Ships of the fleet

[Lazarus]

It wasn't really laziness in TNG or the early years of DS9 and Voyager. Back then they were using physical models, and those things cost a lot of money to build.

Why are people calling it 'laziness'? It isn't lazy to reuse model shots since creating all-new studio models that stand up to filming is very time-consuming and expensive. How many times was that Talarian ship used throughout TNG?

Yes that SAME SHOT of the excelsior-class pulling away from the Enterprise-D was used too much, but to expect new types of ships every few episodes, particularly during the days when shooting-models had to be built, is unrealistic.

To be completely honest it actually makes MORE SENSE for episodes to contain the same types of ships on a regular basis. Starfleet has too many ship-classes as it is, dozens upon dozens of different designs for vessels that do more or less the same thing.

Personally I can't see why there would be more than a handful of different Starfleet ship types, mass-produced spacecraft that have been tried and tested over many years.

Also these Starfleet ships should in theory have a minimum life-expectancy of a hundred years with a few major refits in between. It makes sense that the 2360s are full of 60, 50 and 40 year old excelsior class ships.

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

I will continue to call it laziness to reuse so many ships over and over and over again. Especially when Alpha quadrant ships appear in the Delta and Gamma quads as completely different species who would have never touched each other.

 

[Lazarus]

I will continue to call it laziness to reuse so many ships over and over and over again.

That's your choice. I'll continue to say in makes sense given the cost of producing models of adequate quality to look acceptable on screen.

Especially when Alpha quadrant ships appear in the Delta and Gamma quads as completely different species who would have never touched each other.

Out of interest, which ones turned up in the Delta and Gamma quadrants? I can't think of any off hand.

 

[Vance]

Have you ever been hit by a sharpened avacado? You wouldn't be so flip if you had, lemme tell ya!

Then you just release the tiger! He'll kill the attacker and eat the avacado!

 

[Jono]

Especially when Alpha quadrant ships appear in the Delta and Gamma quads as completely different species who would have never touched each other.

Out of interest, which ones turned up in the Delta and Gamma quadrants? I can't think of any off hand.

The Federation attack fighter, Miradorn ship, Flaxian ship, Karemma ship, Cardassian freighter and the Breen ship all made appearances in VOY as ship from the DQ.

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

If you go the site I have linked he actually points out all the many ones that were rehashed over and over and over again.

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/starship_database.htm

 

[USS KG5]

...with no regard as to how this might impact continuity or canon.

Oooh - I really hope they do that more in future.

Trek went way too far up its own ass with continuity and canon.

 

[Forbin]

Have you ever been hit by a sharpened avacado? You wouldn't be so flip if you had, lemme tell ya!

Then you just release the tiger! He'll kill the attacker and eat the avacado!

My tiger's out for servicing, so I'll have to use the 16-ton weight for now.