Re-imagined Connie (2240's Kelvin/Prime)

[ashleytinger]

Windows added for the stardrive section. More blinkers added. Took some of the greeblies off the JJprise and added them down there.



No, you're actually quite right. I was doing some 3D doodling with low poly modeling inside of the pylons going down into the secondary hull to see how the plasma conduits and such would flow. Unfortunately there's nary any room. Some small piping, but nothing like what we got the impression of in TMP.

Probert probably did the best job with directing the conduits down from the engines directly into the engine room, and then up into the saucer. I can believe it best out of any of the Trek ships, and that's where my thinking has been with trying to place things like windows and such.

So i'm toying with a slight adjustment to the Pylon placement.

Then, I'll readjust the shapes a bit to try and bring it back a little more without losing the more straight nature of the TOS pylons.I think that front curve comes back at the top too much. My thinking is that right down the center of the pylon (looking at it from this perspective) is where all the conduits are. The outer curves are basically just support structure and vacuum.

The rear of the pylon still intersects with the shuttle bay, even with the downsized version, but not as bad, and the center line is in the clear.

Yeah I'd be more worried about the piping. Depending on how engineering goes, the support for that part or the pylon could just be how it's attached to the outer hull. Kind of like the model kits for the Enterprise now that I think about it, the piping would be the center and then the outer portions of the pylon may just attach there, especially if they wanted to eject them in emergencies with explosive bolts, the last thing you'd want is a lot of superstructure there.

 

[Fandango831]

Yeah I'd be more worried about the piping. Depending on how engineering goes, the support for that part or the pylon could just be how it's attached to the outer hull. Kind of like the model kits for the Enterprise now that I think about it, the piping would be the center and then the outer portions of the pylon may just attach there, especially if they wanted to eject them in emergencies with explosive bolts, the last thing you'd want is a lot of superstructure there.

Currently I'm still working on the Engineering deck in respect to the current secondary hull design. To give you an idea of how it's laid out think NX-01 mixed with TOS. Between working on the uniform, the phaser, internal systems, and work some things may be a tad slow. I'll give some WIP engineering deck today so you can see it in relation to the hull design and the original TOS model. That should also help you @OpenMaw as to how the struts can be best laid on the stardrive. Sorry for any design delays.

 

[Fandango831]

Currently I'm still working on the Engineering deck in respect to the current secondary hull design. To give you an idea of how it's laid out think NX-01 mixed with TOS. Between working on the uniform, the phaser, internal systems, and work some things may be a tad slow. I'll give some WIP engineering deck today so you can see it in relation to the hull design and the original TOS model. That should also help you @OpenMaw as to how the struts can be best laid on the stardrive. Sorry for any design delays.

@ashefivekay @OpenMaw So here's a quick show of the layout that I drew up. Not 100% to scale but it makes the point with the new strut layout without changing the strut & hull design itself. Shows power layout in red, some turboshafts with the hashes, and crew work areas with x's. Slowly working on a more accurate and detailed version but this should better clarify location issues, and example how it's still TOS-ish in layout. The next version will show how i've pulled some NX Drexler design elements into the picture.

 

[Fandango831]

@ashefivekay @OpenMaw So here's a quick show of the layout that I drew up. Not 100% to scale but it makes the point with the new strut layout without changing the strut & hull design itself. Shows power layout in red, some turboshafts with the hashes, and crew work areas with x's. Slowly working on a more accurate and detailed version but this should better clarify location issues, and example how it's still TOS-ish in layout. The next version will show how i've pulled some NX Drexler design elements into the picture. (Green is crew areas/catwalks)

Quick off hand addition showing how the Engineering deck would have elements of Drexlers design, and would also show in ways how the TMP design came into being. TOS power layout, Retro/utilitarian TOS look, Drexler design take-aways, and hints of TMP.

 

[Fandango831]

@OpenMaw Also took the nacelle design and made some changes to make it slightly more retro and fit with a more forward strut design. Essentially I just extended it a bit, added more tapering to the rear of the nacelle to increase the speed look, and made slight changes to the face of the bussard/bussard ring.

 

[OpenMaw]

I did some of the reworking on the nacelles. I decided to hide the rest of the ship and focus on working my way from top to bottom for refining and detailing. Saucer texture work has begun!

This is just diffuse for the time being. No aztecs, no specs, no normal maps.

 

[Fandango831]

I did some of the reworking on the nacelles. I decided to hide the rest of the ship and focus on working my way from top to bottom for refining and detailing. Saucer texture work has begun!

This is just diffuse for the time being. No aztecs, no specs, no normal maps.

She's looking as gorgeous as ever!

 

[Fandango831]

Some more engineering deck fun. Version one, fleshing out designs and such. Some TOS/Drexler with again hints of TMPish structure.

 

[OpenMaw]

That's a very good scale and a good mixture of the design elements. Love the look of the engine "core" too, very very nice. Similar color scheme to the bridge? Going by that image, would the core color basically be the same as on NX-01, or would it be more that "splash of red" that's on the bridge, too?

I've been toying around with a few ideas as i'm refining details. I want to try and make one more big pass in the next 48 hours and bring her closer to finalised design. I've been tweaking the bridge module, decided to move it a little more close to the Kelvin style B deck. This makes more sense to me given some of the other design influences.


NOTE: A lot of the following is by the seat of my pants and needs to be refined.

I've also been toying with what kind of media this stuff could all actually appear in. I was thinking of a miniseries entitled

"1 7 0 1"​

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Key sources of inspiration : From The Earth To The Moon, Crimson Tide, "Star Trek : Crew", and little bits taken from the original 1964 pitch. Also a smidgen from nuBSG, Cosmos, and Interstellar.

Main characters
Captain Robert M April -
A battle-hardended frontier captain recalled to Earth to take charge and personally oversee The Constitution Project. Technically a "Fleet Captain."

Takes charge of the Constitution Program and sets things back on track after five years of floundering. Succeeds in successfully launching The Enterprise on schedule and getting the rest of the ships into full swing production. Commands The Enterprise with distinction for four years before passing her off to Captain Pike.

Doctor Sarah Gorman/April -
Comes along with April mostly as a consultant, but finds herself the chief surgeon on The Enterprise. Plays a crucial role in the plot in the pilot episodes in discovering the identities of the spies trying to sabotage the program. Butt's heads with April during two crucial missions later in the miniseries. Helped to develop modern tricorder technology based on her experiences aboard Enterprise.

Doctor Richard Daystrom -
"The Boy Wonder" who helped develop the revolutionary computer systems found aboard Constitution class starships. Is a key player early on, but leaves the ship mid-series due to political and social pressures.

Engineer Layla Tulley -
Chief engineer aboard the NX-1705 during the "Ticonderoga Incident." Hides her trauma throughout the series until Sarah has to intervene. Becomes the first Chief Engineer of the Enterprise during her maiden voyages.


1.01 "For Which It Stands"
Rumors of corruption, and mismanagement have plagued The Constitution Project for the overlong half a decade that it has been in operation. Everything comes to a head when during a training exercise a tragic accident aboard the NX-1705 Ticonderoga occurs. A massive explosion in her impulse reactors kills 25 engineers on board and turns the ship into a burned out scrap heap.

Fleet Captain Robert April, a hard edged battle tested Starfleet Captain is brought on board to shake out the corruption and lethargy and soon befriends Dr. Richard Daystrom "The Boy Wonder" behind the Constitutions revolutionary computer systems.

1.02 "Among the Red"
On the verge of it's completion, the prototype USS Constitution suddenly explodes during her shakedown cruise. April realizes this was no accident. When mutilated bodies are discovered in the middle of Starfleet, and with one Constitution class ship remaining, it quickly becomes a race to stop the hidden culprits before they destroy the ultimate Federation prize - NX-1701.

'Director's Commentary' :
For the first two episodes, you're dealing with mostly a cross between a story similar to the movie "Lean On Me" and the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon." April comes in to wash the walls of the operation and get rid of the people who have basically been falsifying claims of progress. He moves people around, fires others, and brings in other hard-liners to get shit done. He has no time to be political. All on the pretense that the accident would not have occurred had things been in the clear. Daystrom is a good, genius and young man who has basically resigned himself to the corruption around him until he see's April taking people to task and making himself very unpopular in the process.

Lot's of Apollo era inspired imagery here. Especially during the disaster aboard the Ticonderoga. Bulkheads closing, fires, men dying tragically as they slam their hands against the transparency. Heroes rising to save their friends and a lot of mission control type stuff.

Moving into the second episode we would see our characters working together to discover there is more behind the corruption and why we are seeing this destruction now. Spies have infiltrated the project and are actively working to destroy the entire Constitution fleet from within! This part would play a little more like a action-mystery-thriller. Sarah would play a big part in figuring out who is responsible while April and Daystrom attempt to intercept and stop them.


1.03 "Shades of Family."
As an elite Starfleet recon team makes a critical discovery, the third Constitution prototype has officially been Christened, NCC-1701. For his gallant efforts and service, April is awarded command and begins the task of assembling the first command crew to ever grace The Enterprise. Tulley assumes role as Chief Engineer, Sarah joins as CMO, and Doctor Daystrom joins the crew as a scientific adviser.

1.04 "Thy Sea So Great"
Pushed into service with great pomp and circumstance, Captain April takes command of the Enterprise. Unbeknownst to the rest of the crew, The Enterprise is The Big Stick in an effort to show Federation Rivals, namely the Klingon Empire, that Starfleet means business, and April will find himself relieving a scenario he hadn't face since his Academy days.

1.04 "Event Horizon"
The Enterprise patrols through a hazardous region of space when her computer core suddenly shuts down on a near approach to a blackhole singularity. As Daystrom struggles to find a solution to the computer failure, the crew must work fast to gain manual control of the ship. In the process, a crew member is lost to the black hole.

1.05 "The Boy Wonder"
The Enterprise has returned to Earth in critical condition with jury rigged systems and a travel weary crew. Worried his revolutionary duotronic computer systems may be critically flawed, Daystrom returns to his Earth-bound Academia only to find himself facing ridicule and mockery from his peers. April and Tulley work with Starfleet to get the second wave of Constitution ships ready for launch.

1.06 "80 A.B."
Patrolling an unexplored star system, the crew finds evidence of what they believe to be an ancient civilization, but when landing parties descend on the ruins of a city, they find themselves poisoned with high levels of surface radiation that went undetected by the ships sensor systems. After running refined scans and tests it is discovered the population bombed themselves into extinction only 80 years prior. *

*Based on one of the original pitch episode concepts. In certain respects this episode would act as a foreshadowing to the kind of destruction all out war with the Klingons could bring. April and Sarah spend a great deal of this episode against each other when dealing with the poisoned away teams.

1.07 "War Path"
A splinter group of Klingons, worried for the safety of their homeworld, launch an unsanctioned offensive into Federation territory and begin raids on several Federation Colonial Systems. The Enterprise is relaunched and placed on the front lines, taking part in the infamous Battle of Donatu V.

1.08 "Exit Strategy"
April and crew have grown into a tight knit team over the last year, but emotions run high when Klingon raids see the slaughter of the Archanis IV research outpost. Now they must fight not to merely win a battle, but to prevent interstellar war.

1.09 "Marriage and Mercy."
In the midst of a heated argument over the treatment of Klingon prisoners with Sarah, April shockingly asks for her hand in marriage.

1.10 "Tall Ship"
The Enterprise explores a highly dangerous region of space and makes a discovery that forever changes some of the crew.

The Constitution fleet was fourteen, not twelve. Listed in no particular order.

USS Constitution NCC-1700 (initially NX-1700, destroyed in drydock)**
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (initially NX-1701)
USS Constellation NCC-1017
USS Hood NCC-1703
USS Potemkin NCC-1657
USS Defiant NCC-1764
USS Exeter NCC-1672
USS Intrepid NCC-1631
USS Excalibur NCC-1664
USS Lexington NCC-1709
USS Yorktown NCC-1704
USS Farrugut NCC-1702
USS Ticonderoga NCC 1705 (initially NX-1705, destroyed in drydock.)**

My thoughts/head canon on the construction of the Connies. They were built mostly in trios at two different locations. Some near Mars, some near Earth. Intrepid was built at Vulcan and crewed completely by Vulcans. The first three Earth borne ships were the Constitution, Enterprise, and Ticonderoga. (Defiant would be the 4th, built in Lunar orbit once the facility was repaired after the Ticonderoga incident.)

 

[Fandango831]

That's a very good scale and a good mixture of the design elements. Love the look of the engine "core" too, very very nice. Similar color scheme to the bridge? Going by that image, would the core color basically be the same as on NX-01, or would it be more that "splash of red" that's on the bridge, too?

I've been toying around with a few ideas as i'm refining details. I want to try and make one more big pass in the next 48 hours and bring her closer to finalised design. I've been tweaking the bridge module, decided to move it a little more close to the Kelvin style B deck. This makes more sense to me given some of the other design influences.


NOTE: A lot of the following is by the seat of my pants and needs to be refined.

I've also been toying with what kind of media this stuff could all actually appear in. I was thinking of a miniseries entitled

"1 7 0 1"​

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Key sources of inspiration : From The Earth To The Moon, Crimson Tide, "Star Trek : Crew", and little bits taken from the original 1964 pitch. Also a smidgen from nuBSG, Cosmos, and Interstellar.

Main characters
Captain Robert M April -
A battle-hardended frontier captain recalled to Earth to take charge and personally oversee The Constitution Project. Technically a "Fleet Captain."

Takes charge of the Constitution Program and sets things back on track after five years of floundering. Succeeds in successfully launching The Enterprise on schedule and getting the rest of the ships into full swing production. Commands The Enterprise with distinction for four years before passing her off to Captain Pike.

Doctor Sarah Gorman/April -
Comes along with April mostly as a consultant, but finds herself the chief surgeon on The Enterprise. Plays a crucial role in the plot in the pilot episodes in discovering the identities of the spies trying to sabotage the program. Butt's heads with April during two crucial missions later in the miniseries. Helped to develop modern tricorder technology based on her experiences aboard Enterprise.

Doctor Richard Daystrom -
"The Boy Wonder" who helped develop the revolutionary computer systems found aboard Constitution class starships. Is a key player early on, but leaves the ship mid-series due to political and social pressures.

Engineer Layla Tulley -
Chief engineer aboard the NX-1705 during the "Ticonderoga Incident." Hides her trauma throughout the series until Sarah has to intervene. Becomes the first Chief Engineer of the Enterprise during her maiden voyages.


1.01 "For Which It Stands"
Rumors of corruption, and mismanagement have plagued The Constitution Project for the overlong half a decade that it has been in operation. Everything comes to a head when during a training exercise a tragic accident aboard the NX-1705 Ticonderoga occurs. A massive explosion in her impulse reactors kills 25 engineers on board and turns the ship into a burned out scrap heap.

Fleet Captain Robert April, a hard edged battle tested Starfleet Captain is brought on board to shake out the corruption and lethargy and soon befriends Dr. Richard Daystrom "The Boy Wonder" behind the Constitutions revolutionary computer systems.

1.02 "Among the Red"
On the verge of it's completion, the prototype USS Constitution suddenly explodes during her shakedown cruise. April realizes this was no accident. When mutilated bodies are discovered in the middle of Starfleet, and with one Constitution class ship remaining, it quickly becomes a race to stop the hidden culprits before they destroy the ultimate Federation prize - NX-1701.

'Director's Commentary' :
For the first two episodes, you're dealing with mostly a cross between a story similar to the movie "Lean On Me" and the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon." April comes in to wash the walls of the operation and get rid of the people who have basically been falsifying claims of progress. He moves people around, fires others, and brings in other hard-liners to get shit done. He has no time to be political. All on the pretense that the accident would not have occurred had things been in the clear. Daystrom is a good, genius and young man who has basically resigned himself to the corruption around him until he see's April taking people to task and making himself very unpopular in the process.

Lot's of Apollo era inspired imagery here. Especially during the disaster aboard the Ticonderoga. Bulkheads closing, fires, men dying tragically as they slam their hands against the transparency. Heroes rising to save their friends and a lot of mission control type stuff.

Moving into the second episode we would see our characters working together to discover there is more behind the corruption and why we are seeing this destruction now. Spies have infiltrated the project and are actively working to destroy the entire Constitution fleet from within! This part would play a little more like a action-mystery-thriller. Sarah would play a big part in figuring out who is responsible while April and Daystrom attempt to intercept and stop them.


1.03 "Espionage and Matrimony."
As an elite Starfleet recon team makes a critical discovery, the third Constitution prototype has officially been Christened, NCC-1701. For his gallant efforts and service, April is awarded command and begins the task of assembling the first command crew to ever grace The Enterprise. Tulley assumes role as Chief Engineer, Sarah joins as CMO, and Doctor Daystrom joins the crew as a scientific adviser.

1.04 "Thy Sea So Great"
Pushed into service with great pomp and circumstance, Captain April takes command of the Enterprise. Unbeknownst to the rest of the crew, The Enterprise is The Big Stick in an effort to show Federation Rivals, namely the Klingon Empire, that Starfleet means business, and April will find himself relieving a scenario he hadn't face since his Academy days.

1.04 "Event Horizon"
The Enterprise patrols through a hazardous region of space when her computer core suddenly shuts down on a near approach to a blackhole singularity. As Daystrom struggles to find a solution to the computer failure, the crew must work fast to gain manual control of the ship. In the process, a crew member is lost to the black hole.

1.05 "The Boy Wonder"
The Enterprise has returned to Earth in critical condition with jury rigged systems and a travel weary crew. Worried his revolutionary duotronic computer systems may be critically flawed, Daystrom returns to his Earth-bound Academia only to find himself facing ridicule and mockery from his peers. April and Tulley work with Starfleet to get the second wave of Constitution ships ready for launch.

1.06 "80 A.B."
Patrolling an unexplored star system, the crew finds evidence of what they believe to be an ancient civilization, but when landing parties descend on the ruins of a city, they find themselves poisoned with high levels of surface radiation that went undetected by the ships sensor systems. After running refined scans and tests it is discovered the population bombed themselves into extinction only 80 years prior. *

*Based on one of the original pitch episode concepts. In certain respects this episode would act as a foreshadowing to the kind of destruction all out war with the Klingons could bring. April and Sarah spend a great deal of this episode against each other when dealing with the poisoned away teams.

1.07 "War Path"
A splinter group of Klingons, worried for the safety of their homeworld, launch an unsanctioned offensive into Federation territory and begin raids on several Federation Colonial Systems. The Enterprise is relaunched and placed on the front lines, taking part in the infamous Battle of Donatu V.

1.08 "Exit Strategy"
April and crew have grown into a tight knit team over the last year, but emotions run high when Klingon raids see the slaughter of the Archanis IV research outpost. Now they must fight not to merely win a battle, but to prevent interstellar war.

1.09 "Marriage and Mercy."
In the midst of a heated argument over the treatment of Klingon prisoners with Sarah, April shockingly asks for her hand in marriage.

1.10 "Tall Ship"
The Enterprise explores a highly dangerous region of space and makes a discovery that forever changes some of the crew.

The Constitution fleet was fourteen, not twelve. Listed in no particular order.

USS Constitution NCC-1700 (initially NX-1700, destroyed in drydock)**
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (initially NX-1701)
USS Constellation NCC-1017
USS Hood NCC-1703
USS Potemkin NCC-1657
USS Defiant NCC-1764
USS Exeter NCC-1672
USS Intrepid NCC-1631
USS Excalibur NCC-1664
USS Lexington NCC-1709
USS Yorktown NCC-1704
USS Farrugut NCC-1702
USS Ticonderoga NCC 1705 (initially NX-1705, destroyed in drydock.)**

My thoughts/head canon on the construction of the Connies. They were built mostly in trios at two different locations. Some near Mars, some near Earth. Intrepid was built at Vulcan and crewed completely by Vulcans. The first three Earth borne ships were the Constitution, Enterprise, and Ticonderoga. (Defiant would be the 4th, built in Lunar orbit once the facility was repaired after the Ticonderoga incident.)

Really loving the feel of it all. I would make Daystrom more of a side character we encounter with the early project but nothing more. As for April I fully agree he should be a vet captain. Along the same lines as a Cpt. Robau and Cpt. Garth. He should be apprehensive of taking command of the ship and project as he's been running about space already for what we can presume to be about 10 years as a Starfleet captain. He should be coming from his last command lets say the USS Somerset (Newton type ship from the 2220's/30's) and is set to slow things down when just as you laid out he is asked(ordered) by Starfleet to spearhead the new program and command the first ship of the class on her maiden long range mission.

I love the sabotage issue that starts off the idea of the miniseries. I feel Daystrom should be more an Einstein like figure though in ways being prodded by starfleet to innovate and his ego tricking him into thinking he's making a "difference" in the program itself. It also gives a good setup for his downfall when after he finalizes designs and such is basically let down by Starfleet and in part April. He shouldn't be crew and even from what we've seen of him before he dislikes space and exploration. He's a desk brain and having him portrayed as a desk brain being manipulated by Starfleet through his ego would really blossom him more as a character.

As for the crew I feel we'd see April and Sarah as the senior most individuals brought on to the project almost like the mom/dad figures of the ship. Think Adama and the President in NuBSG. His first officer would be a successful officer in Starfleet command gung-ho who hasn't had much space time but has blossomed through the ranks at HQ. This would be our wonderful primeverse CMDR. Alexander Marcus. Would be a great youthful addition, but would also come as a counter to April as well since his views are so different and space experience minimal in comparison. The desk jock vs. the salty explorer in a manner.

I feel the ship would have a mixed crew as it's a major Starfleet/Federation project. I could see making Chief Engineer Tulley a Vulcan which in turn gives more tension to the emotional trauma from the Ticonderoga Incident but in turn makes her more than qualified as the mechanical engineer spearheading the project (diversity). I could also see just going with a male Vulcan chief engineering (Tulley?) suffering from the same trauma which now in turn makes him secretly vulnerable as well as challenging his masculinity especially from the Vulcan perspective. Perhaps he'd be more apprehensive to push the bounds of things and instead remain rooted in hard logic to "avoid" any further incidents from occurring.

I was picturing an Andorian female Science Officer who not only is a brain but comes with that Andorian attitude to tell it how it is. A warrior in some aspects but also someone who is willing to question the core of things. Seems appropriate considering a new ship with new tech going on a new long range mission never before undertaken. Also as a female character she would be empowering which is great for an audience to see.

As for the stories you laid out they are fantastic!!! I love the serialized feel of the episodes and how they connect, as well as how it develops the crew and ship from square one to deep space. This is really growing into something fun that tells a great story and makes Trek truly Trek.

 

[Fandango831]

That's a very good scale and a good mixture of the design elements. Love the look of the engine "core" too, very very nice. Similar color scheme to the bridge? Going by that image, would the core color basically be the same as on NX-01, or would it be more that "splash of red" that's on the bridge, too?

I've been toying around with a few ideas as i'm refining details. I want to try and make one more big pass in the next 48 hours and bring her closer to finalised design. I've been tweaking the bridge module, decided to move it a little more close to the Kelvin style B deck. This makes more sense to me given some of the other design influences.

Also yes I was thinking it would be a grey/black engineering with burgundy accents just like the bridge. The warp core would be bronzed like the NX core and the light palette in the set would be yellow/white light accented by the light probes found on each personnel station. Would feel similar to how engine rooms/nuclear reactor rooms feel on subs today. Just less blue light and more natural light. I wanted to make the room feel open yet purposeful. I always hated how in TOS engineering was basically Scott and maybe two others guys. We're talking about the power center of the ship and one of the most critical points as well. You should see plenty of personnel monitoring various core,engine, and power functions with the Chief spearheading that from a primary console on the main deck. I wanted it to feel era appropriate while better depicting an engineering section where in theory you'd have plenty of scene time in with various things happening in that section.

Also very excited to see where you take the design and look in the next couple of days. The last images were looking absolutely gorgeous! Currently this image holds its place as my wallpaper. Cheers!

 

[BorgMan]

Digging this! The story outlines feel coherent for a ship which isn't supposed to be there if certain people had their way. Honestly though, I'm hoping you can wedge in some Section 31 shenenigans, mainly because in the end they want to do what's best for the Federation, even though the ways to do so might be a morally grey area.

Will be watching this!

 

[Fandango831]

Digging this! The story outlines feel coherent for a ship which isn't supposed to be there if certain people had their way. Honestly though, I'm hoping you can wedge in some Section 31 shenenigans, mainly because in the end they want to do what's best for the Federation, even though the ways to do so might be a morally grey area.

Will be watching this!

In theory to cater to your desire for Section 31, they could be the backbone of the project looking to forward the build of the new Constitution class ships. The master hand that we see as Starfleet being instead the darker side of the organization which would then explain the manipulation of Daystrom and his prototype duotronics for the ships, the installation of a "Starfleet HQ" XO Cmdr Marcus i.e. Section 31 Intel Officer (kinda like the KGB on old Russian subs) wink wink Hunt for Red October, and of course why they wanted Robert April the vet captain. Could also explain why terrorism is an issue revolving the project Maybe that could give you an idea of some Section 31 shenanigans taking part.

 

[BorgMan]

Yes, it most certainly would! I like that

 

[Fandango831]

Updates on Uniform and Phaser (prop version 1) coming in the next couple of days for those tracking still. Also working on version 2 for Engineering.

 

[OpenMaw]

Sorry for my absence. I had three days lined up off, unfortunately my last day at work I started having a bit of a tickle in my throat, and by my second day off I was completely dead in bed. Came down hard with Pnuemonia. I was only able to get back on my feet, so to speak, yesterday...After sleeping for twelve straight hours.

I basically had to rebuild the entire saucer section due to some horrible errors that cropped up during a carving session. I think I went too high on one of the welds and it gobbled up a bunch of detail. So, yeah, had to restart that. Texturing is proceeding, slowly. More to follow.

As you can see, more Kelvin-esque Bdeck, and I went with a mixture of the TOS and TMP impulse engine details on the back of the saucer.

 

[Fandango831]

Sorry for my absence. I had three days lined up off, unfortunately my last day at work I started having a bit of a tickle in my throat, and by my second day off I was completely dead in bed. Came down hard with Pnuemonia. I was only able to get back on my feet, so to speak, yesterday...After sleeping for twelve straight hours.

I basically had to rebuild the entire saucer section due to some horrible errors that cropped up during a carving session. I think I went too high on one of the welds and it gobbled up a bunch of detail. So, yeah, had to restart that. Texturing is proceeding, slowly. More to follow.

As you can see, more Kelvin-esque Bdeck, and I went with a mixture of the TOS and TMP impulse engine details on the back of the saucer.

Feel better mate! Looking as gorgeous and as sleek as ever!

 

[Fandango831]

Update on the 2240's Uniform version 1. Burgundy Engineering Commander. Colors would be Science/Medical (Navy Blue), Engineering/Security (Burgundy), Operations/Command (Mustard Gold). Tops are polyester double layer blend with a solid high collar. Grey utility neoprene joggers, and Rubber utility boots (made from neoprene wet suit boots and some great creative use of plasti-dip).

 

[Fandango831]

Still working on the re-imagined phaser prop, jumping ahead to version 2. Decided to go ahead and draw to scale deck plans for the re-imagined 2240's Big-E. She'd be 300m solid (11m over the 289m since I like round numbers :P).