Star Trek: Picard recently unveiled the Odyssey-class USS Enterprise F — a starship originally designed by a fan for the Star Trek Online game.
New York Comic Con 2022's Star Trek Universe panel gave fans a teaser of what's to come in Star Trek: Picard's third and final season. The latest trailer offered more details about the upcoming story while also despatching a new Enterprise into canon, as fans spotted the Odyssey-class USS Enterprise F cruising through a shot at around the 1:51 mark.
If the ship's design seems familiar, that's because it's from the MMO video game Star Trek Online. As Giant Freakin Robot points out, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F was initially drawn by a fan called Adam Ilhe as part of a contest held for the game back in 2011. Thomas Marrone recently rebuilt the 3D model that the Picard VFX team then worked into the show.
The trailer also gave fans a new glimpse at the returning crew members of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including the likes of Gates McFadden's Dr. Beverly Crusher, LeVar Burton's Geordi La Forge, Michael Dorn's Worf, Marina Sirtis' Deanna Troi, Brent Spiner's Lore, Daniel Davis' Professor James Moriarty, and Jonathan Frakes' Commander William Riker.
Showrunner Terry Matalas said the forthcoming season of Picard will very much draw inspiration from the film Crimson Tide, with Amanda Plummer playing a key role in the action. She'll be stepping out as Vadic, "a mysterious alien captain of the Shrike, a warship that has set its sights on Jean-Luc Picard and his old crewmates from his days on the Enterprise."
Star Trek: Picard's final season will premiere on February 16, 2023, with new episodes debuting each Thursday. The first two seasons are available to stream right now, but we felt let down by the crew's last adventure. In our Season 2 review, we said it was a "disappointing entry in the legendary captain's journey, and possibly the worst season of Star Trek ever."
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