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Published: 2018-03-01 23:17:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 3208; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 59
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Returned some elements to their early concept design. Spore drive equipment has been replaced, secondary hull is entirely different (can't see it in this image). Β Pylons remain the same, but nacelles have been upgraded to a more cylindrical style. I feel this changes enough of the ship without contradicting the spirit and general configuration of the original vessel.Related content
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Early on it was the positioning of the nacelles that really bugged me.Β Moving them back vastly improved upon the ship as in it somehow restored its sense of balance.
And with the 2 rings on the saucer, I can see why it was done like that especially with the USS Vengeance and the USS Enterprise-E.Β Such a large structure and a torus like saucer would be relatively strong while reducing the mass of the ship -- and you saw how big the Vengeance was.
And then there was the Enterprise-E where it wouldn't surprise me if the saucer started out as an arrow style hull with a torus like structure giving it its saucer features, but also hollow.Β And with more efficient and powerful impulse engines and more advanced tritanium alloys, then the structure would be both stronger and lighter to fill in the gaps as you did with the Discovery here with science labs, hydroponics, and so forth.
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I never particularly loved the Enterprise-E to be honest, It always felt to me like a significant divergence from Enterprise design language up to that point. Was Starfleet in a hurry to create a new Enterprise and they just named a new Sovereign class ship the Enterprise without waiting for a better class of ship to come along? I feel that there's something inherently violent about the Sovereign class (visually).Β
Moving forward, I don't feel that saucers with inner gaps will be all that common, if you accept Enterprise-J as being canon. A saucer with internal gaps would have been a very cool design to add as a visual signature to the Enterprise-J era if Doug Drexler and co. had thought of it at that time. Universe class, Congo class and Altair class have no gaps, although those last two aren't really canon.
Having gaps in the saucer should provide for interesting camera-work potential, I was hoping for a shot of someone looking across the gap at someone in a window on the other side, but I don't believe we got a shot like that in season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery
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My guess is the Sovereign class was probably built in response to the Borg threat like the Defiant -- hence why it's more of a combat ship.
As well John Eaves designed it to be more muscular -- lacking a better term.
As to the Enterprise-J, featured on Star Trek: Enterprise, so yes I consider it canon. And I agree a saucer with gaps would look cool adding a visual spetical from inside, but it probably would be phased out -- unless they are there for mission specific modules to be placed inside the saucer -- I just thought of this -- for specific scientific missions or combat.
When I rebuilt the Saladin class to have an engineering section like the USS Kelvin, I included docking clamps for mission specific modules that can be used for science, combat or cargo.
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I believe ecHenry's Pacific design has mission specific module swapping, in addition to fully detachable nacelles and secondary hull.
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