Modeling Challenge Thread

[RJB]

RJB's Bomber Challenge Contest Entree.

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The aurora is by Elowan from foundation 3d

History

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Stats

Class: Long range heavy bomber – Myrmidon class

Dimensions:
Length - 100m
Width - 90m
Height - 26m

Hall: Neutronium / Trinium alloy with energy dampening crystalline plating.

Crew:
1x captain
2x navigators (rotating shifts)
2x weapon officers (rotating shifts)
2x Engineers (rotating shifts)
1x medical officer

Defenses: Standard Lantean shield system. 2X emitters.

Reactor: Dual neutronium particle fusion reactor. (the show never tells use what powers normal ships so I made something up)

Propulsion:
1x main heavy ion drive, 2x secondary ion drives. (Sub-light)
1x Lantean standard hyperdrive.

Weapon systems:
4x Pulse plasma defensive turrets.
6x Dual drone launchers. (150 drones per launcher)
1x Heavy ordnance launch bay

Heavy ordnance types:
Fusion warhead – Large area of effect weapon, similar to earth’s mark 9.
2 stage

Naquadah mist warhead – Designed to take out planetary wraith colonies, this warhead spits once it enters the atmosphere. The first stage releases a nano level Naquadah powder into the air, once it spreads to optimum coverage the second stage sends a massive charge into the air arcing from particle to particle exceeding the Naquadah’s energy capacity. The effect is a fire storm which incinerates all live on the planet’s surface.

History:
Built near the end of the war with the wraith in a time when aurora class ships were in short supply the Myrmidon became a stop gap for the defense of main lesser Lantean colonies. As times became more desperate fleets of these ships were used to attack planet based wraith colonies in hopes that it would slow down there war machine, in the end all it accomplished was forcing the wraith from being a planet based civilization to one base on mobile spaceships and as such hard to destroy targets.

[thekillman]

for power:


NIG- Neutrino Ion Generator. neutronium is annihilated into neutron radiation, which can either beta-decay into hydrogen, or be absorbed by hydrogen and become deuterium, suited for fusion.
[neutrino as in, the particle as a byproduct of beta decay, Ion as in, Ionizing[the neutrons become proton and electron radiation, which after de-energising become hydrogen]

Subspace tap- [my best estimate]: works like a normal subspace reciever, except it has been fitted to absorb the radiation of subspace itself, generation masses of energy.

Naquahdah Reactor. like a normal one
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Liquid Naquahdah Reactor. essentially like the device jack used to dial the asgard, but on a much larger scale. a special forcefield absorbs and controls the energy flow. in overcharge, it can deplete in minutes and generate insane amounts of energy. for the real tech guy:
Forcefield-contained Trinium-encased Liquid Naquahdah Powercore.

Lantean Fission powercore. no clue HOW it works or WHAT its fuel is, but it uses "a heavy element ancients use for power generation"

VEG- Vacuum Energy Generator. same concept as a ZPM- a part of space itself is isolated and contained, then drained for its energy untill maximum entropy is reached. then new space is isolated. Advantage: lots of power for a long time. Disadvantage: has to isolate a piece of space, during which it generates no power, and can be very dangerous during a battle.

Fusion Reactor. basic fusion generator, except that it uses an energy field to absorb and control the fusion. fuses all the way up to iron.

[Buba uognarf]

RJB's Bomber Challenge Contest Entree.

Spoiler:

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Rendered under clay lighting.

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Front


Back


Deck Plan


Drone weapon


Scenes




History

Spoiler:

Stats

Class: Long range heavy bomber – Myrmidon class

Dimensions:
Length - 100m
Width - 90m
Height - 26m

Hall: Neutronium / Trinium alloy with energy dampening crystalline plating.

Crew:
1x captain
2x navigators (rotating shifts)
2x weapon officers (rotating shifts)
2x Engineers (rotating shifts)
1x medical officer

Defenses: Standard Lantean shield system. 2X emitters.

Reactor: Dual neutronium particle fusion reactor. (the show never tells use what powers normal ships so I made something up)

Propulsion:
1x main heavy ion drive, 2x secondary ion drives. (Sub-light)
1x Lantean standard hyperdrive.

Weapon systems:
4x Pulse plasma defensive turrets.
6x Dual drone launchers. (150 drones per launcher)
1x Heavy ordnance launch bay

Heavy ordnance types:
Fusion warhead – Large area of effect weapon, similar to earth’s mark 9.
2 stage

Naquadah mist warhead – Designed to take out planetary wraith colonies, this warhead spits once it enters the atmosphere. The first stage releases a nano level Naquadah powder into the air, once it spreads to optimum coverage the second stage sends a massive charge into the air arcing from particle to particle exceeding the Naquadah’s energy capacity. The effect is a fire storm which incinerates all live on the planet’s surface.

History:
Built near the end of the war with the wraith in a time when aurora class ships were in short supply the Myrmidon became a stop gap for the defense of main lesser Lantean colonies. As times became more desperate fleets of these ships were used to attack planet based wraith colonies in hopes that it would slow down there war machine, in the end all it accomplished was forcing the wraith from being a planet based civilization to one base on mobile spaceships and as such hard to destroy targets.

Gets a thumbs up from me. Awesome. It looks Ancient and could definately be in the show.

[Finger13]

Finger, how damn big are those main cannons?

and damn it looks too cool for words.

how the hell are we supposed to choose between you and RJB?

[note to the others: these two are best know. forgot most of the others, TBH.]

Haha, you're so generous to everyone else in the competition.

The main cannons aren't terribly large, because they're rail guns so they don't need to be huge to pack a big punch. We've seen what gatling gun sized turrets are capable of on the Daedalus. These would shoot a projectile about the size of a human head or something close?

Not to sell myself short, but I'm nowhere near RJB on a technical level lol. If this comes down to the quality of the ships, I don't see how mine could beat his. It's classy, and it has an undeniable Ancient look to it.

I'm just glad to have finished a model and achieved more than what I set out to do.

[thekillman]

no, i mean, what are the dimensions of the gun, and its caliber.


what tech level do you intend to use? use asgard components? i can give you technological expertise. if you want to make it Real Life grade of expertise, consult Crazy Tom or Seastallion. wouldnt surprise me if they are, right here and right now, buisy at Area 51 working on a downed Alien craft

[Buba uognarf]

no, i mean, what are the dimensions of the gun, and its caliber.


what tech level do you intend to use? use asgard components? i can give you technological expertise. if you want to make it Real Life grade of expertise, consult Crazy Tom or Seastallion. wouldnt surprise me if they are, right here and right now, buisy at Area 51 working on a downed Alien craft

Its their own work killman, they can't be judged if they're getting help.

[Finger13]

no, i mean, what are the dimensions of the gun, and its caliber.


what tech level do you intend to use? use asgard components? i can give you technological expertise. if you want to make it Real Life grade of expertise, consult Crazy Tom or Seastallion. wouldnt surprise me if they are, right here and right now, buisy at Area 51 working on a downed Alien craft

I haven't chosen a caliber yet, but it would likely be the size of medium naval artillery, meaning several inches. Nothing ridiculous like the 16-18" guns of WW2, but maybe 250 to 300mm? That'd be a good 10-12". For a railgun, that would pack a nice punch.

I gave it a single beam weapon located on the nose. From what we've seen on the show, there's not much reason to think that a few naq. generators couldn't power a beam weapon, so I decided that it wouldn't be fan wank.

In terms of the gun's dimensions, well... I haven't given this much thought yet!

I need to take the size into consideration and use my little measuring block to determine the size of things. I'll get back to you on that when this finishes rendering.

[thekillman]

well you have guns in the current scaled model, so could you see how big they are now? just curious

[Finger13]

well you have guns in the current scaled model, so could you see how big they are now? just curious

I'll post all of that information tonight when I write up the stats.

If you want a guesstimate, they're roughly 20 metres long from the tip of the barrel to the rear of the turret, and perhaps 5 metres wide.

[Finger13]

Alright, here is the beginning of my backstory.

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From the distant stars of the Pegasus Galaxy, the Wraith had never been as much of a threat as now. As they grew more cunning and desperate in their civil war, they longed for a means to arrive in Earth's orbit with their ships. They would sow devastation among the Tau'ri, just as the Tau'ri had done to them. This was their galaxy, their herds, and the Tau'ri needed to be tamed and made subservient. To this end, numerous attempts had been undertaken by the Wraith in order to reach Earth. Time and time again, their meticulous plans had been thwarted by the Tau'ri's seemingly invincible ships. When a rogue Wraith of a powerful Alliance finally succeeded in disabling their ships and arrived in Earth's orbit, he too faced his demise.

But the Wraith were not a species to give up. The Tau'ri had underestimated them yet again and believed that they had failed to receive that faint subspace message from a lost brother in another reality. He too had been stricken down, but not before changing the balance of power among his fellow Wraith. A Wraith Commander undertaking a reconnaissance run on the edge of the Pegasus Galaxy had detected and deciphered the message. Upon taking it to his Queen, tshe became the most powerful Wraith in the galaxy, and used her knowledge of Earth's whereabouts to unite their warring species. Generosity was not a trait of the Wraith, but the scores of humans waiting on Earth were too many for one Alliance. Furthermore, if the Tau'ri were to be subjugated then it would take more than one Alliance, and every available Hive ship, Cruiser and Dart would be desperately needed. The Wraith could all agree on one thing, the downfall of the Tau'ri was a matter of survival. Their differences could be settled after. Earth would take a significant amount of time to reach, no one knew for sure. Such distances had not been traveled by the Wraith, and they were aware of the imperfections and inefficiency of their ships in hyperspace. But even still, peace for a month, a year, or a decade was certainly a tempting trade for the annihilation of the meddlesome Tau'ri.

Despite their accomplishments and the power which they were amassing, the Wraith suffered from something that had doomed so many others; Arrogance. It had been so long since they had fought a competent, and more importantly, capable opponent that they were still having difficulty in appreciating the capabilities of the Tau'ri. The moment that the Wraith started forming new, unified alliances and began depopulating planets for their long voyage to the Milky Way galaxy, the Tau'ri had realized that something big was happening. The timing of the event to the subspace message containing Earth's location was too coincidental, and the Tau'ri braced themselves for the possibility of a Wraith attack. They weren't talking about Atlantis, or Midway, or even a single Superhive making its way to Earth. According to their reconnaissance and intelligence, an entire armada of Wraith ships would make its way for Earth. The Wraith could not leave for Earth for some time, but they were too deep into their own territory for the handful of Earth ships to make significant attacks. Earth needed more ships, ships that were faster to build than the 304's and yet contained their technology and firepower. To this end, a new class was created to assume the role of a bomber and light cruiser, suitable for attacks against swarms of Darts, unsuspecting Cruisers and Hives, and to carry out atmospheric attacks on Wraith outposts.

[Semmer]

Semmer's Bomber contest entry:

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Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to present

COB-760 Cyclone

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A directory of interest containing more images for the jury, reference deckplans giving some idea about what's where. (can't link them all here)
I'm sure you know which pictures are early versions.


Specs

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Class: Close-in Orbital Bomber - Cyclone class
Class number: 760 (what the heck is the correct name of this number sequence???)

Dimensions:
Length - 101m from tail to chincannon tip
Width - 80m
Height - 25m

Hull:
Inner Naq-Trinium-Carbon honeycomb superstructure supported by high-endourance-alloy support beams
Outer hull consists of kinetic-resistance (naq-trin-neutronium) composite overlayed with energy absorbing material

Crew:
1x captain
3x navigators
3x weaponsystem specialists
5x damagecontrol and service team
2x medical officers
mission crew: max+25 additional personel (troops, engineers..)

Defenses:
3x Shield generators (in triangle around the middle hull)

Power generation:
1x Medium capital ship naquadah generators
2x Small capital ship weaponsystem/auxiliary naquadah generators (2x small = 1x medium)

Propulsion:
- Advanced Ion propulsion
1x Main engine system consisting of 3 propulsion units
1x Secondary engine system, consists of 2 propulsion units
1x Hyperdrive, basic interstellar model, modifiable for escorted intergalactic travelling
- Antigravity generators
- Inertial engine for maneuvers

Weapon systems:
1x Plasma cannon (chin cannon)
4x Rapid fire, 2 barrel bombardment plasma cannons with modifiable yield (higher yield => slower rate) Standard firerate per turret 1shot/0.75seconds
19x PD Beam or Gauss turrets
6-8x Ground attack S-GAU20 Gattling Turrets (yep, pretty much turreted GAU8 avenger) for battlefield cleanup.
2x21 Space-Capable torpedoes with various payload capabilities
6x PD rocketports (contains space-stingers)
2x MK9 naqnuke
Bomb bay for variable amounts and types of ordinance (n-nukes, conventional bombs,etc)

Other systems
- Inertial dampeners
- There is an advanced holographic battlefield monitoring system in the bridge with interaction and target aquisition capabilities.
- Holoroom for various purposes, for ex. navigation, briefing..
- Powerful (asgard) sensor arrays
- Beaming tech
- Medical bay
- Many other essential things that exist outside the list

Behaviour on the battlefield

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The Cyclone bomber serves as close-in battlefield attack and support bomber. In an ground offensive situation, the bomber enters the atmosphere beginning enemy obliteration from low orbit in order to destroy heavy fortifications.
The next stage is several bombing runs over the area with rapid firerate.
Next the bomber starts hovering over the battlefield, firing ground attack S-GAU20 guns and pretty much mopping the place clean of enemies. When the troops arrive, the bomber will offer heavy firesupport and pinpoint shots.

The Point-Defence system of Cyclone bomber is a sophisticated network of turrets in computer guidance. The system can be automatic or manual. The effectiveness of the PD system is an intolerable threat to unshielded fighters.

In orbital combat her bombing cannons can be adjusted to be real shield-drainers by increasing the intensity of each bolt fired, but the downside is decreased firerate and increased powerconsumption.

[Merlin1701]

we do have until the 15th right?

[thekillman]

oh yea right, semmer you have a cool one too. almost forgotten after all those Finger and RJB updates

******* that is one armed to the teeth badass killer. but remember: war does not know "overkill". or : "better overkill than underkill" XD

[Buba uognarf]

Semmer that is one heavily armed ship. Good job.

Finger13 thats a great backstory! The kind of thing I like to see in a ship design.

[ha'tak_]

so how does it work,

can everyone vote?


if so

I whould not see mayself being able, first there I chould not deside on Finger and RJB and then semmer post his which I had not seenvery well

but great work everyone