In which case would it have killed them to have one old clunky Daedalus or Kelvin type show up to the battle of binary stars?
Starship design history in light of Discovery
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There's some of that in the Connie.
I'm hoping that Kurtzman relinquishes at some point and lets the SPFx guys toss a few round nacelles in during the season.
(beside the ENTERPRISE)
At least on a coupe of background ships.
<fingers crossed>
Round nacelles are for older ships, like the Enterprise. The Binary Stars fleet were based closer to home, and like the Shenzhou, had been built or refitted with the trendy new squarecelles, which are developed into the ones on the Enterprise and the Reliant in a couple of decades.
I don't really see the contradiction. I suspect we might see some more variation going forward.
I don't really see the contradiction. I suspect we might see some more variation going forward.
He's given us the Connie and the D7, so we might.
The Connie came after Fuller left according to the Eaglemoss Enterprise and John Eaves art books. Everything else was designed before or very shortly after he left.
I'd say most Discovery designs would sit nicely with the First Contact movie era. They don't look TOSish AT ALL. I'm not complaining, I like the Discovery ships. They're just very different.
Huh? First Contact was the Enterprise-E, circa 2396, 140 years in the future.
I don't agree at all. The Nacelles are all wrong, they don't fit in that era and they have TOS Style bussard collectors.
Same with the weapons ports, they're TMP era style.
well the ptolemy tug things looked like they might have had round nacelles. Enterprise has round nacelles too.
I know, I'm saying the starship design aesthetics look like something that should be with the Enterprise-E, not in TOS. I understand it's because it's John Eaves design style and that Fuller asked for non-round nacelles.
The kept breaking off his models as a kid.
I still don't see it, they have nothing in common.
Fan interpretation of the tugs, same person who did the Terran USS Defiant.
https://www.deviantart.com/thraxllisylia/art/Starfleet-COE-Support-Vessel-STAR-TREK-DSC-782631214
https://www.deviantart.com/thraxllisylia/art/Starfleet-COE-Support-Vessel-STAR-TREK-DSC-782631214
It has similar ribbing that the Abrams D-7 had at the neck. It seems to be a pleasant hybrid between that and the classic design. So glad they finally figured out what a real Klingon ship is supposed to look like.
Well, the Voyager is no longer the odd one out with her folding pylons. She is joined by this covert ship.