Taking a step back from the design aspects, I'm a bit confused about the point of this.

There are lots of rumors going round that this will be available to players as a reward for a series of missions, but why do this? At the end of the day they have another engineering ship, whilst there are no new science or escort ships.

Even if they do create new ships for Tact and Sci, we will still have loads of people flying around in this new style ship within a day of release.

I for one would really like to see some ships in game that we can't play. I want missions where things are going badly and a ship from starfleet warps in to assist and we get that "Sir, there's another ship coming in. It's the Enterprise!" moment like at the beginning of First Contact.

I'd like to feel awe! Not just 'Oh, another ship.'

I had liked the initial renderings that had been done with the first Dev Diary, then was really disappointed with the clay model.

The evolved rendering at the end of the second Dev Diary gives me hope again. I so prefer the elegant and graceful curvature in the 3/4 beauty shot of the digital render to the spikes, scoops, and fat neck of the clay model.

You're right. Not a fan of that thing's rear end. Some sort of claw-looking camel toe thing. Not working for me at all! :ohmy:

I posted this in the forums...

Agree with the design mantra and even the cars that give the inspiration to the mantra... but WHAT is going on in the aft section guys? The part where it's cut inward, where typically, shuttlebays are? That one section just really rubs me wrong on the design, yikes. Hopefully, that will be able to be swapped out. It has no Trek inspiration at all, certainly not from a previous Enterprise.

I know she's meant to explore, but let's face it, the game has us blasting things a LOT... so, where are the weapons on this lady? Has any thought been given to the torpedo launchers and their placement? Or the phaser strips? Lines for each of these weapons are pretty clearly defined in previous incarnations.

Any thought given to Saucer Separation? And where those lines might be? I know they at least had theories for that for the Sovereign Class. This would then beg the question of whether or not there is separate propulsion for the saucer or stardrive sections, and where is this all housed?

Also not warm feelings about the cap over the navigational deflector array... it seems a bit harsh on the painted clay model, but less so on the render. I hope the render wins out.

I really wished that the saucer would not take the cue to become pointy, like so many other Starfleet designs have.

Last gripe on the painted clay model... the dual necks almost look too fat on the fore view, and almost make the nacelle pylons look too far removed from the ship.

I'm sure these are just my opinions... and I'm hopeful the variant options will accommodate them!

This was uploaded on the website yesterday and I couldn't find it on the forums yet.

Here is the link to the full article http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2492

However, here is the culmination of their work so far:







I'm of the opinion that the rendered model is definitely growing on me as it's kept a lot of the original style of the design that I liked. The coloured drawing isn't to my taste but it's a different take on the design and I'm pleased that Cryptic are exploring various routes from which to take this iconic ship.

350KB/s for a 12gig file.... not funny when my max speed is over 6,000 KB/s

hah

I just looked in my inbox and to my surprise i had my closed beta invite ^^. The client is going to take forever to download tho >.>

Episode 306 - Deep Space Nine - "The Homecoming" - 09/26/1993

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=3201

FKira rescues a Bajoran prisoner of war; meanwhile, an extremist group called the Circle begins to take control of Bajor.

Enjoy!

Episode 305 - Deep Space Nine - "In the Hands of the Prophets" - 06/20/1993

http://allstepisodes.com/linkdatabasems.php?n=3120

Friction escalates when Vedek Winn arrives on Deep Space Nine and discovers schoolteacher Keiko O'Brien is not teaching about aliens in the wormhole.

Enjoy!

Of course, as I appear to have a Boff addiction, I'm likely to end up with half of Starfleet as my Doffs.

Gonna need a bigger ship!

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Wow, that's a lot of information! It's really starting to sound awesome and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

It will be nice if we can eventually feel like we're captaining a ship full of people, rather than just our Boffs :)

Exciting! When the department heads go live I'll be a happy little invader ^_^

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Wow, that's a lot of information! It's really starting to sound awesome and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

It will be nice if we can eventually feel like we're captaining a ship full of people, rather than just our Boffs :)

I'm diving back into FF:XIV , at least until SW:TOR comes out. I tried it at launch but there were lots of issues. I have been keeping tabs on the changes being made and it looks promising.

Is anyone else interested/Playing? If so what server & character name, lets meet up!

Wow, that's a lot of information! It's really starting to sound awesome and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Looks good. I think I've already decided on some of my department heads.

I really hope this is as 'complicated' as it sounds. Not that I think people will be confused, but I really don't want them to dumb it all down. If they do that, everyone will just race through it and be bored again.

It sounds really interesting and I look forward to getting to grips with it in game.

And if you think it is a wall-of-text, don't worry! My Captain's Log article this week will present it in a much clearer manner :) Look for it on Thursday!

Here it is.

Rai, thank you from the very bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to watch that.

For anyone, like me, who only knew of the Stonewall Uprising, the basics, the cliffs notes... People who only read about it or were only told by others... Please sticky this post. Everyone should watch this documentary. Yes, it's an hour and twenty minutes, but it was worth every nano second of it. During the beginning I was hurting so badly, watching those "Public Service Announcements" and those lectures they were giving to the children... But by the end, I was so happy that I was and still am crying.

Please, please watch this, if you have not already.