I recently came rediscovered an old concept that came up in the early noughties, shortly after 'Enterprise' came off the air. A new animated show that would have been set in the 2500's and would have been much darker in tone. Unfortunately it would never see the light of day, but I still really like the idea behind it...everything but the ship, that is. Yes the original was ugly. A brutal, angular design with an agressive hammerhead profile. The producers intended for her to be an ugly design that would eventually be beloved by the audience for what she represented, rather than her traditionally sleek appearance. This was a tough one for me to redesign. I still wanted to the hammerhead primary hull and those long impulse engines, but in the end, the rest of the design was completely changed. Yes she's still the ugly duckling of the fleet, but I'm hoping I've maintained enough familiar aspects to not make her as jarring as the original was.