Trekyards EP224 - Designing the Enterprise F (Part 2)

Part 2 of our discussion with Adam Ihle, about the Enterprise f and the over all fan reaction to his design.

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[VincentChan]

I'm so glad I followed this design origin story before ST Picard's reveal of the Enterprise F. Adam must feel proud seeing his design officially show up on TV.

[Gravage]

Screw the haters, Adam. Nice job. It's easy to criticize, but another thing completely to actually put yourself out there. I'm a big fan of the D, but I'd love to see a live action version of this ship.

[Jack_Stafford]

This is my favourite Enterprise!
I'm a fan of design in general with an eye for good detail, and really appreciate the beautiful way (when looking either from the top OR the side) that you can start on the saucer and follow in a continuous line and swoop down to the secondary hull and then up and along the nacelle struts in one continuous arc; incredible work!

Other ships look chunky and clunky by comparison and I would love to see this ship in as many different Star Trek media as possible.

Such a well-thought-out design, even if it took a short time to sketch it's clear that there was a lot of skill and talent already in mind when the pen hit the paper!

Major kudos and hope to see more of your work in the future (no pun intended!).

[Kaisermerlin]

Your ship inspired more people, than people hated it.

[TheForRealOtakuJoe]

Adam is such a real down to earth guy that knows his Star Trek stuff. From the get go I was impressed with the F along with the subsequent refit. Nice job Adam and great interview.

[robwong]

Love the Odyssey Class, and glad it was picked for the Enterprise-F. :) The design feels like the Enterprise.

[GabrielGABFonseca]

This was a great episode. I really enjoyed to see what went behind the making of the _F_, which I like very very much!

[tarpalantir]

It's a fascinating and beautiful ship. Very impressive Adam.

[adamlytle]

17:13 LOVE that Chris Madden ship. (Hint hint team Trekyards)

[valuesubtracted]

This was a great two-parter. The Odyssey has always been an in-game favourite of mine.

I'd love to see the kitbashed version that most closely matches Adam's vision. It obviously uses the Sojourner saucer, but it'd be great to see what other components are needed.

[shadows.]

Out of all of federation starships in STO the Odyssey class is my second favorite ship.

[RetroBerner]

Great episode guys. I like the scrolling instead of just static images, keep it up!

[hoodoowilliams]

I love the Enterprise-F design. Honestly one of my favorite designs for an Enterprise behind the E and Proberts for me. I also find the F to be far and away one of the more unique designs. Great ship in game as well.

As for all the hate the Discovery is getting... well think of it this way... it looks pretty much like a scrapped design that Ralph MaCquarie did back in the 70s... that design wasn't used then for a reason... putting Star Wars in my Star Trek isn't cool... I'd like my Federation ships to not look like it was designed by the Empire.

[Buddy]

The Enterprise-F is one of my favorite Enterprise designs.

[jamesfoster]

I'm a long long fan of Trek, and I think it's great design. I do think it looks better with the necks brought in closer to the center, but overall I love it. Thanks for making something cool.

[enterprise-h]

5:07 I do believe that Star Trek Online has got that weapon even though it sounds more like 27th century weaponry to me.

6:05 The Oberth-class, probably.

In terms of upgrade, I would think that we’d start implementing some of the Cytherian technology on the USS Enterprise-F and by the 29th century we’d have fully integrated Borg and Cytherian technologies.

[RegisBladeStudios]

I definitely love the Odyssey class, my favorite ship concept out of anything in STO. I would love to have seen a series that used this ship with the separation and docked escort as major parts of the show.

[TomCat]

I truly love this ship. Please pass along a heart felt thank you for a get ship. It's truly a work of art and my favorite Enterprise.

[alexjonclement]

I really love these Trekyards-STO crossovers. Please keep them coming!

[donaldhill]

Love that line.... "I just designed the Enterprise..." "You have been doing that since you were 6" "No, this time its for real" .... I can hear that conversation. lol