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A forgotten Enterprise?

Yeah. Mark's version of this ship is truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, Trek-wise, and it IS my favorite thing of his that he's ever made. I just LOVE that gleaming white paint... I can almost smell the enamel, it looks so real!
 
As far as I'm concerned the XCV-330 is the only Enterprise of the 22nd century...in the prime continuity anyway.
 
I think this ship shows the biggest failing of Star Trek: Enterprise, a general lack of creativity. Not that I dislike the NX-01 (it actually grew on me) but it did nothing to help the show feel like a prequel.
 
Just be glad Zimmerman and Drexler convinced the producers to let them modify the Akira into the NX... those crazy suits were planning on using it as-is.
 
Just be glad Zimmerman and Drexler convinced the producers to let them modify the Akira into the NX... those crazy suits were planning on using it as-is.

That would've been hilarious! :guffaw:

Yeah, hilarious in that every Trek forum would have been aflame with criticism. No make that with anger and frustration towards Paramount.

It would have been ridiculous! There is just no way that two different ships would look exactly the same about 200 years apart, especially a ship like the Akira, which apparently is specialized for acting as a mobile torpedo launcher platform, not for exploration!

It would have made canon problems of the past look like little blips on the radar in comparison! Crazy doesn't quite describe those suits! They were absolutely insane!
 
it wouldn't be two different ships, though. just like starfleet pulled a bunch of older miranda class vessels into emergency service against the borg, dominion, etc. they pulled the antique akira spaceframes from the museum and re-outfitted them with heavy weaponry. IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN CANONVILLE.
 
it wouldn't be two different ships, though. just like starfleet pulled a bunch of older miranda class vessels into emergency service against the borg, dominion, etc. they pulled the antique akira spaceframes from the museum and re-outfitted them with heavy weaponry. IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN CANONVILLE.

That would be even sillier... that'd be like sending the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria to the Persian Gulf, along with a Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier... yeah... I'm sure they'll do tons of damage to the enemy... :p
 
it wouldn't be two different ships, though. just like starfleet pulled a bunch of older miranda class vessels into emergency service against the borg, dominion, etc. they pulled the antique akira spaceframes from the museum and re-outfitted them with heavy weaponry. IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN CANONVILLE.

That would be even sillier... that'd be like sending the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria to the Persian Gulf, along with a Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier... yeah... I'm sure they'll do tons of damage to the enemy... :p

It actually makes no sense at all, because the Akira has modern feature, such as phaser arrays, modern navigational deflector, etc. There is just no way she could be passed off as an antique vessel. At the earliest, going by her registry, I would have to say she was commissioned in the 2350's. Most certainly not in the 2150's. That is besides the fact that the Akira is a pretty big vessel.
 
The ringship has always been a particular favorite of mine, ever since I first saw her in the Lincoln Enterprises catalog back in the 70s.
 
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