We know from comments by STAR TREK: DISCOVERY producer Heather Kadin that the design of the new series’ new starship was still undergoing design development, but today showrunner Bryan Fuller told IGN a bit more about the nature of the vessel shown in the SDCC teaser.

Everybody got a glimpse of what the ship looked like as a work in progress, and so much of that has already changed because that was — that design wasn’t even finalized. It was, like, ‘What can we share with folks at Comic-Con that lets them into the process?’

And already I look at that design and go like, ‘We’ve got different nacelles. We’ve got different lines there.’ So it’s an evolution, and we’re finding that look as we get closer and closer to production.

Fuller also spoke more about the connection to the Planet of the Titans ship design created by Ralph McQuarrie for that abandoned film concept in the 1970s.

Ralph McQuarrie had done some wonderful illustrations, and we saw those and saw sort of harder lines of a ship and started talking about race cars and Lamborghinis in the ’70s and James Bond cars… taking those inspirations and coming up with something completely unique to us.

Like you, we’re definitely looking forward to the final form of this new Federation ship.