# New Star Trek has a title: Star Trek Discovery. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717 "2016-07-23T22:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/1 "2016-07-23T22:55:03Z")
And here is the new Star Ship: [Link](https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/756974219322273792) is a tweet with the video in it. Very cool. Looks like a pre production photo I saw somewhere when they were redesigning the Enterprise. Don’t remember if it was for the movie or when they were first making TNG. It’s like a cross between a Federation ship and a Klingon ship. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/2 "2016-07-24T00:30:16Z")
Interesting tone to it. The ship looks a bit more serious. Any idea in what timeframe the new series will be? I assume the universe will be the TV series universe rather than the reboot movies. Or will it be a third ST universe? Just realized the abbreviation with be STD. Okay, probably ST: D, but that gets you a smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/3 "2016-07-24T00:45:31Z")
The asteroid base seems to imply something stealth, covert, black-ops, rogue about the setting. Maybe we’re finally getting to the corner of the Federation that comes into play when Mr. Nice Guy gets his lights punched out. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/4 "2016-07-24T01:01:23Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > The asteroid base seems to imply something stealth, covert, black-ops, rogue about the setting. > > Maybe we’re finally getting to the corner of the Federation that comes into play when Mr. Nice Guy gets his lights punched out. I theorized it was a lost/construction abandoned TOS-era ship that has been refitted. However the name of the ship I would think would be a little less placid in that situation…unless the Feds have become anti-exploration and the ship is being stolen by those who want to be less xenophobic. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/5 "2016-07-24T01:13:41Z")
Nothing concrete has been released but the two biggest rumors are that it’s set during the TOS Movie era or the 22nd/Early 23rd Century after Enterprise but before TOS in the early days of the Federation. They start filming in September so casts will be revealed next month so by then we will probably know for sure. ETA: Also, and this is very important, it is looking like Fandom is settling on DSC as the official three letter abbreviation 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/6 "2016-07-24T02:06:15Z")
What it looks like is [Ralph McQuarrie’s redesigned (but ultimately unused) Enterprise from _Star Trek: Phase II_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise#/media/File:Phase_II_Enterprise.jpg), the new TV series that was turned into ST:TMP… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/7 "2016-07-24T02:34:50Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > What it looks like is [Ralph McQuarrie’s redesigned (but ultimately unused) Enterprise from _Star Trek: Phase II_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise#/media/File:Phase_II_Enterprise.jpg), the new TV series that was turned into ST:TMP… That was the exact image I vaguely remembered in the OP. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/8 "2016-07-24T02:38:16Z")
Here’s their chance to make Trek good again. I have to go all the way back to DS9 to find Trek I like. This looks…promising. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/9 "2016-07-26T02:44:19Z")
Wow, that is some terrible CGI. It looks like they rendered it on an early 2000’s era computer. I miss the days of models and practical effects. You can’t put that starship in a museum, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/10 "2016-07-26T04:32:25Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Any idea in what timeframe the new series will be? Ship’s registration number is NCC-1031. This would suggest that it’s earlier than Kirk’s NCC-1701, but quite a bit after Archer. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/11 "2016-07-26T06:59:08Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > The asteroid base seems to imply something stealth, covert, black-ops, rogue about the setting. Or they’re just incorporating [McQuarrie’s art](http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/star-trek-discovery-ship-concept-art/) beyond the ship itself. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/12 "2016-07-26T11:39:53Z")
I’m sorry, but that’s a horrible design. It looks like it was slapped together the day before the deadline by someone who’s just barely progressed beyond simple geometric shapes in 3ds Max. Seriously, was this made with the intent of making the LEGO-tie in as easy to assemble as possible? What was the inspiration there, a run-over traffic cone? I mean, what was the design process here? You got your basic saucer section, the nacelles—no surprises there. For the rest—well, why not a triangle? Triangles are nice. …And done! The only explanation I can come up with is that they deliberately wanted to distance themselves from the new movie-Enterprise’s excessively styled all-curves design, but there’s gotta be some middle ground here… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/13 "2016-07-26T11:44:27Z")
It reminds me of early Klingon designs. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/14 "2016-07-26T11:54:52Z")
Looks like it might not be the [final design](http://trekmovie.com/2016/07/24/exclusive-star-trek-discovery-producers-on-ships-design-shows-themes/): > [@](#): > > When [Trekmovie.com](http://Trekmovie.com) asked Kadin if the teaser for Star Trek: Discovery featured the final design of the ship, music, and logo, she laughed and said “NO! I was surprised Bryan didn’t say that, actually. I mean, we had three weeks to throw that together. We wanted to show fans…we’re super-excited by the score that this amazing composer, Fil Eisler, threw together as an audition and he did an incredible job. The concepts of the ship are totally what we’re going for and they’ll be honed up until, I think, the day we deliver.” So the reason it looks like it’s been thrown together on a tight deadline apparently is that it’s been thrown together on a tight deadline. That’s encouraging, but then again, that last sentence gives me pause again… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/15 "2016-07-26T12:25:50Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > What it looks like is [Ralph McQuarrie’s redesigned (but ultimately unused) Enterprise from _Star Trek: Phase II_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise#/media/File:Phase_II_Enterprise.jpg), the new TV series that was turned into ST:TMP… That’s really fugly. I hope the final design is very different. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/16 "2016-07-26T15:33:13Z")
BTW, as someone who doesn’t really know the details of ST tech lore, what is that thing below the saucer that looks like a combination of searchlight and jet intake? It seems to be in every design. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/17 "2016-07-26T15:37:54Z")
Do you mean the [deflector](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Navigational_deflector)? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/18 "2016-07-26T15:55:37Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Do you mean the [deflector](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Navigational_deflector)? Yeah, I guess so. I didn’t even know it had a name. So that’s what put up the shields? Was it a spherical shield? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/19 "2016-07-26T16:03:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yeah, I guess so. I didn’t even know it had a name. So that’s what put up the shields? Was it a spherical shield? Originally it created a deflector field forward to protect the ship as it moved at high speeds. Later it became your all-purpose device to channel any form of energy real or made up to do anything possible or impossible 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/20 "2016-07-26T16:07:34Z")
Ah, thanks for the detailed explanation. I) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717.md?page=2)