Yeah I remember seeing that and wondering, “wait, I thought this was going to be a prequel!” 
Spoilers Starship Design in Star Trek: Picard
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Whew. Finally caught all the way up to now on this thread. A lot to take in. 
I know the word has other meanings in line with Federation values, but until contradicted on screen, I'm liking the idea that the existence of the "Equity-class" means the Ferengi joined the Federation.
I know the word has other meanings in line with Federation values, but until contradicted on screen, I'm liking the idea that the existence of the "Equity-class" means the Ferengi joined the Federation.
I wonder if fans would have been happier if we got some Discovery Federation ships among the fleet instead of just the one new class?
I wouldn't have minded some Discovery ships, but they probably would have wanted to "age" them a bit. And that might have been as much work as adding additional designs?
On a side note, I'm pretty sure that even though they had the model for the -D ready from earlier in the series, the reason they didn't use Galaxy-classes in the fleet was that the -D model clearly got a lot of love, time, and attention to detail. Would've made the rest look awful by comparison.
On a side note, I'm pretty sure that even though they had the model for the -D ready from earlier in the series, the reason they didn't use Galaxy-classes in the fleet was that the -D model clearly got a lot of love, time, and attention to detail. Would've made the rest look awful by comparison.
You mean like in Children of Mars? Oh hell no.
I'd rather see fifty cookie-cutter post-NEM starships that look recognizably late 24th century than more DSC Era starships that were so popular we never saw them in TOS, the TOS Movies, TNG, the TNG Movies or DS9. 
Not to be snarky but Fans? Happy? I would be blown away if when they release a detailed model of the new ship that it isn't torn apart down to the atoms for daring to be different.
Is that happiness?
Honestly, Discovery's ship designs fits a post 24th century vibe then a Pre-TOS vibe more.
I kind of see it...sort of. But, I feel its more a weird mash-up of ENT and TMP. Which is fine by me, since I never subscribed to the fan theory that they all looked like the Enterprise, despite my intense love of Franz Josephs work.
I like the Curiosity and the Seeker. Less so the Equity.
The word sounds good. As a starship class...? It's odd.
One sense of equity is "the quality of being fair and impartial". This is presumably why Chabon would name this class after this word.
I half expected the final Starfleet ships to all be Discovery shuttles.
I wanna see the Amity class, perhaps a USS Carcharodon
