quote:Originally posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov: Do you think the design of the new ships was ment to be an in-joke for those who complained about the Enterprise looking like an Akira-class ship? Because I think this ship looks more like the Saber than the Norway - apart from the arrow-head saucer there isn't anything that looks Norwayish.
That idea has crossed my mind a couple of times...
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Is it just me or does the aft end of that ship look like it could be the one from the opening credits with some small modifications (like added boosters instead of impulse engines)?
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The ship in the credits *does* have a saucer on the front of it. Back the video up a couple of frames from the one shown in the posted pic above and it's easier to see.
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Hmm, interesting. I just looked it over. It DOES look like a slightly larger arrowhead at the front edge... Man if we could get some shots of the model they used...
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I'm guessing that it's not a full saucer, rather something more like the Iceland-class, but a more primitive ancestor. The Iceland does have a saucer component on the ventral side, where the sensor package is centered. If you look at the rest of the rear of the intro ship, you'll notice that it shares major features with the Iceland (namely the continuous curve from nacelle pylon on the port side to the starboard side, and the shallow oval profile of the aft hull). My guess is that it represents a ship of that lineage, smaller, which functioned as an escort to ships like the Conestoga. The various sublight engine exhausts point to a hybrid-propulsion system, perhaps switching over from an older system with punch to a newer, more efficient one with more room to evolve. (Think gas-electric hybrid cars)
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This might have come up before, but isn't Archer's dad painting a model of the second-last-ship-in-the-credits at the beginning of Broken Bow? Wouldn't that tell us exactly what shape it is?
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