Rick Sternbach, who designed the Borg cube for "The Next Generation", and Richard James collaborated over several months to design the USS "Voyager". Sternbach started work on the new design in the fall of 1993 when the new series was announced. By the spring of 1994, the design had started to mature, and was smaller than "The Next Generation" "Enterprise"-D with features like the ability to land on a planet's surface. The interior design focused on the bridge, which set the tone for the rest of ship. Throughout the design process, the main goal was to make it new and appealing while still holding in part to the same familiar design.