Most beautiful ships in Trek?

[Herkimer Jitty]

TMP Enterprise
Enterprise-D
Romulan D'Deridex
Excelsior
D-7/K'tinga

 

[Michael]

In a science-fiction franchise full of nifty fictional space vehicles, the original NCC-1701 is still the most beautiful starship design. At least it is to me ...

 

[Sector 7]

For me it's between Enterprise-A and Enterprise from the new movie. I guess the latter is a controversial pick, since so many people are bitching about "Abramsprise", but I have no interest in endless debates over its size, I just think it looks beautiful.

The shot of the nuE you have there is the one I kinda don't like so much, going back to the "proportions" gripe. It looks too "front heavy" for me there too.

This is the shot makes it for me.

Aye, laddie! She's a beauty! The ST09 Enterprise is my favorite, as well.

 

[Forbin]

I don't get those people who put the TOS E on the top of their list. It looks like a toy, even from the inside.

And there goes another .

 

[Shazam!]

For me it's between Enterprise-A and Enterprise from the new movie

The shot of the nuE you have there is the one I kinda don't like so much, going back to the "proportions" gripe. It looks too "front heavy" for me there too.

If the ship doesn't look good from that angle it's not a good design period, as that angle is as neutral as it gets.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ Maybe true, I never got as outraged as a lot of people did about the design. Again, it's just a gripe for me, not hating it.

A minor picked nit.

 

[Anji]

The TNG Romulan Warbird gets my vote everytime. Magnificent!

 

[Bill Morris]

3) Romulan Warbird (TNG)

That's my personal favourite. The design is just awesome:

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That's really beautiful!!

E & E:

Meshes by Bill Thomas (L) and Dennis Bailey (R)

 

[Kai Winn]

no question, the intrepid class. finally a design (apart from th defiant), that makes sense.

 

[Michael]

no question, the intrepid class. finally a design (apart from th defiant), that makes sense.

How so? I don't see how it is anymore realistic (or unrealistic, for that matter) than any other ship design in Star Trek.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

The flapping nacelles and the invisible second shuttlebay make it more realistic.

Duh.

 

[Arpy]

Mine:

Constitution Refit - The Cadillac of starships. Best balance and detail work.

Romulan Warbird - Curves, alien-ness, attitude. It forces visceral reaction.

 

[Kai Winn]

no question, the intrepid class. finally a design (apart from the defiant), that makes sense.

How so? I don't see how it is anymore realistic (or unrealistic, for that matter) than any other ship design in Star Trek.

it's sturdier, more compact. proper plating, proper colour. fewer windows. (the windows are questionable alltogether, weaken the structure like in airplanes.) the struts between fuselage and nacelles are solid. the broomsticks that connect the parts of the constitution class etc don't look thrustworthy. more like the nacelles flying off alone when the helm feeds gas. that's awesome forces to accelerate a million ton ship from zero to 1/4 impulse (lightspeed), or to be hit by torpedoes. the borg vessels have the most reasonable design.

 

[Shazam!]

no question, the intrepid class. finally a design (apart from th defiant), that makes sense.

How does looking like a giant butt plug make sense?

 

[C.E. Evans]

I kind of think Vulcans--for all their emotional suppression--tend to produce the most beautiful ships myself...

 

[sbk1234]

no question, the intrepid class. finally a design (apart from th defiant), that makes sense.

I don't know about the desgin making sense, but I've always loved it, inside and out.

 

[T'Girl]

^ Voyager was too big, would have made more sense if she had been only four hundred feet or so. I mean, three football fields and a crew of 150? During the course of the show we never really saw much of the ship. Should of made the Intrepid's lean and tight.

 

[sbk1234]

I don't know. It was about the same as Kirk's ship. That seemed fine to me.

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

^ Voyager was too big, would have made more sense if she had been only four hundred feet or so. I mean, three football fields and a crew of 150? During the course of the show we never really saw much of the ship. Should of made the Intrepid's lean and tight.

I can agree with that based on what saw from that show.

And how did that ship "finally make sense?"

 

[Rush Limborg]

^My guess?

No neck.