Introducing The New CONSTITUTION-class
Work continues on the Constitution-class Heavy Cruiser.
Please note these are not quite finalized but we are getting very, very close!
In the redesigning of this class, we took into account the debate as to if the ship is indeed larger than the original.
In searching for those answers, I found the following from an interview J.J. Abrams had with MTV.
Check out this quote:
The “Sleeker, Faster Response” Theory: If the new “Trek” gives us the Enterprise equivalent of a Blu-Ray disk, then the ship on the original “Trek” looks like a Betamax tape. One fan theory is that the attack on the Kelvin forced the Federation to build sleeker, faster spacecraft in the movie’s new reality.
“Right,” agreed Abrams. “The idea of the story is that at the beginning of the film something happens that changes the course of history. They cross paths with this futuristic ship, and it changes everything that would’ve been the classic series ‘Trek’ fans are familiar with. … One could argue that, based on the readings they got from the [Romulan] ship that showed up, it inspired ideas and technology that wouldn’t have advanced otherwise.” Hence, the huge difference between the old Enterprise and his version. “On the one hand, you could answer the question by saying that history got a boost, an adjustment, from this moment at the beginning of the film,” he grinned. “And if you don’t want to answer the question, you could say it’s just a movie.”
You will note he speaks of how changes in the timeline cause a scramble to push technology forward.
So … It stands to reason that things change.
And so we introduce what we’ve been working on.
The year is 2265. seven years have passed since the name Vulcan passed from a desert world to a black hole absorbing all that step too close.
