When will the Constitution Class make an appearance?

They've already made in-universe semi-official ship nicknames a thing with the "Disco" exercise gear, so why not?

 

Have they never given nicknames to ships or classes in previous treks?

 

Couldn't the Constellation class also be referred to as "Connie"?

 

Nope. Constellation drivers refer to their ships as "Stellas"

 

Gotcha! These would be US Navy nicknames?

 

US Navy used "Connie" for the Constellation because there was no USS Constitution or Constitution class, although I know of at least two former Naval aviators who called it "Stella." Alternate nicknames: The Wobblin Goblin, Noah's Bitch, the Barf Barge, and USS Neverdock.

 

Hopefully we'll get to see her eventually. Can't wait for that episode!

 

Sounds like "Sinking Sarah" for the Saratoga and "Forest Fire" for the Forrestal.

 

Hell hath no fury like a sailor's sense of humor

 

Fans coined Connie for Constitution class?

 

I don't remember colons in their titles..... I'll go hide now

 

I’ve only heard it used in fan circles

 

So, considering the design of the Discovery, do you think that April Fools' concept art of the Enterprise by @Vektor might actually be closer to reality?


(EDIT: This artwork was created by @Vektor as an April Fools' joke prior to the 2009 movie, since at the time we didn't know what the new Enterprise would look like.)

 

I was thinking Victorian greenhouse

It's probably an adoption of the nickname if the Lockheed Constellation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation

Which is odd since there is also a Constellation class.

 

Ewwww.

Kor

 

The series finale would be perfect. The very last minute of the very last episode and Discovery pulls into space dock just as the Enterprise warps outta there and everyone of the crew stares in amazement at it's awesomeness.

No doubt they'll use it as a prop or something when ratings start to drop to bring all the waners back.

 

That... actually... fits...
I like the battleship style turrets. Awesome!

 

Aside from the turrets I could see that as a Spore Drive fitted Constiution-class starship that Starfleet is working on while USS Discovery is out knocking on the Klingon's heads.

 

Aside from the turrets I could see that as a Spore Drive fitted Constiution-class starship that Starfleet is working on while USS Discovery is out knocking on the Klingon's heads.

 

Yeah, back when it was still the 2008 movie, IIRC. The gaps do help explain the saucer undercut, if we took this as a primitive version of the ship as seen in TOS.

Or you could just get rid of the undercut and solve all those deck-layout problems immediately, which seems to have been the post-2009 approach to starship design.