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I think we're all pretty much in agreement that we'll probably never see a Daedalus-class ship which looks like the model in Sisko's office on Enterprise.
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Nope, I don't agree on that. What I agree is that we'll probably never see a Daedalus that doesn't look like the model on Sisko's desk, since its probably the only one we'll ever get to see.
But if we do, by some fantastic and far-fetched chance, see one, it'll either look the same or damn close to it.
Sorry, I'll try not to argue anymore...
-MMoM
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Let me have another approach: Neither TPTB nor the Art Department will decide to design a completely new ship or modify an existing one only because they feel like that. So if a script requires another Earth ship, they may just design one.
We know that NX is the most advanced Earth class by far, and it has taken 30 years to build it. The chance of seeing a successor in the series is virtually zero (well, time travel is always an option, but I doubt that they will go only one or two decades ahead).
If they need a less advanced vessel, they may remember the Encyclopedia. Surely the Art Department and probably B&B too know the Daedalus design. Surely they won't care about the ship's name or history. They may decide against it because it's not cool enough, or they may just take it as another homage. Even in the latter case, we will not see the Daedalus as we know it, but an updated version with the new old 22nd century style.
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Well, I'm not up on all of the people in the Art Department these days, but isn't Mike Okuda still working on "Enterprise"? If he were, I'd say it's a very strong possibility that we'll see a Daedalus-inspired Earth design at some point. It'll probably be "jazzed up" to today's standards using CGI. But given that there are apparently still a large number of professionals on the staff who are pretty deep into Treknology, I'd frankly be more surprised if they DIDN'T use the design at some point.
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I hope they do show it; I may be in a minority here (actually I may be the minority) but I actually quite like the design...
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[rant] Agreed, MMoM. I wish they would have more of Masao-esque(sp.?) ships in Enterprise. The Deadalus is one of my favorite designs, BTW behind the Guilbert Class (non Canon) Ambassodor, Olympic, and New Orleans. Thats mostly why I'm against clear pictures of Enterprise unless from afar. [/rant]
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I see the model in Sisko's office with its level of detail only as some sort of project study that is missing details like a proper impulse drive or thrusters. I bet that many critics would come to like the design is they saw a properly redesigned Daedalus. This should include some slight tweaking to the basic shapes too.
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It really shows that the ship is CGI, at least the models after TOS look like they're real.
CGI has the smoothness look that I haven't been able to figure out how to describe it other than be unnaturally smooth. That's why I feel that Star Wars should skip the CGI characters until year 20xx when we do have the technology to make CGI characters look somewhat real.
If they do decide to keep the Daedalus class untouched and CGIed, it'll look too fake for me to take seriously.
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