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Paramount seems to be getting rather generous with what they'll allow reliced these days... Shame there won't be much more.
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And I know I've made this complaint before, but will people who want to show off the details of their neat models please, please, please shut off the "realistic" lighting in favor of some distant and diffuse light source? I can better appreciate your work when I can SEE THE WHOLE SHIP.
The fact that every four or five view shot of every computer model ever has this same problem suggests that maybe there is a reason for it, but apparently that reason seems to be to annoy me to no end.
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1. None of the Earth Starfleet ships were given class names other than nicknames (see #2).
2. The "Intrepid" type was referred to as the "Half-Saucer." HS-class, anyone? The other wedge-shaped ship was referred to as the "Warp Delta," and the "first Starfleet ship." Delta-class, anyone?
3. The "Warp Delta" is the same ship as the "moon shuttle" in the opening credits, with some modifications, obviously. Bonchune posted a terrific, large oblique pic of the CGI model. If anyone wants to see it but doesn't want to register at the site, I can upload it.
4. The "Sarajevo" type ship had no official class or registry, although a sketch of the ship by John Eaves is labeled "NC-27." NC-class, anyone? Also, in Eaves' sketch, the ship is labeled "Starfleet Elite Observation vessel," and was more detailed, including red bussards in front of the rear blue glowing thingies (thereby making it a warp vessel instead of a sublight ship). Unfortunately the bussards don't show up in the finished product.
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What's with asking those stupid questions? "Do you want to see?". Geez. Get on with it, man!
NC-class is fine with me. But why does Starfleet need a special ship to observe the elite? Glad to hear that this was intended to be a scoutship or command vessel of some sort, rather than a combatant - form should reflect function at least to some degree.
No problem with HS-class and D-class, either, but I'll still insist on having "proper" names on the classes as well. NX = Enterprise class and so forth. And, well, Neptune class sounds like our best bet for HS now, considering that there is no conflicting info, and that a comparison to the nearest similar ship type would make sense in that silly captain's chair discussion.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the darn upload link...
Oh, well. It's late & I'm going to bed now. If no one else posts it by tomorrow, I will.
-------------------- "A film made in 2008 isn't going to look like a TV series from 1966 if it wants to make any money. As long as the characters act the same way, and the spirit of the story remains the same then it's "real" Star Trek. Everything else is window dressing." -StCoop
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