Only makes sense. Starfleet loves to reuse saucer designs in various classes. Maybe we'll get to see an unmodified Crossfield!
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It seems to have some kind of fin coming up out of the small engineering hull behind the saucer. Reminds me of the middle unused NX-01 concept in this image, or Mark Rademaker's U.S.S. Spirit, to a lesser extent.
Hmm. I wonder if they would ever give us anything reminiscent of Hunter-G's Crossfield redesign.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarTrekStarships/comments/hl8ime/crossfield_class_redesign_concept_wip/
Or Brandon Minnick's redesign with deep orange Bussard collectors per TOS.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W26zeD
I'm still hoping for this...Hmm. I wonder if they would ever give us anything reminiscent of Hunter-G's Crossfield redesign.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarTrekStarships/comments/hl8ime/crossfield_class_redesign_concept_wip/
Or Brandon Minnick's redesign with deep orange Bussard collectors per TOS.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W26zeD
We see a Farragut-type and an Archer-type at Starbase 1.
We see drones flying about the space station.
At 1:39, there is a Federation ship docked at Starbase 1. It's partially obscured. It appears to be a new design.
Then, there's the new Crossfield-class with the registry NCC-1270 (?).
We see drones flying about the space station.
At 1:39, there is a Federation ship docked at Starbase 1. It's partially obscured. It appears to be a new design.
Then, there's the new Crossfield-class with the registry NCC-1270 (?).
looking closer, it’s the rear end of that Crossfield kitbash from later in the episode
it's like a kitbash of the crossfield(saucer) and nx class(engine)
I wasn’t responding to you.
i know i was talking about that ship at 1:39 it has a crossfield saucer
Oops. I completely missed that it was more visible in later shot
The impulse engines are very NX-Class yeah
I think they added a glow behind the Enterprise’s deflector
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Huh... Looks like it goes only 3, maybe 4 decks deep, tops.
Well if the saucer is the same scale as the Discovery's, than it's at least 10-11 decks.
Very thin ship. but it does have deflector.
Also here is the same class docked at starbase 1 (brightened up and flipped). Those impulse engines are copied right from the NX-Class
That's very strange. On the one hand, it seems to suggest the fake-Crossfield was a legit example of the (un-spore-drived-)design and not a half-convincing kitbash made from random destroyed ships, on the other hand, it's deep in shadow, so maybe it was just intended to fill out the dock without being a specific ship, but on Arex's third hand, if that were the case, why not just use one of the dozen DSC models (unless the "no round nacelles ever" rule has been replaced with "no square nacelles ever," but in that case, just slap some Enterprise nacelles on to one of the DSC ships)?
That's what I'm figuring. As I mentioned over in the episode thread, they basically took the existing Crossfield, took out the middle/aft bit, gave it a triangular secondary hull, and slapped on some new Nacelles.
Seeing an unmodified Crossfield has me thinking that the triangular secondary hull was far more involved in the use of the Spore Drive then I originally figured.
I've always wondered what these glowing panels were used for....
Now I figure they, and the rest of the secondary hull are key to producing the Spore Drive effect.
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Honestly, this is what I am leaning towards in the absence of /until the presentation of any evidence to the contrary.
What was the mission(s) of the non spore drive Crossfirkds?
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