Spoilers 31st/32nd Century Ships Revealed

[Markonian]

I watched "All Is Possible". We get a good look at the 32c era shuttle. It appears ovoid, with airliner-like wraparound windows at the front, and what appears to be sheet-shaped detached nacelles?
Until Eaglemoss releases the model, I'll be using my Orville shuttle as a stand-in.

 

[Vale]

I watched "All Is Possible". We get a good look at the 32c era shuttle. It appears ovoid, with airliner-like wraparound windows at the front, and what appears to be sheet-shaped detached nacelles?
Until Eaglemoss releases the model, I'll be using my Orville shuttle as a stand-in.

Have to admit my first thought was "that looks a bit Orville".

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Have to admit my first thought was "that looks a bit Orville".

Its because most ships on Orville and Disco are just the current generic "that's what future looks like design". Anything in Orville could easily be called a bit Mass Effect or a bit Galaxy Quest and all of them look like concept electric cars. White, wavey and roundy is just the de jour "future look"

 

[fireproof78]

Looks far better than Mass Effect.

 

[137th Gebirg]

I watched "All Is Possible". We get a good look at the 32c era shuttle. It appears ovoid, with airliner-like wraparound windows at the front, and what appears to be sheet-shaped detached nacelles?
Until Eaglemoss releases the model, I'll be using my Orville shuttle as a stand-in.

Was thinking the same. It’s like the art direction all of the 32nd century is fully channeling the Orvilleverse.

 

[Tuskin38]

Anything in Orville could easily be called a bit Mass Effect

huh? No it couldn't. Mass Effect has a lot of hard angles.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

huh? No it couldn't. Mass Effect has a lot of hard angles.

Ya for some reason I was picturing the Citadel and Asari ships to be all white and flowy but I was wrong.

I still say that overall I'm right and this look isn't an "Orville thing" but a general sci-fi look

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

Not the first time this has happened. The temporal agent from last season, had a TNG movie era badge in the preview, but it was edited to a TNG series badge in the final episode.

It’s not the first time with Discovery, and it’s not the first show to do so either.

I’ll always remember the preview for TNG S04E08 Future Imperfect, Riker pronounced the word “charade” “charahd,” instead of with the more common pronunciation in an American accent with a long a sound, but in the finished episode it wasn’t “charahd,” any longer.

As a kid my brothers and ‪‪I joked that Patrick Stewart must have told Frakes to watch himself, because that was *his* way to pronounce charade, and only his.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

Well now I'll never be able to unsee that.

For when the Infinite Vulcan needs to boldly go.

 

[XCV330]

Its because most ships on Orville and Disco are just the current generic "that's what future looks like design". Anything in Orville could easily be called a bit Mass Effect or a bit Galaxy Quest and all of them look like concept electric cars. White, wavey and roundy is just the de jour "future look"

I was just glad the shuttle didn't look like another Eaves McNugget.

 

[Tuskin38]

I was just glad the shuttle didn't look like another Eaves McNugget.

What does that even mean?

 

[Vale]

What does that even mean?

I'm not sure but I'm considering using it as an alias!

 

[XCV330]

What does that even mean?

Practically everything he creates looks the same. Variations on a theme. Like a Chicken McNugget, they're not horrible, but they're not memorable except in their uniformity.

 

[Tuskin38]

I mean, I have to disagree. He has a lot of variations that don't look the same.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I just don't get what Eaves' fascination is with big open segments cut out of saucer sections. It makes no sense in terms of making efficient use of available space and weakens the overall structure, and if it's just done for the kewl factor, it's not really anything impressive looking. I guess if you're really jonesing for some Krispy Kremes or something.

I mean, a saucer itself is already not a very efficient use of available space, but fine, it's the Trek standard/tradition, and it's nicer looking than a big fat sphere or cube, and you can make the argument that it presents a smaller target profile. But then you go and poke giant holes in that saucer and turn it into a hula hoop...

 

[fireproof78]

I mean, a saucer itself is already not a very efficient use of available space, but fine, it's the Trek standard/tradition, and it's nicer looking than a big fat sphere or cube. But then you go and poke giant holes in that saucer and turn it into a hula hoop...

I mean, it is Christmas time. I also want a plane that loop de loop's.

 

[XCV330]

As someone named XCV-330 I am uncomfortable taking jabs at hollow spaces and hoops.

 

[Vale]

I just don't get what Eaves' fascination is with big open segments cut out of saucer sections. It makes no sense in terms of making efficient use of available space and weakens the overall structure, and if it's just done for the kewl factor, it's not really anything impressive looking. I guess if you're really jonesing for some Krispy Kremes or something.

I mean, a saucer itself is already not a very efficient use of available space, but fine, it's the Trek standard/tradition, and it's nicer looking than a big fat sphere or cube, and you can make the argument that it presents a smaller target profile. But then you go and poke giant holes in that saucer and turn it into a hula hoop...

Yes, I do find Eaves's fascination with "negative space" to be... idiosyncratic at best, shall we say? And downright bad design at worst. Thank god he reigned it in for the Enterprise-E. He still had to do it for the reimagined Constitution-class though didn't he...

 

[Dukhat]

He still had to do it for the reimagined Constitution-class though didn't he...

Did he design that ship?

 

[Tuskin38]

Did he design that ship?

Eaves designed the DSC Connie yes. We've known this since Season 1 lol

He still had to do it for the reimagined Constitution-class though didn't he...

The producers also have final say in the designs so they must have liked those holes in the pylons, they also had the FX team modify his design after he submitted the final one so we know they don't just stick with the final designs. Eaves also didn't design any of the 32nd Century designs so don't blame him for any of the negative space there, as he hasn't worked on Discovery since Season 1.

There is concept art of the Discovery without the negative space in the saucer, but allegedly the higher ups preferred it.

Also none of his other Discovery Starfleet designs have negative space (other than the Connie's pylons), nor do his designs in Picard.