Star Trek: Lexington

[6daylater]

Wait! the title screen wasn't long enough. I couldn't read the whole thing.

[bushstalker]

Hmmm my favorit style of ship too.

[MermaidJassica]

cool i live in lexington,  lexington Kentuky that is ^-^

[Billy060486]

Actually that was an Akula class destroyer

[TalesOfKrypton]

How fares the Lexington these days? Any log entries being beamed back to Starfleet HQ any time soon?

[WROrchestra]

Excellent models - glad you chose the Lexington and not the Yorktown too!

[drknight48]

I have always wanted a Star Trek tv series during TMP era.

[bluefury1984]

1:25, is that a terraformed Mars?

[dfb999999999]

nice @_@

[glasgif]

When I was in high school, my friends and I played Star Trek: The Role Playing Game. We used the Lexington as our base of operations. Thank you for these videos! It's like a homecoming 20 years later!

[MsShaunaM]

I have to admit that the theme music here is really good! Very heroic in flavor. What is it?

[MadMichigander1313]

The Animation is first rate, and I love the theme music. Is that a custom musical score?

[MadMichigander1313]

By the way, is the music an original score?

[wlt777]

Beautiful CGI work on those "Awesome" starships! I'm wondering,.......which starship is the sister-ship for the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701(refit)? Anyways, thanks for posting this "Great" clip!

[quazz79]

are we ever going to see the finished product though?

[mikecleona]

Wonder if Commodore Wesley still commands the Lexington at this point in time?

[MsShaunaM]

@mikecleona If you include the animated series, Commodore Wesley became an ambassador.

[GeorgeKayaian]

Beautiful FX work! I look forward to the film!

[MadMichigander1313]

I like the music. Original score?

[TheBishopconrad]

Excalibur was the one that was destroyed by M 5

[MadMichigander1313]

4.0 Job on the CGI and great music.

[mastermonarch]

not bad

[jimbalaya62]

Lexington was not destroyed in "The Ultimate Computer" Excalibur's entire crew was killed and ship was wrecked. Remeber, Comodore Wesley commanded the remaining task force of Lexington, Hood, and, Potemkin all of which were damaged by M-5. Then Wesley called off attack when M-5 dropped the Enterprise shields.

For nokiea5300: M-5 was a muti-tronic computer designed by Richard Daystrom. It's purpose was to coordinate all fuctions of a starship and allow the ship to deploy with a crew of 20.

[nokiea5300]

thank you =-)

[Urchinking]

This is cool. I really like the spin on that disabled ship. Nice touch.

[nokiea5300]

what was the M5 test exactly?

[AdmiralTMoya]

The M5 prototype computer system was put onboard Enterprise. It's creator Dr. Daystrom,was testing M5 to see how well the system could run an entire StarShip,and how it would perform under all situations,from meeting other vessels to being under attack.  M5 was a huge failure. Watch "The Ultimate Computer" Star Trek's origional series.

[nokiea5300]

thank you =-)

[uluafisher068]

I vote they make a show called Star Trek: Sovereign that follows the crew of the USS Sovereign because we didnt really see much of the Enterprise - E. btw, what is the song from???

[othur]

That is very cool. They should spend more time with the Enterprise class Starships. My favorite was always the Farragut and the Potempkin.

[Wildcard120]

Nice! Keep watching.

[axom20]

for anyone who doesn't know the lexington was actually in star trek and her crew (IF it's the one am thinking of....) was destroyed during that test with the M5 or so. Entire crew.

[lexington1709]

Lexington (NCC-1709) survived the M-5 but with heavy casualties (over 60 dead and 100 wounded).

[GrandFunker]

@lexington1709 It became Enterprise-A, at the end of ST IV...it's mentioned in the novelization.

[Kodos13]

Lex was at the M5 test, but had 53 dead. Excalibur was the one w/all crew dead.

See episode "The Ultimate Computer".

[STNeish]

@axom20 Lexington survived, it was Excalibur that was essentially destroyed.

[Shutterbug5269]

@STNeish I thought it was the Potemkin that was destroyed with all hands. Lexington was commanded by Commodore Wesley right?

[spam1138]

when will this be out?

[venera13studios]

What program did you use for the animations?

[lexington1709]

Lightwave 9.2-9.5

[Actionguy1]

Very nice! The music worked well with it too.

Speaking of "Poseidon", I loved John Williams' music for the original "Poseidon Adventure!"

[mengenstrom]

Ah, the Poseidon music. The space pictures are quite good! Quite good! ;-)

[mec441]

The starship listing aimlessly at 1:48, is that a Durret-class destroyer?

[lexington1709]

No... it's a Spruance-class destroyer. Good guess though.

[Excelsior2007]

@lexington1709 Ok, when i first saw it, I thought it was an Akula-class Frigate.

[JohnBachofer]

Really? thought it was an Akula Class ship [Star Trek Shatterd Universe and Star Trek Legacy Ulitmate Universe mod]. It certainly looks like it.

[ciscokitty8]

looks like an Apollo Refit class from Star Trek: Legacy

[cuttersboi08]

Interesting shots.

Where is this music from?

[Excelsior2007]

The music comes from the 2005 movie Poseidon - a remake of the 1972 The Poseidon Adventure. Interestingly enough, the boy who plays Connor in the 2005 movie - Jimmy Bennett also plays the part of the young James T. Kirk in the new Star Trek movie.

[freid001]

looks brilliant wen is it comeing out

[KrytenMark]

Absolutely phenominal my friend!The music point from 1:53 to 2:04 really sent my pulse running, and The music point from 2:22 to 2:34almost made me spring a leak in the tear duct department! But other than that, brilliant choice of trailer music, and fantastic series! Can't wait to see it when it comes out!

[starsiegeplayer]

Very pretty. I will look forward to this.

If I may offer some constructive criticism, you should cut the beginning down. There's like 20 seconds of dead space before the trailer REALLY begins (I include the green screen this is approved for all audiences in this 20 seconds).

[oldgrissom]

Pretty good vid, nice models and fx , what is the name of the music used i noticed it in poseidon recently but dont know the title of it

[Lightcycle]

Wow this has me droolin.

about the only way to improve it would be to use a quick fade sometimes rather than a sharp cut between some of the scenes.

[MagnusvsHaaken]

Man, that was damn well done... congrats...

[DraftMasterJohn]

Excellent job.

Not the kind of thing that was just "put together by monkeys".

[Tanru2000]

The music sounds good too - is that an original composition or was that lifted from somewhere?

[Xindi1985]

Its from the Opening-Scene of Wolfgang Petersens "POSEIDON"!

[Tanru2000]

VERY impressive! The effects are great - probably some of the best of the fan-made movies. Except for the shot inside Spacedock. That was just woefully bad. Terrible lighting.

The ship at warp at the end looked good.

[Tanru2000]

Maybe fix the brightness of the Excelsior nacelle glow... which in that era didn't actually glow. If you did want to keep it - go for a darker blue. Otherwise GREAT! :)

[NFreund]

Well, in ST XI they glow on the old the Constitution ;)

[nopoet406]

Agreed, the warp effect was nice.

[irishoforiel]

Acoording to the the old series there were 13 orginal starships like the Enterprise.Constitution class ships.My brother has the Star Trek Encyclopedia.Ya I admit it we are both Star Trek geeks,lol!

[hutt359]

I love this trailer. The ships feel like they have mass, especially in that last cut when the ship is at warp. Also the little details like the way the ships move, and lens flare. Really love this stuff and can't wait till the episode comes out.

[Akirancc354]

Wasnt the lexington distoryed in First Contact?

[Steve17010]

I don't know if a starship named Lexington was destroyed in First Contact. Star Trek Lexington is set in Kirk's era, about 100 years before Picard's time. It's a updated Constitution class, likely the same on that was in the episode The Ultimate Computer (ST:TOS).

[gwsoup]

what method are you using to create these images?

[massagemiracle]

This is my favorite version of the constitution class starship, Probert did a fantastic job designing it!

[carolini1955]

whats the name of the song at the end?

[lexington1709]

It's all the same track, believe it or not! :)

[heavyarms01h]

It sounds great. Haven't heard it before; is it a new composition or did you take it from somewhere else? I understand that a few fan films or RPG's have original music written for them.

[RedwoodTheElf]

If this is Kirk area though, shouldn't the ship have the old style "barrel" nacelles instead of the Movie-era Klingonized ones?

[AdmiralTMoya]

This is the Lexington in the Kirk 80s movie era after her refit... That explains the updated look. Thanks for asking.

Saavik

[zombieddie73]

I was wondering ,Did they ever say the word "nacelles" in the old star trek TOS?

[RedwoodTheElf]

Not once. But in tech manuals that's what they're called.

From Wikipedia:

The word 'nacelle' is derived from the Old French nacele, which means a small boat or dinghy, which was in turn derived from the Latin navicella. The term is commonly used in aviation, nautical and spacecraft design, to refer to a covered housing (separate from the fuselage) that holds engines, fuel, or equipment.

[hutt359]

The word Nacelles was used on two separate occasions in TOS. I don't remember when but I do believe once was by scotty and once was by either spock or kirk.

[mandrake2273]

very nice. Cannot wait to see it!

[jimmyhammilton]

Hey nice work on that 1701-A... you make that yourself ?

[lexington1709]

Nope... it's Dennis Bailey's model (used with full permission). It's on-line and available to download as the Enterprise.

[JustinStrife]

I loved this video. It's on my bookmarks on firefox and I listen to it about 10x a day and just imagine the potential. The Constitution class(refit) will always be my favorite starship.

[Wilnan1]

the original constitution is best.

[bazadata]

Lexington looks a lot like Star Trek with digital enhancements. Angelina Jolie as Science Officer and Jon Voight as Capitan... Jean Luc performs Shakespeare I've heard. Full supporting cast. Anyways I'm putting on Serenity now. I hate the way progtammed River doesn't get more than ten seconds to take out the nasty Reavers but that's life.

[SideSwipeGTA]

I want to know where that music is from to, I cant place it

[stevie746]

It's from the movie Poseidon.

[themightyjfox]

Pretty Good.

[rrobinson001]

Had a question. The music for the trailer, I know it's from another movie but it goes very well with trailer and I bet it would go great with your opening, do you think you are going to use it. I hope so.

[briguy1971]

Great starship porn. I've always wished we had gotten a TV series set in the TOS movie era, with those designs. They look great.

[drknight48]

same here the org. movies were always my favorite

[hutt359]

I so agree... it's one of the most untapped era's within trek, and the one most deserving.

The look, the feel.

[lexington1709]

Looking at early 2008 for Episode 1.

[rrobinson001]

I love the preview and makes me want more. So what is the ETA on ST Lexington or did you guys can it.

[sailing63]

Excellent quality effects. Now you just need the ultimate touch for realism - some sunlight reflections off the windows. I've only seen this done once, in the Lost in Space movie (as the ship was leaving earth) a few years back.

[mavericstud1]

Man-pretty good-imagine that on tv

[NewFrontiers01]

What CGI program did you use?

[lexington1709]

Lightwave 9.2 & Premiere 6.5

[hutt359]

Excellent work guys!

I can't wait to see your finished product, been waiting sense 05 or so... :thumbsup:

[lexington1709]

Good things comes to those who wait! :)

[MauricioCasteglione]

Beeeautiful....well done, commander !

[brongers457]

Hey, may I ask why this video isn't downloadable?

[lexington1709]

As soon as we find a another host or someone willing to host it.

[Vander101]

you defanetly want me as a cast member, lol. Sign me up.

[lexington1709]

Go to starshiplexington [dot] com for more info!

[jbluesharp]

Awesome video! The music and the graphics get the point across just fine!! Now I hunger for more, more, more!!

[brodoogle]

Great footage! Now, just as long as the Captain is not a dipstick like Capt. Harrimond (?) of the Enterprise "B"!! How the hell did he ever get to command of the Enterprise!!!

[lexington1709]

Oh, I think you will like our captain and crew!

[raddicalrabbit]

when r u releasing the episodes, and who r the captain and crew! I long for more!

[lexington1709]

We will be releasing our cast list soon, along with a new trailer. Please bear with us, as we're doing this and filming too!

[hallgarth]

i've now seen the cgi sets and i think they look alright.

[hallgarth]

the video looks awesome, i hope that your gonna use sets of the bridge and so on instead of green screen. cause green screen like other fan films, ruin the atmosphere

[sirwuff]

Very well done. I hope your cast can be just as good! Good luck!

[Dannagio]

Excellent meshes, and -really- fantastic music. My only crit would be the blue on the warp effect is a bit too 'solid' and the ships are a little static. I prefer the slow whale-like movements of TWOK to DS9 episodes, don't get me wrong, but it very much feels the ship only goes in a straight line. Maybe she needs to do some turns or something?

Otherwise, most excellent!!!

[Firefox13A]

Beautiful! I found your website way back and was eager to see this project. These are probably the best CG Starships I've seen from any fanfilm yet. Esp the new cruising at warp effect at the end. Just make sure you don't sell short the acting and story lines. Alot of other Trek fanfilms failed miserably at that. 5+/5

[michelgalo]

Is Fantastic! nice. :)

[jtkirkfan2002]

Excellent! I always thought Paramount overlooked an era just ripe to be explored when they made "Enterprise" when the movie era was wide open.

[jojolimited]

Great Lightwave work, what renderer did you use? Kray? Fprime? Excellent.

[lexington1709]

TY! To answer your question, it was rendered in just what was built into Lightwave 8.0 as a default.

[hakavon]

Cut off the first 15 seconds and repost. That "preview approved" thing wastes precious download time.

[CyberFaustSW]

bloody brilliant :)

they look awesome

[AdmiralJman]

yes it is :D

[nebby6]

Hmmm.... Well done. Would that be LightWave 3D, by chance?

[Shediac]

Amazing, constutution class ship never looked so good. Great job.

[alphathewolf]

this is cool

[buckaroohawk]

Excellent work! Nice to see fans setting a project during the movie era. I love that ship design. Fantastic effects! Very well done!

[EnterpriseKnight]

The best Cg animation ever seen!

GREAT WORK!