Star Trek 2017's new ship - I am really starting to like Ralph McQuarrie's Enterprise

[INACTIVEUSS Einstein]

Would this be something people would be okay with (the general shape)?

Specifically, this one (not the one with tiny nacelles that looks like a Star Destroyer):

I dunno, from being a one-time fan of the Enty-E, I think I've really gone off the organic-shape - and would like the next show to have something a bit more NASA like, such as this. Obviously, it could be tweaked a bit in terms of surface detailing, but there is something about the shape and proportions that is compelling.

Or would people rather see something ultra-sculpted like the Enterprise-J?

 

[BillJ]

Someone did an update of the McQuarrie version and posted it in the art forum a few years back...

http://lordsarvain.deviantart.com/art/New-Enterprise-WIP-058-181545745

 

[INACTIVEUSS Einstein]

P.S. I really love this Klingon concept (can't remember who made it!):

 

[INACTIVEUSS Einstein]

Someone did an update of the McQuarrie version and posted it in the art forum a few years back...

http://lordsarvain.deviantart.com/art/New-Enterprise-WIP-058-181545745

I saw that when googling for images, and thought it was really nice! The surface detailing is really nice. Makes it look like it could easily be very practical and NASA-like, like something out of Interstellar or Gravity or The Martian.

My only gripe is that they seem to have altered the proportions a bit to make it like his other concept - with a longer wedge shape to the hull, and slightly less oversized-nacelles, which I don't like quite as much personally. In that image where it's coming in to the asteroid dock, it looks quite elegant, I think because of the relative shortness of the secondary hull, and size of the Nacelles - almost like a duck just floating in

EDIT:

This is the other McQuarrie design I'm referring to that I don't like so much:

The art one follows it's proportions:

 

[BillJ]

P.S. I really love this Klingon concept (can't remember who made it!):

Looks to be really small based on the windows in front. It looks a lot like the original design, rounded with more details.

 

[SpaceLama]

I must say I'm not a fan of all the most recent designs anymore; where everything is like a new model VW (same general shape, slightly different bodywork - thats not how design works in fields like shipbuilding/aerospace/space).

And it's a good thing Star Trek Online is Z-canon, because it's the worst for this:

They even bring back 200-year old ship classes, scale them up, and argue the Federation has a policy like Ford ressurecting the mustang (oh god) - that would be okay except some people actually seem to regard the game as representing the legitimate next stage of the main canon. Faceplam.

 

[RAMA]

Utility fog. "Nanogoo". You could even have a utility fog character, uploaded with someone's consciousness.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940022864.pdf

http://www.nanotech-now.com/utility-fog.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=waNgbFfi_B0C&pg=PA169&dq=utility+fog+spaceship&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDjZDC9Y3LAhXKGD4KHWusA-0Q6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=utility fog spaceship&f=false

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5932880/how-utility-fogs-could-become-the-technology-that-changes-the-world

Such a starship need not be sleek, maybe a geometric shape..a sphere or cube would suffice.

 

[MarsWeeps]

P.S. I really love this Klingon concept (can't remember who made it!):

Beautiful ship! (Although the stand sort of ruins it.) Would love to see it in some space shots!

Here's a link with some more shots & info about it:
http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=31712

 

[eyeresist]

Or would people rather see something ultra-sculpted like the Enterprise-J?

If the new series was set in the far future, I think using the J would be pretty cool.

That spindly design isn't exactly practical, but it is intriguing to the eye.

And it's a good thing Star Trek Online is Z-canon, because it's the worst for this:

Can you say exactly why you think this is the "worst"? It doesn't closely resemble the TOS ship or the D, but it's fine in its own right. Has a kind of ocean liner look (I mean a classic liner, not those huge bricks they call ships now).

 

[Ronald Held]

How do we know the kind of ship without knowing the era and which universe?

 

[David.Blue]

Seems a general enough question.

 

[Cyke101]

I must say I'm not a fan of all the most recent designs anymore; where everything is like a new model VW (same general shape, slightly different bodywork - thats not how design works in fields like shipbuilding/aerospace/space).

And it's a good thing Star Trek Online is Z-canon, because it's the worst for this:

They even bring back 200-year old ship classes, scale them up, and argue the Federation has a policy like Ford ressurecting the mustang (oh god) - that would be okay except some people actually seem to regard the game as representing the legitimate next stage of the main canon. Faceplam.

THANK YOU. I love the game to death and play it every day, but I'm most definitely in the vast minority in-game when it comes to just really disliking that design. It's bloated, it's a whale, and it's basically just a souped up Sovereign, which itself is a souped up Intrepid.

 

[publiusr]

Here is a new take on the PLANET OF THE TITANS ship I haven't seen before:
http://orig15.deviantart.net/9f4a/f...planet_of_the_titans_by_sumbuddyx-d5lrzno.jpg

The saucer is too narrow and the edge too bluff--but I love the bridge complex here:
http://www.trekbrasilis.org/tbweblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/planet-of-titans-6.jpg

More
http://losttrek.weebly.com/virtual-study-model.html
https://p2.liveauctioneers.com/1034/22122/7702957_1_l.jpg
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/phase22.jpg

The shuttle-plane looked nice
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/h...0/e15/11377493_781845881923698_60699635_n.jpg