Star Trek Shipyards: The Delta Quadrant Vol. 2 - Ledosian to Zahl

Star Trek Shipyards: The Delta Quadrant Vol. 2 - Ledosian to Zahl

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  • Create Date:2021-08-14 07:51:45
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Ian Chaddock
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More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi。wordpress。com/This second volume describing Delta Quadrant ships from L to Z continues in alphabetical order from the previous set。 While originally I thought this would cover each individual ship in detail with blueprints and cross sections, what we get instead is a synopsis and events from Voyager as they pertain to each presented ship。In hindsight this makes sense - there are so many ships in the series (brought on by the abilit More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi。wordpress。com/This second volume describing Delta Quadrant ships from L to Z continues in alphabetical order from the previous set。 While originally I thought this would cover each individual ship in detail with blueprints and cross sections, what we get instead is a synopsis and events from Voyager as they pertain to each presented ship。In hindsight this makes sense - there are so many ships in the series (brought on by the ability to do them in 3D, as mentioned in the foreword) and for most the ship designs were probably fairly quick: in-depth detail and knowledge just doesn't exist。 It's been quite a few years since I last watched Voyager and though I believe I've seen every episode at least twice, a lot of the events I had no memory of。 This made browsing through the book quite pleasant as occasionally I would remember the episode, or at least parts of it - and at times made me question if I had really seen them all。 While this only covers half of the ships (and thus, the series), it did bring to mind the (unfortunately few) excellent episodes and arcs and (unfortunately many) bad ones as well。 Still, reminiscing is always fun。In addition to the descriptions there are plenty of screenshots from the episodes and occasionally additional detail on the ships themselves as well。 These are a bit forgettable though。 The only ones I paid specific attention are the big ticket items, such as the Species 8472 bioship。The thing I would have liked to see is some designer notes on the various ships。 I'm not really interested to see where the photon torpedo launchers are in ship, but it would have been fascinating why each design was chosen - is it an extension of the species, the planet they are from, their culture or in some cases just a device for the episode itself。 This is the second Star Trek book I've read where the POV is from in-universe, but I'd like to see more of a making-of approach brought in as well。Recommended for fans of Voyager and to a smaller extent for all Trek fans though if you've never seen an episode of Voyager this might not offer a lot - or perhaps it would kindle a desire to see the series。 I have to admit after finishing the book I did check if Netflix still has all the episodes available。 Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher。 。。。more