Since we got such a great response with yesterday’s Voyager ablative armor pictorial, it just couldn’t wait to cover the other armored vehicle from “Endgame”, Janeway’s shuttle. It’s Sternbach at his best. The “speedboat” is a stand out with it’s flamboyantly sporty lines. Enjoy!
(above) 3/4 with armor deployed.
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Bottom
Front
Back
Screen caps courtesy of Jörg.
And in answer to Harry Doddema’s question about the ambiance within the craft, when the armor is deployed (below). Thanks Jörg, you make LCARS look slow.
“The ’speedboat’ is a stand out with it’s flamboyantly sporty lines.”
I can almost hear Johnny Olsen reading that to the next contestant on The Price Is Right.
I haven’t seen that episode since it aired way back when, but that is one sweet piece of shuttlery!
The Nanotech Molecular armor plating/ablative generator was created by Rick Sternbach?
Could it withstand flying through a Sun or ship?
Loved that shuttle and really captured what a future small federation vessel would look like whilst having some runabout DNA in there! The royal blue coach lines are also a nice touch.
Interesting how the armor was deployed, I cannot exactly remember from the epsiode but from these shots it appears to fold out from a few small points on the hull in an armadillo fashion. Are they actual physical pieces or are they beamed on?, facinating technology! The blue ‘field’ of light generated is most likely the ripple of the shields as it deploys am I right?
Always appreciate the updates as ever Doug! Im really enjoying your NX-01 tech briefs series as im making the 1/350 Polar Lights model and the reference pictures are great and really add to my knowledge and understanding of the ship.
Well, if it can withstand direct Borg fire… I guess the armor itself should be able to withstand it for a little while. It’s a continuous strain on the armor, though, instead of bursts of energy akin to weapons fire, so it could fail pretty quickly…
Awesome as always. I never noticed the little armor generators before.
Perhaps in the future we can get a pictorial of the USS Rhode Island.
Oh wow! These are absolutely gorgeous! (I’ve really gotta find some other words to use when offering my compliments on this stuff! I’m like a stuck bloody record!
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Thank you Doug!!
DavidR- From what i understand from the voyager piece yesterday whenthe armor is deployed it is essentially replicated ence removing the need to explain where such armour plates would be stored etc, thats what the blue ripple is, the armour plates matterialising
#2 – Paul – Nope, not my doing. The shuttle’s mine, though.
And thumb’s up to our bud Geoff Mandel for the hull graphics. Blue and Gold rocks.
Hi Rick! I was wondering who did the graphics. I should add them to the entry.
I haven’t seen those episodes in ages (in fact.. Im somewhat doubting I’ve ever actually seen them on TV…). What happened inside the ship with these things up? Did they go all-out submarine darkness + emergency lighting?
Harry! Jörg is on the job! Check above for picture that will answer your query.
Cool, sleek shuttle design. I like the way shuttles developed from the early days of TNG to the end of Voyager. Shows design evolution, but it also incorporates the sudden shifts that occur when radical new ideas are developed.
Question, i never noticed before but does the Rhode Island have the armour generators? being from the same time as the shuttle you would expect it?
Cool design, and thanks for the images! But regarding this and the Type 9/Type 12/Class-2 (which is considered to be the definitive designation?) the regular Voyager shuttle: the streamlined design at front and back suggests there’s only a small amount of space where the crew could actually stand upright – surely for a personnel shuttle that’d be a bit of a flaw wouldn’t it?
@Stu W – That’s the way I understood it when I watched it, which was a while ago; that it is generating as it deploys. But I’d sure like to know more about it from someone who may actually know something.
@Rick – Very nice lines, especially when the armor is deployed! I haven’t seen it often, but it has always stuck with me as a favorite shuttle design. The trim is just perfect, too, and makes this a shuttle worthy of Admiral Janeway.
VOY may not have been everyone’s favorite, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and admired Janeway for bringing the mish mash crew together and maintaining character, discipline and belief that they would make it home. It was her unwavering example that pulled them through many times, and she was ultimately the one who got them home.
Doug, I did an interior design illustration that if you’d like to put that up.
I think I love you Mr Drexler…
Wow! It is rather sporty, isn’t it? Starfleet’s little Duce Coupe! I like that the delta symbol still exists when the armor is deployed.
Nice, I’ve always loved this shuttle style, and the blue/gold pennants look great!
I always loved this shuttle, so put together a TOS style homage, a Type 9 warp shuttle.
I posted some (poorly lit) iso’s at http://meshula.net/wordpress/?p=278
Sleek design. Though I have to ask, on the undercarriage, are those mini torpedo launchers?
Thanks for the explaination Stu W.
#22 – Scott – Yep, those are mini-torp launchers. Another fortunate case of modelers following blueprints! Yippe!
Yippee! Two Es in Yippee!
Always nice to see some sporty livery on those hulls. The federation always seemed to be rather shy on what is painted on their hulls. I do wonder, though, if there are any ships other than the TOS era Bird of Preys that have anything other than registry marks painted on the hulls.
A stylish and logical upgrade to an already snazzy shuttle design.
Kind of a shame we only got to see it once, since it was from the future.
Thanks for the renders!
That’s quite outstanding! I haven’t been so excited by an inanimate object since my first son was born!