He scaled up a top plan view of the ship to a length of 48 inches, the presumed size of the motion control model at the time. When the producers signed off, Sternbach proceeded to the initial blueprint and study model stages. This was a fast-looking ship, with a hint of solid engine hardware showing on the outside. The first would stay the second design element was later eliminated. Notable details included a large forward sensor cutout and a stepped engineering hull that supported a ring of large cargo bays and impulse engines. Impulse thrusters were buried underneath, similar to the runabout, and a large triangular wedge sat atop the ship, possibly acting as a scout craft or long-range sensor array. The nacelles had doors to open up the warp coils for some kind of new energy jump. The slightly angular dart front had been smoothed off and nestled into the engineering section - still assuming a separation capability - and sweeping pylons ended in a set of long nacelles. That meant the ship needed deployable landing gear.īy the spring of 1994, something resembling the Voyager we now know had emerged. They added to his challenge by deciding that Voyager should be able to land on a planetary surface. Sternbach prepared comparisons with familiar Starfleet vessels to help the producers decide. Hull cross sections were drawn in blue pencil to check internal deck heights, total number of decks and possibly overall ship length. Pieces were added and subtracted and hull contours, both gently curved and angular, were explored in perspective over the course of weeks and months. Sternbach’s early sketches for Voyager show a streamlined vessel with a dart-like primary hull and a flattened, elongated engineering section, sporting swept-back runabout-like warp pylons. He had been responsible for various alien ships and shuttlecraft on The Next Generation, including the runabout, but his predecessor, Andrew Probert, had created the Enterprise-D. It was the first lead ship Sternbach designed. He wasted no time getting the design process started. Rick Sternbach, who was then working as an illustrator and tech consultant on The Next Generation, was brought on board the following month. Executive Producer Jeri Taylor decided as early as August that the new ship should be sleeker and smaller than the Enterprise-D. Five out of five badges.Development of the fourth Star Trek series started in the middle of 1993, during the last season of The Next Generation and the second season of Deep Space Nine. I was pretty indifferent to have this in the collection but my mind has been changed thanks to the effort that has been put into it. This is a cut above the original model in terms of production, but a less classic design. Some pieces are glued on but the fins are part of the main metal body and the way the top and bottom of the hull fit together has been redesigned to make the join less obvious. Finally you would be forgiven for thinking this model is simply the issue six one with a few pieces stuck on. The underside is virtually unchanged from the original Voyager and is in fact of very similar quality. The Warship additions detract somewhat but not excessively. Paintwork is touch more vivid and neater, whilst the translucent nacelle grills are a less muted shade of blue.
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More windows can be seen and a few other details previously missing have been added such as the shuttlebay doors. The issue six model’s details are less crisp, particularly on the metal parts whereas the Warship has very clear and distinct markings and metalwork. The production process must have learnt a few tricks since issue six as the detail and sharpness is massively improved. Of the three Voyager variations in the collection it is my least favourite design, trailing after the original and armoured issues. The original Voyager design is superior with a simpler, smoother design as the new additions unsurprisingly appear bolted on after the fact. It’s mostly correct but has additional weaponry pods and fins giving it a more militaristic design. The Warship version of Voyager appears in holographic simulation only and is it of course inaccurate.
In ST:Voyager episode ‘Living Witness’ Voyager is remembered centuries later as aggressive and genocidal by Kyrian historians. Yes I understand no Voyagers exist (Voyager probe aside) but even in-universe this is a fictional ship.
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