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Also here are some awesome character designs in a wonderful reference sheet format, created and illustrated by @irlbirdreal.bsky.social for my fanfiction series :)

A character reference sheet laid out like an LCARS panel. It features Maxwell Lane, a Human Starfleet Lieutenant donning a red uniform. He stands in a heroic pose, resting a phaser rifle on his shoulder.

A character reference sheet laid out like an LCARS panel. It features Vesia Zh'yssal, an Andorian Starfleet Lieutenant in a gold uniform, working away at a PADD.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 05/10/2026

Hello! I posted my first proper Star Trek fanfic on AO3! It has cool illustrations by @irlbirdreal.bsky.social . Written by me, and other artwork by me. check it out here: archiveofourown.org/works/94000396

A silhoutted figure stands in the doorway of a turbolift as two Starfleet officers point phasers at them.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 30/09/2026

Haven't rendered something just for fun in a while! Here's Star Trek Online's USS Enterprise from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. SNW Constitution-Class by @ramonmatas.bsky.social ! (based on the Discovery-Era model by Donny Versiga) Shuttlecraft by me :)

A view from the ventral starboard angle, looking from the fore of the ship. The USS Enterprise (from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) hangs in space. It's shuttle, the Alvarez, flies next to it. A faint blue nebula can be seen behind. The scene is lit by a distant orange-yellow star and blue light.

An overhead view of the USS Enterprise (from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) with its shuttle, the Alvarez, flying beside it. It is set upon a pale blue and orange nebula, and lit by a nearby star.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 10/08/2026

one fun thing @irlbirdreal.bsky.social did for me is fill out the decorative d'k tahg shop's stands (that are obscured by Fred) with some fun props

An unseen part of one of the images in the parent post. There's a rack on the left with 3 collectible d'k tahgs - a Swiss Army d'k tahg, a keychain d'k tahg, and a fidget spinner d'k tahg. On the right is a shelf with a Discovery-styled d'k tahg, a karambit d'k tahg, and a wooden stunt d'k tahg.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 03/08/2026

This guy is named Fred.

A young Klowahkan with blue plumage wearing a reddish shirt watches over the skies of Klowahka, similar to the skyline we see in Star Trek: Lower Decks. There's a floating restaurant in the background, like on Lower Decks.

The same Klowahkan, now older, walks through a bazaar or street at night, dimly illuminated by a street lamp. Behind him is a d'k tahg shop, as well as a stand advertising Human-Klingon Fusion Cuisine. All the shops are closed at this hour. The location resembles Tulgana IV, from Star Trek: Lower Decks.

The same Klowahkan, older still, wearing an orange jumpsuit, stares out of a window. A dark-skinned hand, and the webbed hand of a Zaldan are also pressing up against the glass. In view, we can see the surface of Mars and an orbital station in the distance. Phaser fire is raining from unseen satellites above. There are explosions across the surface of Mars and on the station. Blurred and indistinct, a few of the Mars Defense Perimeter ships can be seen incoming. An A500 Synthetic Labor Unit and a Starfleet officer can be seen floating outside. This depicts a scene from the Synth Attack on Mars, from Star Trek: Picard's first season.

A Class C shuttlecraft, labelled AGRS T-67-A, blazes past with impulse engines firing plumes of exhaust. An ominous orange glow is seen from just out of frame.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 03/08/2026

When I'm not working on Star Trek for my job, I work on Star Trek fanfiction in my own time. Here's some art I had @irlbirdreal.bsky.social illustrate for me, as well as some I made myself, and some we made together!

Two Starfleet officers point their phasers down a corridor into a turbolift. The corridor is decrepit, sparks raining down. Within the turbolift obscured by smoke and silhouetted is a shadowed figure. They look like they're holding a phaser towards the two officers as well.

Someone phasers themselves in the head from a maintenance room down a starship's corridor. The phaser blast is bright, casting their silhouette down the corridor in an orange glow. Two officers are working at panels next to the maintenance room door, while closer to the point of view are a Vulcan (armed with a Type III-C Phaser Rifle) and a Benzite (with breathing apparatus). Both have darkened veins across their skin - this image takes place on a starship during Frontier Day as depicted in Star Trek: Picard season 3.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 03/08/2026

my oomfs have arrived

The cover of the Star Trek Ships of the Line 2027 calendar.

The gallery of individual month images. Some of my oomfs, like Thomas, Howie, RJB, Lauren are there!

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Pundus @pundus.art · 22/07/2026

forgor to post but it was my birthday yesterday which was cool

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Pundus @pundus.art · 22/06/2026

K'vort head changes vs the normal B'rel:

All the greebles that sit on top of the B'rel head were appropriately scaled down
And some of them duplicated to make it seem as if there's more space for more machinery
Added a bit more panelling
Divided some existing panelling up into more, "smaller" panels.
Also divided up stuff like the lights around the torpedo tube hole!
Re-scaled all the windows
Added more windows
Redid the torpedo launcher hole - now there's a triad of launch tubes!
Re-scaled the piping around the rim of the B'rel
Re-uved stuff to make some details repeat between the smaller ship and the K'vort less

(also shoutout to art lead Phil who actually put it on the schedule!)

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Pundus @pundus.art · 18/06/2026

yep. you guessed it.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 12/06/2026

this too was a 67 joke btw

Closeup of the aft hull of the Hope-Class, focusing on a few escape pods.

The same image, zoomed in. Six escape pods in view.

Now zoomed in all the way, on a single escape pod hatch. It's labelled 067.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 11/06/2026

this was a 67 joke btw

Subtitles for the aforementioned timestamp in Star Trek: Picard - a ship's holomatrix informs us that the Deflector shields are at 67%.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 11/06/2026

now THIS is my FAVOURITE escape pod in Star Trek Online.

A screenshot of a Hope-Class starship in Star Trek Online. The second aft-most starboard ventral escape pod is circled in red. Four red arrows flank it. One massive red arrow points at it.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 08/06/2026

it's the class c century

A Class C shuttlecraft seen in one of the Steam page images for the upcoming game Star Trek: Outposts Unknown.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 05/06/2026

memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cold_Fi...

VOY: "Cold Fire"'s title card. A block of like, quartz, sits on a grill in sickbay. Janeway is NOT looking at it. Someone is tricordering it.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 24/05/2026

posted my work on the NV for @playstartrekonline.com to my artstation! www.artstation.com/artwork/QKdyAx

Render of the NV-Class Intrepid from the ventral-port-fore 3/4 angle.

Render of the NV-Class Intrepid from the dorsal-port-aft 3/4 angle.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 24/04/2026

aennik okeg rewards his strongest soldiers

STO chat box during the First Contact Day Reenactment, showing that I got a bunch of Junk and Good/Great Hull Parts, before finally getting Excellent Hull Parts just before the collection round ended.

The same chat box with the minicontact dialog.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 11/04/2026

his ass is not responding to the forest fires reported in the area

A Vulcan Ensign Engineering officer that spawns during the First Contact Day Re-enactment TFO. He has a rebreather on.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 24/03/2026

oomfs @thomasthecat.bsky.social pre-order the 2027 edition of the Ships of the Line Calendar here: www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Sh...

Cropped screenshot of the 2027 Ships of the Line Calendar showing two contributions, from myself and Thomas, next to each other.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 19/03/2026

thinking about the uss sargasso... what do you mean completely disabled... it's pining for the fjords!

The USS Sargasso exploding in an orange fireball with chunks being ripped out of the hull.

The destroyed USS Sargasso. The debris is still aflame. The warp nacelles remain intact, as does about a third of the saucer and the engineering hull "loop". It is an ex-starship.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 12/03/2026

The Antares-type seen under the Athena has a readable name and registry number - it's the Antares herself, NCC-325501 :) Aside from that, there's a Friendship-Class ship also with a visible registry and name, the USS Yang NCC-321616

Screenshot of the saucer of an Antares-Type ship, slightly adjusted to make the text USS Antares NCC-325501 visible.

Screenshot of the saucer of a Friendship-Class ship, showcasing the name and registry USS Yang NCC-321616

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Pundus @pundus.art · 30/01/2026

If you've seen the latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, you'll have seen some familiar faces from Star Trek Online show up! (i did not work on any of this i just think its awesome)

A compilation of three images. The top image shows the M'Chla-Class Refit in Star Trek Online, while the lower two images are screenshots from the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode Vox In Excelso.

A compilation of three images. The top image shows the QeHpu'-Class in Star Trek Online, while the lower two images are screenshots from the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode Vox In Excelso.

A compilation of two images. The top image shows the Ketha-Class in Star Trek Online, while the lower image is a screenshot from the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode Vox In Excelso.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 14/01/2026

gotten back into writing star trek fanfiction. getting it illustrated with my buddy @irlbirdreal.bsky.social too. i think it's awesome.

A darkened Star Trek-style corridor with red alert lighting. A conduit in the ceiling is sparking. It's smoky, and theres a silhoutted figure in an open turbolift armed with a phaser. An Andorian is on the left, a Human on the right. Both are also armed with Type N phaser pistols.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 09/01/2026

woah i got the new vanity shield

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Pundus @pundus.art · 03/01/2026

Dug up my original files!

Photoshop screenshot showing the USS Harlan's promotional image before color grading and final processing.

Photoshop screenshot of just the final USS Harlan - with added lens flare and slight blue hue to contrast the bright orange bussards.

Blender screenshot of the USS Harlan, an untextured wireframe.

Blender screenshot of the raw USS Harlan - no background or lights - the livery is the one used in STO.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 16/12/2025

As art evolves, things change! I believe S4S6 was cut from the final edit - with just one shot of Klingon K't'ingas in formation. One detail I had to make sure I included was the arrowhead on Klingon disruptor fire, seen in Star Trek III. It ended up less clean than I'd've liked, though.

Klingon disruptor bolt flying in front of a B'rel-Class Bird-of-Prey. It has a faint arrowhead effect.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 16/12/2025

Recently - in my personal time - I re-rendered all of these scenes with the new contemporary Daetra-Class Warbird by @scorpiondesign.bsky.social - a TMP-era Romulan Warbird exclusive to the new Legendary Last Stand Bundle. I dunno if it'll ever see the light of day though, haha - but have a tease.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 16/12/2025

The wonderful TMP drydock model was made by Tobias Richter for this trailer. A late addition in the final trailer that I wanted and Thomas went with was the inclusion of the bundle-exclusive Theseus Prototype - designed by @scorpiondesign.bsky.social based on @idwpublishing.com 's work!

The Theseus Prototype flying below the Pioneer II.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 20/11/2025

speaking of Stargate i built a ZPM (zed-pee-emm, of course) a week ago. no idea what was the deal with Atlantis having so much trouble with these to start 🙄 i love bluebrixx btw

A ZPM (zero-point module) as seen in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, built out of legoesque bricks (BlueBrixx, in this case). If you haven't seen a ZPM before, it sorta resembles one of those salt lamps, but way more orange, and made out of stained glass. You can see red and green bits of stained glass made outta bricks on this guy. It's on a black brick-built stand with a miniature eponymous Stargate and a lil placard. All of that is balanced on a makeshift plinth out of two plastic cartons because the USB cable powering the lights in the brick ZPM was kinda short, and the base of the ZPM itself was too fragile for it to stand on. It's pretty cool. I miss when BlueBrixx had the Star Trek license. Four hundred United States Dollars for an Enterprise-D? With stickers? BlueBrixx would never. You can barely see it, but there's a BlueBrixx made Type 3 Phaser Rifle from Star Trek: First Contact behind the ZPM, just out of frame. That had no stickers, and you could open the power cell, flip the foregrip, remove the sight, open the innards, all that good stuff. I worry Lego ain't gonna make anything besides the -D and the original 1701 before leaving the license to dry, honestly, and I doubt they'd ever have the range BlueBrixx did. Doubt they would've made a life-sized phaser or disruptor replica, for instance, or a functioning d'k tahg. I don't think Lego "does guns" or whatever. Also BlueBrixx's big-ass ships barely had stickers. I think the Defiant and minifig-scale runabout did out of necessity (decals across multiple parts), but that was about it. There's also a little gold model of the original 1701 behind the ZPM. That's an Eaglemoss model, it's in a plastic case for its own protection. Speaking of which, I could go on a whole goddamn rant about Fanhome and their abysmal lack of international availability, especially compared to MasterReplicas, but I'm running out of space in this alt text. At least it's entirely descriptive of the image. And also my emotions.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 13/11/2025

this survived so all is well

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Pundus @pundus.art · 08/10/2025

Coming soon to #StarTrekOnline , the Gladius-Class has been remastered to our current visual standard, and as usual, this will be free for any owners of the Gladius Escort Refit and usable on any ship in the Escort (Saber-Class family)!

Overhead view of the USS Gladius orbiting Jupiter.

Underside view of the USS Gladius orbiting Jupiter.

Overhead view of the USS Gladius - with alternate nacelles - flying over a brown planet.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 07/10/2025

At the top of the hour (in ~30 minutes), I'll be going live with @counselor-sunna.bsky.social and guests @galgaming96220.bsky.social and @casualsab.bsky.social for a #StarTrekOnline ship build stream, featuring the remastered Negh'Tev and the Ushaan (da Vinci)! www.twitch.tv/decagameslive

Underside view of the IKS Negh'Tev orbiting Qu'Vat.

The USS Ushaan hangs in orbit of Qu'Vat.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 05/10/2025

there we go! eleos and duderstadt added to my star trek picard starship sprites collection.

Checkerboard grid of pixel art starships, 3 rows 5 columns.

Row 1: Inquiry-Class (season 1, thin nacelles), Inquiry-Class (season 1, thick nacelles), Inquiry-Class (season 2 and 3), Dhailkhina-Class (Nedar's warbird), Wallenberg-Class

Row 2: Sagan-Class, Echelon-Class, Excelsior-II-Class, Dia Vectau-Class, Sampson-Class

Row 3: Kaplan F17 Speed Freighter, Constitution-III-Class, Duderstadt-Class, Martian Defense Ship, SS Eleos XII

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Pundus @pundus.art · 30/09/2025

googled jaresh-inyo. why is there a censor bar. did he get cancelled or something

Google search page for Jaresh-Inyo (the President of the Federation from Deep Space Nine). The main image of him on the sidebar has a censor-bar over his eyes.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 30/09/2025

hadn't drawn starship pixel art in over a year and I wanted to relax so I did three of the Inquiry-Class variants from star trek picard

Three pieces of pixel art of the Inquiry-Class starship from Star Trek: Picard. They are laid on an alternating pastel background.

1) The Inquiry-Class from Season 1, angular nacelles.
2) The Inquiry-Class from Season 1, bulbous nacelles
3) The Inquiry-Class from Seasons 2 and 3.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 27/09/2025

i'm probably in the minority but i really love how crazy VFX shots in Disco S1 looked. it has unmatched personality and direction while future shows all felt "standard", so to speak.

The USS Discovery hangs in space. Everything is tinted an odd yellow - like that of unhealthy urine. Mysterious lens effects and a coating of chromatic abberation gives undefined points of interests across the frame. The lighting on the ship itself glares brightly, emphasizing the metallicity of the hull.

A Vulcan Solkar-Class cruiser tumbles away into space. It's full of nebula in R, G and B, with repeated patterns as if done by digital brush strokes. It feels both saturated and desaturated.

The USS Discovery is silhouetted by a blindingly bright sun. The saturation of the star has drowned out all detail on the Discovery as heat distortion blurs it - only the blue-turned-purple warp grilles stand out, as well as a few windows.

The USS Discovery hangs in space. A dense starfield behind it. Mysterious light sources illuminate the hull, ranging from brownish-bronze to light bronze. The nacelles glare so intensely that the warp grilles have extreme bloom. Almost no details can be seen on the underside of the saucer besides illuminating lights on stark metal hull, and the ship's name.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 23/09/2025

As with all remasters, this update is free for owners of the Negh'Tev Heavy Battlecruiser variant. Simply ready a ship in the Klingon Heavy Battlecruiser family and apply the Negh'Tev template in the ship customization interface to see the changes (once the servers are live)!

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Pundus @pundus.art · 23/09/2025

As some players in the community may recognize, this remaster was done by @andydpurromann.bsky.social ! Thanks to @thomasthecat.bsky.social and other DECA leads for making this inclusion possible :)

The IKS Negh'Tev flies past the camera, orbiting Qu'Vat.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 23/09/2025

Surprise, Captains! The Negh'Tev remaster will be landing in Star Trek Online on PC today, with the Unleashed update, and at a later date on Consoles :)

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Pundus @pundus.art · 22/09/2025

Post a random Star Trek image

The USS Trieste, an unused background kitbash model meant for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is on a workbench next to a stack of model kit boxes. An Excelsior-Class is on the bottom left, out of frame. The Trieste contains of a Miranda-Class saucer with extra greebles added, as well as an assortment of windows. It has two Galaxy-Class style warp nacelles, at a much smaller scale, for propulsion. An observatory/cannon implement is located on the impulse deflection crystal and on the bridge.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 01/09/2025

looking through my old @drehmal.net screenshots. what a beautiful game Drehmal can be.

A massive airship hangs over a body of water. The sun shines from behind, the foggy atmosphere casting godrays through its sails. Conifers can be seen at the water's bank near the camera, with more autumnal looking trees in the distance.

A carpeted hallway in a building made of wood. The end of the hall has a window made of stained glass. Fencing on the sides allow godrays to peek through, tinted green by the environment outside, and carried by the dusty air inside.

Intense sunlight shines through a dark tunnel. A pathway is illuminated at the bottom of the image.

A dark hallway with stuff scattered about - barely visible. At the end of the hallway, illuminated by candlelight, is a strange skull-shaped figure.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 28/08/2025

Go Fast! I hope you all enjoy the #StarTrek Ships of the Line Calendar 2026! It is an absolute honor to have become a published artist!

The June spread of the Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar 2026: it features the Protostar zooming through an almost Murf-colored nebula.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 27/08/2025

As usual, this remaster is free to anyone who owns Saber Escort variant ships. That family of ships can also now use the Type 0a ship hull material. Have fun kitbashing, Captains!

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Pundus @pundus.art · 27/08/2025

One of the obvious changes was suggested by @thomasthecat.bsky.social and had a hand by @scorpiondesign.bsky.social - the front of the two pontoon-esque areas has gotten more detailing! Some refinement was done to the sides of the deflector dish as well :)

The USS Ushaan flies in orbit of Jupiter.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 27/08/2025

In addition to the bug fixes, this patch will also make the Ushaan remaster available to Captains to fly! Here are some views of the coming remaster, which has gotten touched up since the stream where I showcased it!

Perspective views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background.

Before and After orthographic views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background.

Before and After perspective views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 27/08/2025

An earlier patch fixed up the Shangri-La's nacelles to work better with other materials - but it did not fix the Beta variant nacelles. The saucer dome was also missed. All of the Shang should now look good in any starship hull material! :) I hope Captains flying the Shangri-La enjoy!

In-game tailor view of the Shangri-La class in Star Trek online. There is odd texture mapping on the nacelles and ventral saucer dome.

Closeup of the dome with the same material - it is now cleanly brown.

Closeup of the Shangri-La beta nacelle, now with a solid color on the grilles.

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