10 Times Star Trek Reused Ships And Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice

10. Romulan Scout Ship/Science Vessel/Nerada

The Romulan Scout Ship was designed by Rick Sternbach, debuting in The Defector. The design was based on Andrew Probert's earlier D'deridex-class Warbird, echoing the green colour scheme, wing span, and forward module. This initial design was more obviously a small support vessel, evidenced by the cockpit windows at the front.

The Next Phase would then introduce the Romulan Science Vessel. For this, the studio model was altered, with the forward module being changed, and the more obvious cockpit design removed. At the aft of the ship, a hammerhead-style crescent was added, this time serving as a section similar to the sensor pod on a Nebula-class ship.

The ship would then return in Favorite Son. This time, the only significant change was to the colour of the ship, switching from green to brown.

Sternbach himself was less than thrilled with the model's continual changes, lamenting that once the designs left his desk, he had no control over what happened to them. When it came to the Science vessel and the Nerada specifically, these were quite obviously the same design, a Romulan one, and stood out in the episode.