Two USS Discovery Videos
We recently got a few short glimpses into what the finalized design of the USS Discovery will look like. The Stafleet starship appeared in the latest Star Trek: Discovery trailer, released by CBS, as well as in a series of promotional posters.
Earlier today, computer generated test footage of the previous design for the ship found its way onto the Internet. The video is watermarked as “Property of CBS”.
Even with the latest official images already released by CBS, there hasn’t been a clear picture of what major elements have made the final design from what we’ve seen before. For example, the three spheres located at the forward section of the warp nacelles. However because this is test footage and the quality has been significantly improved over previous iterations we’ve seen, it’s likely to be very close to the final design. At least in the detailing and for the elements that do show up on the ship from the Discovery trailer.
(Video is Property of CBS – previous iteration of USS Discovery)
In the video above, we get a view of the bottom of the ship, including its unusual neck and belly sections. The footage comes before changes to the ship, such as the saucer-section cutouts.
Here’s another short clip of test footage. Again, this is of a previous iteration of the USS Discovery. However it is fairly close to the finalized design. It provides our best view yet of the saucer section, including the bridge.
(Video is Property of CBS – previous iteration of USS Discovery)
While not quite final production quality, the model and texture do appear to be complete. The smaller details, such as windows and hull texture likely represent what we’ll see as final products on the upcoming show.
Star Trek Discovery starts streaming this September 24th on CBS All Access, Space/CraveTV, and Netflix.
