Spoilers SFA Ships & Tech

[Tuskin38]

So, what's this little thing here, coming up in episode 6?

It has a distinctive Kelvin-esque look to it:
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Looks like a modified Credence-Type, or at least the saucer is, the flat front gives it away

They've just filled in the saucer gap, and given it a DSC/SNW Connie bridge module.

 

[Dukhat]

So, what's this little thing here, coming up in episode 6?

It has a distinctive Kelvin-esque look to it:
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Creedence saucer, SNW nacelles and pylons. The ultimate 1,000 year old kitbash.

 

[tenmei]

Bit of a ramble (and yes, I do have too much time on my hands) -

The TOS episode with the long turboride is "The Enterprise Incident".

The Athena has 35 decks, 10 levels, and 7 sublevels.

The way the Turbolift Chart is set out is odd -

Academy Levels 1 to 10 seem to correspond to Athena 1 to 20, but then it skips to Sub Level 21 to 28 which corresponds to Athena 21 to 35.

In "Beta Test" and "Series Acclimation Mil" it doesn't seem to count up the Academy Levels or the Sub Levels, just the Athena ones, and we know Engineering is on Deck 8 which is shown to be in the rim of the inner saucer, but the ground floor of the Atrium which seems to be Deck 12 or 13 appears to be almost immediately above the deflector - and the atrium core seems to be about eight to ten decks high, which gives the suggestion of the 17 (the Academy Levels + Sub Levels), and the Athena "Decks" correspond to floors within the levels (two decks per atrium level?)

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Interesting! Perhaps the "Academy" is the "halo" section thus described? It WAS the section most notably left behind in 1x04, and is arguably where a lot of the un-placed rooms of the campus may be (if not directly adjacent to the Atrium).

Mark

 

[tenmei]

Interesting! Perhaps the "Academy" is the "halo" section thus described? It WAS the section most notably left behind in 1x04, and is arguably where a lot of the un-placed rooms of the campus may be (if not directly adjacent to the Atrium).

Mark

Cadet Quarters seem to be in the Halo from the tilt of the bulkead and the fact we can't see the Halo through the window in 1x04 too.

 

[Tuskin38]

The ship is an interesting design. I was completely wrong about it being a credence kitbash

 

[Dukhat]

The ship is an interesting design. I was completely wrong about it being a credence kitbash

No, I don’t think you were wrong. I think somebody took the Credence saucer as a starting point and just SNW-ified the rest of the ship. It even has a paper-thin deflector dish on the front of the saucer. I’m almost 100% sure this was meant to be a ship from the SNW era, and at some point was changed to a pre-Burn ship with the Giacconi’s registry for some reason.

 

[Tuskin38]

No, I don’t think you were wrong. I think somebody took the Credence saucer as a starting point and just SNW-ified the rest of the ship. It even has a paper-thin deflector dish on the front of the saucer. I’m almost 100% sure this was meant to be a ship from the SNW era, and at some point was changed to a pre-Burn ship with the Giacconi’s registry for some reason.

According to the designer, the Credence was based off a Scott Schneider design from the 23rd century seasons of Discovery. So maybe it's the reverse, and the Miyazaki is either the original design or more closely based off the original design.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO9Bq9

This was originally an early design for a different ship that was cut from the script, where the brief included 6 nacelles and two primary hulls each with their own bridge section. There was an unused design by Scott Schneider from an earlier season that the client really liked, and they asked me to update it for the 32nd century. I wanted to try pulling the aesthetic back towards classic Trek a bit, my rationale was that it was an older workhorse that had been in service for a long time and was ultimately refitted with the trademark 32nd century floating tech. When we eventually needed a design for the Credence I thought this design could fit - happy it got to see the light of day!