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Since the first post kind of changed topic to the TMP Special edition, and that it's now six pages long, I decided to create a new topic.
Anyway, I bought the calendar last night, & wanted to report on some goodies I don't think anyone else found. So...
-The NCC-1000, obviously. The ship (and the space station) doesn't look as bad as people have been saying. It's actually quite neat. Too bad that the artist didn't see fit to actually name the thing.
-In August's entry, the war scene above Organia contains the Enterprise, the Lexington, and three Klingon ships. The surprise here? One of the ships is actually the unused Klingon Battlecruiser design from "Unexpected" (remember, they used a K'T'Inga because Bonchune didn't have the real ship ready in time?) It's on the right-hand side of the pic, and unfurtunately a bit of the starboard side is cut off, but it's mostly viewable as a top-view. A D-6, anyone?
-Finally, in October's entry, we see the TOS Ent being converted into the TMP Ent. Right above the ship, we see another vessel tugging one of the Ent's new nacelles. It's sort of a four-nacelled version of the Oberth, only where the underslung pod would be, is the Ent's nacelle.
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Is there even a CGI version of the Oberth? I wonder if we will ever see a Sphinx version of the Workbee.
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quote: The NCC-1000, obviously. The ship (and the space station) doesn't look as bad as people have been saying. It's actually quite neat. Too bad that the artist didn't see fit to actually name the thing.
She doesn't have to - we all know this is the Horizon anyway...
The four-nacelled Oberth sounds as if somebody's paying homage (at the very least) to the Todega tug of, was it Jackill's?
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Although I have a scanner (but it's not hooked up), I figured I'd be nice & take a few pics with my digital camera in the meantime. They're not the greatest shots, as a scan would do much better, but I know how impatient us Flare-ites are.
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Looks like the Odanta class sold through Starshipmodeler.com. I dont care for that space station though- the windows look uneven and too large for the design.
I dig that Oberth variant- it seems the pylons are graspers of some kind- mabye the Oberth's pod is swappable after all.
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The sad thing is, NCC-1000 does look better than NX-01 (at least it doesn't look like clone of Akira with bottom chopped off...
And Jason, judging from size of the nacelle this Oberth-tug is much more smaller than actual Oberth. But yeah, the space station looks weird - kinda like giant space moth-repellent
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You know, the oberth-tug, and I�m going with your idea here Jason, kind of reminds me of that weird looking ship inside spacedock. Remember the one? Blueish cargo-carrier looking thing? I always thought that the ship had an oberth-looking saucer. Could the artist for this calender have been that smart?
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Heck, from this angle, it's not even clear whether this is NCC-1000 or something like NCC-1086. Which is good for those who want to add this design to a fandom timeline that already features a NCC-1000 of a different design...
Looks like this is the exact Constitution saucer - same shape, diameter, judging by rim detail and bridge relative size - with add-ons and different engines, rather than just a generally similar hull.
It's growing on me, definitely. (AAAGGGHH! Get it off! Get it off!)
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The only similarities between that defected Oberth and the Cargo ship from spacedock is the dome and the small nacelles placed at the front. It has an underslung carriage - and the nacelles are different.
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Might be a new build saucer. The rim windows are different so that at least would have had to be rebuilt. It looks like the rim is less tapered anyway. It also looks like its got a different deflector grid (more refit like)
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Personally, I'm tired of ships that look like someone's stuffed a secondary hull into the saucer like a pita bread. Weak!
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