The Franklin is believable as a 2163-Era evolution of a ship like the NX-01. Slightly smoother and more streamlined bridge but still clunky by 23rd and 24th century standards.
I think the Franklin helm console also has a joystick-like control for flying the ship. So that ties in with the helm console on NX-class starships.
Indeed. Someone* even whipped up a pretty nice 3D model of the Franklin Helm/Nav console that seems pretty accurate to the film.
*https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sci-fi-navigation-console-star-trek-9291c0f550364ce48c7e9e08e2de3dbb
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Very ENT Era with some minor advances since 2161.
I doubt it's intended as design evolution as much as the Franklin in the Star Trek Beyond art team's version of Ent's look.
But We can look at it as design evolution and observe that it lines up pretty well with what you would expect an early Federation Starship bridge to look like, using the NX-01 and the Kelvin as inspiration.
The Enterprise-A starship from Beyond is coming to STO as a playable ship*.
That also provides it with an official class designation.
The Enterprise-A is a Kelvin timeline Constitution II class intel cruiser.
It was revealed during Streaming. I’ll link to the official blog post when it’s out.
EDIT:
Dev blog links:
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11566783
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11566783
-> same content, the 1st one just has an extra image and the 2nd link may be easier to read.
Interesting facts:
* Normally, STO devs try to give each ship a special feature based on what it does in the show. However, this Enterprise-A didn't get to do anything yet. So they went with the Proximity-Based Anti-Opposition Emitter, which is designed to combat swam ships by firing lots of beaaams.
* The dev blog states that the Constitution II class was designed to explore the Altamid nebula[sic]. In the Discovery novel The Enterprise War, it's explained that the USS Enterprise was refitted from the TOS Pilot version to the DSC/SNW to explore the Pergamum Nebula.
** It's got nothing to do with each other but I love that the explanation of "major class redesign to explore specific nebula" dovetails in both universes.
* There are name restrictions, so you cannot name a ship Enterprise or use 1701 as registry number.
That also provides it with an official class designation.
The Enterprise-A is a Kelvin timeline Constitution II class intel cruiser.
It was revealed during Streaming. I’ll link to the official blog post when it’s out.
EDIT:
Dev blog links:
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11566783
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11566783
-> same content, the 1st one just has an extra image and the 2nd link may be easier to read.
Interesting facts:
* Normally, STO devs try to give each ship a special feature based on what it does in the show. However, this Enterprise-A didn't get to do anything yet. So they went with the Proximity-Based Anti-Opposition Emitter, which is designed to combat swam ships by firing lots of beaaams.
* The dev blog states that the Constitution II class was designed to explore the Altamid nebula[sic]. In the Discovery novel The Enterprise War, it's explained that the USS Enterprise was refitted from the TOS Pilot version to the DSC/SNW to explore the Pergamum Nebula.
** It's got nothing to do with each other but I love that the explanation of "major class redesign to explore specific nebula" dovetails in both universes.
* There are name restrictions, so you cannot name a ship Enterprise or use 1701 as registry number.
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Would have been nice if they added it before Gameprint went under.
I'm assuming that for whatever reason, STO is not allowed to come up with actual original names for unnamed ship classes.
I presume it's intentional, easier for players to remember the name of the class if it's the name of the focus ship. That's how we got D'Kyr class, Shrike class, Sh'vhal class etc.
In terms of original names STO came up with, I'm wracking my brain for examples. Two coined the M'Chla class for the 2250s-era Klingon bird of prey and NaQ'jej class for the Klingon cleave ship. The ship known as Borg Diamond from Star Trek: Armada is the "Borg octahedron" here. Harrad-Sar's barge from ENT "Bound", which is the Maraar class in the comics, became the Blackguard class in STO.
I really, really hope STO introduces the 32nd century USS Dresselhaus type from DSC just so they can give it an official name.
I am secretly hoping for Bauhaus class. I love themed names.Well, you know what they’ll call it: the Dresselhaus class.
It's here!
Constitution II class with "Constitution" and "Dreadnought" (USS Vengeance) skin, plus old/new comparison:
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⏲ Please note there was roughly a 2¼ year gap between these posts ...
Finally! Courtesy of Star Trek Online, the U.S.S. Salcombe (NCC-2107) is visible unobscured in full 3D in an official CBS-licensed product. Daniel Broadway / PixelMagic must be proud.
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The Kelvin Timeline Bundle!
Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go in this expanding vast universe.
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⚠ Please note that until the post above this thread had been inactive for about 2¼ years ...
So I've probably watched ST09 half a dozen times, and it never occurred to me that the Kelvin used phaser beams in the opening, not pulses like the Enterprise later in the film.
It never stood out to me, probably because at the time that is what I'd expect from Starfleet ships.
It never stood out to me, probably because at the time that is what I'd expect from Starfleet ships.
It was actually firing both, thought the bolts seemed less powerful, from small turrets that seemed more of a CIWS type setup
IIRC, there was a source that said the little square turrets were firing torpedos.
Those were torpedoes.
It's mentioned in the script, and you can hear the torpedo sound in the scene.
