Also interestingly, that's the Season 1 model, note the neck isn't rounded.I feel like I'm the only person in the world bothered by how the pennant on the engineering section is sliding down the hull in the opening titles.
The design first appeared in Season 2.
USS Kelcie Mae
The USS Kelcie Mae was a Federation starship operated by Starfleet during the mid-23rd century. In 2259, the Kelcie Mae rendezvoused with the USS Enterprise in the Prospero system to transport Ambassador Dak'Rah to the Enterprise. (SNW: "Under the Cloak of War")memory-alpha.fandom.com
The texture in the scene you posted appears to be messed up
Looks a lot better in Season 2
My personal headcanon is that the boxed in nacelles of Discovery were necessary due to early Starfleet not having the defensive shield/screens technology powerful enough to withstand direct energy weapons fire.Now that looks very FASA. Or maybe Jackhill... err, Orion Press maybe.
I'm very glad to see round nacelles return. The look in ST: Enterprise was just about right for the most part anyway, updated with just enough details. The Intrepid also showed a transition towards intercoolers, and 'flux chillers' (magnatomic etc) as well, albeit in a less elegant and bulky overall configuration. The Kelvin and Mayflower nacelle style also mostly worked in that regard too.
I guess I just never really gelled with the 'look' for Discovery era ships. The Big-E's nacelles do still feel a bit bulky and cumbersome still though, but there's now a clearer transition back towards a more elegant, retro look. Just feels rather belated, however.
I guess we could now see the DISCO era nacelles as something of a shorter lived experiment? Akin to the linear Warp era (as some older sources termed it) of the 2270s onward. That said, the Discovery did look in many ways a lot better before they stretched the nacelles out to double or more the initial concept length layout... which didn't really sell me on the aesthetics as well. Plus led to sizing up all the ships too, more than likely. Aesthetics I find always work better when there's a practical and simplicity angle to it, too.
Ships can still end up looking just too advanced I guess - which feels like kind of forced rebranding. Particularly the Shran and the Hoover and a few others. Still - they're definitely nailing a lot of the old school aesthetic this season.
Also, thetoo...Larson
They definitely have round elements and probably show a transition from more NX armor plating tech to defensive screens and shields over larger sections of the ship.My personal headcanon is that the boxed in nacelles of Discovery were necessary due to early Starfleet not having the defensive shield/screens technology powerful enough to withstand direct energy weapons fire.
Especially from Klingon disruptors.
They are essentially 'round' nacelles with armor plating encasing them.
Thanks for compiling and sharing all these. They look cool. While it looks like they won't appear in the season proper, I hope STO is compelled to realise these starships, as they're compelled to make all canon Starfleet designs sooner or later.Spoiler tagged because of all the images
Some of them might show up in season 5
I hope someone is compelled to release official orthos.
Will probably to wait and see if Fanhome does them.I hope someone is compelled to release official orthos.
I'd certainly like the round nacelle option on the various DSC ships.
You are correct in your room identifications. However, this is not a singular deck plan but rather a composite of multiple decks showing locations of key rooms throughout. For instance, that’s the bridge (not an auxiliary bridge) in the very center of the saucer, surrounded by sick bay and the overflow infirmary. I will be posting my recreation of this graphic on my social media accounts on Monday.A rather interesting deck plan of the saucer section.
I can make out the foward lounge and Pikes Quarters. I'm thinking the large room aft of the lounge is the new science lab. I'm also thinking there's a couple of transporter rooms on opposite sides of the central core.
Don't let Alec Peters hear you say that.
Oh I've told people my opinion on the details of the Ares lmao
Good ships all around.The artist who modeled the ships from the season 3 opening titles, W.M. Cheng, has posted some clear renders on another forum. It looks like an upside-down version of the salvaged fake ship from the season two premiere is a real design, so we can all pretend that this real ship is the one that was at the starbase, and not the very similar looking fake ship built from salvaged parts.
My condolences to The Wormhole with regards to the retro-Nebula.
