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Cryptic, beg Paramount for approval and pay this man whatever his price is.

emacsheadroomemacsheadroom Member Posts: 994 Arc User
edited August 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Over at the Trekbbs forums, there's an artist who made a modification of the Vengeance. As he puts it, The brief behind the design is that Starfleet salvaged technology and parts from the wreckage of the USS Vengeance and used them to create this vessel. This ship has the size and capabilities of Vengeance (including it's advanced warp capabilities) but is outfitted for exploration rather than pure warfare, essentially making it the 'USS Excelsior' of this timeline.

I think it's absolutely gorgeous:

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Please, guys. Get Paramount's approval and pay this man whatever he wants.

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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,505 Arc User
    or not. Personally i would prefer the latter.
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  • emacsheadroomemacsheadroom Member Posts: 994 Arc User
    questerius wrote: »
    or not. Personally i would prefer the latter.

    You'd prefer the latter what?
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,505 Arc User
    emacsheadroom wrote: »
    questerius wrote: »
    or not. Personally i would prefer the latter.

    You'd prefer the latter what?

    The latter being not to pay for a model which by itself is not remarkable and needs a lot of work to be integrated with the other ship designs.

    It would be a waste of time and money in addition to being a crime against the aesthetics.

    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • emacsheadroomemacsheadroom Member Posts: 994 Arc User
    questerius wrote: »
    emacsheadroom wrote: »
    questerius wrote: »
    or not. Personally i would prefer the latter.

    You'd prefer the latter what?

    The latter being not to pay for a model which by itself is not remarkable and needs a lot of work to be integrated with the other ship designs.

    It would be a waste of time and money in addition to being a crime against the aesthetics.

    It's a work in progress. So that means you're one of those people who dumps on a work in progress for not being a finished product. Not to mention you're the self-styled final arbiter of good aesthetics. Thank you for making your comments irrelevant.
  • necreliosis#4763 necreliosis
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    Wow, that is indeed a beautiful ship. Looks very maneuverable and lightweight for a ship of its class.
  • fraghul3000fraghul3000 Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    Why would they pay someone, who is probably operating in a legal grey area by using the Excelsior name and basic design, to do a job that they already have hired people to do?

    They'd just need to go to their artists, tell them "whip up a Kelvin-timeline model of the Excelsior" and they'd probably be able to come up with finished, working model, already compatible with their game engine and of a higher quality in a much shorter amount of time at a fraction of the cost than if they were to outscource design work to some random internet enthusiast.
  • tritan2409tritan2409 Member Posts: 101 Arc User
    Thats a nice ship :)
  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    Shitloads prettier then the prime Excelsior.

    I would buy one.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I know there is zero chance of it happening.

    But if it did.. I would buy it.
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  • vampeiyrevampeiyre Member Posts: 633 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    I know there is zero chance of it happening.

    But if it did.. I would buy it.

    Totally agree. It'll never happen, but I really wish it would. I'd much rather my Vengeance look like that.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    fraghul3000 wrote: »
    Why would they pay someone, who is probably operating in a legal grey area by using the Excelsior name and basic design, to do a job that they already have hired people to do?

    They'd just need to go to their artists, tell them "whip up a Kelvin-timeline model of the Excelsior" and they'd probably be able to come up with finished, working model, already compatible with their game engine and of a higher quality in a much shorter amount of time at a fraction of the cost than if they were to outscource design work to some random internet enthusiast.

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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    Bridge looks great. I want it. Saucer looks good. Front looks good. A few adjustments here and there. I would use it.
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  • tymerstotymersto Member Posts: 433 Arc User
    No! Hell No! Can we just stop with the KT-inspired garbage please?


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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited August 2016
    tymersto wrote: »
    Can we just stop with the KT-inspired garbage please?

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  • ktonof1aqktonof1aq Member Posts: 210 Arc User
    Fine looking ship. Thanks for sharing.
  • daedalus304daedalus304 Member Posts: 1,049 Arc User
    I'm a little ashamed to say I like it.
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  • redvengeredvenge Member Posts: 1,425 Arc User
    I never liked the look of the Vengeance, and this abomination isn't much better. If enough people want to fly around in the USS Chunky Monkey, maybe Cryptic will give you one.
  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited August 2016
    Cryptic trying to use ships made by fans?
    Why yes, that worked SO well with the Enterprise-F contest.

    I honestly don't think they want to try again any time soon. They may use some fan ships are a basic template and add/change stuff on them, but creating the whole ships by themselves will be faster, less complicated, both technically and juridically and cost less.
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  • teknesiateknesia Member Posts: 860 Arc User
    I don't see it happening, but that is a pretty ship.
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  • thelunarboythelunarboy Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    Chalk me up as a liker. Needs some smoothing around some of the harder edges... but he filled in the silly doughnut hole that I never liked and find counter-intuitive.

    Maybe you should propose the mirror image of this idea.... get J.J. Abrams to talk to him and pay him whatever he wants to do ship designs in the KT. :)
  • koppsterkoppster Member Posts: 179 Arc User
    This is rather nice. Loving how they flipped the dark and dreary Vengeance bridge design to the, "Light Side" so to speak. Great work.
  • daedalus304daedalus304 Member Posts: 1,049 Arc User
    saurializard wrote: »
    Cryptic trying to use ships made by fans?
    Why yes, that worked SO well with the Enterprise-F contest.

    I honestly don't think they want to try again any time soon. They may use some fan ships are a basic template and add/change stuff on them, but creating the whole ships by themselves will be faster, less complicated, both technically and juridically and cost less.

    I can't tell if you're being sarcastic in some of this, but yes, the Enterprise-F was a successful run, and the sales seem to show that, along with the amount of use it gets.
  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    edited August 2016
    I'm digging it. Make it a skin option, though. I'm not buying a second Vengeance purely for new cosmetics.

    It's also pleasing that the "Vengeance = KT Excelsior" idea occurred to someone else.
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    As one of the Vengeance's most outspoken enthusiasts here, I don't necessarily find this ship better than it's progenitor, but I do like the blending of styles in accordance with the clear goal of hybridizing it with the Excelsior (which I have no particular love of). That's a sweet secondary hull and while the pylons are a little mundane, they fit the goal well. If anything I find the saucer section the weakest. Filling in the donut hole is fine, but the result seems a little drab.

    Would buy in Zeni store. Unlikely to pursue as a lock box or lobi ship.
  • tarran61tarran61 Member Posts: 827 Arc User
    If found in the c-store, sold!
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    Like it, i would buy it in an instant..
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