Ok my friend and I are real big StarTrek geeks -- it seems there's this new proggy that will take 3DStudio files (3DS) and make them into Flash animations... I think it's called "Swift" or something like that -- I'm probably going to try playing with it more...
Here's an Enterprise ship he said he threw together in about 2 hours just learning to use the program...
http://www.mark2000.org/steve/
I remember when VRML came out and I was so excited to get my 3D models on the web -- but only Netscape supported VRML well and it was still pretty lame... Anyway I think this type of software opens the door to some really cool shit -- he's already got a Klingon warship on the way and his shuttlecraft is already done heehe.... If anyone needs Flash work done I can show you some of his sample work -- it's impressive. I went to drawing school w/ Mark and he's one of the few guys that can draw everything out of his head -- and some damn funny caricatures too...