Voyager's design

[shatastrophic]

I heard the comments that it looks like a dust buster or an upside down spoon, I do agree with the spoon reference. Eventhough I am more partial to other ship designs, there are times were I really like the Voyager design. I don't know if it was certain effects shots or what, but in the end I really warmed up to it. I liked when she went to warp, i enjoyed the way the pylons angled. How does she hold up to other ship designs in your eyes?

 

[SchwEnt]

Not only a dust buster or spoon, but also a toilet seat (sorry, Rick).

But seriously folks..for me, the big question about Voyager's design will always be the articulating nacelles.

The issue is NOT why they pivot "up" for warp speed. If that were the case, just build them in the permanent upright-and-locked position.

No, the question is why they must be lowered for impulse speeds. Why??

Anyway, the design was always kinda "eh" to me. Not too bad, not nearly as nice looking as Galaxy, Ambassador, Excelsior, Constitution, Akira, etc...

 

[Stag]

Here's where being an old fart pays off...Lotsa memories.

The idea or premise of the ship named Voyager was that it was state of the art, advancing new theories in starship design and technology. Hence the bio-whatever gel packs, the angled primary hull and the vectoring pylons.

This design was a slight tweek of a design that was well publicized before Voyager which had fixed nacelles that were angled down like a Miranda or Nevula class. The idea of the vectoring nacelles was to optimize the warp field for various speeds. I don't know if the idea originally was the faster the speed the greater the angle of the nacelle. Also, at the time, there was speculation that the unseen up to that point Enterprise-E would sport similar vectoring nacelles.

I'll see if I can find a pic of the original Voyager design and post it.

Edit: can't find a pic of the original model, but I have drawing from the series bible.

 

[Stag]

Search long enough and you find what you need..

Ladies and gents - everything yo wanted to know about designing the USS Voyager.

http://www.starshipdatalink.net/art/voyager1.html

 

[chancellorjake]

I am not a fan of the vectoring nacelles. I always thought that it was nonsensical design for a Federation starship. Why fix what isn't broken? The original design with the under-mounted nacelles was a beautiful design. I, also, wish that they would have incorporated a saucer separation capability for emergencies. It wouldn't have been necessary to show that feature, but it would have been nice to know that it was an option.
Don't even get me started on the gray nightmare that is the interior sets, though. Color is a good thing and those sets were severely lacking in that.

 

[Afroed]

I think the original designs looked better

 

[Mrs Paris]

the ship had the movable naceles because it created the "variable warp geometry" which allowed it to travel at high warp without the damage to subspace and therefore it wouldn't have to worry about the warp 5 speed limit

as for the deisgn, it's my favorite, it's so graceful and streamlined.

 

[Unicron]

Personally I prefer the final Intrepid design. I'd rather have the nacelles flush with the hull than down, as the versions with ventral nacelles never really worked for me. Maybe because those nacelles looked too long.

 

[Akiraprise]

I have always liked Voyager's design. Mostly because of the lack of a "neck." I always thought of that as a serious design flaw. I also really liked the grey interiors. Hell, that's the color I painted my bedroom.
I loathe bright colors and tans, like the Ent-D.

 

[Mrs Paris]

I have always liked Voyager's design. Mostly because of the lack of a "neck." I always thought of that as a serious design flaw. I also really liked the grey interiors. Hell, that's the color I painted my bedroom.
I loathe bright colors and tans, like the Ent-D.

I think that might be part of the reason TNG looks so dated, it's all the 80's bright flashy colors. There's nothing wrong with a little color, but that was just toooooo much

 

[RobertScorpio]

I actually like VOYAGER more than ENT-D. There are some angles that make the D look really, well, badly engineered. But Voyager, especially as filmed in the opening title sequence, is a very cool looking ship. Though I tilt toward Sisko's Defiant, I do think the Voyager is the second best of the Modern Trek "TV" show starship stars.

Rob
Scorpio

 

[Michael]

Search long enough and you find what you need..

Ladies and gents - everything yo wanted to know about designing the USS Voyager.

http://www.starshipdatalink.net/art/voyager1.html

Thanks for the link. Very interesting read.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I heard the comments that it looks like a dust buster or an upside down spoon, I do agree with the spoon reference.

Not only a dust buster or spoon, but also a toilet seat (sorry, Rick).

Ages and ages ago I had a Voyager T-shirt I bought at Suncoast Video. It was black, had the Star Trek: Voyager title on the front, and a huge picture of Voyager on the back...

...and one day in music class, a friend of mine asked me why I had a giant dildo on the back of my shirt.

(Actually, I think there might have been a missed marketing opportunity there... )

 

[Mrs Paris]

I heard the comments that it looks like a dust buster or an upside down spoon, I do agree with the spoon reference.

Not only a dust buster or spoon, but also a toilet seat (sorry, Rick).

Ages and ages ago I had a Voyager T-shirt I bought at Suncoast Video. It was black, had the Star Trek: Voyager title on the front, and a huge picture of Voyager on the back...

...and one day in music class, a friend of mine asked me why I had a giant dildo on the back of my shirt.

(Actually, I think there might have been a missed marketing opportunity there... )

well that would have been an interesting item to add to my collection

 

[chancellorjake]

I have always liked Voyager's design. Mostly because of the lack of a "neck." I always thought of that as a serious design flaw. I also really liked the grey interiors. Hell, that's the color I painted my bedroom.
I loathe bright colors and tans, like the Ent-D.

I think that might be part of the reason TNG looks so dated, it's all the 80's bright flashy colors. There's nothing wrong with a little color, but that was just toooooo much

TNG's colors were very 1980's Tan-fest, but Voyager's colors were a complete 180° turn toward the total lack of color. Those deep, dark gray-silver-black colors were very depressing after a while. It wouldn't have hurt the set design to keep the gray walls, but add some color to the doors and carpet. Some blues and reds would have been very nice.

 

[Mrs Paris]

I have always liked Voyager's design. Mostly because of the lack of a "neck." I always thought of that as a serious design flaw. I also really liked the grey interiors. Hell, that's the color I painted my bedroom.
I loathe bright colors and tans, like the Ent-D.

I think that might be part of the reason TNG looks so dated, it's all the 80's bright flashy colors. There's nothing wrong with a little color, but that was just toooooo much

TNG's colors were very 1980's Tan-fest, but Voyager's colors were a complete 180° turn toward the total lack of color. Those deep, dark gray-silver-black colors were very depressing after a while. It wouldn't have hurt the set design to keep the gray walls, but add some color to the doors and carpet. Some blues and reds would have been very nice.

I don't know..I don't think they needed more color. I like it how it was

 

[Mr. Fergy]

the ship had the movable naceles because it created the "variable warp geometry" which allowed it to travel at high warp without the damage to subspace and therefore it wouldn't have to worry about the warp 5 speed limit

as for the deisgn, it's my favorite, it's so graceful and streamlined.

Agreed.

Plus the USS Voyager is "Eco Friendly"

 

[Lynx]

I like the design of Voyager. It's different and unique compared to other Federation ships.

I like the interior design too. OK, I actually like both the interior of TNG:s Enterprise and Voyager, mostly because of the contrast between them but if I have to vote, then I vote for the gray design of Voyager.

 

[Mrs Paris]

the ship had the movable naceles because it created the "variable warp geometry" which allowed it to travel at high warp without the damage to subspace and therefore it wouldn't have to worry about the warp 5 speed limit

as for the deisgn, it's my favorite, it's so graceful and streamlined.

Agreed.

Plus the USS Voyager is "Eco Friendly"

how is it eco friendly?

 

[Akiraprise]

It's got a hybrid engine.
Reduces those nasty, fabric of space tearing, warp particles by up to 50%.