this version of this class, looks lovely and great on the eyes. It also got rid of the missing section. However, I still want to cut an earth's Pizza with it. ~Tellarite Diplomat

The crossfield shape actually kinda works great in the TOS style

Any TOS design is so pleasing to the eyes.

I really do enjoy these videos. One thing that I found interesting is that the Crossfield-Class looks like the IDIC made into a ship.

Love it "again" Tri, hope we will see more UFP starships "new and old" in SNW! They do have the budget this time :)

Good video, good story. A dedication to a very interesting class of ship.

I like this version better then the discovery version just saying =)

I love the TOS version of the Crossfield class. The USS Crossfield looks just like the Ralph McQuarrie and Ken Adam concept.

What a FANTASTIC model I'm really gravitating to the delta shaped hull! It's amazing how some of Matt Jeffries early renderings of the Enterprise has taken a life of its own wonderful video as always! Thank you so much👍❤🖖⭐

Stop me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the Crossfield class is based on concept designs for the Phase II/TMP refit of the Enterprise. If I remember from the visual encyclopedia, the designer for the refit had designed/helped design the Star Destroyers from Star Wars, being stuck on triangles.

I like rewatching these videos

I love the star trek first uss discovery 😍 design

I love the old one

I really like this design. It would look even more impressive with the connie refit lines, windows, torpedo bay and nacelles. Video and story fantastic as always.

Great video! I’ve never been a big fan of the Crossfield class but your narrative was very well done and engaging. Great job!

RIP Sally Kellerman

The model was originally supposed to be Kirk's refit connie and also makes an appearance as one of the destroyed ships at Wolf 359.

Brilliant!

It would be neat to see a refit version of the USS Crossfield.

Love it !!!

Nice to see a TOS version of one of the Phase II prototypes, great video

This design reminds me of the Ariel class shuttle carrier

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and well executed and informatively explained in every way and detail indeed 👌 .

Very nice video!

My friend I love your videos Gene Roddenberry will be proud continue and Live Long and Prosper 🖖

I remember when I first saw Raplh McQuarrie's concept art in my Phase II book. My initial idea was that it would be a mile long just like the original Star Destroyers. Of course the Enterprise D took up that mantle as a much bigger starship. But still not as big as an original Star Destroyer from Star Wars. But Ralph did design both.

I really like your TOS design.

WOW a Awesome! Modell

Looks really cool. Wouldn't it be a nice design, if you turn it upside down &alter a few pieces

This is most definitely Ralph McQuarrie's initial preproduction redesign of the U.S.S. Enterprise for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (which is what I said when I first saw the teaser for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY). I like what you've done with it and, as always, appreciate the thought and creativity put into your presentation.

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Shame this and the 2016 teaser design aren't in STO. Or the fact this version isn't in SNW using Connie parts.

An interesting story. I am not sure if I like the TOS aesthetic with the Crossfield class or not. I don't hate it though. Another great video.

Amazing video as always!i love it how we can get the early design history as well!can we please see a video like this on the Poseidon class or the endeavour class as you have made a special presentation on it but not a video like this on it and I’m curious about the classes details, and may I please request the Poseidon class as it’s always fascinated me !

Isnt this the ship model that they were going to use for Planet of the Titans before it was scrapped?

I actually like it.

Episode for thought.....???? Why older ships like the constitution and miranda classes have perimeter(outline) shilding, but the ambassador/galaxy era ships have bubble style shields. But the sovereign class returning to the perimeter(outline) style as seen in nemesis.

Nice toss up to how the discovery ended up in the future. Lol

Man the visuals on your channel are awesome. What 0rogram are you using to do these? You definitely got the skills and vision of the future.

So to solve the holographic system issue, they used a hypervisor? Genius

This was awesome! Please, continue to imagine stuff like this!

I'm going crazy trying to figure out the song you use in the opening! Would you mind shedding some light on the matter?

Can we do a "Does that make sense" with the Oberth class?

Did the enterprise come before or after this ship?

This is how DSC should look. A great TOS version of the Discovery.

My one complaint is the deflector dish, just like the discovery design it looks very out of place and I don't think it's a necessary addition, as far as I can see, the crossfield class is first and foremost a workhorse cargo ship with its huge cargo bay (classified propulsion aside)

This version actually looks good! I can see this flying side-by-side with the 1701 on ESD

This really explained why there were 2 variants of the Crossfield Class. I was originally trying to think of which came first...but you show a simultaneous build...which makes total sense. And its easy to see how both variants are related. Love the TOS Style. It os so true to the design aesthetic of the era...although so far the Discovery-A is still my favorite. You also explain why we don't ever see or hear about the Crossfield design or the Spore Drive in any Star Trek series. Which ties it all together rather nicely.

Would have loved to see a TOS movie refit version as well. Looks good!

Interesting model, though in my head canon, I use the concept rendering from 2018 for the TOS prime timeline, with the 3100s refit looking identical to its Discovery refit.

I like the TOS Crossfield version. An updated version of the OG Discovery.

This is a perfect TOS version of the Crossfield, but there's no way the Discovery or Glenn (as we know them) were of it's lineage. I still say Discovery, and Enterprise before, are on a separate timeline. One created by the events of First Contact, as well as Voy: Future's End (and a few others), where Earth's technology was radically accelerated by both the timeship landing in th 1960's, as well as the presence of the Enterprise E during the Phoenix's final construction and launch, then later the Borg, after they were (re)discovered in the Arctic. Why would Zephraim Cochram suddenly go from a rocket based design to a saucer out of nowhere? while this is the Crossfield class in the original Prime timeline, the Discovery and Glenn (and every other starship class introduced in the 1st 2 seasons of Discovery) are part of the new accelerated timeline, and descendants of the NX-01 and Columbia classes, rather than any ships actually in the original Prime timeline at the time (the XCV-330 by chance? it does look like it's directly inspired by Vulcan ring ships). I think this would better explain the new Klingon design as well, actually. in the Prime timeline, the NX-01 never helped cure the Klingon's out of control genetics experiment, and the Klingons gave up on their genetics experiments until they could fix it themselves, so those are the Klingons we see in the original series. Whereas, in the new timeline, after Soong helps fix the original experiment's issues, the Klingons keep on modifying themselves, until we have the Klingons we see in the 1st season of Discovery. It would also explain how they were able to so thoroughly modify Voq into Ash Tyler.

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much better

This TOS version of the Crossfield class looks much better than the Discovery version

I gotta say... I know the Phase ii backstory and i appreciate the creativity as to how the crossfield would fit in...but man i don't think the crossfield looks very good in TOS form. My personal opinion though.

Needs a beefier neck and the saucer drawn back from being so far forward

I highly doubt that the Crossfield wouldn’t make it in to the TOS era. They did bring the crossfiled class as the Glen Class in 2410.

I get the feeling the cross field design was phased out after the events of discovery season 2.

have you guys seen star trek discovery season 4 where they're taking on something that's 5 lightyears across and is really nothing more than a space shovel and burnham/discovery defeated it? and they've left the galaxy going to look for who made the shovel. wouldn't this feat of burnham/discovery put all the other trek show/movie ships/crews to shame?

Wasn't this on 5 days ago, TriAngulum? If you need time off, just say so!

IF this would have been what we'd get in the series, I'd actually like it.

Then strange new worlds introduced a 3rd version of the class.

Looks way better than the Discovery version. I get the need to modernise it, but there’s no need to go so far as they did in that show.

I hate to be that guy but I don't understand why the Constitution Class didn't have a shuttlebay force field system when other ships of it's time had them.

are you going to do videos on the new 32nt century starships

I may be in the minority, but I never liked the Excelsior class. I always thought it was gaudy. Having only see ever see snippets of Discovery, never willing to pay for TV, I honestly can't compare them. Discovery has its interesting points, but I grew up with TOS and then TNG. Until they make Discovery more accessible to people like me, I guess I will never know.

This should have been what was in Discovery.

It has too much of a phase 2 look to it :)

9:13 Sounds like lazy writing imo. Kurtzman and co.'s saying all would be neatly taken care of at the end of season 2 was left to be desired.....

While I love your presentation and the new models are well done, I’ve always felt the Crossfield class was kind of butt-ugly. Just one fan’s opinion, no offense meant to those who love it.