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We've seen plenty of characters who were in Starfleet to further their non-Starfleet careers. Uh, haven't we? (It's been strongly implied in lots of cases anyway; all those scientist types. I think it is explicit in that Voyager attempt at "Lower Decks," with the guy who joined up to further his astrophysics career only to get stuck with a much longer billet than he had intended.)
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Daniel Butler
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I just saw "I just joined to pay for dental school" on BSG and thought fondly of this thread.
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Sorry for the double. The editing window, she has closed.
I found this on Google Images while looking for something else. I dunno what it is - the page Google said contained it, er, didn't. So I don't know if it's a fan thing or promo material or what, but the supposedly-containing page *was* at Trekmovie.com, so I'd guess fan made. The nacelles don't look...QUITE...as bad here.
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Yep, that's her. I never noticed the multiple support brackets going to the deflector dish before. THey make the dish look so fagile. Beautiful view though.
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It really reminds me of a prettier version of that monstrous movie-extrapolation.
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That Koernerprise looks beautiful, I love the nacelle pylons. I've never liked the 1701 refit's pylons, the way they taper outwards, like bell-bottom pants. Makes them look like they'd break off in a sharp turn.
EDIT: A rom(ul)an commander called Nero? How friggin original. What was wrong with one of the "consonant-apostrophe" names? Blech. Well, I gotta say, just the thought of getting to see genuine bridge scenes again, after all this time, so looking forward to it. The atmosphere and all that.
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I'm guessing that the 25 year old ship with a saucer and nacelles above and below the saucer is the U.S.S. Kelvin.
I also hope they show the tons of ships that the cadets get assigned to. At least there'll be a lot of name-dropping.
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Is it possible they (Paramount) got the rights to one of Fasa's (or Star Fleet Battles) over and under nacelle ships? probably nothing like the Saladin but maybe like the Larson? what about the one ship from the calaendar (and Vanguard ser, the one with the engeinering hull IN the saucer?ies)
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Well, I'm pretty sure that this re-boot will screw with current continuity in some way. Perhaps this will start another official Trek continuity. Kind of like the Transformers franchise did with the 2007 film. THat takes place in a whole different continuity than the 80's cartoon, but features many of the same characters.
Just think, "Enterprise" probably would have been better in a re-boot universe. Who knows...
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Hopefully not anything like a saladin. Lazy-ass design at it's worst.
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