Opinions on TOS 1701 impulse exhaust

PerfesserCoffee · #1 06-04-2005, 04:34 PM

I've seen white impulse exhaust (DS9) and blue impulse exhaust (ENT) (and, of course, the refit had red impulse exhaust). I'm not sure which color to light up the impulse engines on a Constitution class. I'd be glad to hear some opinions on the subject.

John P · #2 06-04-2005, 05:34 PM

Pick what you like, go with it. They were never lit on the show, so you can't be wrong.

PerfesserCoffee · #3 06-04-2005, 05:39 PM

I'm really open to any of them. I'd like to hear what you think would be good.

JGG1701 · #4 06-04-2005, 05:43 PM

How about BLUE ?

Four Mad Men · #5 06-04-2005, 05:45 PM

I concur with blue. Have a look at the Rob's Defiant renders for an example.

nx01Rob · #6 06-04-2005, 05:50 PM

Funny, I wanted it to be red, to match the refit (and all other impulse drives in the future). Koji had done it blue to match the NX, and I saw the blue at the same time as the VFX Producer on this one occasion and he said keep it blue. Bottom line, since we never saw it until this episode, it's all a matter of opinion as to which one prefers.

Related, I tried to get them to make the NX-01 impulse red way back when we did the pilot, but as usual, sadly, it was all about "not being like original Trek". Cause those shows sucked, of course.

Griffworks · #7 06-04-2005, 05:55 PM

I say plaid is a good color to go with. You can't go wrong with plaid.

Seriously, tho, I'd have to go with Red. In fact, that's what I'll be using on mine whenever I get around to building them....

Four Mad Men · #8 06-04-2005, 05:58 PM

I really like the blue and wish red was not used for the refit. Oh, well -- I can still dream (and light my refit blue). But, yes, either way should look fine (although blue would, of course, be finer

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Lloyd Collins · #9 06-04-2005, 06:15 PM

What about blue, then red at full impluse?

But, I really prefer red.

PerfesserCoffee · #10 06-04-2005, 06:21 PM

Well, it will definitely be blue or red. IIRC, white was used on DS9's T&T version of the 1701 (please correct me if I'm in error). I was not really all that impressed by white as a color for impulse exhaust (no 'gravitas'). Right now I'm leaning towards red.

Thanks for the opinions!

(Still happy to hear any further input.

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lastguardian · #11 06-04-2005, 07:03 PM

Wasn't the refit impulse exhaust orange? Both the thrust chambers and the deflection crystal glowed that color when the system ignited. Or is that what you mean by red?

PerfesserCoffee · #12 06-04-2005, 07:14 PM

Yeah, roughly speaking.

Ziz · #13 06-04-2005, 08:36 PM

You could always go with red and just say that the Defiant had a different model of impulse engine, being a different ship...production line upgrades...or maybe the Defiant's engineer just ran the engines at different settings, resulting in a different color exhaust.

PerfesserCoffee · #14 06-04-2005, 08:44 PM

^^ Good points, Ziz! I'd say the Defiant is definitely an 'improved' model in many respects closer to the refit in its finish.

I think the only problem with blue is that it is, of course, the color for the warp field projectors. Blue, however, is a lot 'hotter' color than red judging from how flames look at different temperatures.

JGG1701 · #15 06-04-2005, 10:11 PM

So..........................
Have you decided Mr. PerfesserCoffee ?