KDX 1701 Enterprise replica (the Star Trek one)

[Scoundrel]

Apparently a few people didn't get the intended humour with my KDX Enterprise thread, and felt misled by my choice of title. They were courteous enough to express their disappointment privately and make a few suggestions as to how I could rectify the situation to their satisfaction. Rather than delete or modify the original thread I thought I would create a new one and talk about the 1701 replica and my reasons for not originally posting it.

Also, as requested, I have added a 3 view of the ship (I don't understand why someone would want this since they're getting the craft file anyways).

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So why didn't I release the craft file? Honestly, it was just an experiment with gizmos I had made when .90 first came out. I was originally playing around with the ion engine file to see what would happen if I added the rapier multimode module and what the relationship was between electric power and throttle/thrust, and when I messed with the scale I realized that they looked like impulse engines. Thus the Enterprise was born, and from that the idea to build a practical replica of the NASA concept ship.

Now this thing is useless for anything but cinematics or a "get this lump of junk into orbit" challenge IMHO, as it was basically an exercise in construction techniques that would allow me to explore gizmos and develop some skills for my 2001 themed career. The modified craft (which I have added in the downloads, and bundled the impulse engines with it) is flyable (once you get it to space) and very cheaty - perfect for cinematic work but nothing more. However the bridge is pretty puny so I don't consider it a craft worthy of the community, to be honest. I personally would look to better builders for a far more functional and practical Star Trek themed ship.

So yeah, I honestly didn't think it was that great or that anyone would be interested in it.

Here's the link to the files, which includes the stock version as well as the mod craft version:

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[Azimech]

Great! I always love it when someone recreates a Connie! But ... is this a 2009 or a 1966 Connie? Would you like to build a full sized TMP Connie?

[Jackvony]

Thank you my friend this is so awesome!

[Alshain]

Great! I always love it when someone recreates a Connie! But ... is this a 2009 or a 1966 Connie? Would you like to build a full sized TMP Connie?

1966, the Nacells on the 2009 were closer to the Refit from The Motion Picture and the deflector was blue.

Great job on this.

[Scoundrel]

Alshain is correct, this is the '66. As much as I don't mind the Abrams' movies (okay I hated that last one, way to butcher my favourite film from the TOS/TMP cast era), I particularly despise the '09 Constitution class for taking the worst features of TOS and TNG Enterprises, IMHO. As for doing a full sized refit/A in stock, even a half scale (err kerbal scale?) replica would be an absurdly huge number of parts, so I don't see it as something that could be done in KSP at the moment. Of course, that might all change with 1.0.

Anyways, I'm glad people are enjoying the craft. If someone wants to build a lift vehicle for it, I'd be more than happy to post it and give them credit.

[Voculus]

Be still, my heart...

[Yukon0009]

Ach. Mein. Gott.

This is amazing.

[Azimech]

I have only one ... problem with it. I feel the nacelles are too thick.

[Scoundrel]

I feel the nacelles are too thick.

Proportionally speaking, there's a lot wrong with this craft. But I think that, from the kerbal perspective, it sort of fits with how their universe looks, so I would consider it a spiritual replica more than I would an exact replica.

[zekes]

this is seriosuly good. Nice job, and stock too. I'd give rep but I'm out for 24 hours.