shipfisher

BolianAdmiral wrote: »

I love it!

Very good taste in starship design is being demonstrated here.

Yup.
This is it.
You GET IT with this great version of the Constitution class.
Adds just enough detail to appease current sensibilities, yet loses none of the original's essence.
Get's my vote as a great refit for Captain Pike's Strange New Worlds Enterprise, and would be believable as such.
If only...

Looking At this... it really feels like an image from 'out there' for lack of better words. Thanks for the trip

I could say something cheesy and politically incorrect, like how great this lady looks topless, but no, that would be bad and wrong, and I just won't do it. I will say that the Venus De Milo pales by comparison - see, that's art, that's cultural.
Beautiful work as usual. Really raising the bar here, with no double entendre intended.

Perhaps one of the best Star Trek themed surface to orbit craft I've ever seen, wonderfully realized. Depictions of early shuttles (ie. pre ST:Enterprise era) are next to non-existent in fandom. This helps fill a massive gap, and is a very credible, hard sci looking craft.
Dare I ask about any thoughts about propulsion or power plant(s). Newtonian? Early impulse? Clean fission? Fusion? I'll assume chemical rockets are off the table if it has any cross range capability or full descent from orbit and return ability without refueling.

Lovely Curry class idea.
Never a fan of the original, out of scale kitbash of Connie refit/Reliant nacelles and Excelsior hull bits. Please develop this and help right the past wrongs of others.

Just reviewed this thread. Why aren't you running the design department at Paramount and Bad Robot? Oh, that's right - there's no justice in the world.
Your Galaxy class redesign ticks many boxes.
Your Inquiry class redesign does justice to the original John Eaves concept. I don't think he wanted it looking like it was trying to sift space plankton either.
Love the Interceptor class. Best post 24th century ship I've seen. The USS Gifford I've seen elsewhere is a pretty good 3D take on it.

Now this looks unambiguously like something with interstellar capability, unlike what appeared on an LCARS display as a DY-500 in the TNG episode "Up the Long Ladder". I guess the art department never counted on sticklers like me still ruminating about a briefly displayed diagram nearly 40 years down the track.

Love circular primary hulls. Late 24th century pointy 'saucers' are starting to wear thin on my conservative design sensibilities. Love circular deflector dishes too - recessing the dish in a slanted housing instead of slanting the dish itself looks functional and slick. Asymmetrical dishes have me wondering where the focal point is, should any applications still require one. Also love those linear, wrap-around bussard grilles. They also look more functional than domes. Loving this ship so far.

Alright everyone. You can stop rebooting, re-imagining and updating the original USS Enterprise NCC-1701, because we have a winner, and this beauty is it.

Thank you Hunter G. Please take your place on the podium. John Eaves will stand in for Matt Jefferies as honorary presenter of the award.