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It's been a long, long time since I've seen "Charlie X," but didn't dialogue suggest the Antares was a freighter? I think the new design looks quite appropriate for the circumstances... an old, clunky-looking rustbucket to contrast with the sleek, shiny Enterprise. A heck of a change for Charlie.
(I'm quite fond of the Trimble design too, of course...)
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Science vessel, laddie.
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In fact, I believe the ship gets alternately described as a freighter, a survey ship, and a science ship during the course of the episode. I recall Kirk having trouble making up his mind about what "Earth Colony 5" was called, too.
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Dialogue tags it with four distinct (yet obviously not mutually exclusive) descriptions: 1. "...cargo vessel Antares..." 2. "A transport ship..." 3. "...science probe vessel Antares..." 4. "A survey ship with 20 men aboard..."
It's difficult to see from that pic, but it looks like the registry is indeed NCC-501.
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Wow, and I think it's also one of the first true references to scaled ship elements side-by-side, with the nacelles looking like they were copied from the Connie CGI model...
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Oh, I don't think so. This looks like a highly accurate copy of the "More Tribbles" droneships, complete with nacelles that lack the Enterprise taper, have bigger intercooler thingamabobs, feature a collar around the bow dome and so forth. Only the bow windows, dorsal bulge and sensor dish have been rearranged or removed.
Perhaps not the design I'd have chosen - the Huron could have been a more plausible freighter here, what with having a crew and all, and an all-new ship would of course have been cool. But this is better than the Concordance / Brian Pimenta design that looked like a generic starship rather than a freighter.
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...Hmm. On a second look, it seems that the Antares is the TAS cargo drone with a whole new squarish "crew module" bolted onto the bow, ahead of the sensor dish.
Which goes nicely with Todd Guenther's modular view of the design. By his interpretation, what we see would be just the core module that provides propulsion, plus a crew module and a forward ventral bulk cargo hold.
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: That looks more like the cargo drones than anything. Bah. I would have preferred Bjo Trimble's design (enhanced by Reverend).
I actually think this design is more suitable, especially considering the modular approach which is a good way to reconcile what a 20 person cargo-transport-science-probe-survey-ship should look like. My way was to shrink it down and stick on a couple of modular pods.
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I have to agree with one of the posters on Trekmovie, this is one of the most impressive shots I've seen from TOS:R so far. The design is very fitting IMO and the render is perfect. It's even got that nice blueish tinge that has been missing from a lot of these CG shots.
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Well this is some nice remastered work. I feel that now the ships in The Ultimate Computer must all be new designs mainly because a chance to show new and original designs was missed in the Errand of Mercy episode.
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We've already seen Potemkin, Lexington, Escalibur, and Hood as Connies, so they'll keep them as Connies. The only reason for a new design for Antares is that we've never seen it until now.
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quote:Originally posted by Dat: We've already seen Potemkin, Lexington, Escalibur, and Hood as Connies, so they'll keep them as Connies. The only reason for a new design for Antares is that we've never seen it until now.
I know but I want more TOS designs, damnit!
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