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Number 12 looks interesting, would like to see a side view. It's surprising how much effort was put into the Aerowing without it ever being used.
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#12 looks like it would be good for a Vulcan ship.
I think originally they would have used the aerowing but it proved too expensive to figure out a good way to launch it or something. So they had to make some lame excuse like not all the parts or something being finished, even though they could build the Delta Flyer twice from scratch.
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The fins were "absoprtion shield emitters", which would have projected a fancy new FX sequence and be far better than traditional shields. This was rejected, of course, since TPTB didn't want any radical changes to how starships did things. But it was Rick's job to throw new and cool ideas out there, which would be pared down until they had something the producers liked.
Though personally, I'd have like if they'd gone with THIS, with the AWACS pod. Very Nebbie.
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Holy crap: #12 is hideous in the extreme. Ravenstar Studios already made a fairly nice model version of the #9 design. I actually like that one a lot more than the version they used in the series.
Many thanks for those images FG! They'll go right into the "starship reference" files on my harddrive.
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for me THIS seems like she'd make a great light-cruiser.
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Yes. Curious though, what made the producers turn around and ask for 'some changes' which actually resulted in an almost totally different ship? The only thing that survived was the basic shape and detailing of the saucer.
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I find it interesting that moving parts were a must have since the initial concept thumbnails. And, as was already mentioned, that so much attention was put into the Aerowing from very early on. My guess would be that the designers of the ship rather than TPTB were responsible for that. That had the Ent. D's Captain's yacht as precedent.
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Yes. Curious though, what made the producers turn around and ask for 'some changes' which actually resulted in an almost totally different ship? The only thing that survived was the basic shape and detailing of the saucer.
I thought the most popular theory amoung fans was that Jeri Taylor wanted the ship to me more curvey, because it had a female captain. No idea if that's true or not.
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I also remember a story that this particular concept design was meant to be a rugged veteran of the Cardassian wars, whereas the new ship was a all shiny and curvy and pretty.
The USS Elkins NCC-74121 comes close using the Intrepid model an a F-14 model. Then there's the Intrepid/Maquis variant USS Yeager NCC-65674. Both poorly constructed compared to the NCC-73602 Voyager.
I noticed that the signage markings on the nacelles are different that normal.
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