Spoilers The Strange New Worlds Starship Thread™

[HotRod]

use an actual original design when there's plenty available that would have filled that niche perfectly.

Being that they were trying to tie the episode with The Day the Earth Stood Still, they were definitely trying to make the Archer a "flying saucer." I mean, it's literally just that, but with a nacelle attached because it's still Star Trek. There's only so much you can do if you still want to keep retro sci-fi look.

I think it's kinda perfect in that they were able to pull off the look while still giving us a "classic" design.

 

[Dukhat]

Someone actually once took a stab at making some orthos for that design. A noble effort…. The very un-Starfleet sounding USS Star Empire!

I believe that Vallejo’s intent was to have the saucer be a hexagon, not an octagon, unless it was described in the book to be octagonal.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Yeah I'm not quite sure - never read the book myself. You can definitely see the hard corners in the shading along the edge of the primary hull (not going to call it a "saucer" in this context! ) but I'm not at all sure if it was supposed to be 6 sides or 8. For the record, I think 6 sides would look an order of magnitude more goofy than 8 does.

 

[Tuskin38]

Wasn't Star Empire one of the names from the Tech Manual?

Edit: Memory-Beta says yes

 

[Macintosh]

Someone actually once took a stab at making some orthos for that design. A noble effort…. The very un-Starfleet sounding USS Star Empire!

Yeah, there's a reason for it sounding a little un-Starfleet... let's just say it has certain thematic similarities to the similarly un-Starfleet-y USS Vengeance in Star Trek Into Darkness and leave it at that. It even has its own badmiral...

I believe that Vallejo’s intent was to have the saucer be a hexagon, not an octagon, unless it was described in the book to be octagonal.

Hexagonal according to the book too.

but I'm not at all sure if it was supposed to be 6 sides or 8. For the record, I think 6 sides would look an order of magnitude more goofy than 8 does.

I agree.

 

[David cgc]

Wasn't Star Empire one of the names from the Tech Manual?

Edit: Memory-Beta says yes

Yeah, all the Federation-class ships were named after forms of government. Federation, Star League, Compactat, Affiliation, Organization, Dominion, Consortium, Entente (the canon one!)...

 

[Markonian]

Yeah, all the Federation-class ships were named after forms of government. Federation, Star League, Compactat, Affiliation, Organization, Dominion, Consortium, Entente (the canon one!)...

Star League. A BattleTech reference?

Guess which one out of those Sisko wouldn't like.

 

[Macintosh]

Guess which one out of those Sisko wouldn't like.

Consortium, obviously. The man has a low tolerance for tongo.

 

[HotRod]

Star League

Xur and the Kodan Armada will never know what hit them.

 

[137th Gebirg]

 

[Ronald Held]

Do not understand the trend for negative spaces in Starfleet vessels.

 

[fireproof78]

I think its due a trend towards more art than necessarily engineering.

 

[Noname Given]

Star League. A BattleTech reference?

Guess which one out of those Sisko wouldn't like.

Probably more a nod to this (From: The Last Starfighter (1984)):

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[Markonian]

Sorry if it's already been covered, but the pirate freighter Serene Squall is in the Star Trek: Timelines game. Just the wiki alone provides a better look at the vessel: https://sttwiki.org/wiki/The_Serene_Squall

I like the industrial look. Very "BSG civilian fleet" vibe. Wouldn't want it as playable ship in STO or as an Eaglemoss-style model.

 

[HotRod]

Sorry if it's already been covered, but the pirate freighter Serene Squall is in the Star Trek: Timelines game. Just the wiki alone provides a better look at the vessel: https://sttwiki.org/wiki/The_Serene_Squall

I like the industrial look. Very "BSG civilian fleet" vibe. Wouldn't want it as playable ship in STO or as an Eaglemoss-style model.

Very ugly. I like it.

 

[Tuskin38]

looks like something from Star Wars

 

[Nerys Myk]

Has cargo containers stacked on it

 

[UssGlenn]

Has cargo containers stacked on it

if they were magnetic, that could actually work!

 

[publiusr]

Someone actually once took a stab at making some orthos for that design. A noble effort…. The very un-Starfleet sounding USS Star Empire!

I flattened those a tad (scroll down)

Publiusr's Starship designs - LARGE IMAGES

Here is a little of what I have been working on My first attempt was just a refit saucer atop Aridas Sophia's Balson: I saw a wider saucer on the web and thought that balanced things out Another attempt showing Balson, the refit, and the USS Elegance NCC-1979 Still another with the...

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As it was on the novel cover—it looked a tad comical…by making it leaner—it has that sinister quality Bismarck had.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years!