Spoilers 31st/32nd Century Ships Revealed

[Markonian]

"Science Dreadnought". I love these class designation word salads. This one tickles me in particular.

In practise, it means it's a dreadnought (large, powerful warship) that incorporates features of science vessels, like improved sensors, and a science-based special weapon.

By default, in STO dreadnoughts are dreadnought cruisers, i.e. engineering-division ships. Tactical dreadnoughts are called juggernaut.

Eaglemoss identified the Merian class as science vessel, so at least that gels.

 

[Tuskin38]

Command Science Dreadnaught is just the video game role for the ship. It isn't the in-universe class name for the ship.

And we now have an official name for the 32nd century shuttlecraft: 32c. Federation shuttlecraft.

Well no, we have the name Cryptic went with because Discovery hasn't given it an actual name yet.

Like how the earlier Section 31 ships added to the game don't have actual class names, but have since been given class names in the Eaglemoss model releases. Now the newest STO S-31 ship uses the name given to it by Eaglemoss (at least for the Template button).

 

[Vale]

They had a Type 18 on the Defiant. Shoulda been to type 0320 by this point.

Maybe they're like graphics cards and they just reset the numbering system every so often just to annoy people.

 

[Markonian]

In terms of 32nd century class ships, the STO dev blog about the Merian class introduces: USS Merian NCC-81904-E.
To wit, the Eaglemoss model we'll get is the USS Curie NCC-81890-J.

In the non-canon VOY novels, the USS Curie NCC-81890 was a 24th century Merian-class explorer. Perhaps the class prototype was the USS Merian NCC-81904 or -81804. The OG Merian has appeared in ST: Trexels.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

"Science Dreadnought". I love these class designation word salads. This one tickles me in particular.

It just means it will beat the shit out of while also teaching you the periodic table

 

[F. King Daniel]

It just means it will beat the shit out of while also teaching you the periodic table

*bombards planet from orbit, melting away it's very crust, while a team of scientists on deck 11 study a new plant discovered by Lt Bleebog*

 

[Markonian]

It just means it will beat the shit out of while also teaching you the periodic table

"This is a science dreadnought. We have 18 torpedo tubes, and right now 230 torpedoes are aimed at you. Each torpedo is tipped with one element of the periodic table. It's time for you to learn your lesson!"

 

[NCC-73515]

Perhaps it has advanced ABC weapons

 

[Tuskin38]

Concept art of the USS Credence from Season 4 episode 3
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO9Bq9

This was originally an early design for a different ship that was cut from the script, where the brief included 6 nacelles and two primary hulls each with their own bridge section. I wanted to try pulling the aesthetic back towards classic Trek a bit, my rationale was that it was an older workhorse that had been in service for a long time and was ultimately refitted with the trademark 32nd century floating tech. When we eventually needed a design for the Credence I thought this design could fit - happy it got to see the light of day!

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Concept art of the USS Credence from Season 4 episode 3
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO9Bq9

The Credence deserved more than the brief shot we got of it, such a cool looking ship. It kinda looks like a 32nd Century Oberth class.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Hopefully the art people of this and other shows will continue to put this stuff out there for everyone now that Eaglemoss has shuttered. Otherwise, we’ll never know what these lesser-seen ships actually look like. Thank you for posting this.

 

[Dukhat]

The Credence’s registry on that CGI model is NCC-2604, and it’s written in TOS font in the middle of the inner saucer. However, on screen the registry was moved to the front of the outer saucer and looks to be NCE-2804. Were we supposed to infer that the Credence (or at least the ship it was meant to be originally before it got cut) was from the TOS era and survived for 1,000 years to be refit into what we saw on screen?

 

[137th Gebirg]

I suspect it's more possible that the new "NCE" designation may have restarted the clock on registry numbers, bringing them back to 1 (or 01? ) because they were just getting way too freakin' long! Now to find out what the "E" stands for there.

 

[C.E. Evans]

NCE=Nothing Canonically Explained?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Concept art of the USS Credence from Season 4 episode 3
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO9Bq9

32nd century version of the Prometheus?

 

[137th Gebirg]

It definitely has a lot of ... pieces.

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

Honestly, seeing it like this I don't hate it. It has some nice things going on. Like a future-er Stargazer.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Is the "NCE" actually confirmed?

None of the other ships have that, I'm not sure why the Credence would. (Memory Alpha doesn't mention it, anyway.)

 

[Dukhat]

Is the "NCE" actually confirmed?

None of the other ships have that, I'm not sure why the Credence would. (Memory Alpha doesn't mention it, anyway.)

It’s what I could make out by looking at screencaps of the ship.

All of the other 32nd century ships have registries of either NCC-3XXXXX or four or five digit registries with a letter suffix at the end. This is the first ship with a four digit registry without a suffix. Starfleet seems to have reset their numbering system after the third season of DSC, or the ship really was 1,000 years old and refitted, but unlike the Discovery, was not given a suffix for some reason.

 

[Tuskin38]

looks to be NCE-2804.

I don't think that's an E. I think there's a bit of greeble on the hull. And that's a 6 not an 8.

The renders on Art Station are accurate.

Also huh, is that the TOS Hull Font?