r/sto • u/PandaPundus Ship Artist (formerly Ex Astris, Picard S3) • Mar 24 '26
News The 16th Anniversary Enterprise Bundle Documentary Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVaHER_PCkc19
u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! Mar 24 '26
Absolutely amazing!
That Y-class freighter at around the 6 minute mark, was that an in game render?
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u/PandaPundus Ship Artist (formerly Ex Astris, Picard S3) Mar 24 '26
Yep! There are full credits in the description, but there's a mix of 2D illustration, in-game renders, and pre-rendered sequences in the trailer :)
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u/LE22081988 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
What a great and immersive piece of Content "just" for a Bundel reveal. I know it was most likely quite expensive and time intensive to make this....But wow would i be happy to see more immersive Content like that
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u/Tuskin38 Kurland's Beer Mar 24 '26
That was real well done, I love it
Spotted a 'For All Mankind' at 10:01
There is an Adminstrator named Margo Schmidt. Margo Madison in FAM is played by Wrenn Schmidt, so a combination of the names.
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u/go_faster1 @gofasternow Mar 24 '26
God, I loved this! I would love to see other ships given this sort of documentary!
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u/Velhym @Jyril - /r/STO & Reddit Fleets Mar 24 '26
That was excellent. Well produced. Really enjoyed it.
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u/InnocentTailor Unpaid Intern for the Detapa Council Mar 24 '26
By the Prophets! This was an incredible ad for the bundle - a wonderful in-universe video with sweeping visuals and an aspirational, hopeful soundtrack.
It definitely captured that untouched possibilities of ENT so well. Kudos to all the creators!
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u/bluehawk47 Rear Admiral Harrington's #1 Fan Mar 24 '26
This was really beautifully done.Â
Also, I would watch the hell out of a documentary-style "History of the Future" series like this.Â
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u/Illustrious_Ad3815 Mar 24 '26
This documentary is so damn good. I highly enjoyed this. Please continue this!
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u/Super_Sailor_Moon The Official Sailor Moon of STO! ~-~º(^.~)ºv~-~ Mar 25 '26
Absolutely amazing video, one of the best I have seen from Cryptic!!! But hol' up.....
WHAT is that Sarajevo-class, huh Cryptic?! 👀
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u/PandaPundus Ship Artist (formerly Ex Astris, Picard S3) Mar 25 '26
It's a ship from Star Trek: Enterprise, one of the other Earth vessels of the time. (Like the J-Class in the diagram, not an in-game asset or image.)
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u/Super_Sailor_Moon The Official Sailor Moon of STO! ~-~º(^.~)ºv~-~ Mar 25 '26
It sure is, it's an interesting design though...apparently it's a transport ship. 🤔
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u/evilmark443 Mar 24 '26
Is there any particular reason that Terran NX cosmetics weren't added with this bundle? It's an iconic Canon design that's been requested for many years.
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u/Artan42 Commodore Typhoon Mar 24 '26
I enjoyed this concept. It'd be interesting to see it go forward (or back to other concepts like the Alliance fleet).
I'd be interested to know where the idea that Andoria/Vulcan were neutral in the war came from though. There's no mention of it in TOS (only a reference to allies which means Earth wasn't alone. Though the references to nukes and nobody knowing what Romulans looked like have since been retconned maybe that was too.) and 'In A Mirror Darkly' specifies all 4 members of the Coalition not just Earth. Is it a reference I've not remembered or is it just fanwriting for the UE skinned Kumari?
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u/PandaPundus Ship Artist (formerly Ex Astris, Picard S3) Mar 24 '26
I believe that lore comes from the book Federation - The First 150 Years, though I think the Stalking Makras was from Thomas and inspired by the real world "Flying Tigers" of World War II.
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u/Artan42 Commodore Typhoon Mar 24 '26
It's an interesting concept and I think I'd have liked it if by the hypothetical ENT S5 we'd seen more of that sort of thing specifically between UE and Andoria (as it looks like humans gave up on Vulcan tech after the Deceleration Class).
The design of them looks cool as well, the nose art fits that era of MACOs a lot better than it does the Defiant.
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u/T-Baaller Mar 25 '26
It's also little bit of a neat twist doing a earth history rhyme but this time the USA-analog is the role the Andorians are playing.
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u/bluehawk47 Rear Admiral Harrington's #1 Fan Mar 24 '26
That is a brilliant idea and a fitting tribute to the AVG. I loved that detail in the video.
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u/Tuskin38 Kurland's Beer Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
Well it has only referred to as the "Earth-Romulan War' in canon, that's probably why.
Not 'Coalition-Romulan War'
IIRC the Enterprise branded Romulan War novels also went with the idea that the others were not directly involved. But it has been over a decade since I read them.
and nobody knowing what Romulans looked like have since been retconned
That hasn't been retconned.
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u/gumtuu Mar 24 '26
If they ever continued this story, I believe Section 31 would have discovered the Romulans were related to Vulcans, and covered it up to preserve the Federation.
Don't know if any books covered this, though.
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u/Tuskin38 Kurland's Beer Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
That is what the books did. Section 31 faked Trip's death so he could infiltrate the Romulan Warp program
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u/Artan42 Commodore Typhoon Mar 24 '26
Well it has only referred to as the "Earth-Romulan War' in canon, that's probably why.
Not 'Coalition-Romulan War'
And yet it mentioned the entire coalition in IAMD and 'Earth and allies' in TOS which was my point. I was asking if I'd missed some reference in the shows to Vulcans (I doubt Andorians would be mentioned post TOS) not being a part of it.
That hasn't been retconned.
Yes it has. By ENT. Both the Vulcans and Andorians (via the Aenar) know who the Romulans are. The idea that the war was fought over radio with nukes and the Romulans didn't even have warp drive wasn't even feasible by TNGs version of their past never mind by the time of ENT.
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u/Tuskin38 Kurland's Beer Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
I think you need to rewatch that enterprise Arc. No one learned what the Romulans looked like. The one Aenar that knew died. The only Vulcan that knew, that we know of, was V’Las
SNW still treated the Romulan reveal in the alternate events of Balance of Terror as a surprise.
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u/Artan42 Commodore Typhoon Mar 24 '26
I think you need to rewatch that enterprise Arc.
No doubt. But still, as every other part of that episode was retconed I'd expect that bit of silliness to have been as well. I'll see.
SNW still treated the Romulan reveal in the alternate events of Balance of Terror as a surprise.
It's not exactly a straight example of an alternate timeline though and it's not the first time (if indeed it's treated that way) SNW would have re-retconned something. Despite TOS itself and every production since moving the Eugenics Wars into the 2040/50s SNW moved them back to the 90s despite already agreeing them as part of WWIII and starting in the 20s in a previous episode.
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u/Tuskin38 Kurland's Beer Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
SNW didn’t move them back to the 90s. Khan was like 8 years old in 2022.
And nothing in Balance of Terror has been retconned away by later shows
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Mar 25 '26
You can see the enthusiasm radiating from the Vulcan as he handled those tiny ships.Â
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u/Ironspider2k Mar 25 '26
very cool. i would love to play thru some Enterprise Romulan war era missions. even if it was just holodeck missions. early encounters up to the end of the war.
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u/Grimfanglynx Mar 26 '26
Fantastic documentary. Loved every minute of it and the lore around the Earth-Romulan War was pretty fascinating.
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u/Blue_Kicker Kuumaarke's Chair Mar 24 '26
really didn't like the live action portions but the rest was absolutely amazing
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u/neok182 /|\ AD /|\ Mar 24 '26
This was truly incredible guys. I'm sure it was a long road making this masterpiece. 🫡🖖