But, if the authors wanted it to be different and state a different size, they could. It also doesn't establish what is a standard size for a starship.
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The Planet of the Titans Enterprise which the Discovery is based on was around the same size of the Excelsior in STIII
That one is study model #2, which is somewhat stubbier than study model #1, if the size of those things is any indication.
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Study Model #1
Yeah, I had the same thought. Maybe they slide back when the ship goes to warp. But somehow I doubt that's what they're going to do.
Alternativly, you could wait and see the show, and see if there is a purpose and a sense to the cut-outs.
I want to see the bridge, damn it!
Forgive me for posting variations of the same thing, but they keep getting uploaded in various pieces, or finally as the full high res poster.
Would you happen to now if there's a version of that image I can save to my harddrive? Appereantly, this isn't a standard jpg you can view when 'saved as'.
Very true. But it seems like some well placed phaser shots and you couldn't get to the inner saucer. But I will wait.
Having the bridge on top of the ship doesn't make any sense either.
From a design standpoint, I'm seeing parts that echo past ships and designs: the sphere structure in the middle of the saucer to evoke the Daedalus class, the cutouts kind of evoke the "ring ship" that was pictured as a ship named Enterprise, the Planet of the Titans concept, etc. I really like it!
The problem with the cut-outs is: They don't look bad or anything. They look highly impractical.
It looks like a design-object (because, ironically, in real life it is just that). Not like a real functioning fictional starship (the look of which all previous incarnations of Trek mostly accomplished).
It looks like a design-object (because, ironically, in real life it is just that). Not like a real functioning fictional starship (the look of which all previous incarnations of Trek mostly accomplished).
I always thought the Constitution class was the most advanced in Starfleet for it's era but not necessarily the biggest. As the Defiant shows, size does not = power. I don't have an issue with the size of Discovery myself, just I dislike the look of it. Do you think this ship will act more like Galactica in BSG rather than a typical star-fleet vessel? using another ship(s) for many missions.
It's possible there's a functional reason if the center dish is fixed and the sphere and outer ring can separate. In that case, you'd want a slight gap to reduce mishaps when docking/undocking. But I don't really expect to see much logic beyond 'it looks cool'. That's the cynic in me.
I wouldn't actually even mind the cut-outs. If the connecting struts were a lot bigger.
As in big and tall enough for a corridor for people to go through. Make them as tall as the height of the saucer at that point. Make them as wide as they are tall. And *bam* a lot of the practical problems are solved and I would like it more.
That's an interesting question, one that I honestly would love to see explored. The Constitution class was labeled a lot of things, including a "cruiser" but its main purposed was more independent exploration. The ships seem to rarely function within a lager fleet or flotilla, but still relied upon established bases for support.
The Discovery might function even more independently, with greater variety of auxiliary vehicles for mission flexibility.
It would be nice to more than one type of starship in a fleet
They are not small, they are like 5 windows wide. I have no clue how larges they are, but 5 wide looks larger than a standard corridor
This. as well as the very thick connecting neck.
They remind me a bit of skybridges.
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