Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume Two

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume Two is the second hardcover reference book in the series from Eaglemoss Collections and includes a dust jacket.

Primarily comprised of starship design articles compiled from issues of the Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection partwork magazine, this volume focuses on the USS Voyager and many other starships.

It features artwork by Doug Drexler, John Eaves, Jim Martin, Robert McCall, Syd Mead, and Rick Sternbach, among many others.

Originally available solely through Eaglemoss, a mass-market edition of the book, subtitled The USS Voyager and Beyond, is expected to be released by Random House in January 2019.

Summary

From the website

The second volume, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, takes you behind the scenes to reveal the thinking – and the artwork – behind the design of dozens of STAR TREK starships, from the first doodles to the finished art sent to the modelmakers.

Volume One featured all seven Enterprises. Volume Two covers more than 30 ships including the USS Voyager, Delta Flyer, the Enterprise-J, the Phoenix, Klingon Bird-of-Prey, Romulan Warbird, Borg Sphere, V'Ger, and many more. The book is packed with original concept art, and includes work from legendary artists Syd Mead and Robert McCall.

The book contains material previously published in Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection along with all-new content.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Contents, p. 5
USS Voyager, pp. 8-25
Aeroshuttle, pp. 26-29
Delta Flyer, pp. 30-35
Neelix's Shuttle, pp. 36-37
USS Raven, pp. 38-39
USS Prometheus, pp. 40-49
USS Equinox, pp. 50-53
Federation Scout Ship, pp. 54-55
The Phoenix, pp. 56-59
NX Inspection Pod, pp. 60-61
NX-Alpha, pp. 62-65
Enterprise-J, pp. 66-73
Medusan Ship, pp. 74-75
Gorn Starship, pp. 76-77
Klingon Bird-of-Prey, pp. 78-81
V'Ger, pp. 82-93
The Trip Inside V'Ger, pp. 94-101
Romulan Warbird, pp. 102-105
Valdore, pp. 106-109
Romulan Bird-of-Prey, pp. 110-113
ECS Horizon, pp. 114-115
Vahklas, pp. 116-117
Aeon Timeship, pp., 118-121
Federation Holoship, pp. 122-125
Borg Renegades' Ship, pp. 126-127
Borg Sphere, pp. 128-129
Voth City Ship, pp. 130-133
Voth Research Ship, pp. 134-135
Andorian Battle Cruiser, pp. 136-137
Intrepid, pp. 138-141
Antares, pp. 142-145
Xindi Insectoid Warship, pp. 146-149
Xindi Reptilian Warship, pp. 150-153
Xindi Aquatic Ships, pp. 154-159

Background information

The USS Voyager chapter was expanded from magazine issue 8's four pages to eighteen pages for the book, and incorporated additional concept art from Rick Sternbach and Doug Drexler. The book also introduced concept art from Jim Martin, some of which Ben Robinson had previewed earlier on Twitter. [1] [2]
The two V'ger chapters are entirely new, as a magazine and model for the collection were not foreseen for the collection at the time of the book's publication. Robinson questioned if many would even recognize the design, due to its minimal screen time. Nonetheless, if this decision was revisited, Robinson could readily draw upon material the team has previously written and illustrated for a 2001 publication of his previous Fabbri Publishing (US) assignment, Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 8.

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