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Indeed, this is a time of rejoicing. Much ass is going to be kicked by this book, and we're so grateful for a chance to contribute from the forums!
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I found out today that the Franz Joseph designs, and indeed ANYTHING in his original tech manual, is owned by Ballentine books and cannot be used by the show or it's licencees.
So much for my Ptolemy class!
However, they cannot lay claim to basic starship design, so as long as I make them just a bit different, I'm OK (i.e. they can't say the Reliant is an infrigement on the Ptolemy just because it has 2 nacelles sweeping downward on either side of the dish).
Too bad, since I really wanted to pay homage to Mr. Joseph and the work that insipred so many.
In other news, I have people now working on models of the Sphinx workpod (which Mr. Probert was kind enough to send me full color sketches of) and the Centaur-Class ship.
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Too bad about Ptolemy. But if it was shown on a computer monitor in a series or movie, isn't it fair game somehow (I doubt it, but just thought I'd ask)?
If Ptolemy can't be used, how about the USS Huron from the Animated Series?
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Well, then, in the Kobayashi Maru simulation at the start of Wrath of Khan, FJ's schematics for a one-nacelle ship (not sure which) and Ptolemy appeared on computer monitors. I'm sure someone here can provide some links for you.
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I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP
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yeah, just pitch it as 'unnamed ship from ST:II computer screen backgound image' legal problems solved. i dance now
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Now on to the making of films!
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What would you do without us, Mojo?
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Mojo: here�s a link to my own screencaps of Franz Jospeh�s designs: Ptolemy, Saladin, Hermes
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Basically it�s in their crewcomplement and armament. I don�t remember which is the bigger ship, though.
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The physical specifications are identical except for the mass; the Saladin-class destroyer has a mass of 95,000 metric tons, 500 tons more than the Hermes-class scout.
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