I missed posting about the second Dev Diary regarding the new Enterprise, as it came out during my Android obsessive period a few weeks ago. It’s worth reading though if you have any interest in Trek starship design. Part three is out now though and features a beautiful in-game model draft of the ship. She’s going to be a cruiser, as expected, and a Vice Admiral level ship. I now have quite a bit of motivation to get my Engineer Nal working hard for promotion (he’s only Lieutenant Commander now).
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It looks nice, with clean lines and a nice forward-moving shape. I just can’t shake the “Voyager” feeling of the thing, though. Mind you, I’d rather lean that direction than in the Ent-D direction, but I really was hoping for something a bit more… unique.
It does have a bit of that feel since the saucer and secondary hulls are pretty close together, but that’s just how it looks in these renders. I have a feeling that could just be an optical illusion from the renders. Even though the Intrepid and Discovery class ships are some of my favorites, they aren’t Enterprise-like.
As far as unique, the dual necks seems to be the major departure for the design. although you can’t quite see the gap between them in these renders.