I loved the bright white lights at the rear of the nacelles. About damned time.
Starships
- Thread starter Psylent1
- Start date
I actually don't mind thrusters on the back of the nacelles. Who says they are for warp travel. Maybe they're sublight engines, like the impulse drives. I actually came up with an idea like that for a project I was working on for fun, where the warp engines also contained the impulse engines. I think its fine, and it really adds something to the ship.
On-screen, I really didn't notice anything different about these "new" Klingon warbirds.
And did anyone else care about the further mixing of Romulan and Klingon warbird terminology? I guess we should be used to it. But with TNG being my first series, Klingons will always have birds-of-prey and Romulans will always have warbirds.
And did anyone else care about the further mixing of Romulan and Klingon warbird terminology? I guess we should be used to it. But with TNG being my first series, Klingons will always have birds-of-prey and Romulans will always have warbirds.
That dual warp nacelle, dual engineering deck, is likely some type of mass evac, shuttle craft carrier, or freighter.
That was my thought when i saw the ships in the movie.
As it was a mass assemblance of cadets and officers for the emergency at hand, and in that case certain officers didnt make it to their Prime Timeline ships, they were all assigned as a mass rescue/battle effort. therefore changing the timeline even further.
I thought it could be a mass transport as said, or even a kind of aircraft carrier with battle shuttles etc etc on board.
If you look closely at the space station picture, there appears to be some smaller scout class ships docked there as well.
Oh and there is a high resolution Wallpaper version of the Starbase on the official movie site under Dossier: Federation.
As for the Klingon, there is the Burger King toy; http://www.clubbk.com/Toys/Default.aspx
Despite being super deformed, it does appear to have forward shuttlebays and large disruptors in the wings.
Oh and there is a high resolution Wallpaper version of the Starbase on the official movie site under Dossier: Federation.
As for the Klingon, there is the Burger King toy; http://www.clubbk.com/Toys/Default.aspx
Despite being super deformed, it does appear to have forward shuttlebays and large disruptors in the wings.
My initial thought, too, but I can't help but think they weren't really thrusters but rather just a glow indicative of the warp power level. Still, I could see why this might lead to many a misinterpretion by the less informed...
No cuz they don't spread like in TNG anymore, they just just jump in a flash.
Where did you here it was official?
^^ That was a script order, not an official announcement.
But then why does the glow at the back of the Kelvin's nacelle get visibly stronger when it makes its suicide run at the Narada? It's going at impulse, not warp, and the shot strongly implies that the ship is actively accelerating.
I think someone from the movie needs to make a ships of Star Trek XI technical manual w/ pics & specs. Doubt it'll ever happen but I can always hope.
Saw it in TV Guide
I'm pretty sure it closely resembled one of the "official" designs for the Kobayashi Maru floated since TWOK (specifically this one.) I found it interesting that the KM was a United Starship, where most fans had interpreted it to be a civilian ship.
Good point.
"All power to the impulse engines" perhaps?
I don't want to accept that it could be a thruster unless Abrams himself actually releases a diagram with that labelled "warp thruster." I'm pretty sure Matt Jefferies was keen to maintain the idea that warp engines did not have exhaust ports like conventional rockets.
So I shall continue to interpret the glowey light as simply a glowey light indicative of the power in use.
Would have preferred "Klingon Battlecruisers" but yeah, there has been so much intentional and unintentional mixing of terminology that I had to let it slide.
Its not like they were the first to do it either, Enterprise clearly established that the Klingons had Warbirds in its first episode, even if the makers apologized for it afterwards.
