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I'm willing to bet money that someone thought no one wound notice. The E-J underside has NEVER been seen, so th eartist probably took their Altair model, popped the E-J saucer out of its housing and flipped it upside-down, and just pasted it on.
However, I'm still willing to bet that the model as depicted is simply another Enterprise...
quote:Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: The only interesting thing I found in the book is that the "Stinray" is called the Altair and it's not from the far future but a prototype commissioned by Starfleet to create a starship chasis that can achieve higher warp velocities.
So.... did anyone notice the similarities between the "modified" Enterprise-J and the Altair? It's the same bloody ship, only without the saucer! Now that's lazy...
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One wonders whether the Altair came first, or the alternate E-J. The "bridge dome" on the former seems like an ill-fitting add-on...
In any case, I find the Altair an interesting design, the alt-E-J not so. It seems the best starships are often born when a studio bigwig turns the sketch upside down, or bow aft, or takes just half the ship, or decides to use a sidearm or sensor design as a ship design...
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