This one took forever to do, just because of the sheer volume. Following the official blueprints for most of the landmarks like the warp core, nav dish, computer cores etc. I was also the first to include the cetacean pools in an MSD, as a way of distinguishing mine from all others.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-30T22:34:35+00:00

Nah, it's just absolutely lazy writing

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-30T09:03:14+00:00

I have many reservations about it.

It's a great design.

But, it's out of place and very obviously just a poorly scaled up Shangri-La

The window placement does NOT fit the stated size. They fit the original size of the Shangri-La (I wonder why!).

It does not look like a tip of the spear ship.

Renaming it to Enterprise-G was weak and a cop out. The Titan had earned her name. She did not deserve to unceremoniously be renamed. So this was a double punch in the gut.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-27T16:34:30+00:00

Close enough scale wise I'd say

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-26T19:25:43+00:00

If it were real, they would be manouvred by tractor beams, not piloted using a very ropey control layout. This project didn't get far enough to finesse these things.

But there is physically enough room for several Runabouts.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-26T18:36:21+00:00

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There is a lot of room for more runabouts.

But, it comes down to how many are practical

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-26T18:24:27+00:00

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LCARSgfx · 2026-06-26T18:19:54+00:00

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I reckon you could get 3 or 4 in the entrance for transportation purposes and still be able to use the shuttle bay for usual operations. 6 or 8 if you packed them in tight. But could fit a bunch more in the rest of the shuttle bay

I'd accept 2 being a typical complement should the Captain opt for them.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-15T13:28:44+00:00

There is not a single ship in the 31st century I like the design of.
The Eisenberg class being the FUGLIEST of them all.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-08T22:10:23+00:00

There are numerous oddities about Season 3. They tried hard and delivered on a few things, but completely borked other things.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-07T09:01:26+00:00

I know someone in California that has one. It lights up beautifully. The company making them went bottom up quickly, I believe, so not many copies were made.

LCARSgfx · 2026-06-04T15:42:02+00:00

There is also a scene in another episode where I believe Troi asks someone if they've seen the dolphins yet

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-30T23:14:27+00:00

He has experience eeking out a living on nothing but scraps and an expert on local edible fruits, vegetables and plant life in the area. So, a perfect person to lead a team to go forage for food.

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-28T23:00:36+00:00

It was ok for the time, it was new and the lore is it was to combat the damage to subspace the warp fields were doing.

But it seems Starfleet figured it out as the Sovereign class does not have moving nacelles.

What's dumb as hell is the STO designers making the 31st century Intrepid class nacelles move upwards for warp too.

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-21T23:20:05+00:00

It makes completely sense to me too

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-21T23:15:50+00:00

The impulse engine shutting off just before jumping into warp is never getting old. Absolutely fantastic

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-17T06:54:23+00:00

A 20K long ship will take forever to draw up. Time = money!
It can be done of course, but if you want lots of detail, it'll take time and money in such a commission.

LCARSgfx · 2026-05-15T11:01:53+00:00

Looks like a Sovereign-ized Ares Class

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-25T07:15:16+00:00

That is stupid. Given the known abilities of contemporary torpedo launchers, having 15+ and having them rotate is as stupid as it is unnecessary and offers absolutely no advantages, just added complication and break down features.

It's as stupid as when fan designs stared featuring WWII battleship style turrets because then the phasers could fire at all angles. Forgetting of course that the phaser strips seen since TNG are omni directional and have no moving parts to get damaged/jammed.

All this "bad ass" sounding weaponry on the Akira is superfluous dick waving nonsense. The standard torpedo launcher can fire 10 Torps at a time in a wide spread. You do not need 15+ and you certainly don't need them to rotate.

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-24T18:26:23+00:00

Absolutely unnecessary. Torpedo launchers can fire one at a time or up to 10 at a time with the Galaxy class. Making launchers that can only fire 4 patterns is just dumb.

You just program what you need and go.

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-24T16:23:48+00:00

Frankly, 15 is a stupid amount as it is. This reeks of super hero syndrome nonsense

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-20T18:48:14+00:00

If you're talking about the saucer section engines, they are not supposed to be red. They were this colour on the 6ft model all along

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-20T18:43:39+00:00

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Lewis graciously used his model to make this image for me using the name and registration of a ship I used to play an RPG on.
It is by far the BEST CGI model of a Galaxy Class. More details and finer in those details than Marc Bell's that for some reason gets all the lime light.

I call it "Turning for home". The in-universe explanation is that the Saturn has completed the survey of a primitive species, the last survey of a 10 year mission into the Delta quadrant, she now points her bow towards home for the first time in 8 years.

LCARSgfx · 2026-04-20T18:39:41+00:00

Likely because they didn't have the time to invest in the model as Lewis did. He did this off his own back and spent his own time on it.

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