Susan Esquer,...ah yes that famous line from Kirk to Captain Christopher: "There are only 12 like her in the fleet." Of the plastic models I have made of the Constitution class, the Yorktown is the one that, so far, has turned out the best. I gave her the registry of NCC-1704.
I LOVE THE FONT ON THE SHIP, it looks like a new style of lettering. The torpedo bay looks awesome, I just wish we could see more of the ship from a bird's eye view.
Damn that animation was so good it makes you want to breakout the telescope to see if you can spot it in orbit! As good as your works getting a studio should have hired you already!
The redesign does look great. I can see it as an experimental subclass that influenced elements of the TMP Refit. Certainly not the same vessel as the Enterprise or the Constitution class but a prototype for future technology that has yet to be refined for the entire fleet.
Yea I really like the design of the Enterprise from Discovery, but I didn't like the texturing. I changed it to a more standard texture. Like I said in the lead, I don't like STD, but this is a nice design.
Robert McConnell Don’t like Discovery either, but at least they took care to design a nicely updated Enterprise, unlike the nightmare Scott Chambliss put out.
Indeed, though I'm not sure if that is considered canon since cannot even find a canonic NCC registry-number for it, which would've been NCC-17xx, like all Constitution-class ships. Some say it's NCC-1704, others NCC-1717. It is however the common consensus that the USS Yorktown, a Constitution-class refit ship, was the original name of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
@@bundesautobahn7 The original Star Trek technical manual listed out a lot of names and numbers of ships that never appeared in the show. I thought Yorktown was number 1703, but it has been a while since read the manual.
In Real Life, ships are not usually renamed while in service, but will often be before commissioning. CV-16 was slated to be “BohHomme Richard” after John Paul Jones’ ship of the US Revolutionary war, but was renamed “Lexington” while under contruction when news that CV2 Lexington went down in the Coral Sea. Ships will be renamed, however, to make way for the ‘latest and greatest’ . Armored Cruiser USS Texas was renamed USS San Marcos to make way for BB35 USS Texas in 1914; but this is pretty unusual. According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 572), "Roddenberry reportedly suggested the second USS Enterprise-A, launched at the end of Star Trek IV, had previously been named USS Yorktown since it seemed unlikely that Starfleet could have built a new Enterprise so quickly. If this was the case, the Yorktown may have made it safely back to Earth and been repaired and renamed, or perhaps there was a newer, replacement Yorktown already under construction at the time of the probe crisis." The latter scenario could be supported by dialogue from Star Trek V where the Enterprise is described as a "new ship" by Scotty Putting these two together, the 1701-A would have been a replacement for the Yorktown damaged in STIV, but was renamed "Enterprise" while under construction.
I am trying to get them just right. The spinning mirrors in mine can be seen, in the studio model at the Smithsonian they are not. I just started using Blender 2.8 and not quite there yet.
Oh and by the way according to the Franz Joseph Starfleet technical Manuel, Yorktown is 1704 and the Defiance is 1717 just thought I'd let you know that for future reference 😉👍.
🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed indeed in every way and detail possibly provided, But it would of been nicer by spending less time on the intro and champagne 🍾 bottle and a lot more time on the Ship itself!.
Couple items: 1) Replace the disco lights with something more believable, 2) Replace the honeycomb nacelle ends with the later rounded ends, assuming this is a transitional design between TOS and STTMP.
This is my favorite version of the Enterprise. I really hope that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actually does happen as Anson Mount playing Captain Pike is my favorite Star Trek captain too. Star Trek: Discovery wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed it and season 2 was really good and Strange New Worlds has a lot of potential.
So many brilliant ship and set designers and CGI specialists and actors and screenwriters out there are just waiting for the "go". Regrettably all they can do are fanproduction; because not we fans determine what we get, but CBS and Paramount 🙄...
You do very good on the modeling and animation. Personally I guess I am just stuck in the TOS ship category. Especially since the highest NCC number on a TOS Connie was 1764 on USS Defiant. and the 14 names in the first model kit didn't reflect this. Also some of the F-ed up decisions that modelers made, and or mistakes in the TOS filming, like USS Constellation being 1017 because the dumb asses used an original AMT kit from the 1960's and the only decals were for Enterprise, so they had to get custom name letters but used the 1701 and made it a 1017. I remember it looking so shitty even on a 19 inch standard definition tv in the 1970s as the model was a 1/650 scale model that comes out to just over a foot long, and the filming model of the Enterprise is 11 foot long. There are 3 others that didn't have 1700 NCC numbers. Farragut being the second at NCC - 1647. Excalibur being the third at NCC - 1664. Lastly Intrepid at 1631, and I know numerically this should be second but these were actually shown in TOS episodes. I think it was because they were throwing things together and had people on the set that didn't understand naval ship numbering and so that is what really started that whole mess. So in story lines, and the games and so on it has become cannon that there is some lazy unorthodox numbering system that Star Fleet uses. I personally think they should have had them numbered from 1700 to 1714 and rolled with it, but hey, it gives us nerds something to debate, like how the Klingons went from looking like Mexican Bandito's to Crab head aliens, and then to Bald Skin Heads in STD.
email me at robbzillaproductions@gmail.com. Maybe we can colaborate with a video mix that works with your music. As a musician myself, I find this interesting.
always loved the classic design, grew up with the original, then the movies. Kelvin timeline... meh. but of all the versions, I really do like this one the best. the show lost me after the pilot episode, but I nerded out something terrible when the Enterprise showed up looking like this at the end of season 1 (only saw the trailers for it).
With all due respect to the animator here, I don't like this because I don't like major design retcons on the Consitution Class Discovery makes. It's simply not plausible this design would be in the course of a few years retrofitted to the TOS design, and because of that, I can't accept this design. This is what I don't like about Discovery most of anything. Just stop making retcons.
I don't like Discovery. In fact Star Trek is dead. I do like this design with the exception of the bridge window and the lights for the name and number at the top of the saucer. Of all the Bad Reboot and Secret Hidout "NEW" TOS re-designs, I think this is the most trek looking.
@@MrRmcconnell I don't think Star Trek is 'dead' but Discovery sure takes a lot of liberties. I just get annoyed with its changes to canon for literally no reason. Klingon makeup redesign. Pre-TOS tech that is way more advanced than actual TOS tech. When Pike and the Enterprise showed up, it was exciting until you get a look that the Discovery Enterprise is a pretty major redesign.....and again, for no reason.
I appreciate the modernization of the design a hybrid from the ST ENT & Jar Jar Abrams-Kelvan timeline. Of which personally both were parallel alternate timelines created during First Contact Borg Incursion but are not of the prime universe which includes Insurrection and Nemesis along with CBS STD none of which are canon in my view and the Expand Universe in ST novel and technical manual prior to 1990s while so material are apocryphal there are some more canon that this Anti-Star Trek fallacy. I prefer the novelization Federation rather than First Contract personally. Enterprise model: "Complicated History...it changed 4 times during filming, then 4 times during restoration." U.S.S. Enterprise Constitution Starship Class NCC 1701, one of 13 original starship heavy cruiser (CH) class one vessels, the second to be constructed in 2218 A.C./2245 A.D.; refitted to Bonhomme Richard (CH 1712) subclass during 2250s A.D. then Achenar subclass (CH 1732) in 2267 A.D., model showcased at the Smithsonian. While the actual ship would undergo a last upgraded refit during StarFleet's heavy cruiser 3 stages uprating program for both aging vessels and newer starship class vessels from the various heavy cruiser subclasses of three previous upgrades in a period of nine standard earth years (2266-2275 A.D.) to modernize them by 2280s extended service for another 20 years until honorable retirement service by 2295. Those were relatively newer hauls but outdate in recent late 23rd Centuries technological advancements; the program was to facilitate the incorporation for all three stage as either hybrid design of old and new tech as well as entirely refit new haul designs conducted from the late 2260s and early 2270s. The Enterprise (I) Class was the last of these 3 stage separate project but the first starship to begin; entering dry dock for 18 month refit upon returning from it historic five year mission under Captain James Tiberius Kirk command on 07 APR 2212 Alpha Centauri (A.C.) Martian solardate [Enterprise star date 7523.2] "the vessel earned a distinction unparalleled in Star Fleet history; of the original thirteen Constitution (I) class vessels launched, USS Enterprise alone had not been lost or destroyed in the line of duty" retaining her original command crew from the start of her initial launch on her fourth five year exploratory mission tour. Starship individual ship insignia employed since United Earth Space Probe Agency was grandfather only to the 13 original Constitution class but Enterprise 1701 historic legacy return for deep space exploration ship emblem was adapted to honor the crew in the 2250s. With only the initial original 13 Starship class design (the original Constitution class MK IX 1700-1712, including Constellation NCC 1017 cruiser [CA 1000 Horizon class]& Republic NCC 1317 [CA 1370 Archon class refitted]) all fifteen upon their initial launch to participate in the Historic Five-Mission Exploration Campaigns continued the UESPA traditions of individual insignia to distinguish these first ship of the line "starship class" from the rest of the fleet; retaining unique service in recognition from their individual achievement, compare to the other ships that would later join it the mission assignment. (Editor's Note: So as to illustrate that the Enterprise wasn’t the “only outstanding efficient ship” in the fleet) Hence why most of the ships of these early classes commission plague noting it as a "starship class” and instead of “Constitution class” for which the class was original recognize as based up UESPA contract registry but under UFP listing registry as Constitution and in Starfleet as Heavy Cruiser Class One Mark IX. It is literally a badge of honor for any who serve board any of these 15 original starship but tragically with their continue service between 2239-2265 most won’t survive intact or with their original command crew. It would be during Captain Pike command on Enterprise second and last of two five year-mission era accomplishment that honor his achievement in which Starfleet would adapt the Enterprise insignia to represent those who service onboard starship duty fleet wide around 2250s thru 2277; while those who served on starbases Ground Duty large gold starburst cluster and Starfleet Academy Cadet a silver starburst cluster, along with many commercial/auxiliary/mercahant duty of UESPA fleet line service would transition gradually away from the ship logo insignia warn on the uniform until the 2270. “Starfleet’s tradition of honoring the original starship Enterprise… bears the original Starfleet registry (naval construction contract) number of that illustrious first (starship class) Enterprise, NCC-1701”…with a suffix A thru Z for the successors to bear the name. “Few other ships in the Starfleet have been so recognized. So significant were the exploits of this original ship and its crew, that in 2277 the practice of having a separate insignia for each starship (starship fleet duty & star base shore)was abolished, and the Enterprise emblem was adopted as the official symbol for the entire Starfleet.” The refitted Enterprise Launched ahead of schedule responding and resolving the Vejur Incident and the following year defeated an entire Kzin task force, effectively ending the Kznti Incursion of 2272. In her fifth tour of UFP Treaty Exploration Territory boundary five year mission made contact with the Inari civilization bound sub quadrant 3 south in 2277. Upon a successful completion Enterprise was honor by assigning her to Starfleet Academy San Francisco that same year replacing USS Potemkin (CHT 1711) serving as a line training vessel (ATRA); such ship are assigned to rotate with each other from one Starfleet Academies facility throughout UFP principles stellar systems as a midshipman training vessels Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD). Potemkin command was at Starbase 4, then assigned at Starbase One Starfleet Academy facility to be retired and permanently berth there as a museum scheduled for 2290. Traditional training vessels are only assigned in areas of the innermost layer home sector, keeps it from harms way. The spherical defense duty of three layers for rapid response from the Fleet comprise of Star Fleet Reserve Force, Rapid Deployment Force, TacFleet, Star Fleet Active Exploratory organization patrolling UFP Treaty Zone: the first outmost frontier, second interior layer which includes neutral zone frontiers, the third innermost layer of the Home sector. "The Military Staff Committee and the Requirements Analysis Board issued a directive to decommission heavy cruisers of 20 plus years of service, specifically the Enterprise (I) class on a selected-vessel basis" as well as those of the recently refitted Constitution (II) aging classes.
USS Yorktown (CH 1704) Constitution (II) starship class was slated for retirement upon her last tour but with the new Enterprise (II) class order with a new hull registry (Hull registry later assigned to Levant CH 1843) was to bear the honorary name. Ironically, while returning to port for decommissioning, she encountered an alien probe during the Whale Song Crisis in 2286; her Chief Engineer successfully implemented a makeshift "solar sail" that enable her under her own ship's power to make it to port without being tow but more importantly without any loses to her crew. This distinction from her command crew earned USS Yorktown a reprieve on an extension after a minor ship repair for another five years assignment on active duty in quadrant zero (AO) and slated for retirement as a museum upon completion. USS Levant was then proposed prior to construction as the new class based on Enterprise (I) design with an order of seven new ships hull number registry 1800 series (CH 1843-49) shared with the Tikopai (CH 1800) subclass original order 43 [1800-1832 ] as exploratory cruiser (CE) later changed to heavy cruiser in 2272. The decision for selected decommissioning was reversed by Chief of Star Fleet Operations less than four months later with all Enterprise class for refitting but with the heavy damaged sustain on Enterprise "training cruise" as well as consideration of her age disqualified her for the upgrade program and was slated for decommissioning. Tragically NCC-1701 (CHT) severed as a training vessel from 1977 through 1983 before she could be decommissioned was destroyed in a Klingon encounter that remains classified. USS Ti-Ho NCC-1798 hull registry originally authorized on star date 5930; (1732-1842) for 111 ships were proposed with the assigned name USS Czar'ak (CH 1798) Achenar starship subclass, construction order. This large order number based upon projection to the escalation in rising hostility along with neighboring neutral zone frontier border of the Gorn, Tholian, Kzin, Klingon and Romulan, but as expectation and confidence for open conflict decline; Star Fleet reduced the order to 68, then to realistic manageable 13 in the class [1732-44] with the modernization fleet upgrades on the previous classes in both Constitution & Bonhomme Richard heavy cruiser classes to be included this time without Enterprise among them. The Czar'ak was cancelled and hull registry reassigned to Ti-Ho; the named was originally considered for the Endeavor subclass newly builded order, until it was decided instead reserved for the Enterprise (II) subclass MK 9B construction order and to also be the testbed host for the new Leading Engine, Ltd FTWG-1 transwarp drive experiment contract. Possessing the best warp dynamics, versatility and survivability universal design like the Constitution class before; the Enterprise subclass are also utilized for most of the newly developments, advancements within spaceflight and weapons technologies which are first tested in these classes. Although the Ti-Ho post-shakedown availability (PSA) schedule for a normal three months period, her returned from her first stage of deep-space shakedown trials was only three weeks cut short, before it was cancelled and was rushed for an early launched commissioning ceremony, where she would be renamed one final time. Many in the Admiralty believe this rush into service based only on "successful computer simulation" may have led to the "Transwarp Drive Incident" that involved an attempt to rescue USS Excelsior NX-2000 under her own shakedown cruise but would follow; again status classified restricting any details. In further gratitude, Star Fleet Command elected to rechristened the new Enterprise (II) class, Ti-Ho with "Enterprise" and retaining her naval construction contract hull registry was also once again changed but adapting 1701-Alpha" given to command by the demoted Admiral Kirk for action in disobeying orders from a superior flag officer but honored with the rank of Fleet Captain for his accomplishment; the third Star Fleet Officer to receive this honor. From the Enterprise (II) class marking the last newly constructed of these classes to be USS Alliance (CH 1849) on 2290. For the other Class One Starship, Starfleet would end the uprating with USS Endeavor (CH 1716) class, which was design to begin the first stage integration newer vessel with outdate tech, and with USS Constitution (II: CH 1700) as "the middle stage" older class merging that of old and new technologies. Always advancing forward, looking towards the innovation vision of the future, Star Fleet Military Staff Committee was looking for the next generation successor to the Enterprise class for the 24th century to utilize transwarp engines exploration to safely pierce the outer Galactic Energy Barrier. Built by Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies, specifically for a new battleship class, that later was reclassified as Space Control Ship (SO) Experimental (SOX) design program (SCS) in the Excelsior/Ingram class starship. Only USS Excelsior (NX/CH 2000) would have a proposed contract order for 98 to replace and retire the aging Constitution based design adapting the classification as the new heavy cruiser class by 2300 A.D., with USS Ingram (SOX 2001) starship the only of its class produce retrofitted with a standard advanced LN-72 linear warp engine replacing the transwarp unit, as was Excelsior, then assigned to TacFleet. USS Enterprise (CH 1701-A) was decommissioned due to heavy primary hull frame structure damaged in 2292 and was decided with the second Excelsior class upgrade variant vessel USS Merrimac (SO/CH 2015) whose construction began in 2288 A.D. would be rechristened "Enterprise-B" upon her completion 2293, when it was decide to decommission Enterprise-A but like her predecessor before, would be plagued by a rush into service in a baptism of fire on a response to a rescue mission El-Aurian refugees that would result in the injuries of several crew and the death to delegation of honorary guest Retired Fleet Captain Kirk . Source Cited: memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Fleet_Technical_Manual stexpanded.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_Dynamics memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Spaceflight_Chronology Other Source Refer to other materials: AMT ERTL U.S.S ENTERPRISE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS HEAVY CRUISER CLASS STARSHIP NCC-1701 MODEL NO 6676 complete listing of Starfleet Heavy Cruiser class contingent: 1) CONSTELLATION NCC-1017, 2) REPUBLIC NCC-1371, 3) CONSTITUTION NCC-1700, 4) ENTERPRISE NCC-1701, 5) FARRAGUT NCC-1702, 6) LEXINGTON NCC-1703, 7) YORKTOWN NCC-1704, 8) EXCALIBUR NCC-1705, 9) EXTER NCC-1706, 10) HOOD NCC-1707, 11) INTREPID NCC -1708, 12) VALIANT NCC -1709, 13) KONGO NCC -1710, 14) POTEMKIN NCC-1711, & 15) BONHOMME RICHARD NCC-1712 (*) **Ship of Star Fleet by Canon Riel Defense Forces Institute copyrighted 1988, 1991 Mastercom Data Center Starlet Prototype a joint publication of Starlet Tactical and Strategic Design (circa 1992) Starfleet Dynamics 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition ST VI TUC Stardate 9200 created by Strategic Design Copyright circa 1991 Jackill’s Star Fleet Reference Manual Vol 1-3 written and illustrated by Eric Kristiansen Star Fleet Uniform Recognition Manual layout and Illustration by Shane Johnson [calendar date ALPHA CENTAURI ] Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology by Stan Goldsteing and Fred Goldstein illustrate by Rick Sternbach (1980) Pocket Books Simon & Schuster Star Trek Role Playing Game Core Game Book published by Last Unicorn Games(1999) History of the vessel Enterprise from Ronald M Roden Jr (1992) Intergalactic Press Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda. Pocket Books. NY 1991 ** Star Trek Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise written and illustrated by Shane Johnson. Pocket. NY 1987 [calendar date ALPHA CENTAURI ]
@Matthias Eckert. According to former member of the Roddenbery's original TOS technical team, Enterprise was planned to have bridge windows, however due very restricted budget impossed by CBS on the series they have no choice but scrap that idea and create model and set consist barely 20% of the original ideas (which are by the way are treated by rather "specific" part of trek fandom as kind of "God's canon words wrote on the stone tablets which absolutely no one have right to even slightly change"... 😏
My headcanon is the bridge windows were a "fad" technology that briefly advanced quicker than viewscreens. But viewscreens caught back up and quickly became more advanced and versatile, by the time of TOS they'd switched back to view screens. By the time of TNG they had 3D view.
@@asheer9114 Umm... CBS wasn't involved during the creation of _TOS._ So you got that wrong. Second, budget had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with putting one more window on the filming model. So you got that wrong too. If anything, putting a window on the model there would have made _more_ sense for the sake of the audience, but they chose deliberately not to. Do you even know _why_ Jefferies put the Bridge on top of the saucer?? I can't tell if you're a troll, or if you just made this up to sound smarter than you are.
99% of the Ship's hull integrity comes from the SIF & the shield grid. If they fail it doesn't matter if you have an optical grade diamond fullerine window there or not.
Wherever there’s a ship named Enterprise, a sister ship named Yorktown will always be near!
NCC-1718 will be the Hornet to complete the set.
Well done! USS Yorktown NCC-1717! People tend to forget that Enterprise had 11 other"sisters".
Susan Esquer,...ah yes that famous line from Kirk to Captain Christopher: "There are only 12 like her in the fleet."
Of the plastic models I have made of the Constitution class, the Yorktown is the one that, so far, has turned out the best. I gave her the registry of NCC-1704.
Actually I think she had 12 Sister Ships for a total of thirteen but then they introduced the Defiant in The Tholian Web which would make it 14
@@davidleblanc5271 no official canon says 12
In Star Trek IV Yorktown became Enterprise A.
Watching that video brings such fond memories when I was a child enjoying Star Trek TOS each week on NBC. 🥰
I LOVE THE FONT ON THE SHIP, it looks like a new style of lettering. The torpedo bay looks awesome, I just wish we could see more of the ship from a bird's eye view.
Same Font as the Enterprise A, just without the outline.
@@MrRmcconnell it looks very modern and sophisticated while keeping the thematic style of TOS ship aesthetics.
I've been following you for several years now. I'm impressed at how you've improved over time. Keep it up.
Thank You!
@@MrRmcconnell I'm watching the video now and I've got to say you truly have come a long way. She is gorgeous.
Damn that animation was so good it makes you want to breakout the telescope to see if you can spot it in orbit! As good as your works getting a studio should have hired you already!
The redesign does look great. I can see it as an experimental subclass that influenced elements of the TMP Refit. Certainly not the same vessel as the Enterprise or the Constitution class but a prototype for future technology that has yet to be refined for the entire fleet.
Yea I really like the design of the Enterprise from Discovery, but I didn't like the texturing. I changed it to a more standard texture. Like I said in the lead, I don't like STD, but this is a nice design.
@@MrRmcconnell then we are in complete agreement 😁 i hate Discovery lol.
Robert McConnell Don’t like Discovery either, but at least they took care to design a nicely updated Enterprise, unlike the nightmare Scott Chambliss put out.
I like that design a lot different but yet familiar. You do great work!
I glad Starfleet decided to forego the bay windows on the bridge for other starships
One of the best shows I ever watched I LOVED ♥️ IT AND STILL DO TO THIS DAY (42 years later)
Loved it!!! My brother and I were considering making fan films aboard the Yorktown.
I had to watch it again...beautiful!
I always liked the Discovery Enterprise design, but you made it look even better! Great job!
THAT IS RIDICULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL!!! JJ ABRAMS, ARE YOU WATCHING? I SURE AS HELL HOPE SO!!!!
Muito bonita 👍👍👍
She's a fine looking ship.... Tall Ship...Sailors dream.
NCC-1701A was originally christened as the Yorktown
Indeed, though I'm not sure if that is considered canon since cannot even find a canonic NCC registry-number for it, which would've been NCC-17xx, like all Constitution-class ships. Some say it's NCC-1704, others NCC-1717. It is however the common consensus that the USS Yorktown, a Constitution-class refit ship, was the original name of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
@@bundesautobahn7 I think it was intended to be the Yorktown but simply renamed.
@@bundesautobahn7 The original Star Trek technical manual listed out a lot of names and numbers of ships that never appeared in the show. I thought Yorktown was number 1703, but it has been a while since read the manual.
In Real Life, ships are not usually renamed while in service, but will often be before commissioning. CV-16 was slated to be “BohHomme Richard” after John Paul Jones’ ship of the US Revolutionary war, but was renamed “Lexington” while under contruction when news that CV2 Lexington went down in the Coral Sea.
Ships will be renamed, however, to make way for the ‘latest and greatest’ . Armored Cruiser USS Texas was renamed USS San Marcos to make way for BB35 USS Texas in 1914; but this is pretty unusual.
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 572), "Roddenberry reportedly suggested the second USS Enterprise-A, launched at the end of Star Trek IV, had previously been named USS Yorktown since it seemed unlikely that Starfleet could have built a new Enterprise so quickly. If this was the case, the Yorktown may have made it safely back to Earth and been repaired and renamed, or perhaps there was a newer, replacement Yorktown already under construction at the time of the probe crisis." The latter scenario could be supported by dialogue from Star Trek V where the Enterprise is described as a "new ship" by Scotty
Putting these two together, the 1701-A would have been a replacement for the Yorktown damaged in STIV, but was renamed "Enterprise" while under construction.
THIS NEEDS TO BE RE-DONE;IN THE TOS/MOVIE ERA,YORKTOWN'S HULL NUMBER WAS 1702;DEFIANT WAS 1717;WHY TH IS NOBODY CHECKING SOURCE MATERIAL?
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Great animation this reminds me of the crishing of the Enterprise B from ST Generations thumbs up to you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💚👏👍💚👏👍💚👏👏👍💚💚👏👍👍👍👍!!
brilliant video as always and the bottle floating through space is one of my favorite scenes Star Trek Generations
I really need this. WOW! We are gearing up for our fan film.
Very cool my friend I can't wait to see more!
The Bussard Collectors are work of art! Excellent. Can you make on of the real ship!?!?
I am trying to get them just right. The spinning mirrors in mine can be seen, in the studio model at the Smithsonian they are not. I just started using Blender 2.8 and not quite there yet.
i love yOU love star trek
Oh and by the way according to the Franz Joseph Starfleet technical Manuel, Yorktown is 1704 and the Defiance is 1717 just thought I'd let you know that for future reference 😉👍.
My recollection of the Yorktown was her waiting at a rendezvous point for the Enterprise to transfer Medical Supplies for Theta 7
Super great imagery, I was in AWE... Beautiful job
🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed indeed in every way and detail possibly provided, But it would of been nicer by spending less time on the intro and champagne 🍾 bottle and a lot more time on the Ship itself!.
Couple items: 1) Replace the disco lights with something more believable, 2) Replace the honeycomb nacelle ends with the later rounded ends, assuming this is a transitional design between TOS and STTMP.
Awesome, as always.
Like the design of the ship. Has elements of the Classic TOS era blended nicely with the TMP asthetic.
Very pretty ship!
Love this rendition of the constitution class SFV. Wish the STOS CG upgrade was more like this.
Another Distinguished Triumph, Sir!!
Awesome as always!!
Beautiful! Excellent!!!!
Who's going to clean up the mess, health and safety first, all that glas and fluid.
Sometimes I wish Yorktown was THE ship instead of Enterprise.
Robert, make an original starship creation, I'd love to see that!
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This is my favorite version of the Enterprise. I really hope that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actually does happen as Anson Mount playing Captain Pike is my favorite Star Trek captain too. Star Trek: Discovery wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed it and season 2 was really good and Strange New Worlds has a lot of potential.
Yorktown was NCC-1703 according to the technical manual, wasn't it?
My research came up with the number being changed, but I didn't see a reason why.
you should hook up with Trekyards!
USS = United States Ship. Uhh, United Earth? Maybe UES?
Great animation though!
United Star Ship
@@MrRmcconnell an in canon instance of USS? Not aware of any.
Non Canon
United Federation of Planets
Starfleet Division
Starship
So many brilliant ship and set designers and CGI specialists and actors and screenwriters out there are just waiting for the "go". Regrettably all they can do are fanproduction; because not we fans determine what we get, but CBS and Paramount 🙄...
Very good, thanks.
You do very good on the modeling and animation. Personally I guess I am just stuck in the TOS ship category. Especially since the highest NCC number on a TOS Connie was 1764 on USS Defiant. and the 14 names in the first model kit didn't reflect this. Also some of the F-ed up decisions that modelers made, and or mistakes in the TOS filming, like USS Constellation being 1017 because the dumb asses used an original AMT kit from the 1960's and the only decals were for Enterprise, so they had to get custom name letters but used the 1701 and made it a 1017. I remember it looking so shitty even on a 19 inch standard definition tv in the 1970s as the model was a 1/650 scale model that comes out to just over a foot long, and the filming model of the Enterprise is 11 foot long.
There are 3 others that didn't have 1700 NCC numbers. Farragut being the second at NCC - 1647. Excalibur being the third at NCC - 1664. Lastly Intrepid at 1631, and I know numerically this should be second but these were actually shown in TOS episodes.
I think it was because they were throwing things together and had people on the set that didn't understand naval ship numbering and so that is what really started that whole mess. So in story lines, and the games and so on it has become cannon that there is some lazy unorthodox numbering system that Star Fleet uses. I personally think they should have had them numbered from 1700 to 1714 and rolled with it, but hey, it gives us nerds something to debate, like how the Klingons went from looking like Mexican Bandito's to Crab head aliens, and then to Bald Skin Heads in STD.
Yet again another fine job.
I’m subbing I hope you render more fun !
@MrRmcconnell Can I integrate your amazing video to my music videos like "Progessive House - Melodic Techno" or other music videos ?
email me at robbzillaproductions@gmail.com. Maybe we can colaborate with a video mix that works with your music. As a musician myself, I find this interesting.
Loved this. What did you use for your opening titles?
The Discovery font
The future Enterprise-A, if I’m not mistaken.
Nice Job!
I thought the Yorktown was NCC-1704 ?
Bravo!
Uss Yorktown number is ncc-1704!
It was, then changed to 1717
The contitution class ships numbers should have stayed the same from the orginal series just like the enterprise!
All the contitution class ships still left should stay the same number as in orginal show!
always loved the classic design, grew up with the original, then the movies. Kelvin timeline... meh. but of all the versions, I really do like this one the best. the show lost me after the pilot episode, but I nerded out something terrible when the Enterprise showed up looking like this at the end of season 1 (only saw the trailers for it).
Ex excellent ship ! But to munch lights in the front . The enemies could see that for miles and lock wepons on you
Yep that is one of the design flaws Secret Hidout did with this ship.
I think scanners would see you before they get a visual
Like the new lights on the saucer section! 👍🏼
I applaud you for at least using decent fonts; something STD never did...
I was waiting for the thrown bottle to punch a hole into the ship. BTW, what does the label say?
Dom-Perignon
With all due respect to the animator here, I don't like this because I don't like major design retcons on the Consitution Class Discovery makes. It's simply not plausible this design would be in the course of a few years retrofitted to the TOS design, and because of that, I can't accept this design. This is what I don't like about Discovery most of anything. Just stop making retcons.
I don't like Discovery. In fact Star Trek is dead. I do like this design with the exception of the bridge window and the lights for the name and number at the top of the saucer. Of all the Bad Reboot and Secret Hidout "NEW" TOS re-designs, I think this is the most trek looking.
@@MrRmcconnell I don't think Star Trek is 'dead' but Discovery sure takes a lot of liberties. I just get annoyed with its changes to canon for literally no reason. Klingon makeup redesign. Pre-TOS tech that is way more advanced than actual TOS tech. When Pike and the Enterprise showed up, it was exciting until you get a look that the Discovery Enterprise is a pretty major redesign.....and again, for no reason.
I know it’s STD’s theme but I just realized tgat it sounds an awful lot like Game of Thrones. Can’t anybody in Hollywood do anything original anymore?
Nope, But they can destroy classic franchises
I Love Star Trek but Discovery isn't Star Trek by no Means................
Masterfully Done! Too bad her registry isn’t NCC-1781 as “1781” is the year that the British surrendered during the revolution at Yorktown.
I appreciate the modernization of the design a hybrid from the ST ENT & Jar Jar Abrams-Kelvan timeline.
Of which personally both were parallel alternate timelines created during First Contact Borg Incursion but are not of the prime universe which includes Insurrection and Nemesis along with CBS STD none of which are canon in my view and the Expand Universe in ST novel and technical manual prior to 1990s while so material are apocryphal there are some more canon that this Anti-Star Trek fallacy.
I prefer the novelization Federation rather than First Contract personally.
Enterprise model: "Complicated History...it changed 4 times during filming, then 4 times during restoration."
U.S.S. Enterprise Constitution Starship Class NCC 1701, one of 13 original starship heavy cruiser (CH) class one vessels, the second to be constructed in 2218 A.C./2245 A.D.; refitted to Bonhomme Richard (CH 1712) subclass during 2250s A.D. then Achenar subclass (CH 1732) in 2267 A.D., model showcased at the Smithsonian.
While the actual ship would undergo a last upgraded refit during StarFleet's heavy cruiser 3 stages uprating program for both aging vessels and newer starship class vessels from the various heavy cruiser subclasses of three previous upgrades in a period of nine standard earth years (2266-2275 A.D.) to modernize them by 2280s extended service for another 20 years until honorable retirement service by 2295.
Those were relatively newer hauls but outdate in recent late 23rd Centuries technological advancements; the program was to facilitate the incorporation for all three stage as either hybrid design of old and new tech as well as entirely refit new haul designs conducted from the late 2260s and early 2270s.
The Enterprise (I) Class was the last of these 3 stage separate project but the first starship to begin; entering dry dock for 18 month refit upon returning from it historic five year mission under Captain James Tiberius Kirk command on 07 APR 2212 Alpha Centauri (A.C.) Martian solardate [Enterprise star date 7523.2] "the vessel earned a distinction unparalleled in Star Fleet history; of the original thirteen Constitution (I) class vessels launched, USS Enterprise alone had not been lost or destroyed in the line of duty" retaining her original command crew from the start of her initial launch on her fourth five year exploratory mission tour.
Starship individual ship insignia employed since United Earth Space Probe Agency was grandfather only to the 13 original Constitution class but Enterprise 1701 historic legacy return for deep space exploration ship emblem was adapted to honor the crew in the 2250s. With only the initial original 13 Starship class design (the original Constitution class MK IX 1700-1712, including Constellation NCC 1017 cruiser [CA 1000 Horizon class]& Republic NCC 1317 [CA 1370 Archon class refitted]) all fifteen upon their initial launch to participate in the Historic Five-Mission Exploration Campaigns continued the UESPA traditions of individual insignia to distinguish these first ship of the line "starship class" from the rest of the fleet; retaining unique service in recognition from their individual achievement, compare to the other ships that would later join it the mission assignment. (Editor's Note: So as to illustrate that the Enterprise wasn’t the “only outstanding efficient ship” in the fleet)
Hence why most of the ships of these early classes commission plague noting it as a "starship class” and instead of “Constitution class” for which the class was original recognize as based up UESPA contract registry but under UFP listing registry as Constitution and in Starfleet as Heavy Cruiser Class One Mark IX.
It is literally a badge of honor for any who serve board any of these 15 original starship but tragically with their continue service between 2239-2265 most won’t survive intact or with their original command crew. It would be during Captain Pike command on Enterprise second and last of two five year-mission era accomplishment that honor his achievement in which Starfleet would adapt the Enterprise insignia to represent those who service onboard starship duty fleet wide around 2250s thru 2277; while those who served on starbases Ground Duty large gold starburst cluster and Starfleet Academy Cadet a silver starburst cluster, along with many commercial/auxiliary/mercahant duty of UESPA fleet line service would transition gradually away from the ship logo insignia warn on the uniform until the 2270.
“Starfleet’s tradition of honoring the original starship Enterprise… bears the original Starfleet registry (naval construction contract) number of that illustrious first (starship class) Enterprise, NCC-1701”…with a suffix A thru Z for the successors to bear the name. “Few other ships in the Starfleet have been so recognized. So significant were the exploits of this original ship and its crew, that in 2277 the practice of having a separate insignia for each starship (starship fleet duty & star base shore)was abolished, and the Enterprise emblem was adopted as the official symbol for the entire Starfleet.”
The refitted Enterprise Launched ahead of schedule responding and resolving the Vejur Incident and the following year defeated an entire Kzin task force, effectively ending the Kznti Incursion of 2272. In her fifth tour of UFP Treaty Exploration Territory boundary five year mission made contact with the Inari civilization bound sub quadrant 3 south in 2277. Upon a successful completion Enterprise was honor by assigning her to Starfleet Academy San Francisco that same year replacing USS Potemkin (CHT 1711) serving as a line training vessel (ATRA); such ship are assigned to rotate with each other from one Starfleet Academies facility throughout UFP principles stellar systems as a midshipman training vessels Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD).
Potemkin command was at Starbase 4, then assigned at Starbase One Starfleet Academy facility to be retired and permanently berth there as a museum scheduled for 2290. Traditional training vessels are only assigned in areas of the innermost layer home sector, keeps it from harms way. The spherical defense duty of three layers for rapid response from the Fleet comprise of Star Fleet Reserve Force, Rapid Deployment Force, TacFleet, Star Fleet Active Exploratory organization patrolling UFP Treaty Zone: the first outmost frontier, second interior layer which includes neutral zone frontiers, the third innermost layer of the Home sector.
"The Military Staff Committee and the Requirements Analysis Board issued a directive to decommission heavy cruisers of 20 plus years of service, specifically the Enterprise (I) class on a selected-vessel basis" as well as those of the recently refitted Constitution (II) aging classes.
USS Yorktown (CH 1704) Constitution (II) starship class was slated for retirement upon her last tour but with the new Enterprise (II) class order with a new hull registry (Hull registry later assigned to Levant CH 1843) was to bear the honorary name. Ironically, while returning to port for decommissioning, she encountered an alien probe during the Whale Song Crisis in 2286; her Chief Engineer successfully implemented a makeshift "solar sail" that enable her under her own ship's power to make it to port without being tow but more importantly without any loses to her crew.
This distinction from her command crew earned USS Yorktown a reprieve on an extension after a minor ship repair for another five years assignment on active duty in quadrant zero (AO) and slated for retirement as a museum upon completion. USS Levant was then proposed prior to construction as the new class based on Enterprise (I) design with an order of seven new ships hull number registry 1800 series (CH 1843-49) shared with the Tikopai (CH 1800) subclass original order 43 [1800-1832 ] as exploratory cruiser (CE) later changed to heavy cruiser in 2272.
The decision for selected decommissioning was reversed by Chief of Star Fleet Operations less than four months later with all Enterprise class for refitting but with the heavy damaged sustain on Enterprise "training cruise" as well as consideration of her age disqualified her for the upgrade program and was slated for decommissioning. Tragically NCC-1701 (CHT) severed as a training vessel from 1977 through 1983 before she could be decommissioned was destroyed in a Klingon encounter that remains classified.
USS Ti-Ho NCC-1798 hull registry originally authorized on star date 5930; (1732-1842) for 111 ships were proposed with the assigned name USS Czar'ak (CH 1798) Achenar starship subclass, construction order. This large order number based upon projection to the escalation in rising hostility along with neighboring neutral zone frontier border of the Gorn, Tholian, Kzin, Klingon and Romulan, but as expectation and confidence for open conflict decline; Star Fleet reduced the order to 68, then to realistic manageable 13 in the class [1732-44] with the modernization fleet upgrades on the previous classes in both Constitution & Bonhomme Richard heavy cruiser classes to be included this time without Enterprise among them.
The Czar'ak was cancelled and hull registry reassigned to Ti-Ho; the named was originally considered for the Endeavor subclass newly builded order, until it was decided instead reserved for the Enterprise (II) subclass MK 9B construction order and to also be the testbed host for the new Leading Engine, Ltd FTWG-1 transwarp drive experiment contract. Possessing the best warp dynamics, versatility and survivability universal design like the Constitution class before; the Enterprise subclass are also utilized for most of the newly developments, advancements within spaceflight and weapons technologies which are first tested in these classes.
Although the Ti-Ho post-shakedown availability (PSA) schedule for a normal three months period, her returned from her first stage of deep-space shakedown trials was only three weeks cut short, before it was cancelled and was rushed for an early launched commissioning ceremony, where she would be renamed one final time. Many in the Admiralty believe this rush into service based only on "successful computer simulation" may have led to the "Transwarp Drive Incident" that involved an attempt to rescue USS Excelsior NX-2000 under her own shakedown cruise but would follow; again status classified restricting any details.
In further gratitude, Star Fleet Command elected to rechristened the new Enterprise (II) class, Ti-Ho with "Enterprise" and retaining her naval construction contract hull registry was also once again changed but adapting 1701-Alpha" given to command by the demoted Admiral Kirk for action in disobeying orders from a superior flag officer but honored with the rank of Fleet Captain for his accomplishment; the third Star Fleet Officer to receive this honor. From the Enterprise (II) class marking the last newly constructed of these classes to be USS Alliance (CH 1849) on 2290.
For the other Class One Starship, Starfleet would end the uprating with USS Endeavor (CH 1716) class, which was design to begin the first stage integration newer vessel with outdate tech, and with USS Constitution (II: CH 1700) as "the middle stage" older class merging that of old and new technologies.
Always advancing forward, looking towards the innovation vision of the future, Star Fleet Military Staff Committee was looking for the next generation successor to the Enterprise class for the 24th century to utilize transwarp engines exploration to safely pierce the outer Galactic Energy Barrier. Built by Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies, specifically for a new battleship class, that later was reclassified as Space Control Ship (SO) Experimental (SOX) design program (SCS) in the Excelsior/Ingram class starship.
Only USS Excelsior (NX/CH 2000) would have a proposed contract order for 98 to replace and retire the aging Constitution based design adapting the classification as the new heavy cruiser class by 2300 A.D., with USS Ingram (SOX 2001) starship the only of its class produce retrofitted with a standard advanced LN-72 linear warp engine replacing the transwarp unit, as was Excelsior, then assigned to TacFleet. USS Enterprise (CH 1701-A) was decommissioned due to heavy primary hull frame structure damaged in 2292 and was decided with the second Excelsior class upgrade variant vessel USS Merrimac (SO/CH 2015) whose construction began in 2288 A.D. would be rechristened "Enterprise-B" upon her completion 2293, when it was decide to decommission Enterprise-A but like her predecessor before, would be plagued by a rush into service in a baptism of fire on a response to a rescue mission El-Aurian refugees that would result in the injuries of several crew and the death to delegation of honorary guest Retired Fleet Captain Kirk .
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AMT ERTL U.S.S ENTERPRISE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS HEAVY CRUISER CLASS STARSHIP NCC-1701 MODEL NO 6676 complete listing of Starfleet Heavy Cruiser class contingent: 1) CONSTELLATION NCC-1017, 2) REPUBLIC NCC-1371, 3) CONSTITUTION NCC-1700, 4) ENTERPRISE NCC-1701, 5) FARRAGUT NCC-1702, 6) LEXINGTON NCC-1703, 7) YORKTOWN NCC-1704, 8) EXCALIBUR NCC-1705, 9) EXTER NCC-1706, 10) HOOD NCC-1707, 11) INTREPID NCC -1708, 12) VALIANT NCC -1709, 13) KONGO NCC -1710, 14) POTEMKIN NCC-1711, & 15) BONHOMME RICHARD NCC-1712 (*)
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Starfleet Dynamics 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition ST VI TUC Stardate 9200 created by Strategic Design Copyright circa 1991
Jackill’s Star Fleet Reference Manual Vol 1-3 written and illustrated by Eric Kristiansen
Star Fleet Uniform Recognition Manual layout and Illustration by Shane Johnson [calendar date ALPHA CENTAURI ]
Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology by Stan Goldsteing and Fred Goldstein illustrate by Rick Sternbach (1980) Pocket Books Simon & Schuster
Star Trek Role Playing Game Core Game Book published by Last Unicorn Games(1999)
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Have real high hopes for Strange New Wolds.
Orher than misspelling "christening", good job.
"orther?"
You lost me with that horrible music. Thumbs down, even before I finish watching...
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!! Looks good there good sir!! :)
The ship that will eventually become the Enterprise-A. She’s a beauty. Thanks for uploading this. 😀
Nice. The only question I have: Why a Window at the Bridge? The Bridge on Deck 1 ist vulnerable, but a window would make it even more.
I agree. this comes from Bad Reboot and Secret Hidout trek. But, I do like the overall design. thats why I built it.
@Matthias Eckert. According to former member of the Roddenbery's original TOS technical team, Enterprise was planned to have bridge windows, however due very restricted budget impossed by CBS on the series they have no choice but scrap that idea and create model and set consist barely 20% of the original ideas (which are by the way are treated by rather "specific" part of trek fandom as kind of "God's canon words wrote on the stone tablets which absolutely no one have right to even slightly change"... 😏
My headcanon is the bridge windows were a "fad" technology that briefly advanced quicker than viewscreens. But viewscreens caught back up and quickly became more advanced and versatile, by the time of TOS they'd switched back to view screens. By the time of TNG they had 3D view.
@@asheer9114
Umm... CBS wasn't involved during the creation of _TOS._ So you got that wrong.
Second, budget had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with putting one more window on the filming model. So you got that wrong too. If anything, putting a window on the model there would have made _more_ sense for the sake of the audience, but they chose deliberately not to. Do you even know _why_ Jefferies put the Bridge on top of the saucer??
I can't tell if you're a troll, or if you just made this up to sound smarter than you are.
99% of the Ship's hull integrity comes from the SIF & the shield grid. If they fail it doesn't matter if you have an optical grade diamond fullerine window there or not.
Fine Job, Sir, on Your New Animation. Take Care and Stay Safe.