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So there are two CGI versions of the Miranda Class... which could either mean that more than one artist can create a starship or that someone decided to make a contest at Foundation Imaging on which Miranda Class CGI is the most authentic looking one against the physical model.
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Somewhat off-topic, but the shots from "Tears of the Prophets" made me want to see it again. To my surprise, I happened to notice that at time index 34:12, the Defiant's registry is shown on the nose as NCC-74210. Whoops!
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God, Pedro's Shiporama is still up - and it still hasn't been updated. That's about five years now. I'm surpised the guy even bothers to renew the domain, let alone continue hosting it. But then he was a twat anyway, one of Tachy's lapdogs. . .
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Of course, I've no idea what became of that lot. Never cared enough to find out, either. I'm assuming Boh has some knowledge of their fates, then?
And, the Shiporama was a nice site, I even used to check in regularly in the vain hope of an update.
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Really? Gosh. This I have to see. Does he still have a website? 8)
(Boh - PM me if you like. Didn't mean to hijack this thread, just feeling rather hostile and obnoxious today!)
So, um, yeah. Mirandas with extra impulse engines. I realise the question is pretty much meaningless given those SI fields, but wouldn't impulse engines sticking out on that pylon/rail put a lot of stress on it?
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Yeah, and isn't combat where they seem to loose the SIF alot? I don't get the pod anyway, I mean, it must be a bitch for the torpedo crews to get to it.
(Oh and Tachy.. well scifi-art is still there, but he doesn't do much anymore and he's kinda mellowed out, but he does have a job and a family..)
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If the rollbar's there to provide extra strengthening for the pylons which hold the nacelles, then it's obviously pretty strong; problem is, you have all the non-rollbar variants.
Plus the central assembly on the rollbar is pretty large to just hold a couple of torpedo launchers, unless they contain automatic feed magazines so they don't need crews. How large is the rollbar itself anyway? Could it contain a crawlway, a walkway or even a turbolift tube?
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Well, considdering the rolebar is introduced in Star Trek II where feature torpedo crews, I'd say it'd be kinda odd if the Reliant had automated torpedo systems but the Enterprise didn't.
And don't bring the training voyage in to play, I doubt they'd go on "training" in a crisis.
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quote:Originally posted by Chris W.: From what I can tell, the picture on the right is BEFORE the one on the left.
At first glance, it appears that we have discovered another Miranda variant. Perhaps the ship on the right is the "Brattain" variant (ie. a ship dedicated to science/exploration, so it wouldn't need the weapons pod). This is total conjecture.
The ship in the left photo appears to have the standard 2 impulse engines and illuminated shuttlebays.
What do you guys think? 4th Miranda variant discovered?
The order of the pictures are rather irrelevant.
I'm not sure I see two variants there, but rather righty got lefties glow by accident...which makes perfect sense if you know nothing about how cgi glows are placed.
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Careful we're straying awful close to debating the actual age of the Miranda-class here. We know that automated torpedo launchers were introduced at some point, and we know that the Enterprise wasn't a front-line ship anymore. Ideal for training in fact - how better to learn everything about photon torpedo systems than on a manual system? In other words, the 1701-null might not have had automatic launchers!
Then again, would they have a front-line ship doing tedious surveys for the Genesis Project (even given its secrecy and possible military applications) either?
quote:Then again, would they have a front-line ship doing tedious surveys for the Genesis Project (even given its secrecy and possible military applications) either?
FWIW, the shooting script described Reliant as "older" and "somewhat battered." But then, it also described her as "of the ENTERPRISE class, with a slightly different configuration,� so who knows.
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