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It is curious how none of the spoilers so far have mentioned the Klingon angle. It's been known for a while that a Klingon character was on the cast sheet. And yes, the only promo online right now is the Nova-only one. At least that I've seen.
I love what they've done with the Nova! This can either be taken to show that Starfleet's been upgrading the design in the 25 or so years that have passed - or then as a proof that the general design is being used in a variety of roles (Borg-killer testbed and surveyor being just two out of many). Perhaps this specific Nova is outfitted as a patrol ship of some sort? I think we all can guess who her captain is...
The Negh'Vars seem to be unmodified from their DS9 regular-universe appearance (or are the underwing pods a bit smoother?), yet their size might still better match those "Voodieh-class" ships from "All Good Things..". I can see the Klingons might wish to upgrade their fleet, but really! Wasting ships of this size for chasing a shuttle? A swarm of BoPs would have done the same thing, representing a similar degree of humungous overkill while expending fewer resources.
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The Negh'Var in 'Way of the Warrior' isn't that much bigger than a Galaxy class. The Voodieh (sp?) type in 'All Good Things...' are about the same length as the Negh'Var.
But I agree with the overkill of two of those ships going after a single shuttle. But the shuttle is bound to survive and a Nova class is attacking those ships... I think the Klingons have progressed less than the Federation when it comes to fire-power and shield strength.
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I had a fanfic that made the speculation of a Nova class patrol ship. I had it written at the end of April and started posting it early May. It's actually the second episode of my Athena fanfics (I only had posted the first episode in this board.) Here is the chapter: http://trekbbs.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/000953.html
"He looked at the roster of ships. He recognized a few: �Butcher� Boussard�s Akira class USS Hiryu, Hoesch�s Aegis class USS Boise; Masako Maeda�s USS Vanguard, another Aegis ship. There is a flotilla of Spearhead class scouts, and one of the names he recognized was Tadeo Masaki�s USS John Glenn. The Spearhead class is a new improved Nova class scout, with enough changes that they decided to give it a new class name. Basically, it replaces the main hull with a new streamlined spearhead like design, with slightly longer and more powerful warp engines. The new hull, which gave it its name, could house more sensory equipment, personnel and armament than a standard Nova class ship. Along with the Spearheads were Nova class ships, both the original science ship and the A refit. along with Nova A class ships. Although the original Nova class was small it was expensive due to the being loaded to the gills with state of the art sensors and scientific equipment. Starfleet saw the potential of the design for a low cost escort frigate and police ship, but a lot of the equipment used on the Novas were useless for such work. So Starfleet commissioned a stripped down but heavier armed variant called the Nova A refit. They supplemented the Defiants and Sabres in escort and increasingly, in front line duties, but are best known for internal police duties, where their size and �friendlier� image proved more useful."
Then the fanfic goes on, with the Novas along with Prometheus class ship, and other shipos like Sabres, Akiras, Steamrunners, Norways, to battle the Borg, including Cubes, Diamonds, Spheres and a Sphere of a new design, and a Diamond of a new design, in the midst of a Borg colony that includes Borg bases such as ship assembly matrix.
The Aegis mentioned is my own invention, an Intrepid variant joined with a smaller scale Sovie type hull, swept back upward warp pylons, with nacelles similar to the Sovie/Promie/Nova design fashion. The idea is a hull that's fatter on the rear for more shuttles, no complicated adjusting warp pylons, and a commonality with the warp engine design with the nacelles of the Sovie/Promie/Nova---reflecting an updated engine design. Far from a super ship or a beauty queen, it's basically a recon scout that's cheaper to build than a standard Intrepid, offers more utility space and easier to maintain with less complexity.
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What's that little rod/pod thing in the Nova image above? (Right between the starboard nacelle and the primary hull.) It looks like part of a Negh'Var (the second one?) but it also looks like it's actually connected to the Nova.
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Still no one with screencaps of the Federation fleet, other than what we saw in the 30-second trailer? My station doesn't show episode previews, and I wanna be spoiled before next Saturday, dammit!
Mark
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I can't see the whole matrix from the jpgs, but given its size, scale, and overall design, it does appear to faintly resemble Armada's Assembly Matrix.
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The shuttle could be a totally new CGI model, since it appears much more different then we think. The back arc of the window is going in the opposite direction, there now appear to be intakes right behind the window, the nacelle pylons are in a different shape, there are new devices on top of the shuttle, and looking at the shuttle from the front during the trailer, she seems much shorter in height then the Type-9
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