That’s a good question. I found this on Memory Alpha:

A desperate scramble among the creative staff ensued to trim as much as possible of the budget as possible; the entire prologue was (albeit painfully) scrapped, scenes were trimmed, all planned set construction for new starship interiors was abandoned (though a new Kronos One corridor set did get build ultimately), the planned live-action shoots in Alaska for the Rura Penthe scenes were scrapped as were plans for new studio models and other visual effects elements. Starship sets were to be entirely recycled from Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was concurrently in production, but was slated for its summer hiatus, when filming of The Undiscovered Country was planned to start, and only existing studio models were to be used.

I’m guessing this set was simply not built to hold up under feature film-level resolution.

Edit: elsewhere on the page, it says the galley was a redress of Troi’s office.

Jettisoning the nacelles was considered in TOS’ “The Apple” and “The Savage Curtain”, but in both cases they never actually did it.

I’ve always been a heretic.

Oh man, I couldn’t agree less. Detach everything!

She also did an episode of “Enterprise” so I guess it’s all Trek canon.

That’s why Marissa isn’t in season four.

heavy sigh

Major…

I think Braka and the Venari Ral are an interesting contrast to Osyraa and the Emerald Chain, which was an entirely different flavour of tyranny.

I thought about that, and concluded that the comic book probably took a lot of liberties with reality. Caleb did dismiss it as propaganda, after all.

It did look like a fun read.

Definitely a darker episode. I thought it was a bit of a mixed bag, but I enjoyed the Ake/Braka development.

I have to admit, I didn’t expect them to kill off a (guest star) cadet. Earlier in the episode, I’d been thinking about how nice it’s been that they’ve kept the supporting cast of cadets so consistent, but now we’re down one. At least we still have the Delta Swallower.

I didn’t love the basic setup - using a derelict ship that people died on as a training ground didn’t really sit well with me - but it was a decent story in that setting.

I get that - if not nostalgia, certainly familiarity goes a long way.

Yeah, it’s only the Vulcan encounter in the MU episode that’s archive footage, with a stand-in wielding the shotgun.

He’s a quadruple threat!

A fan convention, formerly known as Star Trek Las Vegas, now known as ST:LV Trek to Vegas ever since they lost the official license.

At last, Jaglom Shrek!

Finally, the branching storylines we’ve been demanding!

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to hold onto a belief that things will not always just continue to be shitty forever.

Neither does Star Trek. But neither the franchise nor I are so naive that we think that there’s a “mission accomplished” state in which bad things don’t happen any more.

Personally, I think the message of “things could be fine without struggle or setbacks” would go up like a lead balloon in the year 2026 (or really, any year since at least 2014, probably much earlier). I don’t see anything inspirational or hopeful when it seems like pure fantasy.

yeah but thats different