Discovery ship design

[David cgc]

I'm sure someone else must have already raised this idea, though I haven't noticed it: I wonder if we can/should think that the teaser version of the ship was the original configuration of the Crossfield class, from which Glenn and Discovery were refitted? Discovery is suggested to be "brand new" and "designed around" the spore drive, but this could be in the same sense that the NCC-1701 in TMP was "an almost totally new Enterprise" built around "redesigned" engines that hadn't yet been tested. And that might explain why Glenn and Discovery are/were the only ships of their kind, despite neither being the class ship Crossfield. In other words, the revamp of the ship that took place out-of-universe also took place in-universe. Thoughts?

That's exactly how I see it (except I think the unmodified Crossfield looks more like the version of the ship from the leaked test-shots, not the teaser, because it's considerably less hideous).

 

[Satron]

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I like those guys.

 

[Fandango831]

I've become a fan of the ship and this replica makes me a happy camper!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I've become a fan of the ship and this replica makes me a happy camper!

Glow in the dark?

 

[Fandango831]

Glow in the dark?

Nah, just clear plastic but that would only make it that much better.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I'm sure someone else must have already raised this idea, though I haven't noticed it: I wonder if we can/should think that the teaser version of the ship was the original configuration of the Crossfield class, from which Glenn and Discovery were refitted? Discovery is suggested to be "brand new" and "designed around" the spore drive, but this could be in the same sense that the NCC-1701 in TMP was "an almost totally new Enterprise" built around "redesigned" engines that hadn't yet been tested. And that might explain why Glenn and Discovery are/were the only ships of their kind, despite neither being the class ship Crossfield. In other words, the revamp of the ship that took place out-of-universe also took place in-universe. Thoughts?

Makes sense to me.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

It would also appear that the phaser emitters are on the inner spinning portion of the saucer, so those are useless immediately before and after a jump as well.

The phaser banks don't spin, though. Neither do the windows on the saucer.

In fact, it appears that only the outer hull plating actually spins in this case. It's probably some kind of built up superstructure on tracks that sits above the load-bearing sections of the spaceframe.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Here's your USS Crossfield

 

[Crazy Eddie]

^ Trim the Nacelles too. That would make sense.

 

[Tuskin38]

There is a mod for Sins of a Solar Empire that came up with their own design for the Discovery.

I'm not a fan

Plus they staged their own battle of the binary suns

 

[zar]

^ Trim the Nacelles too. That would make sense.

 

[Ithekro]

Plus they staged their own battle of the binary suns

Approved!

 

[ITDUDE]

Those are real klingon ships! I like

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

That looks great! Not that I don’t like the current Discovery but that’s an interesting redesign with some nice TOS/ENT visual cues!

 

[Tuskin38]

If you want to follow the mod, it's called "Ages of the Federation" on ModDB, some of the team is from the Armada 3 mod.

 

[137th Gebirg]

"Armada 3"?

 

[Tuskin38]

"Armada 3"?

Another mod for Sins of a Solar Empire.