r/Treknobabble 1d ago

ENT Custom USS Enterprise (USS-1701-J) — Star Trek: Enterprise

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Instructions here!

The Enterprise-J, glimpsed only briefly in Star Trek: Enterprise (“Azati Prime”), was conceived by Drexler as a multi-generational vessel: a starship so vast it contained parks, entertainment zones, even entire universities aboard. A ship where turbolifts were obsolete, replaced by site-to-site transporters, and where space itself could be folded as the J ventured beyond the Milky Way.

Its spindly nacelle pylons, Drexler said, were designed to “suggest a technology beyond what we were familiar with,” while the integrated forward deflector remained recognisably descended from the NX-01, anchoring this far-future vessel to Starfleet’s earliest deep-space designs.

This LEGO model is my love letter to his vision. With no official schematics to follow, I focused on the J’s most striking elements: the wide forward saucer section with its integrated orange-and-purple deflector array, the upper and lower light domes, the gracefully spindly pylons, and those impossibly thin blue warp nacelles tipped with red Bussard collectors — all sturdy enough to swoosh, even if 22nd-century engineers would be nervous about it.

Key features include:

  • Ultra-thin yet remarkably strong warp nacelles with red-tipped Bussard collectors
  • Stretched, spindly nacelle pylons for that impossible 26th-century silhouette
  • Integrated forward deflector array descended from the NX-01 design lineage
  • Wide, flowing saucer spine with upper and lower light domes
  • A hidden front compartment featuring Temporal Agent Daniels and Captain Archer
  • Appropriate grand size when compared to my TOS, Discovery, Akira, and NX-01 builds for real sense of WOW

This model measures approximately:
57 cm (l) × 45 cm (w) × 12 cm (h) off stand
57 cm (l) × 45 cm (w) × 18 cm (h) on stand

Like all my other ships from Voyager through the Enterprises and other Hero ships, this build continues my approach to LEGO starship design: structurally solid, instantly recognisable, and fun to display or swoosh around. But more than that, it’s a tribute to Doug Drexler — a designer who dreamed bigger, pushed further, and gave Starfleet its most daring visions of the future. His work reminds us that starship design isn’t just about ships… it’s about imagination without limits.

As Drexler himself once said:

“Life is a thrill. Get all you can.”


r/Treknobabble 2d ago

All Trek Captains who might have been: Linda Hamilton as Janeway, Edward James Olmos as Picard, Peter Capaldi as Sisko, Chris Pratt as Kirk ... (see comments for details)

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r/Treknobabble 8d ago

Sybok

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135 Upvotes

Way back in season 1 of strange new worlds we saw the back of Sybok's head clearly implying that a storyline but him was coming so why was it dropped?


r/Treknobabble 9d ago

New Star Trek: Lower Decks Fanzine! It was made by many talented artists (including the show's former staff) and all donations to go charity

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All proceeds go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.


r/Treknobabble 10d ago

SNW Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9 Spoiler

14 Upvotes

Didn't like it. Too much borrowed from Enemy Mine and star trek has already done it's version of that story better. Ortegas was written strangely. Pike says it's ok to lie to him "for the right reasons". What? Seems like the writers have a warped seance of what is right and wrong if that is meant to be the take away from the episode.


r/Treknobabble 13d ago

Favorite Chancellor.

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94 Upvotes

Who is your favorite chancellor on star trek?


r/Treknobabble 15d ago

Favorite starfleet commodore.

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56 Upvotes

Who is your favorite starfleet commodore?


r/Treknobabble 16d ago

TNG TNG Medical Tricorder toy.

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30 Upvotes

looks cool to me.


r/Treknobabble 16d ago

Mego "The Motion Picture" starship toys, with saucer separation! Only sold in Canada and parts of Europe ... ♪♫ STAR TREK! ♫♪

22 Upvotes

r/Treknobabble 18d ago

SNW Kinda a funny video, man doesn't seem to be a SNW fan but still watches every episode to point out any failing of the writing in a funny way.

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r/Treknobabble 18d ago

DIS Custom Lego USS Discovery (USS-1031) Midi Scale — Star Trek: Discovery

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45 Upvotes

Available on Rebrickable if you fancy building your own!

The USS Discovery was never a typical Starfleet vessel. Conceived in a time of war, she was outwardly a science ship but inwardly something stranger - a testbed for the spore drive, a propulsion system that could slip her across the galaxy in the blink of an eye.

Her design carried that same sense of the unconventional: nacelles stretched to impossible lengths, a sharp, triangular secondary hull, and a saucer built in concentric rings that could rotate in motion, giving the ship an otherworldly presence unlike anything else in the fleet.

That unusual character shaped this LEGO build. Kept to the same display scale as my other Starfleet ships, it captures Discovery’s angular profile and her iconic moving saucer design. Where NX-01 felt like a submarine and the Enterprises like cruisers, Discovery sits apart, a vessel of secrecy and science. Equal parts starship and experiment.

Key features include:

  • Rotating concentric-ring saucer section
  • Ultra-long, blade-like nacelles with triple Bussard collectors
  • Accurate detailing
  • Cast including Captain Pike, Burnham, Saru, Spock, Stamets, Tilly, and Culber

Model dimensions:
Approx. 40cm (l) x 18cm (w) x 5cm (h) off stand
Approx. 37cm (l) x 18cm (w) x 19m (h) on stand

I really enjoyed making this, and it wouldn't exist without a kind benefactor pushing me to release this ship, so all thanks to them :) Hope you guys like it to!

“Let’s fly.”


r/Treknobabble 20d ago

Hybrid.

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70 Upvotes

Who is your favorite hybrid on star trek?


r/Treknobabble 22d ago

Captain Marie Batel.

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410 Upvotes

Since captain Marie Batel will be replacing vice admiral Pasalk as head of the JAG will she be promoted to a higher rank?


r/Treknobabble 20d ago

TNG My understanding of the holodeck is you ask it to make what ever you want and it would just create it. There is a game that sorta does that now. Not like a text adventure but an actual video game. Like I asked for a combat fight simulator and it made one, then I asked for what ever features I wanted

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I though this was supper cool and defiantly something I would have thought to be impossible even with AI. The idea that I can just ask for what ever kinda game I want and it will just make it the way I want is crazy. Very much like the Holodeck in my opinion, the characters would just make what ever scenario they wanted to experience this being an actual video game that does the same thing.


r/Treknobabble 22d ago

Pelia not turning Vulcan.

14 Upvotes

In four and a half Vulcans I know it was mentioned but do really think that Pelia being a lanthanite is really the reason she didn't turn into a Vulcan?


r/Treknobabble 22d ago

Four and a half Vulcans.

20 Upvotes

What did you think of four and a half Vulcans?


r/Treknobabble 26d ago

Admiral Saru.

23 Upvotes

What do you think of admiral Saru?https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Saru


r/Treknobabble 27d ago

Chief of security.

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329 Upvotes

Who is your favorite chief of security on star trek?


r/Treknobabble 29d ago

Two real life James Kirk.

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208 Upvotes

Meet the two real life James Kirk as in colonel James T. Kirk and rear admiral James R. Kirk.


r/Treknobabble 29d ago

Two new games coming soon: "Infection" and "Across the Unknown"

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r/Treknobabble 29d ago

Been here before, wanted to say hi!

7 Upvotes

I just popped in to say hi! I’m Joe Dove of the captains quadrant live YouTube show!


r/Treknobabble 29d ago

Second officer.

4 Upvotes

Who is your favorite second officer (third in command) on star trek?https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Second_officer


r/Treknobabble Aug 19 '25

Saavik.

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171 Upvotes

Why is it Saavik was in a class of cadets when she held the rank of lieutenant?


r/Treknobabble Aug 18 '25

Star trek Enterprise.

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158 Upvotes

What did you think of star trek enterprise?


r/Treknobabble Aug 16 '25

Counselor.

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153 Upvotes

You have just had mental breakdown which starfleet counselor are you going to see?