. That is totally doable. There is no need to endlessly reference past events. Make everybody happy. I'm not a big fan of the films, but I don't really care what universe it's in. All we need is a good cast and good writers. Let it be it's own thing, that is what I am hoping for.

 

That is a hideous design for a hero ship. Its not original. Didnt the Borg leave it a wreck at wolf359. What are they thinking. I won't be subscribing to look at that monstrosity .

 

The boat has already sailed on that, the show runner confirmed what universe it is in.

 

Something to consider. There's a history of ships with long lasting names in Trek, lots of ships have numbers after their registry number. What if this is just a glimpse of the first ship with the Discovery name on it? Later we'll see the A, the B, etc till we get the real one. (Maybe.)

 

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.

 

I hope the ship in the series looks absolutely nothing like that hidious...thing.

 

It could be. For all we know for now, the Discovery could be 200 years old or more. A museum piece that's been pressed back into service for some yet unknown reason.

 

I don't know...you can't get much uglier than the kit bashed Kelvin!

 

How was it a kitbash? None of the parts were from other ships

 

The Kelvin is a work of art compared to this.