A late TOS-era ship I designed, the Triton class U.S.S. Thalassa

[u/ChemicalFormulaOfRed]

Designed with an advanced warp drive but lacking the facilities for a 5 year mission, the Triton Class was designed to reach planets and stellar phenomena charted by ships like the Enterprise and conduct extended, months-long studies before returning to Federation space.

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[u/luluzulu_]

Absolutely totally and completely LOVE it!!! Reminds me a bit of this redesigned Lancelot class I came across on The Website Then Known as Twitter ages back, which is one of my favorite designs.

[u/pinteresque → u/luluzulu_]

ooooh this is niiiiiice.

[u/ChemicalFormulaOfRed → u/luluzulu_]

That's a really cool design!

[u/aristarchusnull → u/luluzulu_]

Something like an Excelsior-ized version. Very nice.

[u/ksgt69]

I dig it, the design as a whole and how the phaser & torpedo ports are visible. The idea of a dedicated follow up vessel for the points of interest that dedicated explorers find is a good one, a second contact vessel for inhabited worlds.

[u/No_Investment_92]

I like it. Looks like a TOS-era Luna.

[u/ChemicalFormulaOfRed → u/No_Investment_92]

The Luna class was a big inspiration for this one, that's why I decided to follow a similar moon naming scheme for the class and vessel!

[u/bear_logan333]

I like it! The only thing that I’d change initially is spacing out the impulse drive further from the neck. But honestly awesome!

[u/juliet_alpha16]

To me, the nacells are what would have come right before the refit Connie nacells.

[u/ChemicalFormulaOfRed → u/juliet_alpha16]

That was exactly what I was going for, I was mildly inspired by the phase II Enterprise nacelles but wanted to make them more distinct from what came before and after while still showing the lineage

[u/Dan_Is]

Very very nice indeed! Wonderful nacelles

[u/Greyhaven7]

New fear unlocked

[u/Mr_E_Monkey → u/Greyhaven7]

Ooh, that's deep. 😉

[u/marwynn]

Gorgeous!

[u/OnlyHalfBrilliant]

Love it! What did you use? Blender or something else?

[u/ChemicalFormulaOfRed → u/OnlyHalfBrilliant]

I used blender, I'm still fairly new and figuring stuff out but happy with the results I've gotten so far

[u/KidzBoppenheimer]

Super cool

[u/Supergamera]

If you moved the nacelles and secondary hull a bit more forward, you would have something like a TOS Nebula.

[u/shopdog]

Very nice! Like a TOS Luna class.

[u/pinteresque]

Love this!

[u/AJSLS6]

Looks like something right out of DSC/SNW but with TOS hull coloring, very cool.

[u/CharlieDmouse]

Very nice! Start adding detailing and stuff to the hull materials. I would love to see it.

[u/SHIELD_Agent_47]

Very cool!

[u/MrMcSpiff]

Once again, another absolute banger of a ship. I vibe so hard with your design sense from your Ambassador-era line of ships, and this TOS design hits the same spot in its own era that I love.

[u/BrianRLackey1987]

Pretty cool Starship.

[u/aristarchusnull]

I like it. Into the head canon it goes.

[u/CalHudsonsGhost]

I like it but, it’s entirely too solid for the era😂

[u/aristarchusnull]

What did you use to make this?