This is tremendous work! I wrote the SFAM4 book in 1984, that talks about building the AMT 1/537 kit with lighting. I worked with Andy Probert on a lot of the details and functions. Two things: the four recessed panels on top of the Sec Hull are emergency flush vents for Engineering. And as depicted in the McCall concept art (and Probert VIP lounge art) the inboard parts of the nacelles worked together to create a visual "wake", like oars in water. A sequential energy flow that would push the ship, leaving a beautiful violet blue wake behind it. I copied this in my (first ever) lighted 1/537 kit, with sequential lights in the nacelles. The FX were too costly for TMP and dropped (but that's why the grilles face each other).
Hey thanks Paul! I take that as a compliment. I would to spend more time on modeling and getting the detail correct, but in general, I'm happy with the overall 3D model.
Paul, something I can't help but wonder: Why include grilles on the outboard panels of the warp drive nacelles, that never seem to light up (until later versions of the show, after Next Generation, where the engines seem to glow all the time, for no good reason)?
@Dr. Technical I just thought of a cool reason, and very Probert-esque: Maybe they manufacture the nacelles as standard, interchangable units, that can be swapped or used on either side, as needed (or between different ship types, for that matter, as on Reliant or Stargazer). Kind of like the turbines on the A-10, which are made deliberately to rotate in the same direction, so engines can be swapped out as needed to repair battle damage.. They look pretty symmetrical, except I guess for the little finials at the stern end.
The amount of eye crossing and headaches that you endured leaves me in pain. As an original Star Trek fan from the 60s I thank you. Now take some aspiring and think about you next project.
Refit/1701-A will always be the definitive Enterprise, I think. The artists learned a lot from the 1970's other big franchises inclusion of exterior details like seams in hull plates, and they did a really fantastic job of integrating that with the Enterprise's uniquely graceful lines. I like the enormousness of Picard's Enterprise, and the sharp bows and concave flare of its neck that recalls ocean-going vessels of the late 20th century, but in the end the refit is the best.
The Constitution-Refit is elegant in her simplicity. The newest canon ships demonstrated in Picard and STO are some of the ugliest things i’ve ever seen. The first time i cringed at a design was when i saw the Defiant.
@@mstcrow5429 the Smithsonian did their best to restore the filming model to its original paint scheme. There are no hull lines or excessive “greeblies.”
Awesome! Finally know what those big blue observation window on either side of the Enterprise’s side, large viewport for stargazing while laying about in the botanical gardens.
Seeing the dorsal in 3D cross section really illustrates how much engineering would be needed for this thin piece to be able to hold the two hulls of the ship together. Even on a normal day the constant physical stresses put on the dorsal would be unimaginable.
Thank you for presenting this beautiful ship in such detail! I was a Sophomore in High School when STTMP was released. I immediately fell in love with this design during the beauty shots as Kirk and Scotty do the detailed "fly-by" before boarding her. While I like and appreciate certain aspects of all of the Enterprise designs, from the original design(s) of the classic series through the E of the TNG movies, the refit of the Constitution class Enterprise for STTMP will always be my favorite, and perhaps the most elegant Enterprise design of all...
I am only new here. Impressed by the detail of the animations. Visuals are way better than talking heads and stats. The Battlestar Galactica TOS (Artemis Class) and the RDM (Jupiter Class) for comparison would be really cool.
A full breakdown of every deck of an executor class star destroyer. It would only be like exploring every room in every skyscraper in New York City, it might take a while... The rest of his life probably. Both battlestars are about 2 or 3 times the size of this so just imagine what an undertaking that would be. I do want to see more bigger ships though.
@@DeathBYDesign666 2/3rds of the main body of a Battlestar are FTL drive and and slide mechanism for the flight pods on the Jupiter class. Same applies for the Artemis class (except the slide mechanism). 2/3rds of the flight pods are exposed to vacuum but the launch and repair bays take up the botton section of the pods. The front/head of a Battlestar is pretty much where the crew live and where the CIC resides for both classes.
You’re doing some amazing work here! I’ve never seen anyone cover the pylon before. I’ve definitely never seen a 3D rendering of the interior of a photon torpedo before. That was amazing. Your map of the torpedo deck synched so well with the movie clip that it would be easy to believe that they base the clip on your work rather than the other way around.
First this guy gets some real thumbs up for going this in depth. The part I loved has to be the pool! This looks like it has six chairs and is maybe 10x40 for a crew of how many. This had to be the writers of the books saying wait we did not have a pool yet so here we go, yea 23rd century.
“I hope you enjoyed this video” I frickin loved it!!!! I bought Mr Scotts Guide to the Enterprise when I was a kid over 30 yrs ago and your videos bring me home. But for this middle aged geek, if you ever did a video on the interior of The Expanse’s Rocinante, I’d be in heaven
I just recently download the Mr Scotts Guide to the Enterprise book to get a better understanding of the ship. As for the Rocinante, it has been requested several time. Maybe down the road.
@@Halfscreen Be wary of _'Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise'_ - it's not a canon source, and has a lot of info made up by fans that contradict the show pretty hard. As an example, it says the Enterprise has a rear torpedo tube (it doesn't) and that the impulse engines are needed for maneuvering at Warp Speed (they aren't).
@@Idazmi7 From my limited knowledge, I did the best I can with the information with various information on the web. It's hard to know what is official and what is fan fiction unless you really know your source materials. It's the same problem I face with SW materials in general, there isn't any real consistency rather it's canon or legend. My goal is to just keep the mistake at a minimum without upsetting someone.
You know, It got me to thinking, this ship is really huge when you think of it, then I consider the galaxy class, the actual dimensions of it all is just wow. Then I thought....Romulan ships.... just the shear size and volume just blows my mind.
I've watched several of your videos before but this one, this time, I felt that we humans could actually build this ship. Thank for the time and effort put into making these videos.
@@Halfscreen right, no warp drive thought cool to see. Even without the fancy sci-fi tech a big ship traveling to Mars would be awesome and seemingly comfy.
Your Trek cutaway videos just keep on getting better each time! I love the way you've visualised the cargo bay area by "stacking" the various decks to show off the vast open space, it looks great. Whether it makes much sense in terms of starship design is another matter, but that's what we ended up with on screen so we're kinda stuck with it! 😁 I also really like that tweaked torpedo bay design. Can't wait to see your next project - I hope that final clip wasn't meant to indicate that this will be the last! 😮
I may take a small break on Star Trek, these ships are extremely detailed and complex to model, to say the least, but again, thanks for all the suggestions and help on your part, otherwise, I would have a bunch of hardcore fans chewing me up! 😂
@@Halfscreen Well you know now. I have always liked your stuff. I dabbled in 3d studio max about 20 years or so did some star trek models tried to learn 3d modeling. It's hard.You have my respect.
@@prowl420 If you understand anything about 3D modeling, it's a very time-consuming process, especially modelingg something as complicated as the Enterprise.
These are really wonderful, thank you for doing all of this work. It is interesting to see how many fewer recreational areas there were after the refit was done
These are some awesome videos on the deck layout and the locations of all systems inside the ship and I hope to see more videos like this on maybe the Galaxy Class or even the Sovereign Class Enterprise I mean I know they did a video on the Galaxy Class Enterprise but that was on everything at once and the same with Voyager.
Good info about the 1701-A being renamed from the Yorktown - which was Gene Rodenberry’s original name for what became the Enterprise in ‘66. Fun fact, renaming a ship or boat is bad luck, if it’s done there’s a whole naval procedure that should be followed. 🖖
And it WAS bad luck! The A was plagued with malfunctions, got hijacked in an embarrassing way, and its first outing was the most hated of all the ST movies.
As I noted on you NCC-1701 part 2 video, the refit turned the Warp Core vertical, but it doesn't directly have anything to do with the Impulse Drive. I think the main reason for putting the start of the intermix chamber in the primary hull, as I said, is to consolidate Main Engineering in one place. Plus, the matter for the matter/antimatter reaction is the same for both system, hydrogen..So they can inject the fuel from the same place. The refit also hooked the phasers into the Warp Core, so putting one end of it in the saucer probably helped with that. The Warp Core would be jettisoned if the saucer had to separate anyway. (So it's a non-reversable action) Interestingly, the Enterprise-D and Voyager returned the Warp Core to the secondary hull, and Main Engineering has always been there as well. Maybe Impulse Engines no longer need constant monitoring like they did in the TOS Era. (Or maybe Warp technology is safer to be around)
I think the idea was to be able to shift power from warp to Impulse, or draw one from to the other, at will, @Richard Ryley . The 'deflection crystal' at the top may also serve as kind of capacitor or converter, meanwhile (ala dilithium or Fushigi-no-Umi crystals)
There's no "warp core" here. What you're looking at are essentially plasma conduits, not engines. The warp engines, again, are in the nacelles, just as they were in TOS.
@@Idazmi7 What you're saying is true of the Enterprise-D as well. The blue rings coming from the top and the bottom of the room are just plasma conduits, and two horizontal conduits come out at an angle. The blue ball in the middle is the Warp Core and where the reaction takes place. The refit Enterprise and Enterprise-A use the same design. The structure is smaller and looks different but it's the same thing.
@@richardryley3660 No. There is no warp core on the NCC-1701, whether refit or pre-refit. The entire idea of Warp Cores was a TNG retcon, which means the reaction takes place entirely within the nacelles.
@@Idazmi7 It's still a Warp Core even if it's in the nacelles. A Warp Core is where a matter/antimatter reaction takes place. And the Enterprise has always been powered by matter and antimatter, even from the very beginning. You could argue that it didn't have that name or didn't take on its final form but just because the early writers didn't explain the technology doesn't mean it magically came into existence in the TNG Era. All we can really say is that we can't be sure about the form Warp technology took in the original series. (Because we never saw it)
The model and the decks in this video are extremely detailed this ship seems so much bigger now after watching this! very enjoyable thank you so much for doing this video "Live long and prosper"🖖❤⭐👍
According to Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, the 1701-A also had a single rear-firing torpedo tube. But since that one reference is the only material to suggest it (and it's not obvious where this rear tube was), it's probably apocryphal.
_Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise_ was never a canon source, I'm afraid. The original Enterprise never demonstrated any rear torpedoes, and on the refit those would be highly noticeable.
As I saw in one video, I giggled when he pointed out that the warp core goes through the neck “which is the thinnest part of the ship”. The faintly painted blue line on the outside, is where the warp core is. So, enemies would just have to aim for the blue line and… well ya…. Lol! But she still is my fav Enterprise!
The blue covering is extra armouring, called the strongbacks. Youll see it on top of the secondary hull also and around the warp pylons. Extra protection
@@Halfscreen That would be fun, yes. I'd maybe use the Haynes Manual cutaway, as one of the sources. The one from Generations obviously won't fit too good, as there's no way the ship could possibly have 34 decks, and be under 600 metres long.
You have done a fantastic job in part 1 I've only just started this second part.. it's so detailed I think we could use it in real life as a design draft to actually build it.. obviously things like the warp drive could be replaced with electric plasma rocket engines and nuke reactors and em drive's as the impulse drive and the various other sci-fi stuff replaced by real world equivalents and other things useful to our actual scientific research needs.. the deflector could even be replaced with something similar like plasma deflection or acoustic sound waves to push stuff.. but at our realistic speeds it's probably not needed but a good chance to test and improve shielding and deflection ect but at least 95% of your main hull is definitely achievable I think.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for creating this as it is my personal fave incarnation of the Enterprise! And especially appreciate the lifeboat notes as I have wondered where they are, where they exit from (would luv to see an animation to that action) and so many other cool details! Glad to see that the swimming pool has remained (no bowling alley any more?). Great job and again: THANK YOU! LLAP! 🖖
As much as I love the refit-Constitution, (and I mean its one of my favorite sci fi ships.) I have to admit I'd be a little nervous being in that observation lounge located in that super thin neck area between the saucer section and the engineering hull. I mean, it's beautiful don't get me wrong but I'd definitely maybe rather be in an observation lounge on the Excelsior's neck or something. lol Great work on this by the way. So many of these rooms never got to be shown on screen so its really fantastic to see so much of this iconic ship that we never see. Kinda like that infamous aquatic deck that was supposedly on the Enterprise D. Like I've always wanted to see the botanical section since its featured so prominently in shots of the exterior. Also, so there really was a swimming pool!
16:09 I think there might be a mechanical roll down door in the ceiling that can physically separate the cargo bay from the hanger deck. It was never shown on screen, but there is a framework for it. In drydock, it would be up so the cargo could be moved In easily. I have also read that the cargo bay had retracting floors to break up the open space.
Really nice work. Though I would like to point out that the shuttle craft model being used is the Type 6 shuttle craft, not the Type 5 which was used in STV. Type 6 shuttles didn't exsist until the later seasons of ST: TNG. Again, very good work. Also, the first bridge of the 1701-A was a reuse of the bridge from ST2. The bridge was later changed in STV, and then it was changed again in STVI. Main engineering was seen only three times. ST:TMP and STII:TWOK used the same engineering section, though some changes were made in STII. Main engineering was never seen again until STVI, where it received a major overhaul, using a redress of the engineering set from ST:TNG.
I prefer the refit over the A, but can understand why they would seal off the forward section of the landing bay. Also, regarding the torpedo room look closely at the Klingon K'Tinga bridge in ST: TMP; it's the same set. Also, in ST VI, the officer's ward room where they hosted the Klingon delegation is actually the briefing room of the Enterprise D.
One thing I had always wondered about when we were first introduced to the character of Commander Will Decker is if he was related to the late Commodore Matt Decker commanding officer of the Constitution Class Starship U.S.S. Constellation seen in the episode 'Doomsday Machine'.
I had a feeling they were related though I didn't know he was Commodore Decker's son I thought he was like his grandson or nephew or something but now knowing he was his son answered my question so thank you.
Yeah we saw what happened to one of the torpedo bays being destroyed was during the Battle of the Mutara Nebula where the U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864 under the command of Khan opened fire on the Enterprise with it's phaser cannons destroying the port side torpedo bay and killing 2 crewmembers but it's scary to think if the Reliant's aim was higher it would have struck the neck structure instead and if that had happened the Enterprise would have been blown in half causing the ship to explode killing everyone onboard and if that had happened Khan would've had his revenge for the death of his wife.
You know it's funny we never got to see the torpedo bay of the T.O.S. Enterprise not till Star Trek 2:The Wrath of Khan was the first time we got to see the torpedo bay.
These ships are the beautyfull ships of Star Trek , i love the Design its timeless and elegant. I also prefer the interior of the 1701 refit . The Iconic Bridge Design and the stylish Crew Quarters . The Recreation Deck is impressive.
As most people know, an aircraft carrier is HUGE. And some are 1000 feet long similar to the length of the Enterprise. But, it's the GIRTH of the ENTERPRISE, is what makes the ship very very large. Just the saucer section ALONE must be at least 300 feet tall.
Only issue I have is the central open area in the torpedo bay. Khan's Reliant cut from the front to the middle docking port on the Port Side, engulfing the entire area and some poor dude in the process. That would've made that entire midsection unusable, yet that had Spock funeral in that chamber. My guess, there 2 separate launch rooms, not combined. I think we see this many times in the movie.
In UNDISCOVERED Country, SCOTTIE said it would "TAKE HOURS" to count every last torpedo manually, which the complement OF torpedoes we're 1010. I'm trying to see where the torpedoes are stored.
You did a great job. Nitpick: the torpedo bays seem to be numbered rather than lettered (you see a torp bay 2 sign in the background while you are talking about it)
The levels ("floors") are lettered. The port (2) and starboard (presumably 1) torpedo bays are numbered. In the movies, what's definitely missing from commands to launch torpedoes are also specifying from which bay 1, 2, or both (e.g., "fire torpedo, bay 2").
One thing I don't get about that part where they show the shuttle Bay they have a shuttle from the Enterprise D onboard which is kinda weird as the Enterprise A didn't have a shuttlecraft like that.
That was Paramount cutting the movie budget and saving money by drawing on the television division resources. That was a common practice dating back to ST II which used props from other Paramount sci-fi TV franchises such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
I gotta complement your wonderful attention to detail and work here. I'm curious where shield generators as opposed to forcefield generators, but I've looks at some schematics and that's a confused issue. Standalone generators as opposed to those in the bulkheads I would assume constitute shield generators from a "raise shields" standpoint.
Vary nice video. Although I have to disagree with one thing! You said that the Enterprise-A was a new build named Yorktown, this can't correct. The ship was USS Yorktown NCC-1717 which was a ship in use daring the original series and was even mentioned in an episode. In the Voyager episode Flashbacks, which was set in 2293 seven years after Enterprise-A enters service Rand tell Tuvok that the Excelsior got a message from the Yorktown from his father, the Star Trek encyclopedia states that this Yorktown was the second ship to carry the name which means the NCC-1717 from TOS has to be the ship that became the Enterprise-A.
@@Halfscreen It's entirely possible there'd been two Yorktowns already, by that point. An Excelsior-class one may well have been built, later (NCC-20045, per one background TNG display screen) but that's unlikely to have been the one Tuvok's dad served on. So there may easily be two Constitution class Yorktowns, without much problem.
You know it's sad that we never got to see the secondary hull mounted phasers used only the ones on the saucer section though the only time we got to see a Constitution Class Starship use it's secondary hull mounted phasers was the U.S.S. Defiant in the Star Trek:Enterprise 2 part episode 'In a Mirror Darkly' along with it's aft mounted photon torpedoes even though with the picture of the ships master systems display we can't see anything about the aft torpedo launchers.
@@calvinnickel9995 Actually the Enterprise D used the phasers mounted on her saucer section for drilling the first time was when they were mounting a rescue mission on the home planet of the late Natasha Yar,the second time was when Data met his mother who he later discovered was a Soong type android and the third time was when they met that inventor who was pretending to be a historian.
The two tubes in the cargo bay are turbolifts not transporters. The Bussard Collectors are on the nacelles not in the secondary hull with the Antimatter storage pods. And the whole vertical shaft is the Warp Core / Matter/Antimatter Reactor Assembly. Other than that, excellent. I've really enjoyed as you've improved a lot over a short time. Also, is this your first sponsor? If so or even if I'm late, congratulations.
Technically, it's my 2nd sponsor so far. Thanks. I'm pretty sure my animation isn't 100% since there are so many moving parts and 3D assets to recreate but for the most part, I try to keep the mistake to a minimum. I have to admit, creating SW animations is much easier than ST, it's way more complicated.
You do a great job on your videos. One thing I’m pissed off at TH-cam for doing, and I caught them doing this to you. It’s a continuity break between parts of a series of content. On most channels when you watch part one the video will automatically by algorithm and by mimicking human response, go to part 2 3 etc. But for you it doesn’t it’s been sending me off to random places during auto play while I’m cleaning getting my new place together. But no worries my friend I went and seek out the other parts to these videos.
That is rather odd. I have been hearing rumors about YT algo from other TH-camrs, but from my end, I wouldn't know about it until I hear it from my viewers. Thanks for the info.
@@Halfscreen i’ve been a bit depressed since coming to my new home I’m in this place all by myself so your videos keep me cheered up. I watch them and they are amazing. It’s the least I could do. If I see or notice anything else I will let you know. But I was watching part one on the 1701 and it took me to part one of the 17 01A which I thought was odd then it went to a video by some other person about the series Picard which is very unusual. Normally it will go from part one and part two to part three it will stay in a series you know? And with the amount of views you have in the quality of the work it doesn’t make sense why it’s not doing that. I notice this phenomenon I can only report on the 1701 and the 17 01 a
15:39 I still like the Bridge from ST VI The undiscovered country the most. It was a very good Hybrid between modern Touchscreens but also a little bit retro. A pity that they never used this setdesign more often.
For me this was always the weakness of the federation ships. All vital systems and equipment are located in this and the neck. The parts of the ship that barely, if at all, offer any buffer zones around it. Any hit to the hull in this region will directly damage these systems. It would be more wise to place them in the middle of the dish section, with the living quarters and storage around them.
8:47 Before I watched this video, I thought that the classic series was outdated and should not be watched ... I changed my mind, I need to watch the classics. And I think the classics will win when compared with new films..
I never understood how the vertical impulse drive could still function if and when the saucer section detached from the secondary hull. How did that drive remain functional if it were cut off at the the base of the saucer?
As I understand it from all the tech manuals and literature, the Vertical Intermix Chamber extended all the way to the Impulse Drive Units located on the aft Saucer Section to allow the Impulse Drive Units to be powered by the main power source, which was the matter/anti-matter reactor (referred to as the M/ARC or Matter/Anti-Matter Reaction Chamber). The Vertical and Horizontal Intermix Chambers which were prominent on-screen together make up this M/ARC. Whilst the main reactor was in operation it provided power for ALL ship systems, including the Impulse Drive. In case of Main Reactor failure, two backup fusion-type reactors located adjacent to the Impulse Deck would be brought from standby to online status to power the Impulse Engines, as well as most of the ship’s systems (minus the Warp Drive, which required vastly more power than the fusion reactors could provide). There is a LOT of confusion in terminology in the show’s scripts when referencing the ship’s power systems unfortunately. The terms ‘Warp Power” & “Impulse Power” are thrown around a lot as if the Warp and Impulse Engines ARE the power sources themselves. However, Warp & Impulse are DRIVE systems which consume power from the ship’s POWER production systems. Basically: Main Power = the Matter / Anti-Matter Reactor - can power EVERYTHING onboard at max capacity. Auxiliary Power = the backup Fusion Reactors - powers everything except the Warp Drive, albeit at lesser capacities. Emergency Power = the ship’s battery system - limited capacity that can provide reduced power to survival-critical systems like life-support, tactical systems (to an extremely limited degree…. “Couple o’ phaser shots, Cap’n!), and a VERY limited propulsion capacity from the Impulse Engines, like minimal Port speeds or very low orbital speeds….. and even then only for a very limited time.
I like that you're able to do the proper 3-d thing on these models. Now we can see why things are shaped the way they are. I know the whole thing is imaginary, but you make her feel real, and the 3-d helps. To be fair, I liked the more open secondary hull as seen in TMP more than the enclosed shuttlebay, but things change. They can change and, as much right as they have to do that, I have at least as much right not to like it. :P Hang on, in the hanger, seen, is a shuttlecraft that is NOT the Galileo type. It is the same as the one Spock arrived upon. Right there. The "galileo type" that you specify was not needed until V. "IRL, a shuttlecraft is not just any old boat. It is a boat, meant to move people from one place to another. A ship to a base or a planet. Over and over. Until the job is done. That's the shuttle part. That's what the word means. There are ships' boats that are not meant as simply shuttles. They have other jobs to do first. Sub hunting or captains' yachting or the officer's official fishing vessel. What? some of these boats might also be shuttles? Fie on you for even saying that! In Star trek itself, TMP, we see "shuttle craft" not often used. Right there in that big hanger cargo thing that seems to take up a lot of the secondary hull. Look again! We see a "travel pod" used once, and we see several "work bees." in various configurations. Spock does arrive on one of these shuttles riding a "warp sled" later. It does not even use the : shuttlebay. Just an airlock to do its job. My point is proven in canon.
After seeing the internals of the torpedo, I wonder. Why didn't they make a torpedo with a tiny warp core and a very dense but inert warhead? Think about it, the torpedo maneuvers into position and then goes to warp, pulverizing it's target with a faster than light kinetic hit. Anyway, I just happened to stumble across you channel. This is really good stuff. Subbed, and greeting from Alaska.
Because warp travel itself is a loophole bypassing relativistic restrictions. A ship at warp isn't actually moving. Only the space around the ship which carries it. So colliding a warp capable object or torpedo at a specific target, likely would not have any kinetic energy to transfer. Otherwise everyone and their mom would be doing it.
At least you cover the turbo lift going from the saucer section down to the secondary hull. It appears to stop just before deck M? Which is where the photon torpedo launchers are located. But from where does it start on the primary hull? You never covered that in the first vid
I've never believed this ship was truly a "refit" of the original -- SO much is changed, even basic structural dimensions, that it would be easier to build it from scratch. I think Starfleet kept the commissioning plaque from the first 1701, tore the ship apart, built a new one around the plaque, and called it a "refit" for PR reasons.
Love your videos. You have such great talent. Your videos are fun, animated, factual and meticulously detailed. U have amazing skills. Keep doing what ur doing bro. Well done! A huge fan of urs here in Belfast, Northern Ireland 👍🏼😀
Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this documentary. I can't help but worry this amount of information should not be made public, the Klingons could use this info to strategically target the ship. ;-p
This is tremendous work! I wrote the SFAM4 book in 1984, that talks about building the AMT 1/537 kit with lighting. I worked with Andy Probert on a lot of the details and functions. Two things: the four recessed panels on top of the Sec Hull are emergency flush vents for Engineering. And as depicted in the McCall concept art (and Probert VIP lounge art) the inboard parts of the nacelles worked together to create a visual "wake", like oars in water. A sequential energy flow that would push the ship, leaving a beautiful violet blue wake behind it. I copied this in my (first ever) lighted 1/537 kit, with sequential lights in the nacelles. The FX were too costly for TMP and dropped (but that's why the grilles face each other).
Hey thanks Paul! I take that as a compliment. I would to spend more time on modeling and getting the detail correct, but in general, I'm happy with the overall 3D model.
Paul, something I can't help but wonder: Why include grilles on the outboard panels of the warp drive nacelles, that never seem to light up (until later versions of the show, after Next Generation, where the engines seem to glow all the time, for no good reason)?
@Dr. Technical I just thought of a cool reason, and very Probert-esque: Maybe they manufacture the nacelles as standard, interchangable units, that can be swapped or used on either side, as needed (or between different ship types, for that matter, as on Reliant or Stargazer). Kind of like the turbines on the A-10, which are made deliberately to rotate in the same direction, so engines can be swapped out as needed to repair battle damage..
They look pretty symmetrical, except I guess for the little finials at the stern end.
Visual wake sounds magical
It's just beautiful to look at this ship. You've given it a wonderful expression of detail and joy to see it all again.
Glad you enjoyed it
The amount of eye crossing and headaches that you endured leaves me in pain. As an original Star Trek fan from the 60s I thank you. Now take some aspiring and think about you next project.
I ain't going to lie, creating Star Wars animation is far easier than Star Trek due to amount of detail needed to complete an animation.
Refit/1701-A will always be the definitive Enterprise, I think. The artists learned a lot from the 1970's other big franchises inclusion of exterior details like seams in hull plates, and they did a really fantastic job of integrating that with the Enterprise's uniquely graceful lines. I like the enormousness of Picard's Enterprise, and the sharp bows and concave flare of its neck that recalls ocean-going vessels of the late 20th century, but in the end the refit is the best.
Agree 100%, the refit/1701-A is the best Enterprise for looks, nothing can match it.
The Constitution-Refit is elegant in her simplicity. The newest canon ships demonstrated in Picard and STO are some of the ugliest things i’ve ever seen. The first time i cringed at a design was when i saw the Defiant.
Something to those old Constitution class designs. "Elegant" you said. Really a crazy looking thing, but I love Her.
Didn't the 1701 TOS have hullplates, but just seen visible at the time due to technological limitations of the time? Might be misremebering.
@@mstcrow5429 the Smithsonian did their best to restore the filming model to its original paint scheme. There are no hull lines or excessive “greeblies.”
I'm 63 and will be 64 soon,I still love the enterprise A,my memory will will not dissapear here
Awesome! Finally know what those big blue observation window on either side of the Enterprise’s side, large viewport for stargazing while laying about in the botanical gardens.
Glad I could help!
Seeing the dorsal in 3D cross section really illustrates how much engineering would be needed for this thin piece to be able to hold the two hulls of the ship together. Even on a normal day the constant physical stresses put on the dorsal would be unimaginable.
Thank you for presenting this beautiful ship in such detail! I was a Sophomore in High School when STTMP was released. I immediately fell in love with this design during the beauty shots as Kirk and Scotty do the detailed "fly-by" before boarding her. While I like and appreciate certain aspects of all of the Enterprise designs, from the original design(s) of the classic series through the E of the TNG movies, the refit of the Constitution class Enterprise for STTMP will always be my favorite, and perhaps the most elegant Enterprise design of all...
No problem David. I haven't seen the movies in years and decided to go back and check it out for references.
I'm currently working on the Polar Lights 1/350 refit. This video will be very helpful in my endeavor. Thanks for the upload
No problem and good luck with the refit.
@@Halfscreen thank you so much
I am only new here. Impressed by the detail of the animations. Visuals are way better than talking heads and stats.
The Battlestar Galactica TOS (Artemis Class) and the RDM (Jupiter Class) for comparison would be really cool.
A full breakdown of every deck of an executor class star destroyer. It would only be like exploring every room in every skyscraper in New York City, it might take a while... The rest of his life probably.
Both battlestars are about 2 or 3 times the size of this so just imagine what an undertaking that would be. I do want to see more bigger ships though.
@@DeathBYDesign666 2/3rds of the main body of a Battlestar are FTL drive and and slide mechanism for the flight pods on the Jupiter class. Same applies for the Artemis class (except the slide mechanism). 2/3rds of the flight pods are exposed to vacuum but the launch and repair bays take up the botton section of the pods. The front/head of a Battlestar is pretty much where the crew live and where the CIC resides for both classes.
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You’re doing some amazing work here! I’ve never seen anyone cover the pylon before. I’ve definitely never seen a 3D rendering of the interior of a photon torpedo before. That was amazing. Your map of the torpedo deck synched so well with the movie clip that it would be easy to believe that they base the clip on your work rather than the other way around.
Thank you! Cheers!
Loved this! Would love to see the U.S.S Orville from The Orville.
Maybe one day!
sweet! definitely my favorite version of the Big 'E'!
Glad you like it!
First this guy gets some real thumbs up for going this in depth. The part I loved has to be the pool! This looks like it has six chairs and is maybe 10x40 for a crew of how many. This had to be the writers of the books saying wait we did not have a pool yet so here we go, yea 23rd century.
“I hope you enjoyed this video”
I frickin loved it!!!!
I bought Mr Scotts Guide to the Enterprise when I was a kid over 30 yrs ago and your videos bring me home.
But for this middle aged geek, if you ever did a video on the interior of The Expanse’s Rocinante, I’d be in heaven
I just recently download the Mr Scotts Guide to the Enterprise book to get a better understanding of the ship. As for the Rocinante, it has been requested several time. Maybe down the road.
Ah yes, one of the first Trek 'tech' books, I ever got, in the early 1990s...
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Be wary of _'Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise'_ - it's not a canon source, and has a lot of info made up by fans that contradict the show pretty hard. As an example, it says the Enterprise has a rear torpedo tube (it doesn't) and that the impulse engines are needed for maneuvering at Warp Speed (they aren't).
@@Idazmi7 From my limited knowledge, I did the best I can with the information with various information on the web. It's hard to know what is official and what is fan fiction unless you really know your source materials. It's the same problem I face with SW materials in general, there isn't any real consistency rather it's canon or legend. My goal is to just keep the mistake at a minimum without upsetting someone.
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Oh definitely: it's legit difficult. Especially nowadays, since anyone can whip up a blueprint on a computer.
Fantastic!!!! Amazing 3D Presentation.
Many many thanks
These are great detail views of the Enterprise. Thank you for your efforts in making this.
No problem, and thanks for watching James.
This was very well done! Really enjoyable. If we're suggesting what to do next, I would say the NX-01.
All in favor say: ‘aye’. AYEEEEE!! HELL YES!!! SOLD!!
The resolution passes by unanimous vote of the body. Good job here boys & girls.
Waxing Moon designed some excellent deck plans which could be used for that project
That's the plan since it's highly requested!
The amount of detail and accuracy is incredible. Well done!
I'd love to see the Excelsior/Enterprise B or the JJ-Prise and USS Vengeance one day
You know, It got me to thinking, this ship is really huge when you think of it, then I consider the galaxy class, the actual dimensions of it all is just wow. Then I thought....Romulan ships.... just the shear size and volume just blows my mind.
I've watched several of your videos before but this one, this time, I felt that we humans could actually build this ship. Thank for the time and effort put into making these videos.
Its definitely buildable structurally, but some technology like warp speed and anti-gravity isn't possible.
@@Halfscreen right, no warp drive thought cool to see. Even without the fancy sci-fi tech a big ship traveling to Mars would be awesome and seemingly comfy.
@@JRPoole57 If they built one, I wouldn't mind checking it out for sure.
Would love to see the Enterprise E. Great job!
Would love to see the Kelvin enterprise
That would be about as challenging as the one he did for the Enterprise-D
Maybe one day!
Your Trek cutaway videos just keep on getting better each time!
I love the way you've visualised the cargo bay area by "stacking" the various decks to show off the vast open space, it looks great.
Whether it makes much sense in terms of starship design is another matter, but that's what we ended up with on screen so we're kinda stuck with it! 😁
I also really like that tweaked torpedo bay design.
Can't wait to see your next project - I hope that final clip wasn't meant to indicate that this will be the last! 😮
I may take a small break on Star Trek, these ships are extremely detailed and complex to model, to say the least, but again, thanks for all the suggestions and help on your part, otherwise, I would have a bunch of hardcore fans chewing me up! 😂
@@Halfscreen You are now the foremost expert on this ship and many others. Great job!
@@prowl420 To be honest, my channel started out as a Star Wars channel and not a Star Trek channel and I barely know both genres.
@@Halfscreen Well you know now. I have always liked your stuff. I dabbled in 3d studio max about 20 years or so did some star trek models tried to learn 3d modeling. It's hard.You have my respect.
@@prowl420 If you understand anything about 3D modeling, it's a very time-consuming process, especially modelingg something as complicated as the Enterprise.
These are really wonderful, thank you for doing all of this work. It is interesting to see how many fewer recreational areas there were after the refit was done
True, it represent more of standard Star Trek ships than the TOS Enterprise.
These are some awesome videos on the deck layout and the locations of all systems inside the ship and I hope to see more videos like this on maybe the Galaxy Class or even the Sovereign Class Enterprise I mean I know they did a video on the Galaxy Class Enterprise but that was on everything at once and the same with Voyager.
This was done to hit my weekly goal on TH-cam. There wasn't any way I can complete a ship within a week or two.
Good info about the 1701-A being renamed from the Yorktown - which was Gene Rodenberry’s original name for what became the Enterprise in ‘66. Fun fact, renaming a ship or boat is bad luck, if it’s done there’s a whole naval procedure that should be followed. 🖖
And it WAS bad luck! The A was plagued with malfunctions, got hijacked in an embarrassing way, and its first outing was the most hated of all the ST movies.
As I noted on you NCC-1701 part 2 video, the refit turned the Warp Core vertical, but it doesn't directly have anything to do with the Impulse Drive. I think the main reason for putting the start of the intermix chamber in the primary hull, as I said, is to consolidate Main Engineering in one place. Plus, the matter for the matter/antimatter reaction is the same for both system, hydrogen..So they can inject the fuel from the same place.
The refit also hooked the phasers into the Warp Core, so putting one end of it in the saucer probably helped with that. The Warp Core would be jettisoned if the saucer had to separate anyway. (So it's a non-reversable action)
Interestingly, the Enterprise-D and Voyager returned the Warp Core to the secondary hull, and Main Engineering has always been there as well. Maybe Impulse Engines no longer need constant monitoring like they did in the TOS Era. (Or maybe Warp technology is safer to be around)
I think the idea was to be able to shift power from warp to Impulse, or draw one from to the other, at will, @Richard Ryley . The 'deflection crystal' at the top may also serve as kind of capacitor or converter, meanwhile (ala dilithium or Fushigi-no-Umi crystals)
There's no "warp core" here. What you're looking at are essentially plasma conduits, not engines. The warp engines, again, are in the nacelles, just as they were in TOS.
@@Idazmi7 What you're saying is true of the Enterprise-D as well. The blue rings coming from the top and the bottom of the room are just plasma conduits, and two horizontal conduits come out at an angle. The blue ball in the middle is the Warp Core and where the reaction takes place. The refit Enterprise and Enterprise-A use the same design. The structure is smaller and looks different but it's the same thing.
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No. There is no warp core on the NCC-1701, whether refit or pre-refit. The entire idea of Warp Cores was a TNG retcon, which means the reaction takes place entirely within the nacelles.
@@Idazmi7 It's still a Warp Core even if it's in the nacelles. A Warp Core is where a matter/antimatter reaction takes place. And the Enterprise has always been powered by matter and antimatter, even from the very beginning.
You could argue that it didn't have that name or didn't take on its final form but just because the early writers didn't explain the technology doesn't mean it magically came into existence in the TNG Era. All we can really say is that we can't be sure about the form Warp technology took in the original series. (Because we never saw it)
Thank you again friend. I really enjoy your looks inside and I’m sure it takes more work than I care to think of to put this together.
You are so welcome and thanks for watching elzar!
I'd like to see a diagram on the NX 01 Enterprise.
The model and the decks in this video are extremely detailed this ship seems so much bigger now after watching this! very enjoyable thank you so much for doing this video "Live long and prosper"🖖❤⭐👍
I don't get a good perspective of the ship unless it's done in 3D. 2D schematic only does it to a certain extent.
Interesting - I get the opposite impression. The ship seems so much smaller when you see the little people on each deck for size perspective.
Really very good, a brilliant breakdown of the decks on the big E.
2:53 Dream work. Whistle into a flute =)
This is the 1st video of yours that I have seen. Thank you. This makes it so much easier to get what/where things are.
Glad it was helpful!
You do such an amazing job that I can visualize being on the Enterprise!
According to Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, the 1701-A also had a single rear-firing torpedo tube. But since that one reference is the only material to suggest it (and it's not obvious where this rear tube was), it's probably apocryphal.
_Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise_ was never a canon source, I'm afraid. The original Enterprise never demonstrated any rear torpedoes, and on the refit those would be highly noticeable.
As I saw in one video, I giggled when he pointed out that the warp core goes through the neck “which is the thinnest part of the ship”. The faintly painted blue line on the outside, is where the warp core is. So, enemies would just have to aim for the blue line and… well ya…. Lol! But she still is my fav Enterprise!
The blue covering is extra armouring, called the strongbacks. Youll see it on top of the secondary hull also and around the warp pylons. Extra protection
Excellent work on both, I can't wait for your next one. Consider doing Captain Sulu's Excelsior 2000 for your next video.
Ohhhh! Ohhh! Now you’re just playing with my heart.
Down the road.
@@Halfscreen That would be fun, yes. I'd maybe use the Haynes Manual cutaway, as one of the sources.
The one from Generations obviously won't fit too good, as there's no way the ship could possibly have 34 decks, and be under 600 metres long.
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Personally, I'm scared of modeling any ship with 30+ decks. 🙄🙄
@@Halfscreen Good news, then, as I bet the Excelsior doesn't exceed 24, in 'real life'.
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You have done a fantastic job in part 1 I've only just started this second part.. it's so detailed I think we could use it in real life as a design draft to actually build it.. obviously things like the warp drive could be replaced with electric plasma rocket engines and nuke reactors and em drive's as the impulse drive and the various other sci-fi stuff replaced by real world equivalents and other things useful to our actual scientific research needs.. the deflector could even be replaced with something similar like plasma deflection or acoustic sound waves to push stuff.. but at our realistic speeds it's probably not needed but a good chance to test and improve shielding and deflection ect but at least 95% of your main hull is definitely achievable I think.
Thanks for the comments!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for creating this as it is my personal fave incarnation of the Enterprise! And especially appreciate the lifeboat notes as I have wondered where they are, where they exit from (would luv to see an animation to that action) and so many other cool details! Glad to see that the swimming pool has remained (no bowling alley any more?). Great job and again: THANK YOU! LLAP! 🖖
Glad you enjoyed it! There is a small bowling alley on the primary hull, Deck F, which is on part one of the Enterprise A \ Refit on my channel.
@@Halfscreen Ohhh... I'll have to go rewatch Pt 1 (I did save it to my fave's!).
Amazing work! Thanks so much for your videos and descriptions!
My pleasure!
As much as I love the refit-Constitution, (and I mean its one of my favorite sci fi ships.) I have to admit I'd be a little nervous being in that observation lounge located in that super thin neck area between the saucer section and the engineering hull.
I mean, it's beautiful don't get me wrong but I'd definitely maybe rather be in an observation lounge on the Excelsior's neck or something. lol
Great work on this by the way. So many of these rooms never got to be shown on screen so its really fantastic to see so much of this iconic ship that we never see. Kinda like that infamous aquatic deck that was supposedly on the Enterprise D. Like I've always wanted to see the botanical section since its featured so prominently in shots of the exterior. Also, so there really was a swimming pool!
16:09 I think there might be a mechanical roll down door in the ceiling that can physically separate the cargo bay from the hanger deck. It was never shown on screen, but there is a framework for it. In drydock, it would be up so the cargo could be moved In easily. I have also read that the cargo bay had retracting floors to break up the open space.
Really nice work. Though I would like to point out that the shuttle craft model being used is the Type 6 shuttle craft, not the Type 5 which was used in STV. Type 6 shuttles didn't exsist until the later seasons of ST: TNG. Again, very good work.
Also, the first bridge of the 1701-A was a reuse of the bridge from ST2. The bridge was later changed in STV, and then it was changed again in STVI. Main engineering was seen only three times. ST:TMP and STII:TWOK used the same engineering section, though some changes were made in STII. Main engineering was never seen again until STVI, where it received a major overhaul, using a redress of the engineering set from ST:TNG.
Thanks. There are always a few nuisances I'm going to miss based on the availability of the 3D models but thanks for pointed that out.
My favorite ship as a kid.
Very nice work man, another great insight into one of the most iconic ships in history, would love to see more
More to come!
That was excellent. Adding the movie clips was icing on the cake! Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
I prefer the refit over the A, but can understand why they would seal off the forward section of the landing bay.
Also, regarding the torpedo room look closely at the Klingon K'Tinga bridge in ST: TMP; it's the same set. Also, in ST VI, the officer's ward room where they hosted the Klingon delegation is actually the briefing room of the Enterprise D.
Also the reactor room where Spock died is in the HMS Bounty (the Bird of Prey they stole) where they match the whale sounds.
Realy cool. Your Videos make all a better understud of the technical funktions on a ST sapce ship.
Glad you think so!
Fantastic work 👏 👍 👌 Halfscreen. Fantastic work. It's like watching a child's dream come true. You put us right in there. (Enterprise)
Thank you! And thanks for watching. Cheers!
One thing I had always wondered about when we were first introduced to the character of Commander Will Decker is if he was related to the late Commodore Matt Decker commanding officer of the Constitution Class Starship U.S.S. Constellation seen in the episode 'Doomsday Machine'.
His son. Roddenberry said so himself in the TMP novel.
I had a feeling they were related though I didn't know he was Commodore Decker's son I thought he was like his grandson or nephew or something but now knowing he was his son answered my question so thank you.
Oh my. This is so good. Thank you for sharing your passion and hard work with us.
Yeah we saw what happened to one of the torpedo bays being destroyed was during the Battle of the Mutara Nebula where the U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864 under the command of Khan opened fire on the Enterprise with it's phaser cannons destroying the port side torpedo bay and killing 2 crewmembers but it's scary to think if the Reliant's aim was higher it would have struck the neck structure instead and if that had happened the Enterprise would have been blown in half causing the ship to explode killing everyone onboard and if that had happened Khan would've had his revenge for the death of his wife.
You know it's funny we never got to see the torpedo bay of the T.O.S. Enterprise not till Star Trek 2:The Wrath of Khan was the first time we got to see the torpedo bay.
These ships are the beautyfull ships of Star Trek , i love the Design its timeless and elegant. I also prefer the interior of the 1701 refit . The Iconic Bridge Design and the stylish Crew Quarters . The Recreation Deck is impressive.
a warp core that run though the torpedo room, a michael bay dream :)
As most people know, an aircraft carrier is HUGE. And some are 1000 feet long similar to the length of the Enterprise. But, it's the GIRTH of the ENTERPRISE, is what makes the ship very very large. Just the saucer section ALONE must be at least 300 feet tall.
Thanks for the insight. I have been one of the smaller aircraft in the past, imagine the size of the saucer section.
I wish we'd seen Deck T. For no particular reason I love the idea of the botanical garden and swimming pool on a starship.
Only issue I have is the central open area in the torpedo bay. Khan's Reliant cut from the front to the middle docking port on the Port Side, engulfing the entire area and some poor dude in the process. That would've made that entire midsection unusable, yet that had Spock funeral in that chamber. My guess, there 2 separate launch rooms, not combined. I think we see this many times in the movie.
Sometimes the schematic and movies don't always line up. There always going to be some inconsistency.
Loved it, my absolute favourite Enterprise of them all.
Great job! It’s really amazing to see it come into real life, well almost. Great job sir, Scotty would be proud. Can you do some Klingon ships next?
Not next week but it's on my spreadsheet as thing to animate.
I much prefer the layout of the shuttle bay for the refit. Having the cargo bay and shuttle open together gives it an open concept and epicness.
In UNDISCOVERED Country, SCOTTIE said it would "TAKE HOURS" to count every last torpedo manually, which the complement OF torpedoes we're 1010. I'm trying to see where the torpedoes are stored.
Love this channel! I can't wait to see more of the Starships deck by deck from Star Trek in the future!😉👍
You did a great job. Nitpick: the torpedo bays seem to be numbered rather than lettered (you see a torp bay 2 sign in the background while you are talking about it)
Probably a typo.
The levels ("floors") are lettered. The port (2) and starboard (presumably 1) torpedo bays are numbered. In the movies, what's definitely missing from commands to launch torpedoes are also specifying from which bay 1, 2, or both (e.g., "fire torpedo, bay 2").
Excellent work you put into this! Thanks for what you do :)
Much appreciated!
Amazing! I love these Halfscreen.
Thank you!
One thing I don't get about that part where they show the shuttle Bay they have a shuttle from the Enterprise D onboard which is kinda weird as the Enterprise A didn't have a shuttlecraft like that.
That was Paramount cutting the movie budget and saving money by drawing on the television division resources. That was a common practice dating back to ST II which used props from other Paramount sci-fi TV franchises such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Fantastic details and amazing artwork !!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Well done, thank you. Someday we may actually build one...
That would be nice and thanks!
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I gotta complement your wonderful attention to detail and work here. I'm curious where shield generators as opposed to forcefield generators, but I've looks at some schematics and that's a confused issue. Standalone generators as opposed to those in the bulkheads I would assume constitute shield generators from a "raise shields" standpoint.
Vary nice video. Although I have to disagree with one thing! You said that the Enterprise-A was a new build named Yorktown, this can't correct. The ship was USS Yorktown NCC-1717 which was a ship in use daring the original series and was even mentioned in an episode. In the Voyager episode Flashbacks, which was set in 2293 seven years after Enterprise-A enters service Rand tell Tuvok that the Excelsior got a message from the Yorktown from his father, the Star Trek encyclopedia states that this Yorktown was the second ship to carry the name which means the NCC-1717 from TOS has to be the ship that became the Enterprise-A.
this is correct .remember they decommissioned it because of it age. If it was new it would have a longer service life.
Maybe he meant.... ummm.... the ‘Porktown’ the ‘Ork-Town’! Yeah, yep. Gotta be it.
I didn't know about that. I read most of the comments on the first video and nobody mentioned the name NCC-1717.
@@Halfscreen It's entirely possible there'd been two Yorktowns already, by that point.
An Excelsior-class one may well have been built, later (NCC-20045, per one background TNG display screen) but that's unlikely to have been the one Tuvok's dad served on.
So there may easily be two Constitution class Yorktowns, without much problem.
In the Star Trek FASA ship recognition manual, it listed the Ti Ho before changing it to Enterprise A…forgot the NCC number.
You know it's sad that we never got to see the secondary hull mounted phasers used only the ones on the saucer section though the only time we got to see a Constitution Class Starship use it's secondary hull mounted phasers was the U.S.S. Defiant in the Star Trek:Enterprise 2 part episode 'In a Mirror Darkly' along with it's aft mounted photon torpedoes even though with the picture of the ships master systems display we can't see anything about the aft torpedo launchers.
Pretty sure the Enterprise D used it’s secondary hull ventral phaser once. It was for some kind of space drilling I seem to recall.
@@calvinnickel9995 Actually the Enterprise D used the phasers mounted on her saucer section for drilling the first time was when they were mounting a rescue mission on the home planet of the late Natasha Yar,the second time was when Data met his mother who he later discovered was a Soong type android and the third time was when they met that inventor who was pretending to be a historian.
The two tubes in the cargo bay are turbolifts not transporters. The Bussard Collectors are on the nacelles not in the secondary hull with the Antimatter storage pods. And the whole vertical shaft is the Warp Core / Matter/Antimatter Reactor Assembly. Other than that, excellent. I've really enjoyed as you've improved a lot over a short time. Also, is this your first sponsor? If so or even if I'm late, congratulations.
Technically, it's my 2nd sponsor so far. Thanks. I'm pretty sure my animation isn't 100% since there are so many moving parts and 3D assets to recreate but for the most part, I try to keep the mistake to a minimum. I have to admit, creating SW animations is much easier than ST, it's way more complicated.
@@Halfscreen Complicated? That's why we like it. You're doing fine.
I think it would be neat to see the damages of this section when Kahn attacked.
Excellent work! Thank you! 🖖😀
Thank you kindly!
Great Job.. Please do Enterprise from SNW and also The Oriville!
I'm not sure if there a schematic for the SNW, but The Oriville, I would look into it.
You do a great job on your videos. One thing I’m pissed off at TH-cam for doing, and I caught them doing this to you. It’s a continuity break between parts of a series of content. On most channels when you watch part one the video will automatically by algorithm and by mimicking human response, go to part 2 3 etc. But for you it doesn’t it’s been sending me off to random places during auto play while I’m cleaning getting my new place together. But no worries my friend I went and seek out the other parts to these videos.
That is rather odd. I have been hearing rumors about YT algo from other TH-camrs, but from my end, I wouldn't know about it until I hear it from my viewers. Thanks for the info.
@@Halfscreen i’ve been a bit depressed since coming to my new home I’m in this place all by myself so your videos keep me cheered up. I watch them and they are amazing. It’s the least I could do. If I see or notice anything else I will let you know. But I was watching part one on the 1701 and it took me to part one of the 17 01A which I thought was odd then it went to a video by some other person about the series Picard which is very unusual. Normally it will go from part one and part two to part three it will stay in a series you know? And with the amount of views you have in the quality of the work it doesn’t make sense why it’s not doing that. I notice this phenomenon I can only report on the 1701 and the 17 01 a
15:39 I still like the Bridge from ST VI The undiscovered country the most. It was a very good Hybrid between modern Touchscreens but also a little bit retro. A pity that they never used this setdesign more often.
For me this was always the weakness of the federation ships. All vital systems and equipment are located in this and the neck. The parts of the ship that barely, if at all, offer any buffer zones around it. Any hit to the hull in this region will directly damage these systems.
It would be more wise to place them in the middle of the dish section, with the living quarters and storage around them.
8:47 Before I watched this video, I thought that the classic series was outdated and should not be watched ... I changed my mind, I need to watch the classics. And I think the classics will win when compared with new films..
When watching new films and shows, there isn't much information regarding floor plans.
Well done as always good sir!
Thank you kindly!
ANOTHER Fantastic Presentation!!! When are you going to do some Romulan/Klingon ships?
Definitely down the road.
I hope you're considering doing the Enterprise D next these are amazing videos
It was made several months ago but wasn't completed.
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Would also love to see you do the Orville!
I never understood how the vertical impulse drive could still function if and when the saucer section detached from the secondary hull. How did that drive remain functional if it were cut off at the the base of the saucer?
As I understand it from all the tech manuals and literature, the Vertical Intermix Chamber extended all the way to the Impulse Drive Units located on the aft Saucer Section to allow the Impulse Drive Units to be powered by the main power source, which was the matter/anti-matter reactor (referred to as the M/ARC or Matter/Anti-Matter Reaction Chamber). The Vertical and Horizontal Intermix Chambers which were prominent on-screen together make up this M/ARC. Whilst the main reactor was in operation it provided power for ALL ship systems, including the Impulse Drive. In case of Main Reactor failure, two backup fusion-type reactors located adjacent to the Impulse Deck would be brought from standby to online status to power the Impulse Engines, as well as most of the ship’s systems (minus the Warp Drive, which required vastly more power than the fusion reactors could provide). There is a LOT of confusion in terminology in the show’s scripts when referencing the ship’s power systems unfortunately. The terms ‘Warp Power” & “Impulse Power” are thrown around a lot as if the Warp and Impulse Engines ARE the power sources themselves. However, Warp & Impulse are DRIVE systems which consume power from the ship’s POWER production systems.
Basically:
Main Power = the Matter / Anti-Matter Reactor - can power EVERYTHING onboard at max capacity.
Auxiliary Power = the backup Fusion Reactors - powers everything except the Warp Drive, albeit at lesser capacities.
Emergency Power = the ship’s battery system - limited capacity that can provide reduced power to survival-critical systems like life-support, tactical systems (to an extremely limited degree…. “Couple o’ phaser shots, Cap’n!), and a VERY limited propulsion capacity from the Impulse Engines, like minimal Port speeds or very low orbital speeds….. and even then only for a very limited time.
@@dusry63 Wow. That was a very thorough explanation. Thank you!!
I like that you're able to do the proper 3-d thing on these models. Now we can see why things are shaped the way they are. I know the whole thing is imaginary, but you make her feel real, and the 3-d helps. To be fair, I liked the more open secondary hull as seen in TMP more than the enclosed shuttlebay, but things change. They can change and, as much right as they have to do that, I have at least as much right not to like it. :P
Hang on, in the hanger, seen, is a shuttlecraft that is NOT the Galileo type. It is the same as the one Spock arrived upon. Right there. The "galileo type" that you specify was not needed until V. "IRL, a shuttlecraft is not just any old boat. It is a boat, meant to move people from one place to another. A ship to a base or a planet. Over and over. Until the job is done. That's the shuttle part. That's what the word means. There are ships' boats that are not meant as simply shuttles. They have other jobs to do first. Sub hunting or captains' yachting or the officer's official fishing vessel. What? some of these boats might also be shuttles? Fie on you for even saying that! In Star trek itself, TMP, we see "shuttle craft" not often used. Right there in that big hanger cargo thing that seems to take up a lot of the secondary hull. Look again! We see a "travel pod" used once, and we see several "work bees." in various configurations. Spock does arrive on one of these shuttles riding a "warp sled" later. It does not even use the : shuttlebay. Just an airlock to do its job. My point is proven in canon.
Yes, 2D drawing can only do so much.
After seeing the internals of the torpedo, I wonder. Why didn't they make a torpedo with a tiny warp core and a very dense but inert warhead? Think about it, the torpedo maneuvers into position and then goes to warp, pulverizing it's target with a faster than light kinetic hit.
Anyway, I just happened to stumble across you channel. This is really good stuff. Subbed, and greeting from Alaska.
Thanks for the compliments, must be cold in Alaska. Stay warm and safe!
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Because warp travel itself is a loophole bypassing relativistic restrictions. A ship at warp isn't actually moving. Only the space around the ship which carries it. So colliding a warp capable object or torpedo at a specific target, likely would not have any kinetic energy to transfer. Otherwise everyone and their mom would be doing it.
You know, I'd love a deck by deck check-through of the SeaQuest DSV.
Great talent! Thank you the video.
Thanks for watching!
My favorite Enterprise is the Refit/A. Great video!!!!!
At least you cover the turbo lift going from the saucer section down to the secondary hull. It appears to stop just before deck M? Which is where the photon torpedo launchers are located. But from where does it start on the primary hull? You never covered that in the first vid
I have to check out the blueprint to see where it start since it been awhile.
I was waiting for this one! Great stuff as usual!
Glad you enjoyed it Glenn!
I've never believed this ship was truly a "refit" of the original -- SO much is changed, even basic structural dimensions, that it would be easier to build it from scratch.
I think Starfleet kept the commissioning plaque from the first 1701, tore the ship apart, built a new one around the plaque, and called it a "refit" for PR reasons.
I feel the same way, TOS Enterprise and Refit are really different even though it share the same structure and design philosophies.
It is. Something just like USS Midway (CV-41)
Love your videos. You have such great talent. Your videos are fun, animated, factual and meticulously detailed. U have amazing skills. Keep doing what ur doing bro. Well done! A huge fan of urs here in Belfast, Northern Ireland 👍🏼😀
Wow, thank you! I also enjoy it when non-American watch my video. Thanks!
Love! love! love! your Star Trek stuff!!!
Thanks!
“My God Bones, what have I done?”
Do nx01 or discovery, those would be unique
Take on discoveries turbolift shafts lol
Eventually.
Amazing work, how would the emergency life pods be ejected? I don't see any external hatches were they would come out.
It wasn't on the schematic, but I'm assuming there was an escape hatch at the bottom of the lifeboats.
Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this documentary. I can't help but worry this amount of information should not be made public, the Klingons could use this info to strategically target the ship. ;-p