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*rubs eyes* Aha! It is a little green... Damn colorblindness...
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trapezoidal body - presumably for cargo... two nacelles mounted on the forward dorsal section port and starboard.
A forward saucer section mounted directly on top of the trapezoidal section.
CARGO SHIP!
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The design is somewhat similar to those grain haulers we saw in TAS "More Tribbles". Flat body with cargo holds hanging underneath.
Perhaps the intention of the artists originally was to make the Spacedock a center of hectic activity, with lots of ship types buzzing around. Two were inserted as matte paintings (the Excelsior and this one), and the rest were expected to move around, so they would be done as models. Then it was decided not to clutter up the image after all, so all that was inserted for the final shot was the Enterprise, plus those tiny harbor shuttles. (Refresh my memory - is this a real shot from STIII, or just artwork done on STIII elements?)
If this isn't the case, it would seem odd for the artists to insert a tiny ship that can only barely be identified as one...
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To me the question is not "Is this a ship?", but "If it's not a ship, what is it?". It doesn't look at all like a part of the huge, bright and clean internal structure of the spacedock. No matter if it is the spacedock's trash can, a cargo container, a cargo container with nacelles or a real starship, it doesn't belong there, it's some sort of spacecraft.
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Y'know, I'm fairly certain that that "saucer section" is not. It's probably just that shape. For all we know, it might be the big door that opens up to put cargo in...
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I'm sorry to dig up an extremely old thread, but here I go. I consider myself to be a bit handy with CG, so I made some reference images to show you my take of this object.
let me know what you think. i have not drawn any conclusions on whether this is a ship or not... but it is definitely not attached to the starbase.
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How can some of you say it is NOT a ship? Of course it is! It's as plain as day! Not all designs have to look the same! Look at the Antares! That has no saucer or real nacelles, but presumably some are in Starfleet.
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