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“The USS Kelcie Mae has a single warp nacelle, an underslung deflector dish, and a pointed hull rather than a saucer section. It’s this unusual physical arrangement that makes the ship stand out, at least from a visual standpoint. In fact, it reminds us distinctly of the Olympic-class USS Pasteur as seen in the alternate future of All Good Things under the command of Captain Beverly Picard …”
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This article doesn’t “explain” much, it just repeats the tiny scraps of info clear in the few seconds the ship spends on-screen.
It also refers to it as “the Kelcie Marie” a couple times.
@rob_t_firefly I’m not sure why a diplomatic vessel wouldn’t need to be fast. I would think the opposite — diplomacy can be needed in rapidly-developing crisis situations, and you’d want people there as soon as possible.
This ship may have been a diplomacy vessel, or it may be a “some dude we know needs a chill ride from A to B” vessel built for panache and not speed. Maybe it’s a space limo.
I don’t think we should assume the Kelcie Mae is particularly slow either. The ship’s speed isn’t determined by how many nacelles it has.
Agreed! But it was the only coverage I’d seen so far, and I’m hoping it could lead to a conversation with anyone else who wants to discuss
I don’t think having an AI-written clickbait article counts as an explanation.
But that’s just me.
The history of the USS Kelcie Mae
The USS Kelcie Mae is introduced in the Strange New Worlds episode Under the Cloak of War in a rendezvous with Pike’s USS Enterprise on Stardate 1875.4.What class is the USS Kelcie Mae?
The class of the USS Kelcie Mae has not been confirmed, however, we still have plenty of thoughts. Buckle up.Did the ship need explaining? It existed to deliver the antagonist for that episode.
No, but the website needed content.
Many thought it’s and interesting and fairly unusual design
Agreed that the design is interesting. I really dig the underhanging deflector dish.
Looks almost like a Prometheus class precursor
What they missed out was this is actually a Borzoi class support ship. Its slim pointed shape allows it to retrieve items such a ambassadors or pringles from the far end of micro wormholes.
“pringles”
I really dislike when ships or planets in Trek get named after real world people like, say, Terry Matalas (cough cough) or some producer’s niece. This one seems to be one of those, since there is apparently no historical precedent for it in-universe or out.
I’m guessing that it’s some producer’s niece who drew a spaceship with crayons, and the design is based on that. Not a fan.
I mean, there could be something to say about that, like the name of the ship IU being named after an alien race’s/human important figure (like a Tellarite Kelcie Mae scientist) or a captain of an influential starship. But yeah I agree OOU naming a ship after a person is annoying.
Edit: IU is in universe, OOU is Out of Universe.
Edit: I just learned it was named in memory after a huge Star Trek fan who was working on SNW named Kelcie May Sundquist. Rest in Peace.
I’d barely call this an article, more like an “restatement of everything known” with some extra emphasis on the ship. But eh, it’s very likely we could see this again in the next two episode (especially the finale) or in Season 3 (or Lower Decks, for that matter) to give us more of a clue then.
