Doug Drexler refits the NX-01

[darkwing_duck1]

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/nx-01-5-season-five-refit-teaser/

The image is a little dark, but if you copy it into a photomanip program and light blast it you can bring up the details, esp the secondary hull.

 

[Captain Robert April]

That's pretty much what I was trying to do with the Daedelus class.

Time to go thread mining...

 

[Kaiser]

NX-01 Refit looks sweeet

 

[Patrickivan]

Looks silly. The secondary hull looks like it was ripped off from the JJprise and that's primarily a bad thing because that design is supposed to be from an alternate freakin' universe.

 

[B.J.]

^Not really, if you want to get technical about it. Until the Kelvin incident, they were the same universe, meaning the NX-01 was in both their histories since Enterprise happened before the diverging point.

In any case, I'd like to see some more angles of this before I pass judgment, but I understand that might be a while in coming.

 

[Patrickivan]

Since we didn't see any design of a secondary section like the movie, before the new movie, then they didn't exist before the new movie.

I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, I just find it too convenient. And, since I just don't like the NX-01 being retrofitted like that, AND, since I wasn't too keen on the new movie being linked to the original universe (it really should have just been called a re-boot and foregone any sort of explanation for the changes) my opinion may be biased.

I don't want this to turn into an arguement about the new movie and how it fits into the original Star Trek history- I'm just explaining my opinion on why I don't like Doug's refit of the NX.

 

[Captain Robert April]

I like it. As someone mentioned over on Drexler's site, it looks finished now.

 

[deg3D]

For what I can see, I like it. And who better to do it canon-wise? Whatever Doug wants to do with the NX is fine by me, as it's his baby. 'Nuff said.

deg

 

[AnyStar]

Patrick, take a closer look again. i can see no JJ-ish elements at all. all the features are mimic'd from the primary hull. i noted them earlier here: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=109997

you can clearly see how the different features are arranged to blend with the geometry already established on the saucer.

its also designed to drop away and the original ship remains warp-capable (which kind of dissapoints me)

 

[Unicron]

* shrugs *

I'm a little "meh" myself. As much as I like and respect Doug's work, I think it looks a bit too much like the TOS era Constitution.

 

[USS Mariner]

I had a glimpse of the color version of this picture.

It's niiiiiiiice.

 

[deg3D]

* shrugs *

I'm a little "meh" myself. As much as I like and respect Doug's work, I think it looks a bit too much like the TOS era Constitution.

I believe that that's whole point, eh, moving it to that point, showing the interim.

deg

 

[deg3D]

i can see no JJ-ish elements at all. all the features are mimic'd from the primary hull. i noted them earlier here: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=109997

you can clearly see how the different features are arranged to blend with the geometry already established on the saucer.

Concur.

deg

 

[Patrickivan]

I was making reference to the squared off aft section to the secondary hull, as well as the lengthened undercut on the secondary hull. Both features predominantly displayed on all the JJ ships with secondary hulls.

It also doesn't make sense to just be able to add on a whole new giant chunk of ship to the saucer. How in the hell could the space frame accomodate all those new stresses when it was designed as a completely different ship?

Nah- it just doesn't work. But yeah- of course he can make whatever ship he wants. Just like we do. It's just another fan-boy ship in this case. Just because the guy has talent doesn't mean I have to love everything he does.

 

[Saquist]

It's all right.
Didn't like the NX-01 in the first place. Almost anything is an improvement including this. Just altering the Akira profile is enough.

 

[bryce]

Of course, for the ship/refit to exist - TATV would have to be an inaccurate holodeck version of history.

Which...I think is *great*!

I dunno about a NX upgrade - but I could *totally* see this as one of those "new warp 7 ships" mentioned in TATV...

And I could see the old-school Daedalus class as a *smaller* ship built along similar lines - but smaller, and with a spherical hull - to supplement this kind of vessel...

 

[Unicron]

I believe that that's whole point, eh, moving it to that point, showing the interim.

deg

But why would you want a refitted NX to look that similar to an existing design, if you have the option of being more original? It seems especially odd to me given Doug's statements to the effect that the executives originally wanted the Akira model to be used, and not a ship that looked like a slightly modified Akira.

 

[BolianAuthor]

I'm not crazy about it... all he did was add an interhull and secondary hull to the NX. Not that much thought went into this, much like the design of the NX itself. I'm just not that fond of either design.

 

[deg3D]

I believe that that's whole point, eh, moving it to that point, showing the interim.

deg

But why would you want a refitted NX to look that similar to an existing design, if you have the option of being more original? It seems especially odd to me given Doug's statements to the effect that the executives originally wanted the Akira model to be used, and not a ship that looked like a slightly modified Akira.

I believe I answered that Q in my last post. Don't know another clearer way to express my thought. No matter. Carry on without me.

deg

 

[Captain Robert April]

Brings up all sorts of kitbashing possibilities....