Maybe only me, but when Kirk takes over, I want the ship exterior to look like TOS.
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I did not realize before this week that the Farragut in SNW might indeed have an official class designation; we just don't have confirmation from the relevant staff yet. Bellerophon-class sounds very nice!
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Farragut_(NCC-1647)#Appendices
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1546638139170717697
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Farragut_(NCC-1647)#Appendices
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1546638139170717697
I did not realize before this week that the Farragut in SNW might indeed have an official class designation; we just don't have confirmation from the relevant staff yet. Bellerophon-class sounds very nice!
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Farragut_(NCC-1647)#Appendices
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1546638139170717697
It occurs to me that we've always assumed that Farragut was a Constitution class vessel based on Kirk's description that the creature killed over half the crew, which was 200 individuals.
This being based on a Constitution class having a crew of approximately 400.
However, shouldn't the crew compliment have been closer to 200 based on Pike's line in The Cage about being responsible for the lives of 200 people and the time frame when the Farragut was attacked, the mid-2250s, which was around the same time as The Cage?
It could be that the Farragut was one of the first Constitution class ships to receive an upgrade which increased her crew compliment.
Interesting! Non-canon, in Star Trek Online this ship type is referred to as the Farragut class.I did not realize before this week that the Farragut in SNW might indeed have an official class designation; we just don't have confirmation from the relevant staff yet. Bellerophon-class sounds very nice!
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Farragut_(NCC-1647)#Appendices
https://twitter.com/timothypeel1/status/1546638139170717697
Was Una's single-nacelled ship given a class designation, by the way?
Not sure why every starship would have the same compliment. I would imagine it would depend on mission profile and ship class.
But they're the best ones
Just read about these, utterly terrifying! The "patients" too.
If there's only a single known example, Online usually just uses that as the class name, probably to avoid being caught out if an official name follows along later.
I don't believe we ever learned what class Archer was.
Interestingly, Una's U.S.S. Archer is a scout ship with an extremely small complement just like the Archer-class U.S.S. Sagittarius of Star Trek: Vanguard and Star Trek: Seekers novel fame, itself having an almost single-digit complement.
I don't believe any tie-in media has yet addressed the Archer, which come to think of it, makes the Bellerophon-class Farragut have an extremely impressive turnaround time.
Heh, it is already possible they jumped the gun on saying Farragut class when Bellerophon class is probably the case, though as it happens Cryptic already designated one of their own Intrepid class spin-offs as the Bellerophon class. Ha, life is funny.
It's possible the class name was not included with the materials CBS sent Cryptic.
Heh, if I had it my way, then Archer class would be the designation of the Constitution-II assuming Jonathan Archer has been dead for a while by 2273.
Relatedly, the timing is a bit too long to be believable, but I appreciate Star Trek Online for naming the 32nd century Constitution which debuted in DIS 3.05 as the Kirk class rather than recycle Constitution class for an even less believable difference compared to Constitution-III which the showrunners seem to like.
Personally I kinda like the idea that "major" starships - ie large and/or powerful ones - are generally named after concepts or things, while smaller starships are named after people. For example, looking at some of the classic starship classes from TOS through Voyager we have ones like the Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy, Intrepid, Defiant, Nebula - all things or ideas. Meanwhile the class named after a person is the Oberth, which are relatively small science vessels. I guess Miranda is an edge case since it's named after a fictional character.
I'm not saying this idea is canon. There are too many exceptions, especially once Discovery is factored in (as a lot of the background classes in Disco are named after people). It's just an idea I like.
I'm not saying this idea is canon. There are too many exceptions, especially once Discovery is factored in (as a lot of the background classes in Disco are named after people). It's just an idea I like.
Cryptic usually doesn't get any advanced notice. They see a new ship as soon as it airs. If they decide it's a ship they would like to add to the game, they follow up with CBS and see what they say.
Depending on the episode, the production team may or may not work up a whole history for an on-screen ship. Hell, if you look at the episode, the primary hole of the USS Farragut had no NCC number or other writing on it, it was completely blank. As post production on season 1 was done during the height of the covid pandemic, maybe they decided the shot was so quick they didn't have time or didn't want to put more detail onto the primary hull; or someone didn't realize the angles that would be shown on screen and by the time they had the shot completed, they didn't have time to go back and add anything else.
It's story details they don't get in advance (outside of a couple high ranking devs who get briefs, or used to), they normally get concept art and general art assets from the live action shows in advance. The animated shows seem to be the exception to this.
I remember them telling a story on one of the Dev streams after they released the Crossfield class in STO, that they had access to Discovery's CG models before Season 1 aired and noticed the saucer had spinning animations but obviously not knowing why.
The assets were always physically delivered on a hard drive to Cryptic's HQ. Now that most of the Dev team does work remote, it's possible it's e-mailed now, maybe stored on some sort of secure CBS server they can access.
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New ship design spotted in Season 2 Episode 1 preview photos
https://twitter.com/TheScorch1701/status/1668368329919086592?t=OJ7N_hHodBsDYeSZqGB_2Q&s=19
https://twitter.com/TheScorch1701/status/1668368329919086592?t=OJ7N_hHodBsDYeSZqGB_2Q&s=19
Unidentified Vessel', though it seems to be a kitbash of Starfleet parts, and what appears to be a crossfield saucer??
Interesting! Kinda hard to make out exactly what's going on aft of the saucer. But it's always great to have a new design!
Or at least a design that looks like it fits better for the time period.
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