Hi everyone,
I was trying to figure this problem out for my book im writing. I love the Intrepid class starship that Voyager is but, really, i am totally in love with the Soverign class that the Enterprise is currently. So i thought this would be an interesting topic: What ship is your favorite and if it were 20 years later, what type of Starship class would you like it to become. Or are you just happy with a standard re-fit.
Oh and my book happens to take place 30 years after Nemesis. So there might be some new class of ships to invent.
:klingon - "But sir, I must protest. I am NOT a merry man!!"
Hmmmmm, this needs a bit of serious thinking.
I'm sure our resident ship-tech folks will chime in on this. I always liked that sort of advanced ship in Voyager that the Doctor went aboard from "Message in a Bottle." The Prometheus.
Quote from: batman5150 on April 24, 2009, 12:39:18 PM
Hi everyone,
I was trying to figure this problem out for my book im writing. I love the Intrepid class starship that Voyager is but, really, i am totally in love with the Soverign class that the Enterprise is currently. So i thought this would be an interesting topic: What ship is your favorite
Tough question; they are all so beautiful! I've always been partial to the Defiant because of its compact, non-traditional design. The Akira class is another favorite -- the downswept nacelles give it an agressive, predatory look, which I like. The Cheyenne is probably the ship I'm thinking of the most right now, since I'm about to pick up a resin kit of it from a friend on another forum. Very cool design; looks kind of like a cross between the Enterprise-D and an X-Wing fighter.
Quote... and if it were 20 years later, what type of Starship class would you like it to become. Or are you just happy with a standard re-fit.
30 years is a long time in the Trek universe; just look at how the Enterprise flag was passed from a connie, to a connie refit, and then to an Excelsior variant, all within Kirk's lifetime. If the Voyager isn't still an Intrepid class thirty years down the line, I imagine it will be a ship of similar size and mission profile. The only existing ship that I can think of that fits this description is the U.S.S. Aventine from the current TNG/Titan books. Here's an official image of the ship.. Its design hasn't been finalized yet-
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t91/wraith1702/aventineconcept.jpg)
It's a smaller ship, roughly the size of Voyager, and has a similar mission profile. A major difference is that it has a more advanced propulsion system: If I recall correctly, it is equipped with a slipstream-drive.
My favorite of the Voyager-era ships is probably the Nova class.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Nova001.jpg)
It's got a shovel-shaped main body, like the Intrepid and Sovereign classes, but the arrangement of its nacelles and struts reminds me of the classic Connie/refit look.
Quote from: Dan M on April 25, 2009, 03:55:51 AM
My favorite of the Voyager-era ships is probably the Nova class.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Nova001.jpg)
It's got a shovel-shaped main body, like the Intrepid and Sovereign classes, but the arrangement of its nacelles and struts reminds me of the classic Connie/refit look.
The Nova is pretty cool. I actually like it better than the Intrepid. :)
I really want the Aventine!
Quote from: Just X on April 25, 2009, 11:11:25 AM
I really want the Aventine!
Yeah; it's a cool ship!
If anyone wants more info on it, here's a link-
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Aventine (http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Aventine)
So Ezri dax was the captain of this ship, cool stuff.
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on April 25, 2009, 04:13:05 PM
So Ezri dax was the captain of this ship, cool stuff.
As of the most recent books, she still is.