USS Saratoga in Deep Space...

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Жыл бұрын

A mysterious repeating beacon is detected by Starfleet Command, and the USS Saratoga, a Miranda class vessel, is ordered to investigate ..
This iconic starship class was first featured in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Kahn as the USS Reliant. Originally, this was intended to just be a set of updated flyby shots of a Star Trek model I made back in 2005, but after I put some sound and music to it, I thought I might use it as a possible prelude to a short story arc.
Regarding the model, I originally created it using Maya's NURBS modeling toolset, and its now been converted to polygons, the UVs redone, and retextured using Substance Painter. For animation, lighting, and rendering, I used Unreal Engine 5.
There's an very old image from when I had just finished the modeling work, you can see it in my old (and now abandoned) Renderosity gallery here:
www.renderosity.com/search/gallery?keyword=JasonA

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@WO2uni Жыл бұрын

This is LV426! - Khan

@johntabler349 Жыл бұрын

My dad served on the USS Saratoga during world war two one of my happiest Star Trek moments was in Star Trek IV when the Saratoga was identified as the ship in the opening sequence encountering the probe a small thing but it made me happy and this makes me happy too I'd love to see a spin-off novel series about the Saratoga someday maybe I'll write one thanks for posting

@jasonwhite7905 Жыл бұрын

From the first sound of the retro computer beeping and buzzing, I thought Alien. Then the James Horner music started... I guess "somewhere in space" was less of a give away than Zeta Reticuli.

@kawafahra 4 ай бұрын

James Horner was the composer same on Wrath of Khan as Aliens. He stepped in for Aliens later in production and had next to no time to create the score, which is why he reworked the existing WoK theme, fitting both perfectly.

@FunkThompson Жыл бұрын

Miranda class is, and always will be, one of my favorite Trek ship designs.

@TheNoiseySpectator Жыл бұрын

Well that is well and good, but if by "deep space" they meant out beyond our galaxy, then they shouldn't have sent one to investigate. Mirandas do have a lot of very good sensor systems. But, they are made for relatively short journeys. They don't have a lot of manufacturing facilities to engineer replacement parts, they are not designed to travel beyond warp six, they don't have a lot of supply room, etc.

@FunkThompson Жыл бұрын

@@TheNoiseySpectator I don't think anything in Trek is referencing "outside of our Galaxy" until you get to the weird stuff with The Travelers and whatnot. "Deep Space Vessels" of the Federation don't leave the Galaxy, they don't even leave the Alpha Quadrant, generally :D

@stewartmcminn7773 Жыл бұрын

There goes our salvage guys

@elnavales Жыл бұрын

James Horner's Aliens theme is unmistakable. It goes well with this vid. Kinda fitting since Horner composed the Wrath of Khan as well.

@wildstar41 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. It really works. The music when Enterprise lowers the Reliant's shields right before the "Here it comes..." line is exactly the same dramatic crescendo in Aliens when the nuke goes off and they escape. Love it in both. Horner was great!

@armynation31B5V5P Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that outstanding information. This (the Composer) music is great with video, that places you on the edge of your seat. BRAVO to the OP on the video.

@peterthx Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this is Horner ripping off Gayane's Adagio, which Horner then used multiple times in PATRIOT GAMES. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZyKdbaVz-Cvlp8.html

@jcs1025 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I just commented the same thing, and then deleted mine when I saw yours. It gives the scene just enough of a foreboding edge.

@davidschlienz9395 Жыл бұрын

I have always been a fan of the Miranda class.

@Tecnotrucker80 Жыл бұрын

Same here!

@Dawt_Calm Жыл бұрын

I'd buy that for a dollar.

@SensualSquirrel 5 ай бұрын

I always thought it was odd, having only a primary shield emitter instead of a traditional navigational deflector array. That and the impulse engines are in the very same space as the shield systems.

@pauldaniels3764 3 ай бұрын

It's not as elegant as the Constitution but more like a practical workhorse

@monty2005 3 ай бұрын

Me too. My absolute favourite, ever since I saw it for the first time watching TWOK on its U.K. release with my dad

@HolfordXYZ Жыл бұрын

This was straight-up beautifully done. The lighting design was perfect. The movements of the model and camera, completely purposeful. Absolutely wonderful!

@biggles258 Жыл бұрын

Lovely job, and a great choice of atmospheric music.

@MsSissiePooh Жыл бұрын

This is definitely intriguing… can’t wait for the next episode!

@gszikora2000 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful CG model. Worthy of a hollywood quality, in my opinion.

@darkmaster83 Жыл бұрын

"USS Saratoga ordered to change course to 2, 4 3, mark 5 to investigate unknown beacon signal, set all scan information to Starfleet HQ ASAP and remain in an observer status until further orders are recieved, be advised, no other vessel report in this area, so proceed with extreme caution" Love this animation.

@KnowTrentTimoy Жыл бұрын

In other words, Good Luck if you get into trouble!

@Bugsey35 Жыл бұрын

@@KnowTrentTimoy They just moved into the LV 426 system, what could possibly go wrong?

@michaelking3327 Жыл бұрын

my father served on the real USS Saratoga , both CV60 and CVA60 as #3 radio operator

@martindaley7999 Жыл бұрын

Nice choice on the music, adds a nice touch of suspense

@beargenxgm Жыл бұрын

Nice Aliens sounds and music. Very cool :)

@NealTK Жыл бұрын

beautiful modeling

@skymarshal6787 Жыл бұрын

Love the alien theme

@ericb6309 10 ай бұрын

Good Lord man, you know what you’re doing when it comes to laying some soundtracks. Loving every single part of this.

@alezandercorben4122 Жыл бұрын

Love the Miranda class. USS Sheffield NCC 1976

@frigidmonk Жыл бұрын

Amazing work! Smacks of TOS and exploring “strange new worlds.” Wonderful, simply wonderful! 🖖

@koopanique Жыл бұрын

Nice shots, beautiful

@Venti470 Жыл бұрын

Cool Animation! Nice work. Always love the Miranda Class.

@brauereiseelmann2884 Жыл бұрын

Great work and scary as can be ….. waiting for the next part

@paulaburrows8660 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. Looking forward to more.

@chrismantonuk Жыл бұрын

Veeeery atmospheric! Well done. It’s lonely out there, deep in the night.

@harvey1965 Жыл бұрын

Very nice Jason! Many questions arise ... looking forward to part 2 ..!

@brandonjohnson1630 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous. Will be watching that notification bar for more.

@radishdalek Жыл бұрын

Nicely done and the music really sets the mood

@Valehass Жыл бұрын

for a chest burster!!!

@rromero7849 Жыл бұрын

Great job! The Alien sound effects and music just add to the atmosphere along with the slow movement of the Saratoga.👍

@jesse3333 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@n10cities Жыл бұрын

Uh oh! Gonna find the Xenomorphs!

@nickthomas6923 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the Nostromo

@Tigerhawk30 Жыл бұрын

USS Saratoga (CV-60) was my first ship in 1990. When Hot Wheels came out with NCC-1867, I had to get her. This was a lovely and interesting and mysterious set. Very nice!

@shawncarter7188 Жыл бұрын

Lovely

@HawkGTboy Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid playing the FASA Star Trek RPG. My friend was the DM and concocted an Aliens/Star Trek crossover campaign and our ship, amusingly, was a “Reliant Class” ship. (Back in the 80s the name “Miranda Class” hadn’t been created yet.). The story was terrible because we were 12, but it was fun to play through a scenario where xenomorphs were loose on a Federation starship. As I recall my friend even wrote up stats for a xenomorph ship that we had to fight. Again, terrible, but a fun memory.

@capnahayes Жыл бұрын

We did the exact same type of adventure. We had dropships and APCs and were on a planet with Federation Marines. It was a lot of fun. Ah the good old days of ttrpgs!

@ajclements4627 Жыл бұрын

I’m still a big fan of the FASA Trek material, haven’t played in forever.

@HawkGTboy Жыл бұрын

@@ajclements4627 I loved the sheer number of ships in the Ship Recognition Manuals. In actual gameplay the ship combat system was a mess though. I recall having to create number of house rules to make things less cumbersome and more true to the shows.

@samuelweir5985 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. I like how the ship is moving slowly enough with respect to the camera, and how the scenes are long enough that one can appreciate and admire the fine details of the ship.

@TheNoiseySpectator Жыл бұрын

I don't think "Very Nice" is good enough. I would call it "Superb"! 👏👏👏👏

@johnhansen-gw3nw Жыл бұрын

This was the kid of starship movement I preferred. Big, slow lumberous movements. Like big submarines in space. Nick Meyer had the right idea. Starships are not supposed to move like fighter craft. I never like that when they started doing that in TNG

@christopherrobin4619 6 ай бұрын

really beautiful work. The shadows and lighting is top notich!

@trekker105 Жыл бұрын

I can't explain why but I keep coming back to this. It's so...calming?

@michaelc5061 Жыл бұрын

Very well done! Good choice using James Horner's score. Works well.

@fotzegamingandmedia1840 Жыл бұрын

Alien meets Star Trek, let's GOOOOO!!!!!

@BostLabs Жыл бұрын

Nice! I look forward to the next episode. :)

@johnhansen-gw3nw Жыл бұрын

Thats probably the most screen accurate cgi model of a miranda that Ive seen around - nice job!

@nohandlenotme Жыл бұрын

More Adventures of the USS Saratoga please!

@josephmassaro Жыл бұрын

I must compliment you on this. As a life long Trek fan and lover of isolation space horror, it's almost non existent for the two to cross paths. The selection from the Alien suite works well. A lot of fan produced work drops the ball on music selection and editing, but this works. Ironically, Trek and Aliens almost had a crossover several years ago as a 4 issue comic called Star Trek TNG Acceptable Losses. Unfortunately, it was cancelled, but preliminary designs and some completed covers can be found online.

@999benhonda Жыл бұрын

A very sexy ship class.

@ctg6734 Жыл бұрын

Holy smokes, I'm surprised how well the Aliens music worked in this.

@ElizaWheeler79 Жыл бұрын

Not really James Horner did the Music to both Aliens and Wrath of Khan

@thetrekwrightchannel4186 Жыл бұрын

Your model and backgrounds look fantastic. Nice work. Q'apla!

@davehutte4173 Жыл бұрын

I am interested to see where this goes.

@ah7910 Жыл бұрын

You’ve gained an instant subscriber Jason - a masterpiece. 💛👏🏻

@steeltimberwolf Жыл бұрын

It adds a bit of eeriness and possible foreshadowing that you are using sounds and music from the movie Alien, love it.

@czeslawpi Жыл бұрын

Wow. That was really great. Loved the atmosphere and setting!

@James-rn7dx Жыл бұрын

Great job! The model looks spot on to my eyes.

@Orion74205 Жыл бұрын

This is really well done, a creepy marriage of genres.

@happisakshappiplace.6588 Жыл бұрын

The Alien music goes well with this funnily enough. :)

@Gunnar001 Жыл бұрын

_"Captain. It's strange. Readings indicate something...exploded out of the lifeform."_

@thestarlock3892 7 ай бұрын

If there was ever a reason for the Prime Directive, it would a circumstance like this... great work btw, totally epic vibe going on

@steveb6616 Жыл бұрын

Tricorder scan of the hundreds of egg shaped modules should warn them

@mbogucki1 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered how Starfleet would fair against Xenomorphs.

@Raguleader Жыл бұрын

Those eggs are on LV-426. This is planet LV-425.

@DistracticusPrime Жыл бұрын

@@Raguleader This is LV-425! LV-426 exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid waste. Allow me to introduce you to...

@Akm72 3 ай бұрын

Not necessarily, tricorders work best against things they can recognise. With new or unusual life-forms they often struggle, as seen with the Horta and its eggs.

@TheBobwatermellon Жыл бұрын

Star Trek with alien theme is prefect

@miket2120 Жыл бұрын

The opening music is from the adagio of the Gayane Ballet Suite by Khatchaturian, also used in 2001 (the Discovery introduction scene). The actual Goldsmith Alien theme starts at 1:37 with the trumpets in a very nice transition between the two pieces.

@jamezxh Жыл бұрын

Wow Nicely done. Love the Alien Music.

@ChristopherDoll Жыл бұрын

Very well done! I appreciate the staging, lighting, and camera work - really feels like it would fit in perfectly with the movie era movies (recursive, I know). Nice touch with the James Horner music!

@SimonPicard Жыл бұрын

Wow. Amazing.

@The_Zilli Жыл бұрын

dunno why, i was always a sucker for this ship design. very cool vid.

@pokes404 Жыл бұрын

I'm normally not big on the Miranda class, but this looks fantastic. Just goes to show how much the correct angles, motion, and lenses can help highlight a design.

@Akm72 Жыл бұрын

@@pokes404 Agreed, filmed from the correct angles, as done in Wrath of Khan and this video, the Miranda class looks good. But a lot of the time it looks a bit crap.

@wanderinghistorian Жыл бұрын

So my reactions were like... 1. The start to this looks like Star Trek but feels like Alien. 2. Isn't that the Alien theme to the first film? 3. Isn't that LB-426? 4. Oh...oh no.

@arthurchadwell9267 Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes.... And you know the first one to get face-hugged is gonna be in a red shirt!

@sjhotz Жыл бұрын

I was a theater usher when Aliens came out, our staff was opening a new theater that summer and they rewarded the staff with a "Mystery Movie", it was Aliens, i will never forget the effect that musical score had on me. Bravo Sir!

@oscaracosta9668 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I love it.

@jeffho1727 Жыл бұрын

Looks good!!

@fundude53 Жыл бұрын

Starttrek / aliens crossover that would be cool

@gavcarl Жыл бұрын

Stralians? Would it be filmed down under?

@jasonwalker79 Жыл бұрын

More sci fi horror would be cool especially star trek style would be interesting to see trek turned into pure sci fi horror would be interesting at most 🤔

@darrenthorne6247 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

@BVCStudios Жыл бұрын

Gotta love that Alien score!

@VodkaDrinker77 Жыл бұрын

I think it was also in 2001: A Space Odyssey

@BlueBirdBallerina Жыл бұрын

@@VodkaDrinker77 Its a bit different, but Horner himself admitted he used that score as 'inspiration' cause he was under the gun making this score. Apparently he produced the Aliens soundtrack in two weeks...

@groundtank Жыл бұрын

My guy, this is beautiful.

@endlesswick Жыл бұрын

Wow, looks really good!

@markjovanovic9110 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done.

@Firefox13A Жыл бұрын

Very impressive

@blueheels Жыл бұрын

Well done

@captin3149 Жыл бұрын

Love this. The Miranda is one of my four favorite Star Trek ship designs of all (Starfleet at least)

@BoydofZINJ Жыл бұрын

Chan Ching. If you find a room full of eggs, don't shy away from it. Give one of them a shake, those face huggers are worth more than this ship.

@CromeDomeOmega Жыл бұрын

Star trek meets Alien? Like the idea of that generation of star trek finding the Alien egg on planet and 1 or a few of the landing party being attacked and infected by a face hugger. Nice model work too!

@joeswanson733 Жыл бұрын

with advanced starfleet tech like transporters, advanced scanners, forcefields, etc it would be a cinch to identify xenomorphs inside human hosts and remove them. locating xenomorphs would also be a cinch. isolate them up the gravity plate to 20 x and crush them. or use phasers and ... vaporize them. tricorders would work wonders. the transporters alone would have bio scanners that detect infestation and separte the parasites from teh human during transport.

@kylerstorm9260 3 ай бұрын

@joeswanson733 except in “Conspiracy” there was literally aliens infesting Starfleet officers and Crusher said she couldn’t remove them without killing Admiral Quinn.

@gieselats Жыл бұрын

I love it. Keep up the good work.

@KnowTrentTimoy Жыл бұрын

Besides the consistent aesthetics of the ship moving about before a planet I can't believe that Starfleet HQ would send out a puny Miranda-class light cruiser out this deep in space to investigate some anomaly by itself.

@matthewcaughey8898 Жыл бұрын

The Miranda was not exactly a “ push over” many were quite well armed in fact they were better armed then the constitution class in many cases. A Miranda was well suited for the type of early exploratory work Starfleet was doing. For the most part during peacetime cruisers and destroyers are the most well used ships in modern navies as they’re the most well rounded ones. Starfleet science vessels tend to be shorter ranged and underarmed ( reference the Oberth and Nova class). Constitution class heavy cruisers and Miranda class cruisers are pretty much the backbone of pre excelsior class Starfleet. Also at this time the constellation class is not yet built ( with their quad nacelle configuration and design well suited for long range the constellation class eventually took on long range exploration from the usual Starfleet ships)

@KnowTrentTimoy Жыл бұрын

@@matthewcaughey8898 It wouldn't be a "push over" if it encountered three Klingon D-7's in a carefully laid trap. A constant threat by the Klingons to test Star fleet strengths and weaknesses A Miranda class cruiser is considered an equal to One D-7 (granted the Captain is an experienced combatant) but against 3? My point is Star fleet could've sent two ships instead of just one to check out this beacon signal.

@knytrydr73 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed to see what happens next! 😮

@studentjohn Жыл бұрын

The Miranda class looks much more of a battleship than the constitution class.

@FilmCram Жыл бұрын

that was great!

@daveerk6573 Жыл бұрын

Music and sound effects from the movie ALIEN. Too bad the ship isn't called the U.S.S. Nostromo. Awesome!

@longtimber Жыл бұрын

Can't wait!

@alanday5255 Жыл бұрын

The Nebula class is my favorite to this day, although this is a Miranda it still has the precursors to Nebula. Fine ship.

@tombowman1521 Жыл бұрын

I do believe that they will soon be in orbit of LV-426 and upon beaming down, they will discover a crashed alien spaceship of massive size with a very strange and dangerous cargo.

@kevinpittman2517 Жыл бұрын

with a very friendly alien that likes to give hugs.

@arthurchadwell9267 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinpittman2517 Face hugs! "I luv you, you luv me, let me implant in your belly..."

@BrainclawVideo Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there! Excellent work.

@Malbeefance Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@STho205 Жыл бұрын

I do like this model the best in almost 60 years of Star Trek. The Saratoga, Miranda, Reliant model of 1982 was the most anesthetic and functional to me. Two shuttle bays, no mostly empty stardrive section, a modular warp core than can be ejected.

@Novusod Жыл бұрын

The Reliant model from 1982 was actually upside down. The warp nacelles were supposed to be on the top of the ship. When the model was accidentally placed on the producers desk it was set upside down and nobody told him until later. So when filming began the producer insisted that the model be shot with the nacelles down. That is how the Reliant was created as kind of an accident.

@STho205 Жыл бұрын

@@Novusod it is obviously supposed to be evocative of the Romulan cruiser in 1966...as the battles were similar to Balance...even dissapearing in a nebula instead of a comet tail. The Romulan cells were up. The original script for Balance said the ship was of Earth design (spies) as they were to use the repainted saucer section from the 3' Enterprise model with a torpedo launcher tube on the dorsal or ventral hull (no warp cells, thus Scotty's line) After principle live action photography, they were able to get a unique model built by their prop guy...and they reworked the live action footage dialog to match (almost) with serious editing.

@STho205 Жыл бұрын

@@Novusod you know I never bought that upside down story, since the model is an Enterprise saucer and it obviously had a top dome long established by 1982. It sounds borrowed from the Matt Jeffries story of the original Enterprise concept sketch in 1965 viewed upside down looking better as our right side up. Seems a bit much for two times in 20 years.

@Novusod Жыл бұрын

@@STho205 I don't believe the original enterprise was ever upside down though. The enterprise bridge dome is asymmetrical due to the turbo lift which indicates it was always meant to be the top. So yeah it only happened once.

@STho205 Жыл бұрын

@@Novusod the legend was the sketch, before such was added...original sketch had a globe habitat..but the 1st saucer sketch published in fan books had no domes. However I certainly don't buy the first desk model, as it would have been built off an existing saucer. The director may have said flip it around and bring me another...but it couldn't be an accident mistake.

@kennedye2112 Жыл бұрын

Nice call-out to that stock Enterprise-D fly-by shot from TNG there at the end.

@MrNBridger Жыл бұрын

Very Nice!

@buzzinpoa Жыл бұрын

Such a powerful animation!!! Well balanced scenes, nice edition, scenic atmosphere, all perfect. The music score fit wonderfully, creating a mysterious moment of anticipation!! I applaud and scream "More!! More!!". 👏👏👏👏👏😊😊😊😊😊

@anthonyjames8530 Жыл бұрын

WOW! Very well done!

@CheMechanical Жыл бұрын

Good job!

@daimyo2k 11 ай бұрын

Very cool! BUT... that music, all I can hear in my head is "Game over man... GAME OVER!!"

@kevinpittman2517 Жыл бұрын

Dude.... very nicely done. Ive always loved that class of ship... its like a shuttle or fighter carrier... if i was ever to be a star ship captain or say a Pirate... this is the vessel i would snatch up.