How does this design look remotely TOS?
How does this design look remotely TOS?
They changed a lot more than that. People forget the original New Hope star destroyers were cobbled together from old aircraft carrier model kits, among other things. The design in Rogue One literally copied the basic design from the physical model by piecing together CG parts from similar aircraft carrier kits, filled in the gaps where the physical models didn't work, and then added more detail where the original models lacked it. This included dorsal and ventral turbolasers, working hangar doors (that we never got to see) proton torpedo tubes, surface features to match the bridge windows (finally) and additional cannons on the front of the hull. They basically did for the star destroyers what TMP did for the Klingon battlecruiser.
People keep saying that, but the surface detail is very different. Shenzhou has various cutouts and ports for what seem to be weapons and sensors on both sides of the saucer that are absent on the Gagarin/Shepard. The aft section (what we might call the engineering section) is noticeably different as well. The ships have a very similar shape, to be sure, but they're about as similar as the Shenzhou is to the Centaur.
You never know. They still might.
You're right. I was thinking of the uniforms. My brain not working good.
Indeed. In the words of Matt Jefferies:
Most likely going to be same design aesthetic and texture as the Europa with a hull configuration that we all know.
I tend to agree. I see no reason for the Constitution class to have the surface details, based upon the more minimalist approach to a lot of their technology.Indeed. In the words of Matt Jefferies:
"I constantly had to fight anyone who wanted to put surface details on the thing."
http://ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/designing-the-first-enterprise/
Part of his reasoning was also that all the important machinery should be accessible from inside the ship, as space is a dangerous environment for both man and equipment.
I don't know when a Connie might appear, but I would bet my wee bairns that one will, and that when it does it will look every bit as accurate to the original as in "Trials And Tribble-ations" (DS9) or "In A Mirror Darkly" (ENT), and that preserving its "special-ness" is precisely the reason for the "no round nacelle" embargo.
-MMoM
I don't see a logistical reason for them to use the Kelvin Enterprise model as a starting point. Maybe that's just my bias, maybe just I'm missing something, but the idea that they would revisist that, rather than either put their twist on the design, or just make the most detailed Constitution model ever designed so that it fills the screen.
