Here's a 3D version at the top of these NX-01 conceptsAlso it's important to note some of John Eaves designs for the NX-01 which if he is spearheading major design could hint at what he sees fits that style of ship.
John Eaves: NX prototype
Will DIS ever show the Constitution Class starship?
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I doubt "aesthetics", "production values" or "audience expectations" will feature into it in the slightest. Sooner or later, every Trek spinoff has been forced to go back to the point of origin, bringing back classic characters and iconic imagery. And they have never had the guts to change that imagery one iota, for better or worse.
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I think it would be perfectly possible to make the Connie work. Many of those fan recreations show how it could be done, and they don't have the budget of a TVshow to work with. Basically just use the basic TOS Connie shape and colours, add TMP levels of surface detailing and it would look fine (maybe give the secondary hull some of that TMP style curvature, IIRC Jefferies wanted to do it that way from the get go, but it was too difficult to model.)
And of course if it is not Enterprise but some other Connie, there is even more leeway.
And of course if it is not Enterprise but some other Connie, there is even more leeway.
The conversation goes like this:
(John Eaves, 8 Dec 2016) Just heard the sad news that John Glenn passed away!! What horrible news!! Just a few months back I named a starship after him for the new Star Trek Discovery show!! It is a Mercury class ship too!! Sad sad news.
Then later in the comments:
(John Eaves, 9 Dec 2016) Sadly I named one after Bob Hoover in May and He just passed away last month.
(Geoff Edwards, 9 Dec 2016) So, basically, we have you to blame for their deaths :-O
(John Eaves, 9 Dec 2016) Only if we loose Chuck Yeager too
There were no images published at the time, and I cannot find when and where the connection between the NX prototype and the USS Glenn was made, but fan renders of the NX prototype made before December 2016 do bear the name USS Glenn.
![uss_glenn___john_eaves_concept_ship_by_thefirstfleet-dardsiu[1].jpg](https://www.trekbbs.com/data/attachments/1/1767-84101218fd98a1fb75dd8e9ad3e2cd1a.jpg "uss_glenn___john_eaves_concept_ship_by_thefirstfleet-dardsiu[1].jpg")
Taking that a step further, you could still use the TOS bridge floor plan and schematics for the sets, but just build sleeker looking consoles, benches, railings, screens and seats in those locations. Screens and controls can be in the same places down to the tiniest details, yet still modernized. The nuMovies showed how to update the uniforms. They could totally do TOS, and be modern and relevant, and make it work, if they so desired.
If they desired to sink resources into something with only negative value for the show, sure. But why would they shoot themselves in the foot like that?
I stand corrected, after double-checking the dates it appears that all the fan renders were published in Dec 2016 right after the facebook conversation above. Somehow I must have misread a date somewhere.
http://thefirstfleet.deviantart.com/art/USS-Glenn-John-Eaves-concept-ship-650654886
http://metlesitsfleetyards.deviantart.com/art/John-Eaves-concept-ship-651784424
I'd be fine with them using the TMP ship with some minor changes to justify the one in TMP being a refit and just implying she always really looked like that - it would fit the aesthetic, and honestly, it would make more sense than the TOS to TMP (or TWOK, if you're one of those that disregards TMP from the canon) "refit" ever did, anyway. I would hope they would keep the majority of the internal appearance the same as TOS, though - especially the color scheme, garish as it was. Both for nostalgia, but also to minimize contradicting the internal shots from "Relics", "Trials and Tribble-ations", and "In a Mirror, Darkly". I don't have a problem with the external shots in those episodes being different - and they can be "fixed" with "Special Editions" relatively easy if someone wants to, compared to changing the internal stuff. 
Or, they can do something altogether different. If they do, I'll probably still enjoy it - but I'll no longer acknowledge their assertion that the show is in the Prime-verse.
Or, they can do something altogether different. If they do, I'll probably still enjoy it - but I'll no longer acknowledge their assertion that the show is in the Prime-verse.
Yeah. Basically TMP ship with TOS style engines, engine pylons and deflector dish would be perfectly fine (gotta have those three round windows/lights on the front of the saucer though!)
Its only untouchable to a small group of people. Most would not mind, they might bitch but they would get over it. Heck some whined on the still dated looking reteaxturing in ENT
I didn't claim that it is though. My point was that DSC is not a full 100% re-imagining as evidenced by the "classic" looking Sarek.
Somethings they don't feel a need to. The Klingons have been redone a half dozen times. And there could well be story reasons to fit them. Do we even want to talk about the moving antenna of the Andorrans?
Because the Vulcan appearance is straight forward, and fairly timeless. You don't need to improve on space-elfs.
If they ever show The Enterprise, it's not going to be the original Enterprise from TOS. It will be reimagined. Interiors, too, if they show those.
I'm not convinced they will, though. I'm sure Discovery has it's own stories to tell.
That is literally what I said!
But that's not a classic Sarek. To be a classic Sarek, he would have to be wearing duds left over from The Ten Commandments.
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