This only makes my point -- I'm a longtime TOS fan and even I couldn't tell you about the saucer striping.
USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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This only makes my point -- I'm a longtime TOS fan and even I couldn't tell you about the saucer striping.
This ship isn't the only federation ship to have it in Star Trek's history. The intrepid has it.
The Galaxy Class, while not a lip, has flat areas in front of its shuttle bays with stripes and such.
The Sovereign's main shuttle bay on the saucer has a similar area.
What difference does that make? Adding it to the Enterprise now, after more than 50 years, is a random, arbitrary change that does nothing to make the ship look more "modern."
My preference is for the designers to do minimally invasive surgery -- the least change necessary, and there should be good reasons for those changes.
It's like how artists at DC keep futzing with Superman's suit -- everyone wants to claim they had an influence on an iconic design.
I don't know what you want.
I want things to be done for logical reasons.
I don't see how it's illogical.
What do you see as the logical reason for this change?
That's fine. But it's still a random change, which was my only point.
The striping is also a random change, and I say that as someone who likes the striping.
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All of this is true - nothing "modern" about this.
Well anyway, on the topic of interesting things about the redesign: Interesting that they pulled from WNMHGB with those black strips on either side of the upper saucer.
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They shouldn't have messed with the design of the Klingon ships and just given us a visual update, it was really stupid.
If the show was a reboot then that might be a valid argument
But since we are trying to stick closer to the Prime Universe I don't see that as a problem.
If they were trying to stick closer to the Prime Universe, this wouldn't be a Klingon D7 cruiser:If the show was a reboot then that might be a valid argument
But since we are trying to stick closer to the Prime Universe I don't see that as a problem.
You're doing a terrible job of shilling, by the way.
Fixed it
The split nacelles of the Discoprise remind me of the NX-01, what with its "hole" in the back that it inherited from the Akira.
He may mean the visible hull plating and Aztecing.
If they were trying to stick closer to the Prime Universe, this wouldn't be a Klingon D7 cruiser:
It'd be a Jem'Hadar or Talarian ship!
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