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Spoilers Starship Design in Star Trek: Picard

dantini said:
The Inquiry class model seems to have been modified further. Blue warp plasma is now visible on the top edge of the nacelles, and the large windows on the saucer rim are lit red (red alert?).
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It’s the STO model. Though oddly the STO version does not have the blue on the top of the nacelles, must have been something the FX team did.
 
Is this supposed to be the same fleet as in episode 1? There only seem to be 3 Sovereigns now (instead of 8), but 4 Ross-class ships (instead of 2). I think there are more Reliants, Gagarins, Lunas, and Akiras as well.
 
A Nebula/Sutherland comparison, for those interested: Nebula (Bonchune variant) here and the Sutherland found here on the artist's website.

Aside from a general similarity in the arrangement of their component parts, the two are vastly different.
 
valkyrie013 said:
Still no USS Aventine Vests class? Darn.
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CBS doesn't own the rights to the Vesta class design.
It was a fan design that Pocket Books really liked and just licensed from the creator.

STO is the same way, they had to negotiate for the rights to use the design in their game. According to the EP of Cryptic at the time, it was a 'pain in the ass' to sort out. I don't know what Eaglemoss's negotiations were like.

Meanwhile, every original design created by STO's artists for the game is owned by CBS per the licensing agreement.
 
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Could CBS not just say, "Here is the brand-new Vesta class, taken from Star Trek Online, fully owned and licensed by us! It just happens to look and be named like Mark Rademaker's Vesta class from the SOTL calendar, but our Vesta is from STO, not SOTL."
 
Markonian said:
Could CBS not just say, "Here is the brand-new Vesta class, taken from Star Trek Online, fully owned and licensed by us! It just happens to look and be named like Mark Rademaker's Vesta class from the SOTL calendar, but our Vesta is from STO, not SOTL."
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I smell a lawsuit.
 
Markonian said:
Could CBS not just say, "Here is the brand-new Vesta class, taken from Star Trek Online, fully owned and licensed by us! It just happens to look and be named like Mark Rademaker's Vesta class from the SOTL calendar, but our Vesta is from STO, not SOTL."
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No because it's in STO under license from the designer.
 
137th Gebirg said:
A Nebula/Sutherland comparison, for those interested: Nebula (Bonchune variant) here and the Sutherland found here on the artist's website.

Aside from a general similarity in the arrangement of their component parts, the two are vastly different.
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I feel like a side-by-side of Galaxy/Ross would point out as much difference as the Nebula/Sutherland comparison. The Excelsior/Excelsior II are much closer in shape and style.
 
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