Shuttlecraft nacelles matching their Enterprise nacelles

[Galileo7]

Do you think that the Starfleet Shuttlecrafts' nacelles look is aesthetically better in production design if they match their starship Enterprise nacelles that they are on board?

• TOS Enterprise 1701 Constitution class had shuttlecrafts with similar nacelle designs.

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb...leo_approaches_USS_Enterprise_from_Vulcan.jpg

• TAS Enterprise 1701 Constitution class had shuttlecrafts with similar nacelle designs.

• TFF Enterprise 1701-A class had shuttlecrafts with similar nacelle designs.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net...ision/latest?cb=20110307115215&path-prefix=en

• NG 1701-D Galaxy class began with a shuttlecraft design with similar nacelle designs like the Galaxy class design.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/9/97/Sakharov,_profile.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160216105854&path-prefix=en

 

[Takeru]

I think matching nacelles are silly. TOS gets away with it because there was only one nacelle style (ignoring slight changes due to stock footage) but later eras showed many different designs and having shuttles with matching designs is a little bit too cute for me, they're scaled down baby nacelles.

 

[The Wormhole]

This doesn't just happen with Enterprises. For example, Shuttlecraft Chaffee has similar nacelles to the Defiant. Likewise, this shuttle on Voyager has similar nacelles to the ship's.

 

[Rahul]

I think having somewhat similar nacelles is a great fature for newer viewers to explain technology visually. The viewers instantly knows what this part of the ship is and does, and for the more Trek versed viewers it's also a great way to establish era and technological progression.

What's a bit silly is to make the engines identical to the main ship:
I love the Type-6 shuttlecraft:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Type_6_shuttlecraft

Which was derived from Star Trek V's "Galileo" shuttlecraft:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Galileo_type_shuttlecraft

In this case, simply swapping the nacelles (and a bit of other stuff) was genuis, as the new shuttle immediately becomes recognizable as a TNG-era ship, and it's barely even noticeable as a re-use.

For Voyagers' class2 shuttle, I think it was extremely fair to give it nacelles in Voyager's style - even tough there is not really a technological reason for it, it's simple audience familiarity, and every viewer immediately knows they belong together:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Class_2_shuttle

What's absolutely silly though, is taking the Type 6 shuttle, and just put Voyager style nacelles on it - the type 8 shuttle:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Type_8_shuttlecraft
Nothing is won there, the nacelle type is similar enough it's blatantly obvious it's a reboot, and the TNG-style nacelles would have fitted perfectly as well. It just unnecessarily seperates the two shows.

The Defiant's shuttle also is a big offender. Whereas on the Runabout, it was a good idea to use TNG-style nacelles, as it made it obvious as Earth-technology from the same era as TNG.

Overall, there just aren't that many offenders, and generally I think it's great o match the style of nacelles from the smaller ships with the main ships. Though it shouldn't be 100% carbon copies, just similar in style to show it's the same technology and era.

 

[Timo]

I sort of feel the opposite about Type 6 / Type 8: I'm delighted to find out that engine shape isn't just an idle aesthetic choice, but that a new shape represents a technological improvement worth introducing to preexisting roles...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Schimpfy]

I voted no, although I do like the look of the shuttles with similar nacelles to existing starships. I've always considered nacelles as being built en masse by companies. So, one company could have different models that have various sizes. It kind of makes the Type-6 with Voyager type nacelles a more feasible thing if Company A was contracted to produce the nacelles for the Intrepid-class and all support craft in the lot.