Sovereign successor?

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2004-01-21 12:42pm

Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy, Sovereign...what comes next on the drawing board?

I remember something called the Nova class, but that ended up being a smaller, simpler version of the Intrepid class. VOY: The Phoenix.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2004-01-21 12:48pm

Do we look like seers? How can we know the future?
I think someone once proposed the titan was a brand new class of vessel though.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-01-21 04:31pm

Enola Straight wrote:Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy, Sovereign...what comes next on the drawing board?

I remember something called the Nova class, but that ended up being a smaller, simpler version of the Intrepid class. VOY: The Phoenix.

I doubt that there'll be any successor to the Soverign. The TNG is finished, as the Star Trek franchise should also be.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2004-01-21 05:55pm

The Sovereigns too new. It won't have a successor for many decades, so it's hard to forsee it's replacement.

The Nova would be more a replacement for the Oberoths. It's basically just a small ass science vessel.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-21 06:12pm

Titan-class was designed for the successor to the Sovvie. There are dozens of starship designs running around though, much mroe than straight linear progression See http://ussmiranda.com/ships for a fairly exhaustive list (many are non-canon, but it's a good database).

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-21 06:15pm

Aya wrote:The Sovereigns too new. It won't have a successor for many decades, so it's hard to forsee it's replacement.

The Nova would be more a replacement for the Oberoths. It's basically just a small ass science vessel.

Oberth-class.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2004-01-21 06:45pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Aya wrote:The Sovereigns too new. It won't have a successor for many decades, so it's hard to forsee it's replacement.

The Nova would be more a replacement for the Oberoths. It's basically just a small ass science vessel.
Oberth-class.

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Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-21 06:50pm

The Aliens wrote:Titan-class was designed for the successor to the Sovvie.

According to whom? Certainly not Paramount, as far as I've heard.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-01-21 07:02pm

Hell, do we even know the Titan is a new ship class? For all we know it's just the newest Soveriegn class starship to be built. Or maybe even a Galaxy class... we know how much of a hardon Riker had for the Ent-D.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-21 07:04pm

And as a design, it's pretty nasty, I see where they wanted to go, sort of the excelsior upgrade from constitution with sovereign parts, but it looks awful IMO...

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-21 10:13pm

Sorry, leap in logic. I'm fairly sure they state that the titan is a new class though, and there are pictures of it on the web. Again, I don't know if they're official or not, but from what I understand it's its own class.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-21 11:29pm

That's a good database. Did they generate the Titan images themselves? That class surely didn't show up in any movies!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-21 11:30pm

Yes, they did, or someone did it for them.

But frankly, some of that stuff justs looks like shit.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-21 11:41pm

Well, they did a good job with the Titan. I don't care if you think the ship looks ugly, its a good quality image whether its a good quality ship or not.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-21 11:50pm

I was refering to some of the ships in general.

But now that I think about it, the Titan does look pretty lame.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-21 11:51pm

Hey, it was Mr. Moose Rebellion that said it first.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-21 11:56pm

Oh, no disrespect to the talent, it is a very impressive image and renderings, but in the trek forum, I'm afraid I'm thinking in terms of trek starship design and what I consider to be fitting with what has gone before, not how pretty it looks on the page.

Oh, and if you're going to invoke the name of the MR, my official title is El Moose Monstero...

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-22 12:09am

Enola Straight wrote:Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy, Sovereign...what comes next on the drawing board?

I remember something called the Nova class, but that ended up being a smaller, simpler version of the Intrepid class. VOY: The Phoenix.

The Nova class is a science ship intended to replace the Oberth class. The future ship you are thinking about is the Nova class USS Rhode Island. It looks a lot like the Sovergein but is smaller and much weaker.

Another Nova class ship was the USS Equinox which was destroyed in the delta quadrant. Juddging by the combat between the Equinox and Voyger the Nova class is fairly strong for its small size.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-22 12:11am

Combat between Equinox and Voyager? What the heck were two Federation starships doing exchanging fire?

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-22 12:23am

That was a two part episode and one of the best Voyger epiosed I say. According to the story the Equinox was trapped in the delta quadrant before Voyger. The Equinox fared worse than the Voyger. After several battles she was badly damaged and trapped in hostile space with many of her crew dead.

So the captain decided to violate directive from there to save ship. He captured some extradimensional lifeforms to power the ships warp core which greatly boosted his FTL speed letting him outrun any pursuers. Eventualy the Equinox met Voyger and when Janeway learned he had violated the prime directive combat ensued.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-01-22 12:23am

I doubt theres going to be any real successor any time soon.

More likely the Feds will create a more compact version, along the lines of the Constitution - Miranda, and the Galaxy - Nebula.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-22 12:26am

Yeah, Sovereign's too new. Unless the Empire invades, at which point they'll have some real motivation.

Off topic: That's a freaky cat in your avatar. Yours, or did you find it on the 'Net?

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-01-22 12:29am

Rogue 9 wrote: Off topic: That's a freaky cat in your avatar. Yours, or did you find it on the 'Net?

Found it on the net. It bears an uncanny similarity to my cat though.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-22 12:30am

Quite the threat display.

That's one terrified kitty.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-22 12:33am

Sharp-kun wrote:I doubt theres going to be any real successor any time soon.

More likely the Feds will create a more compact version, along the lines of the Constitution - Miranda, and the Galaxy - Nebula.

They will also probobly start mass producing the Defiants and the Akiras. These ships are smaller but more powerful than the Galaxy.

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