posted
I just noticed this shuttle to the far left. What is that? I mean under the excelsior is the standard shuttle inside spacedock, but the one to the left is clearly not the same. A "new" shuttletype? I never noticed it before, what with the "pre-enterprise" top left, and the "garbage scow" in the middle...
-------------------- "The Starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of Humanity´s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something." Spock to Leonard McCoy in "Final Frontier"
Registered: Jan 2000
| IP: Logged
posted
And why is that man sneering at the Enterprise. Does he think the ship's arrival has just interrupted his chance to score with it-might-or-it-might-not-be-Rand?
Never noticed those cigarette trays before, either.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
| IP: Logged
posted
I disagree, the shuttle to the right has protruding nacelles which the one to the left doesn�t have. Also the one on the left has what appears to be glowing nacelles on the side.
-------------------- "The Starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of Humanity´s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something." Spock to Leonard McCoy in "Final Frontier"
Registered: Jan 2000
| IP: Logged
posted
It looks like the same shuttle that Bernd's site lists as an "Exceutive Shuttle," although he says there it wasn't seen before ST:VI
quote:General description The executive shuttle is used to transfer (important) personnel from Earth's surface to Earth Spacedock. Gallery: Other Small Federation Vessels Known shuttles (Name unknown) NAR-25820 (Name unknown) assigned to USS Farragut � Annotations �1) The only time the executive shuttle could be seen was in "Star Trek VI" when it took our heroes to the Spacedock. It is uncertain whether the shuttle is equipped with warp drive. There are two flat cylindrical structures that resemble Galaxy-class warp nacelles on the underside, but such warp nacelles shouldn't exist as early as 2293. 2) The miniature was later converted to represent a large starship, the Sydney class, by adding many rows of windows, a bridge module and Constitution-type warp nacelles. The remaining similarity between the small shuttle and the large starship must be a coincidence. It is absolutely wrong to call the shuttle "Sydney class", as it is done in the Fact Files. 3) I assume that the "blue shuttle" that picked up survivors from the saucer of the Enterprise-D in Generations was of this type too. This shuttle is attached to the Farragut, as indicated by its hull number NCC-60597. The size of the blue shuttle which can be seen floating above the saucer is consistent with the structural analysis of the shuttle model.
posted
It's the same shuttle. Watch the actual footage, and you'll see it turn to be more familiar. The nacelles are simply covered up by the main hull, as they protrude down and aft, unlike most shuttles.
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: And why is that man sneering at the Enterprise. Does he think the ship's arrival has just interrupted his chance to score with it-might-or-it-might-not-be-Rand?
Never noticed those cigarette trays before, either.
Mmm, I didn't think he was sneering, just his reaction to the damage that the Enterprise suffered.
Jason Abbadon - She isn't that bad!
-------------------- If you cant convince them, confuse them.
Registered: Apr 2001
| IP: Logged
posted
It looks like the shuttle from ST: V but shorter for some reason... maybe it's another workbee?
-------------------- "It speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow, it's not all going to be over with a big splash and a bomb, that the human race is improving, that we have things to be proud of as humans." -Gene Roddenberry about Star Trek
Registered: May 1999
| IP: Logged
posted
I sort of got the vague impression that the scene with Rand's More Successful Sister and the Moustache Man was staged to make it look as if "the wife" is a high-ranking officer and "the husband" is a lowly civilian who stands two steps back - a bit of deliberate reverse typecasting of background extras, if you get my drift. The camera tends to favor those two, and there's a sort of syncronicity to their movements that way.
And yes, I think it's just another view of the regular little "harbor tug". And cigarettes in the 23rd century are actually beneficial to your health, allowing you to concentrate on enjoying the stunningly delicious aroma.
posted
Which I always thought was a bit stupid. Even assuming that people still smoke then, why would they have the sign on the bridge simulator in the middle of the Academy? Our place of work doesn't have no smoking signs up in the office, because it's bleedingly obvious that you can't smoke at work.
Stupid military Meyer.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic
