New space winnebago from Way to Eden
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A fine Trek tradition of re-treading an existing design continues here. At least we get to see (more or less) what Mudd's ship looked like from the front. I must say I was expecting that Medusan buggy to show up here though.
I guess this raps up the new ship eye candy CBS will be remastering our way.
I guess this raps up the new ship eye candy CBS will be remastering our way.
For me, this design answers an old question about the nature of the Aurora: was she a hypermodern and luxurious yacht arrogantly stolen from top Catullan bigwigs, or a rusty old bucket commandeered from some disreputable corner of Catulla's dirtiest starport? The VW Kleinbus appearance speaks for the latter...
This could easily also be what the Denevan ship was like up close. It doesn't make for a very good vehicle for Harry Mudd, though, as "freighter" would imply something a bit more substantial. Oh, well, I can live with that. And it does make more sense that Mudd would appropriate a Kleinbus than that he would come to possession of a locomotive pulling a freight train.
And if any vehicle in TOS can be expected to make multiple appearances in various civilian hands, a low-cost personnel mover like this is the best candidate.
Timo Saloniemi
This could easily also be what the Denevan ship was like up close. It doesn't make for a very good vehicle for Harry Mudd, though, as "freighter" would imply something a bit more substantial. Oh, well, I can live with that. And it does make more sense that Mudd would appropriate a Kleinbus than that he would come to possession of a locomotive pulling a freight train.
And if any vehicle in TOS can be expected to make multiple appearances in various civilian hands, a low-cost personnel mover like this is the best candidate.
Timo Saloniemi
Well, at least they kept the Klingon-ship shape to the nacelle struts. I would've liked something a bit more similar to the old Aurora, though, with a more angular (if less overtly Tholian) hull shape.
Hm. I never saw it that way, I guess because I grew up with it. I was just impressed that they actually built and photographed a model (even if they did just stick some AMT model-kit parts onto an existing miniature) rather than going with an animated point of light or just discussing it without showing it.
We've seen the same basic design for a relatively small ship three times now. This almost says 23rd century runabout to me - the engines are even mounted in the right spot for a direct predecessor of the Danube class, which would have fit all the usages we've seen this design involved in. I remember it being referred to as a "light cruiser" or some such in TWTE, but this is sufficiently generic to perhaps refer to any small ship larger than a shuttlecraft in an era which probably preceeded the runabout classification.
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^^Well, since we're talking about civilian craft here, we can't make any assumptions about what kind of nomenclature was used or how it related to Starfleet usage at the time or later. There could've easily been civilian shipmakers who marketed their craft as runabouts even if Starfleet didn't have a type of ship by that name.
It should have been a psychedelically-painted VW bus with warp nacelles.
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