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OK... here's an extremely quick kitbash of what the steamrunner-looking earth ship might look like.
From the screen caps I've seen, there looks to be a single catamaran structure exteding aft from a saucer that is very much like the NX class'. Off the aft end of that catamaran, two struts break off. The nacelles appear to be laterally even with the impulse engines, and elevationally above the saucer, though I can't tell if they actually overlap it.
The winglets appear to extend back and slope downward.
I've made the bridge
There appears to be an observation booth or some other structure at the very end of the catamaran.
I've made the bridge a little bigger, assuming that the ship itself is smaller than Enterprise. I've also made it a little wider, as the screen caps appear to show a wider ship. Plus... it looked kind of dumb at Enterprise's width and I prefer to think that these ships are cool looking
I'm sure I'm off on some details. Anyone got any better details of these bad boys?
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OK... i sort of forget now... but I think the point of this was for you guys to point out any details about the ship that I didn't take into account...
And these ships' sizes have always bugged me. Prior to the Warp 5 engine, at Warp 2 it would still take months to get anywhere. Given the unreplicated, low-efficiency world of "Enterprise", I wonder why these ships aren't gargantuan for the amount of consumables they'd have to carry.
Ont he flipside, it does look like these ships are atmosphere-friendly. Perhaps pre-warp 5 exploration almost required the ship to find an M-class planet to refuel and resupply? Or at least places where you can get water for fuel?
Another consideration is antimatter - one wonders if they'd come up with the technology to create it onboard a ship yet for emergency purposes...
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We need to stick this kit bash side-by-side with a screen shot for a better analysis
Edit:
Actually there really, upon review, appears to be no 'saucer' shot of this particular ship, however the 'triangle' ship seems to have a couple 'full shots' of the ship that would seem make a model kitbash more practical
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I can't remember where I grabbed these from... so thanks go to whosever the are:
And, no... I'm not sure at all that the ship's saucer is round. It could be triangular. In fact, looking at that second one again, I'd say that's a distinct possibility. I'd like it alot better if it were as it would bear less resemblance to the NX class.
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