SciPubTech SciPubTech is an American publisher headquartered in Grosse Pointe Park , Michigan and was incorporated in 1994 . " Star Trek " association . SciPubTech has published highly detailed cutaway posters of vessels that have appeared in the " Star Trek " and " Star Wars " franchises . Headed by Martin X . Petz , its first publication was the cut - away poster of the in 1991 . The two artists responsible for the artwork were brothers Chris and Matt Cushman . Chris Cushman was inspired by the cut - away poster David A . Kimble had done of the - refit for " Mind ' s Eye Press " in 1986 , based on his " " . As he recalled on his blog : " In 1987 , The Next Generation had debuted on TV and the world of Star Trek was re - born and in my mind the thought of getting involved in Star Trek was possible . In 1990 providence / fait and the opportunity presented it self or should I say himself . While sitting in the lobby of the Cadillac Fleetwood Plant waiting for and engineering meeting I happen to overhear a gentleman introduce himself to the receptionist in a way as if she should know who he was . It was David Kimble himself . Not wanting to miss an opportunity to meet this famous illustrator I walked up and introduced myself . I told him I was an illustrator with GM and that I had really enjoyed his work including most of all the " Enterprise " Poster ! He asked if he could stop by my office the next day as he was headed to the GM Tech Centre where I worked and asked if he could see some of my work ! Some of my work ! Wow I was very excited and I went home that day picking out a few choice pieces I had worked on as well I took a sketch of the " Enterprise " D from the " Next Gen " that I had drawn as I wanted to get his opinion . " The next day David stopped by and looked at my portfolio , and asked me on the spot if I would be interested in doing freelance work for him . He explained all the details and the level of work he would be needing which was to a very high standard . I asked him what he thought of the " Enterprise " illustration I had started and he loved it , I pushed the conversation into the direction of a possible collaboration figuring he had the contacts at Paramount . He looked less than happy when I mentioned that explaining that he had not profited from the first poster very well and preferred not to work with them again . " He sensed my disappointment and immediately offered up to put me in contact with someone at Paramount . I sent a letter and a copy of the illustration to the person he suggested who contacted me back stating they did not work with individuals but loved the work and suggested that I find a licensed Star Trek product company who might take my piece to the next level . Undaunted I sent letters to many of the companies on the list paramount provided me and within a few weeks I had gotten shot down with five or six responses . I was working freelance for a company called JDT Associates in Rochester Michigan and one day I shared my story and illustration with the owner . She immediately saw the value in the property and set out to become a licensee of Paramount . Within a year the project was on and I began to take the illustration to the next level . Paramount began to provide substantive input to my illustration with advanced galleys of a new book they were producing , the Next Gen Technical Manual . As well comments from Mike Okuda from the Star Trek art department started to flow in . To accommodate the level of detail the drawing was enlarged to 77 inches in length as this would allow me to draw the details of each deck . " While the Enterprise D was initially released in by JDT and Associates SciPubTech purchased a great deal of their stock when the company folded . SciPubTechs first official product was the TOS Enterprise . Each poster went through rigorous feedback and approvals from the " Star Trek " production team . Doug Drexler recalled on his blog in regard to the upcoming cut - away poster of the original , " " The SciPub Tech cutaway came along first , but was run through the art department , where we gave extensive notes . Their original version had Main Engineering in the primary hull , and no big Engineering dept in the secondary hull . We asked them to change that . They were more than happy to . " " . ☀1996 Suzie Domnick VP of Paramount product licensing said that SciPubTech was the rare non filmed product that not only was Canon but extended Canon for the show . Several others would follow , as well as three from the " Star Wars " franchise and one completed , but not released , from the " Wing Commander " franchise . But after the release of the cut - away poster in 1999 , no further posters were released , though one of the had been slated for release .