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Galaxy-Class Dreadnought

startrek414347#9616 startrek414347
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edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
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Would a Mission Pod replacing her center nacelle be an upgrade for a Federation Dreadnought Cruiser one day? I imagine that Mission Pod would be an additional part, not a replacement part, for that starship too. What do you think?
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,518 Arc User
    Extremely unlikely. Besides, Cryptic don't do fan designs. The Legendary Gal-X is the definitive version and doesn't need any further change.
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    It's not impossible, but also not realistically likely.

    For one, as mentioned, Cryptic avoids directly copying fan content as much as possible, especially after the brouhaha involving the "Design the Next Enterprise" drama. They might be inspired by some on some level, but it would be in the gray zone where the fan-artist cannot claim "copying", and where Cryptic can claim Original Content based on licensing.

    For another, Cryptic has been working more closely with CBS as of late, and mostly focuses on canon starship designs, although they can and have done Cryptic Originals for existing designs (the game-only "2410" variants of various canon ships, such as the Andromeda, Regent, or Pathfinder skins).

    It's not impossible for Cryptic to replicate the idea for a future Gal-X variant; say a Temporal Spec Fed Dread Gal-X, but using their 2410 designs. But again, it's also not likely to happen for awhile, if ever, given their increased collaboration with CBS on implementing canon ship designs in-game (and the skeleton crew STO is operating with).
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,901 Arc User
    Mission pod placement where the nacelle is would be kinda awkward I imagine (image that is linked is blank)
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    The downside of that move to recent CBS designs is that Kurtzman's bunch have not come out with a single design in DSC season 3 that does not look like a reject from a different show (mostly Star Wars), and the ones from PIC are uninspired and very impractical looking (at best). So far the only halfway decent looking new ships have come from the animated shows.
  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    phoenixc#0738 wrote: »
    The downside of that move to recent CBS designs is that Kurtzman's bunch have not come out with a single design in DSC season 3 that does not look like a reject from a different show (mostly Star Wars), and the ones from PIC are uninspired and very impractical looking (at best). So far the only halfway decent looking new ships have come from the animated shows.

    That's cause McMann's an actual FAN. Kurtzman, and JJ, are not.

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  • startrek414347#9616 startrek414347
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    lianthelia wrote: »
    Mission pod placement where the nacelle is would be kinda awkward I imagine (image that is linked is blank)

    https://www.mediafire.com/view/mv0xl3300lnfqkb/The_U.S.S._Excelsior.png/file
  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    I would imagine the mission pod sensors would have a hard time seeing much that close to the subspace stream between those nacelles.
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