In Star Trek (2009), how did the survivors of the Kelvin get home?
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At the start of Star Trek we see the Kelvin destroyed with its survivors in escape pods and shuttles. The next scene we see a young Kirk on Earth.
Has it ever been detailed how long the survivors sat in space for, did they land on a planet, make there way home themselves or get rescued?
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At the start of Star Trek we see the Kelvin destroyed with its survivors in escape pods and shuttles. The next scene we see a young Kirk on Earth.
Has it ever been detailed how long the survivors sat in space for, did they land on a planet, make there way home themselves or get rescued?
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At the start of Star Trek we see the Kelvin destroyed with its survivors in escape pods and shuttles. The next scene we see a young Kirk on Earth.
Has it ever been detailed how long the survivors sat in space for, did they land on a planet, make there way home themselves or get rescued?
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At the start of Star Trek we see the Kelvin destroyed with its survivors in escape pods and shuttles. The next scene we see a young Kirk on Earth.
Has it ever been detailed how long the survivors sat in space for, did they land on a planet, make there way home themselves or get rescued?
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I don't think it was ever mentioned in the film, but clues may be found in Star Fleet protocol or in something of that nature.
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I don't think it was ever mentioned in the film, but clues may be found in Star Fleet protocol or in something of that nature.
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I don't think it was ever mentioned in the film, but clues may be found in Star Fleet protocol or in something of that nature.
– B.fox
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I don't think it was ever mentioned in the film, but clues may be found in Star Fleet protocol or in something of that nature.
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Star Trek (2009) VFX Specialist Douglas E. Graves confirmed that the Kelvin's MedEvac Shuttle (based on the original TOS G7 model) is indeed warp capable. That being that case, and given that the attack took place near to the Federation/Klingon border the escapees needed to merely head toward the nearest friendly Federation outpost.
They may have been picked up along the way (I think we can safely assume that each shuttle has its own subspace radio and distress beacons) but even if they were left to their own devices, they weren't helplessly puttering along at impulse speed.
Q. Just checked out your G7 interiors. I really liked them especially the controls which looked a bit more like TMP style (is that what you’re going for?) than TOS. You’re not kidding when you say it looks cramped and utilitarian, but to me, that just increases the realism of the craft. After all, they’re short range craft aren’t they (warp capable?) and comfort wouldn’t really be much of a concern for the designers.
DEG: My TOS.5 universe is, yes, between TOS and TMP. A lot of those panel are also taken from the NX-01, as I thought they worked quite well for TOS.5. And yes, the shuttles are warp capable.
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You can see the earlier concept art on the same site. The film's Concept Artist John Eaves confirms that the bits sticking out are indeed warp nacelles.
Douglas The first pass of the craft has inset nacelles and is basically very
rectangular in shape. As Ryan Church was fleshing out the USS Iowa,
we thought it would be cool to try a version with a single nacelle on
top of the ship to tie in the ship’s design to that of its assigned
starship. This idea of architecture went for a while in various forms
before we went in a whole different direction and more towards a
Galileo style of ship.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
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The Kelvin was destroyed along the Federation-Klingon border, an area with a notable amount of Federation activity. There are references to multiple starbases in the area both in the Original Series and in Star Trek: Discovery, including Deep Space KT-7, Starbase 234 and Starbase 24. Considering the shuttlecraft that Winona Kirk escaped in had warp nacelles, even at low speeds reaching one of those starbases would have been possible, and a starship could have picked up the survivors who were in escape pods. As far as I know no official source or novelization addresses the question of how exactly the survivors were rescued, but it does not seem to be a difficult prospect.
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Star Trek (2009) VFX Specialist Douglas E. Graves confirmed that the Kelvin's MedEvac Shuttle (based on the original TOS G7 model) is indeed warp capable. That being that case, and given that the attack took place near to the Federation/Klingon border the escapees needed to merely head toward the nearest friendly Federation outpost.
They may have been picked up along the way (I think we can safely assume that each shuttle has its own subspace radio and distress beacons) but even if they were left to their own devices, they weren't helplessly puttering along at impulse speed.
Q. Just checked out your G7 interiors. I really liked them especially the controls which looked a bit more like TMP style (is that what you’re going for?) than TOS. You’re not kidding when you say it looks cramped and utilitarian, but to me, that just increases the realism of the craft. After all, they’re short range craft aren’t they (warp capable?) and comfort wouldn’t really be much of a concern for the designers.
DEG: My TOS.5 universe is, yes, between TOS and TMP. A lot of those panel are also taken from the NX-01, as I thought they worked quite well for TOS.5. And yes, the shuttles are warp capable.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
You can see the earlier concept art on the same site. The film's Concept Artist John Eaves confirms that the bits sticking out are indeed warp nacelles.
Douglas The first pass of the craft has inset nacelles and is basically very
rectangular in shape. As Ryan Church was fleshing out the USS Iowa,
we thought it would be cool to try a version with a single nacelle on
top of the ship to tie in the ship’s design to that of its assigned
starship. This idea of architecture went for a while in various forms
before we went in a whole different direction and more towards a
Galileo style of ship.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
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Star Trek (2009) VFX Specialist Douglas E. Graves confirmed that the Kelvin's MedEvac Shuttle (based on the original TOS G7 model) is indeed warp capable. That being that case, and given that the attack took place near to the Federation/Klingon border the escapees needed to merely head toward the nearest friendly Federation outpost.
They may have been picked up along the way (I think we can safely assume that each shuttle has its own subspace radio and distress beacons) but even if they were left to their own devices, they weren't helplessly puttering along at impulse speed.
Q. Just checked out your G7 interiors. I really liked them especially the controls which looked a bit more like TMP style (is that what you’re going for?) than TOS. You’re not kidding when you say it looks cramped and utilitarian, but to me, that just increases the realism of the craft. After all, they’re short range craft aren’t they (warp capable?) and comfort wouldn’t really be much of a concern for the designers.
DEG: My TOS.5 universe is, yes, between TOS and TMP. A lot of those panel are also taken from the NX-01, as I thought they worked quite well for TOS.5. And yes, the shuttles are warp capable.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
You can see the earlier concept art on the same site. The film's Concept Artist John Eaves confirms that the bits sticking out are indeed warp nacelles.
Douglas The first pass of the craft has inset nacelles and is basically very
rectangular in shape. As Ryan Church was fleshing out the USS Iowa,
we thought it would be cool to try a version with a single nacelle on
top of the ship to tie in the ship’s design to that of its assigned
starship. This idea of architecture went for a while in various forms
before we went in a whole different direction and more towards a
Galileo style of ship.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
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Star Trek (2009) VFX Specialist Douglas E. Graves confirmed that the Kelvin's MedEvac Shuttle (based on the original TOS G7 model) is indeed warp capable. That being that case, and given that the attack took place near to the Federation/Klingon border the escapees needed to merely head toward the nearest friendly Federation outpost.
They may have been picked up along the way (I think we can safely assume that each shuttle has its own subspace radio and distress beacons) but even if they were left to their own devices, they weren't helplessly puttering along at impulse speed.
Q. Just checked out your G7 interiors. I really liked them especially the controls which looked a bit more like TMP style (is that what you’re going for?) than TOS. You’re not kidding when you say it looks cramped and utilitarian, but to me, that just increases the realism of the craft. After all, they’re short range craft aren’t they (warp capable?) and comfort wouldn’t really be much of a concern for the designers.
DEG: My TOS.5 universe is, yes, between TOS and TMP. A lot of those panel are also taken from the NX-01, as I thought they worked quite well for TOS.5. And yes, the shuttles are warp capable.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
You can see the earlier concept art on the same site. The film's Concept Artist John Eaves confirms that the bits sticking out are indeed warp nacelles.
Douglas The first pass of the craft has inset nacelles and is basically very
rectangular in shape. As Ryan Church was fleshing out the USS Iowa,
we thought it would be cool to try a version with a single nacelle on
top of the ship to tie in the ship’s design to that of its assigned
starship. This idea of architecture went for a while in various forms
before we went in a whole different direction and more towards a
Galileo style of ship.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
Star Trek (2009) VFX Specialist Douglas E. Graves confirmed that the Kelvin's MedEvac Shuttle (based on the original TOS G7 model) is indeed warp capable. That being that case, and given that the attack took place near to the Federation/Klingon border the escapees needed to merely head toward the nearest friendly Federation outpost.
They may have been picked up along the way (I think we can safely assume that each shuttle has its own subspace radio and distress beacons) but even if they were left to their own devices, they weren't helplessly puttering along at impulse speed.
Q. Just checked out your G7 interiors. I really liked them especially the controls which looked a bit more like TMP style (is that what you’re going for?) than TOS. You’re not kidding when you say it looks cramped and utilitarian, but to me, that just increases the realism of the craft. After all, they’re short range craft aren’t they (warp capable?) and comfort wouldn’t really be much of a concern for the designers.
DEG: My TOS.5 universe is, yes, between TOS and TMP. A lot of those panel are also taken from the NX-01, as I thought they worked quite well for TOS.5. And yes, the shuttles are warp capable.
uss iowa/uss kelvin med evac shuttles
You can see the earlier concept art on the same site. The film's Concept Artist John Eaves confirms that the bits sticking out are indeed warp nacelles.
Douglas The first pass of the craft has inset nacelles and is basically very
rectangular in shape. As Ryan Church was fleshing out the USS Iowa,
we thought it would be cool to try a version with a single nacelle on
top of the ship to tie in the ship’s design to that of its assigned
starship. This idea of architecture went for a while in various forms
before we went in a whole different direction and more towards a
Galileo style of ship.
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The Kelvin was destroyed along the Federation-Klingon border, an area with a notable amount of Federation activity. There are references to multiple starbases in the area both in the Original Series and in Star Trek: Discovery, including Deep Space KT-7, Starbase 234 and Starbase 24. Considering the shuttlecraft that Winona Kirk escaped in had warp nacelles, even at low speeds reaching one of those starbases would have been possible, and a starship could have picked up the survivors who were in escape pods. As far as I know no official source or novelization addresses the question of how exactly the survivors were rescued, but it does not seem to be a difficult prospect.
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The Kelvin was destroyed along the Federation-Klingon border, an area with a notable amount of Federation activity. There are references to multiple starbases in the area both in the Original Series and in Star Trek: Discovery, including Deep Space KT-7, Starbase 234 and Starbase 24. Considering the shuttlecraft that Winona Kirk escaped in had warp nacelles, even at low speeds reaching one of those starbases would have been possible, and a starship could have picked up the survivors who were in escape pods. As far as I know no official source or novelization addresses the question of how exactly the survivors were rescued, but it does not seem to be a difficult prospect.
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The Kelvin was destroyed along the Federation-Klingon border, an area with a notable amount of Federation activity. There are references to multiple starbases in the area both in the Original Series and in Star Trek: Discovery, including Deep Space KT-7, Starbase 234 and Starbase 24. Considering the shuttlecraft that Winona Kirk escaped in had warp nacelles, even at low speeds reaching one of those starbases would have been possible, and a starship could have picked up the survivors who were in escape pods. As far as I know no official source or novelization addresses the question of how exactly the survivors were rescued, but it does not seem to be a difficult prospect.
The Kelvin was destroyed along the Federation-Klingon border, an area with a notable amount of Federation activity. There are references to multiple starbases in the area both in the Original Series and in Star Trek: Discovery, including Deep Space KT-7, Starbase 234 and Starbase 24. Considering the shuttlecraft that Winona Kirk escaped in had warp nacelles, even at low speeds reaching one of those starbases would have been possible, and a starship could have picked up the survivors who were in escape pods. As far as I know no official source or novelization addresses the question of how exactly the survivors were rescued, but it does not seem to be a difficult prospect.
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