I would think that it is - as a rule of thumb you never put another of the same class of ship onscreen with the Hero ship - the audience will have trouble telling which is which.
And don't call me Shirley.
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I would think that it is - as a rule of thumb you never put another of the same class of ship onscreen with the Hero ship - the audience will have trouble telling which is which.
And don't call me Shirley.
Same here. The details are significantly different, but the overall feel is pleasingly similar.
Same here. The details are significantly different, but the overall feel is pleasingly similar.
About time! I like the similarity.
Mine has been Greenwood-Pike's dossier wallpaper (see avatar), but this could make me change my mind (at least for awhile).
Is it just me? or do those bussards have a FAINT red hue to them?
Same here. The details are significantly different, but the overall feel is pleasingly similar.
Yikes! I forgot how big that thing was! Over 2km? That is just too much, Franz!
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They are no worse then the FJ designs.
Beautiful shot though. I wonder if we are looking out of a shuttle window, with the way the reflections are and the slight distortion.
Wow, this is cool.
I REALLY like this Spacedock... It's much superior than the big Mushroom.
The best part is that the ships hook to it, and don't have to go inside.
I will have no shortage of new ships to build, that's for sure.
I REALLY like this Spacedock... It's much superior than the big Mushroom.
The best part is that the ships hook to it, and don't have to go inside.
I will have no shortage of new ships to build, that's for sure.
The station itself is awesome looking IMO. I cant really make a judgment on the ships, although the 2 ships in the lower right hand corner look pretty good to me.
I'd say the FJ one is about 2,600 meters from outer pod-edge to opposite outer pod-edge:
So how big is the movie station? Here it is rotated and given some scale indicators:
The red rectangles show that each pod is roughly two "ship-lengths" wide. The green rectangles show that the entire station is roughly 5.25 pods wide, and thus something like 10.5 "ship-lengths" wide.
So what's a ship length?
Given their nacelle placements, the two ships in the red rectangles seem(?) to be a bit shorter than the Enterprise. Assuming a 289 meter Enterprise length (based on TOS-related drawings), these are maybe 200-250 meters long.
If "ship-length" = 200 meters, the station would be about 2,100 meters wide. If 250 meters, the station would be about 2,625 meters. Those are rough estimates, with lots of assumptions, but they should give some idea.
I hope we are given class names for these ships later on similar to what happened with First Contact and all of the new starship appearances in the opening.
I'm wondering how much these ships owe their design aesthetic to ENT the series, as opposed to sticking with TOS-inspired designs. In hindsight, I suppose if ENT were to continue, their ships would eventually morph into these designs, seeing as how it's the most recent Trek and Eaves is the only link between ENT and XI. ENT design elements included more of a steampunk yet sleek feel, more mechanical but overall brighter interiors than many of its predecessor shows.
I'd say the FJ one is about 2,600 meters from outer pod-edge to opposite outer pod-edge:
So how big is the movie station? Here it is rotated and given some scale indicators:
The red rectangles show that each pod is roughly two "ship-lengths" wide. The green rectangles show that the entire station is roughly 5.25 pods wide, and thus something like 10.5 "ship-lengths" wide.
So what's a ship length?
Given their nacelle placements, the two ships in the red rectangles seem(?) to be a bit shorter than the Enterprise. Assuming a 289 meter Enterprise length (based on TOS-related drawings), these are maybe 200-250 meters long.
If "ship-length" = 200 meters, the station would be about 2,100 meters wide. If 250 meters, the station would be about 2,625 meters. Those are rough estimates, with lots of assumptions, but they should give some idea.
I love how trekkies have gotten so proficient in intelligence work like this.
I mean, to think that the Intelligence agencies of the US train people for years in Image analysis and such, so they can tell the type of ship, tank, airplane in a grainy photo...
And trekkies do it as a hobby. Something about that always gives me a chuckle.
Tis an awesome station that..
Kind of reminds me of the space station in starship troopers....well only in the sense of how the ships are docked.
It's not identified as anything specific. The image accompanies a brief dossier page about the Federation; have a look at it in the TrekMovie article.
While whoever designed the station would almost certainly have been aware of the 50s and 60s concept art and science fiction illustrations of which the 2001 poster art you cite is part, and which undoubtedly informed the Franz Joseph Star Trek blueprints, I wasn't reminded of that image in particular. They may both be depictions of space stations, but of two pretty significantly different kinds.
Nice looking station Though, it does give me a Deathstar vipe, at times.
I like the new ships too.
Its been a long while since we saw new starship desings in a Trek film, so its all good. I just hope we get closer peek at some of them in the film, besides Kelvin and Enterprise i mean
Though, it does give me a Deathstar vipe, at times.I like the new ships too.
Its been a long while since we saw new starship desings in a Trek film, so its all good. I just hope we get closer peek at some of them in the film, besides Kelvin and Enterprise i mean
