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Originally posted by Jim NCC1701A:
What would a movie-era version of the Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise look like?

A straight copy of "our" Enterprise doesn't seem right, and it'd be the easy way out.

More heavily armed would be pretty much a given. Photorps at the base of the neck, or below the bridge ala TOS. Armored bridge? Dare I say it, hull plating like the NX-01? More macho secondary hull and warp nacelles? Definately loose the botanical section.

Those are the ideas I've been playing with (but I'm hopeless at artwork so don't even ask for a sketch ).

Anyone think of something different to add to the mix that I may've overlooked?

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Heh... I've chatted about this very subject fairly recently w/my friend Barry Yoner. We had sort of envisioned a timeline for the Mirror Universe based off the DC Comics, in which Spock never attempted to subvert or destroy Kirk, seeing that he would need to find a network of people to help him. A Fifth Column, if you will.

Anyhow, here are the armaments as I envision them. Basically, I went FanBoy with my thinking: 2 each fore and aft firing photorp tubes as seen below:



(Image courtesy of Barry Yoner and is of his stripped for refurbishment U.S.S. Bonaventure model he built for his Star Trek club up in Edomonton, Alberta, Canada.)


Possible additional photorp tubes mounted on the rim of the primary hull, tho more of "emergency" tubes of a one- or two-shot nature.

I also picture pairs of phasers in a number of locations on the ship. I was going for a look on the primary hull (saucer) not unlike the Excelsior class placement. I was thinking that the two single-mount phasers above the shuttlebay would be dual mounts, as well as those on the bottom of the secondary hull. Add a "launch bay" in the fantail for some sort of small fighter meant to enhance the offensive capabilities of the Imperial Edict (?) class heavy cruisers. Something that was fairly maneuverable and could pack a bit of a punch against other capital ships. Maybe a slightly more advanced version of the "Killer Bee"? Maybe turn the botanical garden section into a launch/recovery bay for same. Or turn that same area into a ground troop (Imperial Marines, anyone?) barracks or training area for same.

I also figured for larger sensor arrays. Basically, take out the inserts for the windows on the ERTL Refit model sort of like was done on that one model in TNG, tho don't put the nacelles on sideways. In place of all those lounges you'd have long-range or at least short range pin-point accurate sensors. The better to pull off assassinations from orbit using the ships phasers, right?

I plan to build a model version of this ship one day, and have plans for the expanded photorp bay from Barry Yoner. However, I won't put the Earth Empire pennant as large as the deflector array. It will be very large-sized, tho.

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(but I'm hopeless at artwork so don't even ask for a sketch )

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But I've been known to do the occasional nasty cut-n-paste...


Put this thing together 3-4 years ago. Would change a few things if I was to start over but I'd probably keep the sec hull (lifted from another fellow's schematics....)

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to include Jim Leary's version previously seen in this thread

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Famous at last Thanx Griff.

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However, in keeping with it being James Kirk's Enterprise, I'd keep it as a "Constitution" refit design, just slightly modified.

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Originally posted by Jim NCC1701A:
What would a movie-era version of the Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise look like?

Definately loose the botanical section.

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Originally posted by AndrewR:
Take of the roll-bars and you have yourself an proto-Excelsior-study-model-four-naceller!

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Or a stretched one of these... (blatantly patting myself on the back )

Another of my cut-n-pastes - Enterprise saucer with a Starfury body. I did the top view, and Jim Stevenson did the front and sides (I didn't have those views of the Starfury). Personally I woulda made the nacelle pylons thinner and kept all 4 nacelles "right way up", but that's just me.

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I don't think there should be too much difference between the external appearance of the ships of the different universes

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Originally posted by Jim NCC1701A:
IIRC, didn't Scotty make some comment in Mirror Mirror about the technology being not as advanced as the Federations? Or am I getting mixed up with one of the novels? [/QB]

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