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Very nice, Irishman! One thing that bugs me though is the lower hemisphere (not the sensor dome, but the part of the hull it's attached to). I didn't think it was that prominent. Are there any decent screencaps of the bottom? Personally, I would think that it wouldn't be sticking out from the rest of hull as much since the hull looks like it is a lifting body.
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: MMoM: I remember that you made it up, and I'm fine with the designation. I think it's a cool name for the ship. Which really irritates me, because whoever's in charge of designing these ships should've given them names and registries. I don't understand why that was so hard to do.
"OK... the Enterprise is NX Class... Let's make this one NU-Class in case we want to show the Enterprise's immediate predecessor someday. Oh, and let's actually name the ship while we're at it." Boom. Done. Not hard at all.
I, Sir, most certainly DID NOT make that up. I'm no fan of these unofficial nicknames that seem to be all the rage 'round here, and I agree with you whole-heartedly on the idea that they ought to give more ship information on the show.
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OK... sorry... I was remembering that you were correct about it being a name that got made up here. Didn't mean to say you specifically came up with it. I don't remember who did, but I do remember the thread.
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Working on some small changes, and a couple big ones, just to present for asthetic choices, and the ventral view. I'm going to put an NX-01 style shuttle launch bay right behind the lower hemisphere, and work out the overall thickness issues using deck heights as a guide. (3 m deck height, overall 120 m length)
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Aban, Yes, smaller, probably a crew of 30 or less. Yet, it has no transporter, unlike the NX-01. So, shuttlepods would be their only mode of mass transport.
Two? Three? Four?
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I don't think they will give names or registries to these ships. When we did see a model of one of these ships, I think the Intrepid,from the front at close viewing, the ship had no name or registry. This would have been a good time to put such information on the ship.
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Yes, it would have. But they didn't, because why bother with little details that the fans would absolutely love?
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Could have been pressed for time the first time they used the model. If they model their markings onto the hull rather than textureing them, it can cause issues which take time to repair
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From STAR TREK COMMUNICATOR - FEB/MAR '04 - Page 71:
quote: Q. "In the Enterprise episode "The Expanse," what were the three classes of the ships that came to the aid of the Enterprise when she was fighting the Klingons, and what were the ships' names?"
A. "The writers on the show do not have the time to fill in the blanks on the various series' history and technology. Would that they could, as the show would be far more consistent, but it would be impossible to do and write 26 scripts a year. Since the classes and names of those ships would have been entirely irrelevant to the story, what would have been the point in coming up with that sort of information?"
As taken from Richard Arnold: a fan of Star Trek from the beginning, assisted Gene Roddenberry for 15 years at his Paramount offices and still makes his living as an expert on the franchise.... blah blah...and that is why, it is supposedly felt that those ships were not given designations. The script didn't call for it.
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So was "Iceland" mentioned in any way in a script or behind the scenes?![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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