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We got our first new look at the hero ship of the final season of Star Trek Picard,
so what ship will our gallant Next Generation crew be using to save the day, in a final
farewell to The Next Generation and Picard. Today we’ll be breaking down the USS Titan-A,
the brand new starship that will feature heavily in the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Picard.
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what is to come, but also what is being honoured, from Earth Space Dock to our Next Generation Crew.
But as a group that just loves starships, the new hero ship of the USS Titan-A caught our eyes, so
of course, we had to do a breakdown of this latest and greatest ship in the star trek universe.
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The New-Constitution class was active during the turn of the 25th century,
and with a USS Titan-A in its ranks, would probably have come into service
after the loss of the Luna-Class USS Titan, perhaps another reason why the Luna-Class’s
Titan’s Captain William T Riker and his family retired to the planet of Nepenthe, around 2391.
The design of the Consitution-III class, known in Starfleet as the Neo-Consitution,
was a nostalgic look back at ships during the time of the Excelsior,
Reliant and Constitution Refit. The ship was in a standard Starfleet configuration,
with a saucer section, a secondary hull and two warp nacelles.
The saucer itself was extremely similar to that of the Constitution-Refit,
probably the reason why this new class of ship was called the Neo-Consitution class.
The bridge module was located in the middle on the top of the saucer,
with a sensor array in the middle of the saucer on the underside.
However, unlike the saucer section of the Constitution-Refit, the bridge module was
not a solitary structure on the top of the bridge, with it extending to the rear of the
saucer and attaching to the impulse engines located at the rear of the saucer section,
similar to numerous other Starfleet ships, most notably like the Excelsior-Refit class. The front
of the saucer also had two little cutouts, though what function these serve is unknown.
The impulse engines on the rear of the structure had two impulse engines directly
attached to the saucer, located within a cutout on the rear of the saucer. Still,
there were an additional four impulse engines in the middle of the structure previously mentioned.
These impulse engines were split into groups of two, on either side of a highly reinforced neck
which connected the saucer to the secondary hull. This neck looks to
have two sets of aft torpedo launchers, though these could serve other functions.
The secondary hull reminds me much of the excelsior-class compared to the constitution.
It is not as cylindrical as you would expect. Still curved but has a rectangular element.
But classically, the lower section near the aft of the secondary hull
curves towards the centre, giving a very Starfleet-looking silhouette.
Titan-A’s main deflector dish is sunk into the front of the secondary hull, possibly for more
protection, but is a standard circular-shaped deflector dish, returning to the classics.
The aft of the secondary hull houses the shuttle bay,
with a constitution-looking hangar bay door with the words TITAN emblazoned on the back.
The nacelles of the Titan are connected to the secondary hull by pylons,
which curve slightly upwards. The Nacelles themselves have orange Bussard collectors,
similar to many ships of the 25th century. The nacelle structure, however, is interesting, with
a more rectangular look, with a sloping front and tapering off near the rear. The nacelles have blue
glowing highlights near the Bussard collectors and then a strip near the rear of the nacelle.
The ship's interior was very similar to other Starfleet ship interiors of the 25th century,
with Sagan-Class style corridors and Bridge. Knowing that this same bridge
module is included on the Titan would allow us to approximate the rough size of the vessel,
which would be approximately 530m in length.
This is big, even bigger than the Sagan Class Starship, though interesting to note that its
windows on the saucer are the same size as the constitution refit’s windows. However,
I wouldn’t be surprised if these windows use the Holographic Reconstruction Generators technology
utilised by the bridge viewscreen, which creates a
3D view of space/data/information and projects it on the interior window.
Therefore the exterior look of the windows could be just for aesthetic purposes since none of the
corridors of the interior of the Sagan-Class or Neo-Constitution class has visible windows.
The corridors are very clean and differ from the carpeted corridors seen on most
Federation ships from the 24th century. As the corridors are the same as the Stargazer,
there would be some corridors equipped with weapon racks,
similar to what is seen on the Sovereign class starships of the time.
Similarly, though we haven't seen the turbo-lifts of the Neo-Constitution class,
they are most definitely the same as the Stargazer’s turbo-lifts,
which were very spacious, with terminal screens around the walls giving visual
readouts of the ship, having handlebars in case of emergencies and even a retinal eye scanner.
The bridge we see is again similar to the USS Stargazer, with it being very sleek,
with the usual iconic central command chair with two chairs on either side for other
senior offices. A set-up found on most Federation starships. This
central captain's area is elevated with stairs leading to the front of the bridge,
which might be a tripping hazard, though at least there are ramps on either side.
There are two individual fore control consoles for the helmsman and navigational
officers. These front consoles have holographic assisted foot controls
for whatever function they might assist with.
And around the room are large wall-length consoles showing various displays,
from Dilithium articulation frame status to communication systems.
There are standing consoles as well, with two at the front of the bridge and two at the rear,
with a transparent display above them. The ones at the rear are located in front of the
primary ODN manifolds, a system upgraded in the 25th century. The ODN Manifolds include
the Daystrom M47 Quadrotronic processing unit, obviously working much better than
the M5 Multitronic processing unit seen in The Original Series episode “The Ultimate Computer”.
Titan’s systems would also include bio-neural gel pack technology, with this tech being
incorporated into more dynamic isolinear chips allowing for more reliable storage,
faster speed and more intuitive processing.
The bridge's viewscreen was created using Holographic Reconstruction Generators
(HRG) that create a 3D view of space/data/information
and project it on the Viewer. A Blast Shield can cover the opening,
becoming a transparent window as needed. Therefore it is both a window and a viewscreen.
As expected on the interior of such a starship,
we would have numerous crew quarters, sickbay, mess hall, transporter rooms,
holodecks and similar rooms. Though where the Titan-A has a cetacean Ops, who knows!
The Neo-Constitution class, being a ship active in the 25th century, would surely have access to the
latest and greatest in technology, possibly having an operational quantum slipstream drive as well
as fast warp travel for its propulsion system, photon torpedoes phaser arrays, and maybe even
quantum torpedoes in its armament system and a shield system for its defensive compliment.
What type of shuttlecraft the Titan-A might have is unknown, though it might be a complement of
Type-14 shuttlecraft, the same shuttlecraft seen on the Sagan-Class USS Stargazer.
Given this seems to be a favoured shuttlecraft in the 25th century, it would make sense.
The legacy of the USS Titan is a long one, with the first USS Titan being a Loknar
class starship in the 23rd century, though the only look at this Titan class we have seen was
in the conference room of the more famous, Luna Class USS Titan from the 24th century.
The Luna-class USS Titan was captained by William T Riker, following his time on the
USS Enterprise D and E. Riker would come to Captain the USS Titan after the Shinzon
incident of 2379 and later be seen dealing with the Pakled incident of the 2380s, serving with
his Wife Commander Deanna Troi and well known Starfleet officer Bradward Boimler for a time.
Captain Riker and Troi would have a child called Thaddius Riker aboard the Titan.
However, they would leave the USS Titan in 2391 and retire to the
planet of Nepenthe after their son was diagnosed with Mendaxic neurosclerosis.
This is not the only USS Titan. There was a Shangri-La
II-class (Shortened by some as Shang-II Class) USS Titan in the 23rd century,
presumably before the Luna-class USS Titan and after the Loknar Class USS Titan. This
Shang II-Class is the same as the Constitution-III class, but with some slight differences which set
it in its era, from its nacelle design to its bridge module and saucer section.
It seems like after the Sector 9 incident with the Jurati Borg Queen Collective and the opening
of a Transwarp Corridor, Seven of Nine’s field commission during that incident by Admiral Picard
was upheld, with Seven gaining an official commander rank in Starfleet
and being assigned to the commander of the USS Titan-A.
It is unknown if someone with the rank of Captain was assigned to the USS Titan-A.
We’ll need to await further information before updating you on all of that.
The USS Titan-A was designed by notable trek starship designer Bill
Krause, who was responsible in season 2 of Picard for making the ship models of the USS
Stargazer in the Stargazer’s ready room. Bill Krause has made many other starship models,
with his ships sharing a very The Motion Picture vibe, which this ship has.
The USS Titan-A began as a photoshopped mock-up from a physical model of the
Shangri-La Mk II ship by Bill Krause and was built for Terry Matalas,
Showrunner of Star Trek: Picard. One weekend Terry asked, “What would it look like with
Picard-Era Nacelles” and the Shangri-La Mk III, Constitution-III Class, was born!
As mentioned, the ship uses the same interior as the USS Stargazer, mainly as a cost-effective
method to reuse this great set made for season 2. It only appeared in 2 episodes but continues to
use it for Season 3. Much of the work on the USS Stargazer bridge comes from concept artists like
James Chung, Darko “Darmar” Ma rkovic, graphic designers like Geoffrey Mandel, the great Dave
Blass, production designer, and all the other people involved, such as the actual set builders.
The Primary ODN Manifold FTL Nanoprocessing unit from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Stargazer
was designed by Darko “Darmar” Markovic.
Concept artist James Chung created many concepts for the bridge and its consoles. He even designed
the forward bridge consoles to have holographic assisted foot controls on the console's floor.
James Chungs designs would have a Nova Class starship or the Vengeance Class
from Into Darkness as placeholder textures on the console's screens which is a neat little detail.
James Chung also seemed to be the one who came up with the new Isolinear chips or at least
was the first to put the idea into a concept incorporating Bioneural gel. Funnily enough,
the file of these is titled “Isolinear Chip TidePods”,...
So let's hope no cadets try eating these new chips in the 25th century… And yes, we know
we have made that joke before in our Stargazer ship breakdown, but so far, there isn’t much
else we can say about the behind-the-scenes work on the Titan-A.
Mainly because the season hasn’t even come out yet, so what adventures may be had on the USS
Titan-A is unknown, but we will learn more in the upcoming final season of Star Trek Picard!
Don’t worry. Once we get through the third season of Star Trek: Picard,
we’ll update our information on the USS Titan-A with a brand-new video.
What do you think of this new Starship design? Do you like the incorporation of Motion Picture
Era ship aesthetics, or would you have preferred more time on the Stargazer? Let us know in the
comments below because, as always, if you are talking trek, we would love to hear it!
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 airs on February 16th 2023! Therefore it’s not long to go until we see
the adventures of the USS Titan-A on-screen. Do let us know what you think of the starship so far.
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