Spoilers 31st/32nd Century Ships Revealed

[Dukhat]

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

That's not what I asked. I asked if he designed the 'new' 32nd century Constitution class, because that's what I thought @Vale meant. I see now he was referring to the NCC-1701 Enterprise.

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

One of the PIC ships in his concept art that was not chosen (from the defunct Star Trek Online game from ten years before) did indeed have negative space, as did his original idea for the Wallenberg class saucers, but the GGI model didn't have them.

 

[Tuskin38]

One of the PIC ships in his concept art that was not chosen (from the defunct Star Trek Online game from ten years before) did indeed have negative space.

You're correct, I brain farted there, I was only thinking screen used designs.

 

[Vale]

That's not what I asked. I asked if he designed the 'new' 32nd century Constitution class, because that's what I thought @Vale meant. I see now he was referring to the NCC-1701 Enterprise.

Yes, I was referring to the original Enterprise. Sorry, should have been clearer.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Honestly I think they might be going kinda overboard with the "magical technology" in the 32nd century.

The first time we see the interior of a Starfleet ship (other than Discovery) I'm almost afraid of what we'll find. Will they still have anything even remotely recognizable, like a bridge, turbolift system, crew quarters, mess hall, computer interface, etc.? Will we even be able to relate to it at all?

As beautiful as these ships are...I don't know if I'd want to serve in a Starfleet where the ships seem to all be made of light!

 

[fireproof78]

Will we even be able to relate to it at all

Probably not.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Hell, do people even WALK anywhere anymore? Seems like everybody's always beaming from place to place. Will 32nd-century Starfleet ships even have CORRIDORS?

And for God's sake, ease up on the programmable matter. Don't have everything in the fucking ship be made of it!

 

[137th Gebirg]

Honestly I think they might be going kinda overboard with the "magical technology" in the 32nd century.

The first time we see the interior of a Starfleet ship (other than Discovery) I'm almost afraid of what we'll find. Will they still have anything even remotely recognizable, like a bridge, turbolift system, crew quarters, mess hall, computer interface, etc.? Will we even be able to relate to it at all?

As beautiful as these ships are...I don't know if I'd want to serve in a Starfleet where the ships seem to all be made of light!

In my opinion, they haven't done enough to make 32nd century tech unrecognizable, particularly due to what Doug Drexler envisioned for the Enterprise-J when he designed it as a 26th century ship, a full 600 years prior to "present day". Outward appearances aside, most of what we've seen of 32nd century tech has been kind of ... restrained.

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

Honestly I think they might be going kinda overboard with the "magical technology" in the 32nd century.

The first time we see the interior of a Starfleet ship (other than Discovery) I'm almost afraid of what we'll find. Will they still have anything even remotely recognizable, like a bridge, turbolift system, crew quarters, mess hall, computer interface, etc.? Will we even be able to relate to it at all?

As beautiful as these ships are...I don't know if I'd want to serve in a Starfleet where the ships seem to all be made of light!

If the random hallway on the USS Credence is any indication, 32nd Century ships look like redresses of Discovery sets, as is tradition. I expect 32nd Century bridges to be laid out in the exact same way as we would expect, maybe everything is white? The technology in the future is only magical when it needs to be, and then otherwise completely the same as anything we've seen before.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'm aware of the things Drexler said about the Ent-J. And honestly, my reaction to that was..."How dull."

 

[Ronald Held]

The DSC crew is too used to the 23d century ship layout and functionality to fully uograde to 32d century standards?

 

[137th Gebirg]

Probably. That, and the superstructure of the vessel itself probably only allows for a limited number of contemporary upgrades retrofitted into it, as opposed to the newer ships, whose designs have these advanced techs in mind when they're laid out and built. Only so much lipstick you can put on a pig, as it were...

 

[fireproof78]

I mean, there is also a limit as to what the production team can do. You still have to create a product that is accessible to the audience and the inclusion of massive amounts of magical tech eventually can cause a disengaged attitude on the part of the audience. Why invest in Trek tech when its just going to get more magical? Or maybe that's just me. Regardless, the whole 32nd century needs to look a certain way kind of ignores that this is still an entertainment vehicle first, not an futurology expose.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

In my opinion, they haven't done enough to make 32nd century tech unrecognizable, particularly due to what Doug Drexler envisioned for the Enterprise-J when he designed it as a 26th century ship, a full 600 years prior to "present day". Outward appearances aside, most of what we've seen of 32nd century tech has been kind of ... restrained.

I put this down to Federation having regressed technologically due to spending a century fighting the temporal war and then over a century recovering from the collapse caused by the burn.

 

[Markonian]

USS Janeway! ENT-like Vulcan cruiser T'Pau 1000 years later!

I have to wait till tomorrow. Anyone seen any of these ships? I presume it's not this one: https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Janeway

If we went all the way, transporters should be able to bring everyone back from the dead, if not just rejuvenate them as needed.
Suffered an injury? Let's use the transporter to reset you to an earlier buffer pattern.

And instead of having people or droids weld metal plates and interior cables, nanites may be able to auto-repair ship components. Plus, replicate ships or their parts, like the Ware station did in ENT: "Dead Stop"?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Hell, do people even WALK anywhere anymore? Seems like everybody's always beaming from place to place. Will 32nd-century Starfleet ships even have CORRIDORS?

And for God's sake, ease up on the programmable matter. Don't have everything in the fucking ship be made of it!

And what about toilets?


If nobody walks anywhere anymore, won't they start getting a bit chunky? Does the personal transporter reset a body to it's optimal weight each time?

 

[DaveyNY]

I have to wait till tomorrow. Anyone seen any of these ships? I presume it's not this one: https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Janeway

Nope, looks more like a 32nd century version of this one ...

(will try and get an actual screen capture)
Here ya go...

 

[Markonian]

Thank you. So both the Janeway and the T’Pau are ringships?
Do they look a bit like that future Vulcan cruiser from Daniels’s database?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Retrofitted_dorsal_carrier

 

[DaveyNY]

Nope, only one interconnecting dorsal fin and ring ...

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I'm surprised they didn't make the Janeway an Intrepid class. So it's either the Constitution class or the Courage (?) class.

I mean, there's only one Vulcan ringship there.

 

[Markonian]

I'm surprised they didn't make the Janeway an Intrepid class. So it's either the Constitution class or the Courage (?) class.

Yeah, that’s a missed opportunity. Presumably, Voyager-J is the flagship nowadays and the writers/producers want to keep it the only active ship of its class to avoid confusion?