Enterprise E Hull marking query

[vulcan redshirt]

Rewatching Nemesis today and noticed this hull marking on the E E front of the saucer



That wing like motif? anyone any idea if it's a technical doodad or an insignia marking of some description?

 

[C.E. Evans]

I thought those were always transporter emitters.

 

[Trekker4747]

Yeah, if I recall from better pictures of the model, as well as other diagrams of the ship and retail model versions, those are transporter emitters.

 

[Tosk]

They were always rectangles before, (or at least how I remember them on the "D") but I guess they wanted the ones on the front of the "E" to be a bit more stylin'.

 

[Mycroft Maxwell]

I could have sworn those were supposed to be cargo bay doors. I'm pretty sure I saw a diagram label them as such, but such "official" sources also label phaser strips as sensor arrays, and Warp Nacelles as Impulse engines. I guess we need to get ahold of John Eaves and ask him.

 

[vulcan redshirt]

Thanks for the input on this

 

[trevanian]

Has anybody got an intact copy of Eaves' ST MOVIE SKETCHBOOK? Pretty sure there are starship porn pics in almost STAR WARS CHRONICLES/SCULPTING A GALAXY-level detail in the FC section.

 

[Mycroft Maxwell]

I didn't even know that book existed. Thats something I would love to have.

 

[Praetor]

Has anybody got an intact copy of Eaves' ST MOVIE SKETCHBOOK? Pretty sure there are starship porn pics in almost STAR WARS CHRONICLES/SCULPTING A GALAXY-level detail in the FC section.

I do, on a shelf in my parents' house, although it's barely holding itself together at this point... and yes, it's quite detailed about the design and construction process for the Enterprise-E.

I'm pretty sure those are indeed more angular versions of the traditionally rectangular transporter pallets; certainly the fairly accurate AMT kit produced them as such.

 

[Hober Mallow]

Rewatching Nemesis today and noticed this hull marking on the E E front of the saucer

That wing like motif? anyone any idea if it's a technical doodad or an insignia marking of some description?

That is really strange...

...that someone actually rewatched "Nemesis."

Ba-dum ching!

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Yep, it's a transporter emitter pad.

 

[bbjeg]

I thought it was a way to tell aliens "Ship goes that way" when it's stopped.

 

[Avro Arrow]

^

Ship's computer: "To ram, please align enemy ship with arrow at forward edge of primary hull."

 

[MacLeod]

It's just a shame in Nemesis they forgot that some shuttles come with Independant Transporters.

 

[C.E. Evans]

It's just a shame in Nemesis they forgot that some shuttles come with Independant Transporters.

I always thought that shuttle transporters didn't have the same range as the ship's did.

 

[bbjeg]

^Don't tell that to NuTrek.

 

[TheGoodStuff]

^

Ship's computer: "To ram, please align enemy ship with arrow at forward edge of primary hull."

That would be hilarious.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Noted for Galaxy Quest II.

 

[Mycroft Maxwell]

...or perhaps its a redneck thing. Its the 24th century version of Bullhorns on a hood of a car...its bullhorns on the front of a starship... :P