I'm not talking about when the ships were launched. I'm talking about what I saw on the screen.
Starship design history in light of Discovery
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I'm not talking about when the ships were launched. I'm talking about what I saw on the screen.
Well the DSC ships look Post-TOS Connie aesthetic but Pre-TMP aesthetic to me.
Boxy nacelles like TMP, but with Round domed bussards like TOS.
They also have the TMP style phaser emitters.
The Malachowski even has a square Connie/Miranda style door/hatch or whatever it is on the side of the saucer.
Engle Class
https://imgur.com/a/bSoPSe2
https://imgur.com/a/bSoPSe2
That's a very... flat ship. What, was it designed to pass through a very large mail slot?
The, what I'm assuming are shuttle bays, look like Floppy Disc slots lmao.
If you remove the Nimitz's nacelles, the two ships are about the same size.
You know, compared to some of the other major galactic powers, the federation has some damn boring looking ships....
I'm not a fan of flat starship designs, because it feels like Earthbound thinking. One of the things that makes the original Enterprise design so brilliant is that is shape is ill-suited for being under gravity (to the dismay of countless model builders and museum restorers trying to keep the nacelles from sagging), so it looks like it's meant to exist in space.
Stealth profile, is that what they were aiming for at Eaves Orbital Yards?
Really? Wonder why? Any clues as to his reasoning here? Like for example I like the idea behind the Steamrummer class, but the flat profile really just leave me cold.
Probably for the same reason he completely redid the Klingon look. Just ‘cause...
That seems odd, because I thought he was off the show before it went into filming, and thus certainly before the CGI was done. I mean, even the premiere episode's credits indicate that it was rewritten post-Fuller. So they didn't have to remain bound by his design imperatives. Although I guess that since Berg & Harberts were his hand-picked partners who'd worked with him on a couple of prior shows, they may have wanted to stay true to his intentions.
Yes. I love this ship.
This information comes from John Eaves via the Eaglemoss model booklets.
You could be right.
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Is that supposed to be Starbase 1 as well?
That does look much better. I'd prefer a more TOS grey color for the hull but the rest is an improvement.
Yes. There is a new queue coming with the update where you need to defend ships evacuating it.
There will also be a solo mission with it.
Heh...
Now I begin to wonder how much of DISCOVERY's story plots were designed with STO in mind.
I wouldn't put it past CBS to request story plots in such a manner to capitalize even more on our wallets.
