Spoilers.
Lots of spoilers but wow thatās cool season 3 concept
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Unusually for me, Iāve been doing a lot of reading of interviews today with the writers /producers/show runners.
Again (no spoliers) it is worth it, how they see things, @pap foresaw the Lorca twist but not sure we saw the S2 canon closing that may lead to many of the fans concerns about Discovery being resolved.
Very clever.
Geek alert
Voyager
Why does Star Trekās Voyager fold its wings up when it goes to warp?
Answered Feb 24, 2018 Ā· Upvoted by Joshua Engel, Trekkie since TOS was all there was.
Basically, Itās because of two rules Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek) and Matt Jefferies (the designer of the original USS Enterprise) set up for general ship design.
The first rule is that, when looking at the ship from the side, the nacelles (āWingsā) need to have clear space between them, without any other element of the ship getting in the way.
(Image- Enterprise A side view).
The in-universe explanation is that the warp field that moves the ship faster than light is strongest between the nacelles and would be hazardous to anything that was between them.
When they were filming the first Star Trek movie, they even played with the idea to have some kind of effect visible between the nacelles when the ship is at warp to illustrate this, as can be seen in this concept art:
(image - Star Trek : The Motion Picture concept art)
The second rule is that, when looking at it from the front, the nacelles (wings) need to be in clear view and not obstructed by any other ship element:
(Image- Enterprise A front view)
The in-universe explanation is that the front of the nacelles holds āBussard scoopsā that collect hydrogen atoms from interstellar space during (non-FTL) āimpulseā travel which the ships use to replenish their fuel reserves. These fuel scoops are the red glowing tips of the nacelles (Wings) on the Voyager .
When they were designing the Voyager, they opted for a sleek, flattened design, but that made it impossible to stick to both of these rules at the same time:
(Image- Voyager front view)
In essence, when Voyager is not in Warp, the nacelles are lowered and have a clear view from the front to allow the collectors to work, and when it goes to warp it raises the nacelles so they go above the engineering hull and have clear space between them.
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That is not real engineering
Just saying
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Yeah, and what would you know about āproperā engineering??
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Well
If I give it any more it will blow jim blow
Possibly ladyboy engineering?
One up the bum ā no harm done eh!
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This weeksā obscure āengineering factā.
Joseph Reinemann, Author of the science fiction series Shadows of Time
Fun fact: Matt Jeffries really didnāt want to use a saucer shape. He wanted to do something different. But he also really wanted the design to make sense from an engineering perspective.
The saucer is basically where everyone actually lives on a Federation ship. Itās kept isolated from the main radiation sources driving the engines, so he figured it needed to be a good pressure vessel. The best shape for a pressure vessel is a sphere, so he started there. But then he had a problem. A sphere doesnāt have much surface area for its volume, and from an engineering perspective thatās really bad for a space ship. You want a high amount of surface area so that you can radiate more heat. And the best way to fix that problem while still retaining the desirable qualities of a spherical pressure vessel is to basically squash the sphere until it becomes a saucerā¦
So thatās why Federation ships all have saucer sections. Itās also why Romulans used to use saucers. And why Klingons had spherical living areas on their ships. It all came down to engineering a shape that would best hold in the atmosphere.
This rumour/story rumbles on.
Considering the Kelvin timeline cast are out of contract makes it really interesting as to where this even starts let alone where he could take it.
May as well dump here:
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Wow, a lot going on in the Trekverse.
Big interview with Kurtzman
Picard, Section 31 and animated series inc Lower Decks. Short Treks, Nickleodeon and maybe Enterprise.
Apparently the dog has a name tag -
Number One.
When is it due to be available?
Dunno, but at least 6 episodes in the can according to Trek Core on Twitter.
Picard retired to his family Vinyard in France is all we know so far
Not so excited for this but sounds they are aiming for some more comedy