Enterprise F

dflkdnAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH goddamnit marty. i just peed my pants a lil and im still at work. i have to go out into this cold with this moistness!

Well thank god nub nub has his hands down there to dry it up. I would post the pic here, but I dont want to expose everyone in the fleet to your bizarre, abhorrent sexual appetite.

LMAO You guys crack me up. :P

On topic, I really like the design and colouring, but honestly I'd doubt CBS would go for a design that moves away from canon colouring (I'm referring most particularly to the nacelles). Have you considered submitting another version of the design, with the same curves but more standard colours?

thought about it but its a concept and if they like it enough they can choose any colors they want :P

Dare I post the link to my design? I know it's not going to win, but still... I wrote up a rationale for the design, but the print is awfully small. And yes, until someone can show me how to draw shapes in GIMP, I'm stuck using Paint for everything. This design did take several hours to create in Paint, and I'm proud of it. The whole idea of the saucer-shaped hull is to give the idea that there is a lot more going on in it, I don't know if I'm phrasing that well but it's late, and I think it looks more complete upon separation.

http://www.startrekonline.com/enterprise/gallery?filter=search&keyword=Whittier%20Strong

link away! i know im not winning either. was still hella fun to design though. and i get what you're saying. more activity in the saucer section, like the D compared to the E? i couldnt read the rationale so im guessing:P good luck to us both!

just hope marty doesnt stick an ewok head on it!

I meant that the hull is saucer-shaped, so that it's just bigger than the streamlined one of, say, D, and with that size indicating that there's a lot more that can go on in the "business" part of the ship. I did give the saucer more "action" too, though, by giving it its own nacelle. I mean, saucer separation is all about saving civilians, so why not get them the heck out of there?! And how would that nacelle work without a warp core? I theorise they've invented a "warp battery" that can store energy in the saucer upon separation.

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The text of my pic says:

VISION STATEMENT:
I intend to recreate the Enterprise by depicting bulk, speed, and technological advancement through a unique synthesis of design elements already established in Star Trek canon.

DESIGN INNOVATIONS:
*Compact design implies size and heft
*Use of triple nacelles, established in canon, implies speed and manoeuvrability
*Sleek, tapered, flat-bottomed saucer, reminiscent of Voyager, also implies speed
*Larger hull indicates greater technological capacity
*Hull contains large fore weapons port
*Saucer has its own nacelle
*Upon separation, each of the two components should appear complete unto itself. [This is something that bugs the time out of me about D, and my earlier sketches, which hewed closer to D, ended up having a hull that looked like a decapitated duck upon separation.]

NOTES
*Shades of grey represent relative distance; ship is to be a solid pale grey, though connectors between saucer and hull are black.
*Aft saucer panels are wedge-shaped.

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It really is a shame that so much detail got lost, not just the text, but each of those views of the ships has windows, you just can't tell with this resolution.

I think the lesson for me is that I should have collaborated with someone who had better design experience and software, and split any potential winnings. But, like, I spent 8 hours straight drawing this (and two designs I rejected, including the decapitated duck), I was caught in the spirit of a very long moment. :-)