im with ya there

There are like the 2nd-WW navy P.T.boats that wore sent in rescue & hit& run missions. Starfleet should a squadron of Nebula-Class just WW-2 to escort Excalibur the bigger class in case of attack ambush Nebula class ship to rescue. I like the Nebula-class not that unattractive like Enterprise-class, not a pretty ship.

Decent design, it has a rather severe case of the 'kitbash' syndrome imo. The sensor pod on top is nice, but they should've adjusted the secondary hull, maybe even remove it and make it look like a miranda class type of design.

meh I kinda have to agree to disagree with you there, It looks too squashed up and stubby, Not majestic like the Galaxy class with its sweeping lines

James Tuck same....that was news to me and super kool too! I always loved this design tho not like the D💗

It is basically the Galaxy Class with the components arranged differently to make a smaller profile. My favorite Trek ship.

I mean I don't think that's exactly cannon. It's a pretty neat feature idea, though I would think a pretty rare edge case.

I would assume that this is only possible if the stardrive section of the Nebula is without a mission pod, given that the Galaxy saucer section is longer, wider, and most importantly, taller (dorsal-to-ventral) than the Nebula saucer, in canon. With a pod in place, there's simply not enough room. And even if there were room due to the aft taper of the Galaxy saucer, how would you get in the shuttle bay with the pod sitting right at the entrance?

yeh! and we are going to hopefully do other Datafiles showing off all the different pods.

Awesome, sounds great! :D

could the Galaxy class pick up the saucer section of a Nebula class, or was it just the one way around?

Was the nebula even capable of in field saucer sep itself?

Nebula Class starships cannot separate the saucer section from the main section of the ship due to saucer part is directly connected to engineering section of the ship.

Amen!

The Nebula Class starship should have been Captain Janeway's Starship USS Voyager or Captain Sisko's USS Defiant. A very big missed opportunity for the producers of Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager as the Nebula Class Star Ship would have kept the ratings going for a while longer. Especially with Star Trek Voyager as the Nebula Class Star Ship would have been perfect for the series, or even The Ambassador Class Star Ship named Voyager...

I think this ship should be what Riker got to command.

Either the Nebula Class or the refitted Galaxy Class with the Triple wrap engines that appeared in the last episode of Star Trek: TNG All Good Things where Admiral Riker got to command the alternate reality Enterprise-D that might actually be the USS Titan....

I thought the same thing! lol Like staying at a seedy hotel and having the hotel neon sign blaring through the crappy curtains of the room! lol

For those that like this bit of trivia, the nebula class vessel referenced was the USS Farragut, the episode was Nor the Battle to the Strong (s5e04)

Darin Wagner thanks a lot. No love for the Captain.

Super serious computer voice, snarky computer voice, or joking computer voice?

computers definately sound more sinister with a british accent :-)

I want the Capt as the voice of Starfleet Command's official Communiques

Yes

Yep, that's because Lightwave 3D's orthographic camera doesn't handle well flares..

valor0dragoon Don't worry many more filmed. And future ones planned.

You should voice the ships computer on Discovery.

Trekyards I look forward to them as you guys always do a great job. I am glad you guys chose this ship as it's one of my few favorites of the tng era.. I learned something new about this ship which is cool as I love learning new things about something I like so much.

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it! and yes i have already rendered the Nova Class for a Datafile. I dont know if its slated in the 1st 8 mini series..but if these episodes are well watched then we will continue the show!

Pictures like that wont exist for likley half of the ships we are looking at. We are also going to show all of the one off's and ship varients...and odd federation ships so adding them into a set formula..where the next week there would then be a hole in the episode wont work. We have the model and can always gaurantee HD high quality renders...we cant get interior shots for many ships...and anything from DS9/Voyager would be limite to SD and look bad in this 1080HD show.

Sorry to hear that "Interior" is so difficult. Maybe this will help: www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/bridges1.htm

Markus Weißner I've never really liked their versions of the nebula bridge. I understand why it is shown like that on TV ( umpteenth redress of the battle bridge) but I always felt that the nebula and a few other ships from that era that are kitbashes of galaxy class models should instead be variants of the galaxy class bridge, much the same way later secondary vessels bridges should be variations of the Defiant, Voyager, and Enterprise E bridge depending on their presumed design date and relative size

I would have used the USS Bonchune textures but he says that was just a temp texture that was never meant to get into the show anyway! These were the default ones for her in the final episode of voyager i believe! :)

I think you're right. They kept it like this when they wanted it to be a fill-in ship or a non--specific ship. You can tell there's markings on the top, but on SD usually can't tell what they are. When it was featured on DS9 "Waltz" as the USS Honshu with a closeup, they added Voyager style pennants with NCC-60205 on the side of the nacelle pylons

treguard1982 It should be the same, identical saucer section. Identical in size, not necessarily configuration, such as main bridge. The Nebula Class doesn't have the Galaxy Class' cobra type neck. That's where the main difference in the number of decks is noticed.

Aren't the missing decks the decks that would be on the neck?

we are doing a 8 show mini series...if we get enough views and interest in the show then they can continue after that. Keep watching and sharing each week and you will see more!

Will Stikken Faster could be explained by better warp field geometry with the nacelle position.

yes that was only noticed after the 12hrs of rendering for the rotations. Even when we tried to fix it..the old lightwave files wouldent co-operate so it would only work IF we turned off all flares...but then you would get no blinkies atall so we made that compremise :)

Either way it looks amazing :) It's a good compromise I think.

we are trying to work out if we are able to do this with STO ships...that would be an impressive achievement in the way we want to do it but it is certainly a goal as i want to see them up here for the fans!

Agreed. And they're basically swapping the neck for a mission pod, so it's virtually the same amount of parts. And everyone keeps calling the Nebula class ship the "smaller one" and "little sister" to the Galaxy class ship, but in reality, they're about the same size; just configured differently.

Craig Smith Well we are still doing the longer format ones as well.

I got you but I am saying I like these ones the most. :)

Either century will be fine with a better slicker design & a better to look@ then the other Starships!

Not really. the whole premise of STV was a small Starship being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, and overcoming overwhelming odds to get home. The Nebula Class would have ruined that theme.

Agree

kght222 I think the implication may have been that the Saucer Section would be operating at below C. The Nebula (or another Galaxy Class) is warp capable and could be used to retrieve it much faster than it would be able to make its own way on impulse.

guess it doesnt have any! This is the real CG model used from the show so...your guess is as good as mine!

Morgan B They're just difficult to see. The port side engine in this video is easiest to see, as it rotates. This site will help you know where to look. www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/nebula/nebula-impulse.jpg

Stuart said *another use* of the Nebula was to retrieve stranded saucer sections. He never claimed that the Nebula class was "dedicated" to that purpose.

Indeed. My mistake. I thought Stuart was following Samuel's description of the refit abilities. Regardless...The Nebula has no separation plane and thus no separation abilities... It doesn't even have visible impulse engines on the Saucer. This is a data file. Be accurate with the facts guys. You've reviewed the this ship before. It's understandable that somethings you'll need to be creative about but don't make up warp speeds like warp 9.9 with out some research and reasoning behind it. -Only two ships travel at warp 9.9. Intrepid and Prometheus. -The Galaxy's BEST SPEED was established in Encounter at Far Point Warp 9.8 (at EXTREME RISK) That's alot of room to play with. A better number would have been warp 9.65 or 9.7.

Enterprise-E maximum speed is Warp 9.95/9.99/9.995 depending on the source. Voyager is rated at 9.975 and Enterprise-D at 9.6

Enterprise E had no canon warp speed. Canon: -Sovereign has a 7 stream warp core. -According to TNG "Booby Trap" additional streams increase power by 20% =Therefore Sovereign is operating a minimum of 1.8 times Galaxy Power Output (nearly 2x) My best guess and Data: Using the Warp Speed Calculators If Sovereign is generating 80% more power than at Galaxy then at warp and red alert Sovereign's power is divided in about a third. Assuming no other variables: -Warp 9.419 Max Sustained (At Full Shields and Weapons Power) Warp 9.727 Max 12 hrs Dash Speed. With no physical limits and all 80% additional power to engines: Warp 9.8938 Note: -We know the Sovereign has better structural integrity but there is no way to quantify that number. -While Voyager has better speed tech it is not shown on Sovereign at all. (articulation frame, Field enhancers on the hull) -Nemesis was able to catch Enterprise E in the Bassen Rift, thus Sovereign isn't much faster than Galaxy.

Daehawk Agreed. The warp field geometry of the Nebula is more efficient, because she's more compact. She has better shields. Then, depending upon the specific pod selection, the Nebula can run circles around the Galaxy, in combat.

Me too. I'll take a Nebula over Galaxy anyday!

Philip Gater agreed rather than have the shuttlebay be part of the neck I would have made it part of the hard point structure the attaches the mission specific pod to the engineering section

That's why Nebula was originally designed with the senor pod dual pylon support. The designers that replaced it were thinking about fight operation out of the main shuttlebay. That's what you get when you go with what looks cool instead of functionality.