Destiny trilogy - speculations

[David Mack]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

If there's one little thing that bothers me (and it is pretty little) it's that line about the Vesta class being the "only Starfleet ships that can even moderately defend themselves against the Borg"

You read it wrong and quoted it wrong. The line reads:

"...one of the few ships in the fleet able to mount even a moderate defense against the Borg."

Considering that Starfleet has thousands of ships, "few" is a relative term. Basically, we'd be talking about the heavier ship classes (e.g., Sovereign and Nebula, etc.), and the Defiant-class ships, as opposed to lighter classes, research ships, medical ships, etc.

 

[Strider]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

^^Dang, now I want to see a Megazord take on a Borg cube...

Hell dude you write the damn things I'm sure you can work that in somehow. I got lots of ideas if you need them. Maybe the crew finds the US Olympic beach volleyball team trapped in some kind of time distortion thing? This would work better as a tv episode probably.

EDIT: @ David Mack: Oh that makes sense. Around the time of First Contact/Dominion War it seems like Star Fleet had a lot of battle-ready ship types: Akira, Steamrunner, etc. It sounds like Star Fleet was moving back to a more peaceful science-oriented role before the events of Destiny.

 

[CaptainDonovin]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

I suppose it helps toward restoring the usual level of negativity that Internet bulletin boards require for their proper functioning.

Sorry to spoil the negative vibe then but I've been planning on getting the trilogy since I saw a blurb of it here and have no intention of missing it.

 

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

There is no USS Vesta, the ships are named for the hills, but Vesta is the class name.

Huh. A little different, but okay.

Actually, it's a known practice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_ship

Ship classes are typically named in one of two ways; echoing the name of the lead ship, such as the Pennsylvania-class battleships, whose lead ship was USS Pennsylvania, or defining a theme by which vessels in the class are named, as in the Royal Navy's Tribal-class frigates, named after tribes of the world, such as HMS Mohawk.

 

[Trent Roman]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

Ship classes are typically named in one of two ways; echoing the name of the lead ship, such as the Pennsylvania-class battleships, whose lead ship was USS Pennsylvania, or defining a theme by which vessels in the class are named, as in the Royal Navy's Tribal-class frigates, named after tribes of the world, such as HMS Mohawk.

To make up for decades of their males-only policies, the Navy has christened a frigate to be crewed entirely by women, the HMS Tribadism.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Christopher]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

Actually, it's a known practice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_ship

Ship classes are typically named in one of two ways; echoing the name of the lead ship, such as the Pennsylvania-class battleships, whose lead ship was USS Pennsylvania, or defining a theme by which vessels in the class are named, as in the Royal Navy's Tribal-class frigates, named after tribes of the world, such as HMS Mohawk.

"Lead ship," huh? Thanks, that's a useful bit of terminology. I've occasionally wondered what term to use for that, or at least felt the absence of a good one.

 

[Idoliside]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

Just read the excerpt from Gods Of Night. Fantastic!

Spoiler: SPOILZ

Nice to see Sam Bowers as a First Officer. Also can't wait to read the DS9-RL to see how Ezri decides to transfer off DS9.

 

[Christopher]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

Spoiler: SPOILZ

Also can't wait to read the DS9-RL to see how Ezri decides to transfer off DS9.

Since the current timeframe of the DS9R is roughly four years pre-Destiny, I don't think you can expect to see that happening anytime soon.

 

[Idoliside]

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Spoiler: SPOILZ

Also can't wait to read the DS9-RL to see how Ezri decides to transfer off DS9.

Since the current timeframe of the DS9R is roughly four years pre-Destiny, I don't think you can expect to see that happening anytime soon.

True but doesn't stop me hoping and waiting

 

[tenmei]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

A mock up cover from Amazon UK. They took the original mock cover down and have put this version up - why can't they just put up the actual cover!


Gods of Night

 

[BrotherBenny]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

1. Because they're idiots

2. They haven't got permission yet.

I'm going with option 1.

 

[Corran Horn]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

I'd never noticed this before, but in that SotL image (May of 2007) both runabouts have the Rio Grande's registry and the Type 8 shutle has Voyager's.

 

[ATimson]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

1. Because they're idiots

2. They haven't got permission yet.

Or 3) S&S hasn't made the correct cover available to them.

Given S&S's proven incompetency providing material in a timely manner in other areas, I'm going with #3.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

tenmei, please don't hotlink images.

 

[Reanok]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

I just got the new StarTrek Magazine and read the new Destiny Excerpt.Takes place on Titan and Palzar finds a large mysterious energy reading in space and alerts Rager about it. That the readings are causing problem with ship sytems. After reading the previous Destiny excerpt with Dax exploring the Columbia mystery in the Gamma Quadrant. I can't wait to read this series to see how the mystery unravels about what Happened to Captain Hernandez and her crew and the borg threat.

 

[ClayinCA]

Re: Destiny: What we know - major spoilers may feature

Ship classes are typically named in one of two ways; echoing the name of the lead ship, such as the Pennsylvania-class battleships, whose lead ship was USS Pennsylvania, or defining a theme by which vessels in the class are named, as in the Royal Navy's Tribal-class frigates, named after tribes of the world, such as HMS Mohawk.

To make up for decades of their males-only policies, the Navy has christened a frigate to be crewed entirely by women, the HMS Tribadism.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

I...I just...words fail me.

 

[Idoliside]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

A mock up cover from Amazon UK. They took the original mock cover down and have put this version up - why can't they just put up the actual cover!


Gods of Night

I noticed that they had changed from one alternate cover to a different one. Where do they get them from?

 

[David Mack]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

I noticed that they had changed from one alternate cover to a different one. Where do they get them from?

Cover elves.

 

[William Leisner]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

Hey, there's a new excerpt available, kids!

http://trekmovie.com/2008/08/27/exclusive-excerpt-from-star-trek-destiny-gods-of-night/

 

[Saul]

Re: Destiny trilogy - pretty heavy spoilers

That's pretty cool. I haven't read Kobayashi Maru yet so I don't know if that's a spoiler in that excerpt or not about new Romulan Tactics. I actually like the Fake cover amazon UK put up for Gods of Night, it's certainly eyecatching, I love that image. BTW, all the reviews for Kobayashi Maru on Amazon.com are actually TGTMD reviews.

Will anyone from TOS be popping up in Destiny?