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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] So, rather than looking at these small and/or blurry screencaps, I decided to go buy the TV Guide issue for myself. Nice little poster. My comments follow. (1) Before I get to nitpicky details, I have to say that the ship is really sharp. I like it, whether it's period-appropriate or not. Nice lines, good proportions, and a great color scheme, like a shiny pewter with gold accents. (2) The ship is indeed NX-01, an Earth Starfleet ship. The number and name are the only real marking on the hull, and they're done in the good ol' TOS hull font. (3) The more I see the [i]Enterprise[/i], the less she looks like an Akira. Maybe it's when you have a nice big image and can see that the nacelle pylons definitely sweep upward. There is really only one similarity between the two: the catamaran-style hull. After that, the similarities end. (4) According to Berman, she has a complement of 70-80 people. (5) Judging by the (circular) portholes on the primary hull, I believe she has five decks through to the saucer rim... however, there are clearly some portholes on the ceiling of at least deck two, so it makes things a little tricky. The saucer edge is apparently an "inverted" angle, like the [i]Excelsior[/i], rather than like the TOS ship. (6) TOS-style golden dish on the front, even including the little prong in the middle. The dish makes a little notch in the front of the hull, creating another superficial Akira similarity. Oh, and the saucer is circular, though with the dish and whatever greebles at the rear, it's not a complete circle. (7) Approximately where film-era phasers would be, port and starboard, there appear to be hatches, almost like shuttle doors. Sine the scale is unclear, they may be two small for shuttles and used as EVA hatches. (8) The black strips on the sides are TOS pilot-style markings, with running lights in the middle. Another nice continuity touch. (9) The nacelles have those "handrail" intercooler assemblies, as on the TOS ship. The bussards are basically like rounded versions of those on the [i]Enterprise[/i]-E, only a nice dark red instead of almost pinkish. Oh, and the aft end rounds out, it's not two-pronged as some images would suggest. (10) The "rollbar pod" is probably not a weapons pod on the [i]Enterprise[/i], though its function is unknown. There is a blue light on top that sorta resembles the impulse deflection crystal of the film era, but it's pretty small. Could be an outboard reactor. (11) The details on the rear saucer, outboard from the catamaran-hull, are presumably the impulse engines. They are pretty nondescript, featureless and gray... but they are proportionally larger than those of later ships, which makes sense. (12) I'm really curious as to what the lower half is going to look like. It probably won't be similar to the Akira, if only because of the golden dish at the front. The ship is really not very "smooth" overall, so I can't picture the curvyness down there, either. I'm thinking basically a flattened version of the bottom of the TOS ship's primary hull, but that's speculation. (13) Wild guess at the [i]Enterprise[/i]'s length, based on portholes and the bridge: 500', about half of the TOS ship. That's all I have to say about it for now. Too bad I haven't bought a new scanner... -=Ryan McReynolds=- [/QB][/QUOTE]
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