Starship design history in light of Discovery

[Timo]

Of course, it's still the same issue as with, say, the ship that blows up in "Legacy". Even if we know what the model looks like in studio reality, we really do not in Trek reality - not unless we want to.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I know they kept it blurry just to mess with me. They have it in for me.

 

[Timo]

I count my blessings, too. Although it seems DSC has a thing for blurry where previous Trek had none...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[DEWLine]

I like the salute to Herman Zimmerman. Now, all the ship needs is a registry number - and I see now that the Twitter thread linked at the top provided that: NCC-1616 - and a class name.

 

[DEWLine]

Turns out this was indeed the result of digital kitbashing.

https://twitter.com/BenCSRobinson/status/1200839694101155841

 

[137th Gebirg]

I don't see the class name in there. Or is Zimmerman the class ship?

 

[Tuskin38]

I don't see the class name in there. Or is Zimmerman the class ship?

If it has one, it hasn't been provided yet.

 

[valkyrie013]

I have all the parts for this except the tow pod.. Cool. Guess I'll kitbash one myself!

 

[DaveyNY]

So, They essentially created a Disco-tolemy to kinda-sorta match the Disco-prise.

It does very much look like a morphed version of the FJ design...

Quite a bit more then 25% though.


Looks more like it's a cousin of the U.S.S. Reliant.

 

[Timo]

...Just like the original Malachowski. Only without the pod, thus perhaps more "integrated" than "modular". And thus also more obsolete soon enough.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[fireproof78]

So, They essentially created a Disco-tolemy to kinda-sorta match the Disco-prise.

It does very much look like a morphed version of the FJ design...

Quite a bit more then 25% though.


Looks more like it's a cousin of the U.S.S. Reliant.

Looks so sweet.

 

[Tuskin38]

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The video has some nice side by side pictures, there are also side views but I didn't want to fill the post with images.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

D7-A vs D7-B, or just 25%?

 

[cooleddie74]

At least it looks like a TOS-era Klingon ship and not a refugee from a Playstation 4 game. There are little things I'd change to make it look even more like the original D7 but that's probably the best alien ship we've seen in the entire run of DSC to date. I like it.

 

[Gonzo]

D7 is looking fine indeed.

Just need a recognisable BoP now.

 

[Tuskin38]

D7 is looking fine indeed.

Just need a recognisable BoP now.

Well considering season 3’s premise, that seems unlikely.

 

[Timo]

I'm fine with the BoP we got. I mean, it's a fine design, and Klingon enough - but what's interesting here is that the term "Bird of Prey" is so grossly misused by the heroes in the first season (in "Choose Your Pain", it refers to a D7 battle cruiser cum prison ship) that we can always argue that the "real" BoPs continue the lineage from ENT to TOS movies, while these fine skullships go by some other designation altogether.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[F. King Daniel]

Well considering season 3’s premise, that seems unlikely.

Well there's a recognisable Romulan Bird of Prey in Picard. It's more authentic than the one in ENT!

 

[137th Gebirg]

"Warbird" is even more overused - even bleeding into the Abramsverse for their D-7's.

 

[cooleddie74]

And probably started with B&B's mistaken use of "Warbird" in "Broken Bow, Part I(ENT)" when the Vulcan diplomat spoke of the Klingon warships that would surround Earth if humans didn't return Klaang to Qo'noS.