Cryptic Announces ‘Design The Next Enterprise’ Contest For Star Trek Online November 18, 2010
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Have you ever wanted to make your own USS Enterprise? Well next month you will have a chance, courtesy of Cryptic who have announced a new contest to design the next Enterprise to be used in Star Trek Online, with winners win a bunch of prizes. Details below.
You can design the next Enterprise
Cryptic and CBS have teamed up with Intel for a new contest for fans to submit designs for the next USS Enterprise. The best submitted design will be used in the game, and the grand prize winner will also win an Alienware gaming PC and more prizes.
There are also additional prizes contestants can win. Here are the prizes available:
- Grand Prize: Custom, STO-painted Alienware M11x laptop; STO Collector’s Edition; STO Lifetime Membership; and a 3-D model of the winning design.
- Second Prize: Alienware laptop (no custom paint job), STO Collector’s Edition and an STO Lifetime Membership.
- Third Prize: STO Collector’s Edition, STO Lifetime Membership and an Intel Core i7-875k processor.
- Fourth Prize: STO Collector’s Edition and an STO Lifetime Membership.
- Twenty-one Honorable Mentions: Standard-edition copy of STO and a Star Online poster.
The contest opens on December 9th with the release of Star Trek Online Season 3: Genesis. Cryptic have set up a holding page for the contest www.startrekonline.com/enterprise, and on December 9th the page will be updated with rules for the contest and more details, so you have time to get your design ready.
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cool…would this be the enterprise G? 1st!!
A perfect task for all the nitpickers who have griped about the 09 Enterprise! Let’s see YOU do better!
I’ve only played this game for a short period of time but I think I will be back on board for this! Designing a starship, no less one of the most famous starships of all time, will be a tremendous amount of fun.
I’ve nothing nice to say, so I’ll leave it at that :P
Nice of Cryptic to finally admit they’re terrible at designing starships :V
OH and Captain Crunch, your cereal cuts up the roof of my mouth!!!!!!
#6 Let it sit in the milk for 2 minutes before you indulge.
Would STO make a good Trek TV series?
how about design the next sto game haha
I don’t play STO but I think I may have to take a shot at this.
Ok. For everyone who always complains about the Big E being wrong. You now have the chance to show us how you would fo it. But be ready.
#5
except they don’t.
Would this be the Enterprise-F or Enterprise-G?
If CBS are happy for STO to design a new Enterprise for the prime universe then I guess that is the nail in the coffin for future Prime Universe ENterprise adventures.
I would like to think that the Enterprise-F will be an Excalibur-Class Starship as this is an updated version of the Constitution-Class.
But is STO canon? (I shudder to ask that).
Why can’t Trekkies accept a multiple-thread franchise, like Marvel’s Ultimates line, which takes place outside of the continuity of the other imprints.
#14
I was thinking the same thing
Should be noted that it’s a US only competition.
Can i participate from VENEZUELA????????????? ANTHONYYYYYYYYY
#15 – In “my” Universe the Enterprise NCC-1701-F is an Vesta-class (Aventine) starship.
#14, #17: This is no different than any other non-canonical work, be it novel, game, or comic. It’s never binding on anything CBS or Paramount might choose to do in the future. The general feeling seems to be that the 24th century is an open playground for licensed works right now, but that doesn’t mean they’ll never return to it.
oh yes! i will be giving this a go for sure!
Is it really US only? Don’t see that written anywhere.
Seems like a bit of shame. Why exclude everyone else that plays the game?
#12 but they are
#20 Mmm… Vesta-class Starship…
According to the email we STO members receieved, this is to design CBS’s next CANON USS Enterprise. Fancy that.
#2, that would be a no-brainer. Here’s a big improvement:
http://www.trekfest.com/images/original-08/39-08.jpg
Maybe a USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F, Pacific-class starship!
They have clarified the particulars of the competition in forum posts. This will be the official NCC-1701-F in game but will not be considered canon by CBS. Also, due to legal restrictions, the competition is only open to participants in the United States.
Tried to design the Titan a few years ago with their contest, didn’t place sadly. Maybe I can try again this time around.
Let’s make the Enterprise-G look just like the Millennium Falcon, that’ll get die-hard Trekkers in a frenzy!
may be they should talk to DJ curtis his enterprise F is awesome
@ 32
I was thinking the same thing!
Here is the link to his ship on BCFiles:
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Century_Class_USS_EnterpriseF;82748
I vote for that.
As per usual, no love for Europeans ;)
Shame. I have three pretty designs in my head. I guess I’ll just go ahead and model them anyway.
Here’s a couple I did
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/P1010695.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/IMG.jpg
33. That’s too old fashioned. It should be something that will appeal to younger gamers as well.
Dear god, help us…the worlds greatest thankless task (next to screenwriting) is upon us all….a million experts, and not a good design to be seen.. :-)
What’s so hard? Two nacelles, a saucer, and a pair of chrome cajones hanging off the back of the hangar deck. pffff. Easy.
Oh, and don’t forget the flame decals.
Alright, I just might have to squeeze this in. I’m already doing a pitch to be in the SOTL calendar. Trek out time.
Oh, no, did Deanna Troi crash ANOTHER Enterprise?!
#40. And she just got her license back to…go figure
Here’s another where Kirk and friends, rescued from the timeline and made young by Q, versus future evil Nazi alternate universe Picard
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/P1010704.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/P1010702.jpg
Lord Garth – I like your Enterprise concepts.
#2
Wouldn’t the real challenge to be to make a worse one?
Thanks Brother!
Good job Lord Garth, keep it up!
Anthony Thompson – November 18, 2010
A perfect task for all the nitpickers who have griped about the 09 Enterprise! Let’s see YOU do better!
No problem. A monkey with a crayon could design a better Enterprise than that monstrosity!
November 18, 2010
I don’t play STO but I think I may have to take a shot at this.
Vektor, I LOVE your redesigned TOS Enterprise. I first saw it on trekbbs and it is one of the most amazingly faithful re-interpretations of Mr. Jeffries’ design I have seen. Your enterprise should have been used in STXI. Ryan Church could learn a thing or two from you my friend. Keep it up!
Heres a couple more
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/E-1.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/kirkandBones.jpg
ooops
first one was upside down
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/E-1.jpg
Cripes I hate photobucket editor
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z138/bearsturf/E-1.jpg
“Let’s see YOU do better!”
God, that logical fallacy needs to die a death.
“So the expensive gourmet meal gave you the runs? Well let’s see YOU make a better meal!”
“So your car fell apart when it came out of the garage? Well let’s see YOU do a better repair job!”
“So this painting of your wife makes her look like a Pakled? Well let’s see YOU do a better painting!”
See how stupid it is?
This sounds like fun! I probably won’t be eligible (stupid Quebec >:( ), but I may give it a shot anyways just for the hell of it.
I was thinking, maybe Trekmovie could have some kind of Trek Art feature, kind of like the Science Friday, or the Movie and TV Roundups. Just throwing it out there… :)
Before you they commission the Enterprise F I would like to know what happen to Enterprise E. I did not know we were officially done with Enterprise E. What happened to the old crew? Did they live happily ever after or what?
More importantly what ever happened to Wesley Crusher, and how did he make it to that wedding in the first place?
Is this competition for STO members only, and stateside…?
#50 Garth- Nice. Well-balanced. Unlike Ryan Curch’s extruded bizzaro version.
The E-E looks like it was designed by Cardassians. But then again, the more time goes by, the more I dislike the E-D. “Trumbull’s” still rules.
#37 – That’s pretty harsh, I’ve seen A LOT of really good designs.
#55 – Yeah, I am wondering the same thing. According to STO, Data is now in command of the Enterprise-E. Does Data die again? When there are dozens upon dozens of Sovereign Class ships (and its variants) flying around the STO world, it seems odd that the E would be decommissioned only to get the next iteration out. Unless of course they do another time travel deal.
When they did ‘Yesterday’s Enterprise’ they designed a ship that showed the evolution from an Excelsior Class to a Galaxy Class and came up with the Ambassador. Now it would seem logical that the design evolution would eventually lead to the Enterprise-J (which I personally do not like). But then again, there are almost no similarities between a Constitution and Excelsior so who knows.
In my attempts to draw out something, I’ve noticed that there is a proliferation of ‘wings’ in almost all of the large ships, especially those named Enterprise. I know these are the warp pylons but when drawing out my ideas, they seem funny when the pylons are not included.
Anyway, with all of the artist out there proficient in 3D programs, what chance do I stand with a paper and a pencil?
2. Anthony Thompson – November 18, 2010
A perfect task for all the nitpickers who have griped about the 09 Enterprise! Let’s see YOU do better!
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Oh I will. :P
This is going to be SO epic! I can’t wait!
58. greenusmarine53 – December 1, 2010
Anyway, with all of the artist out there proficient in 3D programs, what chance do I stand with a paper and a pencil?
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On the website they specifically say: We’re setting up a special tool for you to submit your designs, and it’ll appear December 9, 2010.
So hopefully, we can all design it the same way, just with different ideas. :)
exactly where nice blog, i like the shades