Original Starship Design Thread

[Alx]

Did you try any tutorials? Once you get used to the controls it's quite simple to use... I find it easier to use than Sketchup Plus it has an internal renderer And there are several more that can be added

Seconded all the above and i add that the same basic modeling princaples that you use in Blender apply in other Softwares like ligtwave maya modo etc so if you learn blender you are well prepared to use one of those programs with a very short learning curve.

i always thought the seeder ship would look similer to the startrek halogram ship but the seeder ship would have twice the amount of greebles on it and like cranes and stuff lol

how does that ship look?

well yeah i think of it like a bug with tonnes of greebles...

[colbmista]

Seconded all the above and i add that the same basic modeling princaples that you use in Blender apply in other Softwares like ligtwave maya modo etc so if you learn blender you are well prepared to use one of those programs with a very short learning curve.



how does that ship look?

well yeah i think of it like a bug with tonnes of greebles...

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Federation_holoship

[Alx]

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Federation_holoship

naw i see it as more steampunk-ish organicly shaped bug with tonnes upon tonnes of greebles.

[Aragon101]

naw i see it as more steampunk-ish organicly shaped bug with tonnes upon tonnes of greebles.

Do you remember hte design we came up with for the seeder ship IN DF? I thought that was pretty spiffy.

It's sort of like the Goa'uld Station in "Summit" but Ancienty. The bottom piece would drill into the ground to mine the resources it needs to build the stargates, and the actual "factory" would be in the large mushroom head.

Whatever you come up with, it'll be cool

[puddlejumperOZ]

Truly spectacular work all of you, alas I'm sticking with my humble paints for the moment, I stuffed this one truly so I came up with a layered fix

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[thekillman]

how about painting a 304?

[puddlejumperOZ]

how about painting a 304?

Working on it Most of my stuff takes about 4-6 weeks to complete, and someone recently mentioned the same

[Princess Awinita]

Truly spectacular work all of you, alas I'm sticking with my humble paints for the moment, I stuffed this one truly so I came up with a layered fix

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*debates snurhing the pretty picture.....*

[Alx]

stuff.

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[thekillman]

nice stuff

[immhotep]

The first design I have done for a very very long time:

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Class Name: Agean
Model names: Achiles, Hector, Paris, Ajax, Agamemnon, Patroclus
Class: Battlecruiser
Technology base: Advanced human/Asgard
Users: Canada, UN, NATO, GATO, HS,tAE, SGC

Size: 280mL 130mW 60mH
Hull material: Trinium/Carbon/Titanium alloy ~ Aprx £44 Billion
Crew: 140 Human

Cost: £92 Billion

Power:
1 x Mark III Naquadah reactor ~£5Billion
5x Mark I Naquadah reactor ~ £2.5Billion

Engines:
2x VASMIR thrusters ~ £6Billion
4x Ion thrusters ~ £8billion
2x Earth/Asgard/Goauld Hyperspace nodes. ~£2 Billion per node (Standard, price is flexible)
2x Reverse manouvering thrusters ~ £30m

Defences:
1x Asgard/human Defence shield ~ £20 Billion

Armament:
1x Rotary 150mm Rail gun (180 degree arc) ~£12M
2x 300mm fixed Coil guns ~£56m
8x VTOL Missile Silos w. Mark 8 20x 4x KNaqSM ~£ 1.6 Billion
1x Spacemine Hanger and deployment system (250 spacemine) (Usually deactivated and refitted as additional cargo bay) ~£600m
5x100mm Rail gun ~£230m
12x Manned Conventional Cannon ~£40m

Secondary craft:
8x Fighter (TBC)
Space for: Up for 6 additional Teltak sized craft or 1 Alkesh internally, Mag clamp and Hyperspace capability for an additional 6 Fighter craft externally.

Other:
Asgard scanners and beaming technology
Ancient/human medical equipment
Human subspace comms
~Usual equipment~

History and detail:
Designated the Agean class, after setting of the epic poems of tragedy (the Iliad and Odyssey) containing many of the great heroes of the Greek world in their war against Troy, this class stands as the successor to a class named by the superstars of this war. The Daedalus class was Earth's finest ship for almost a decade, the flagship of our expansion in to a power spanning the galaxy. This ship, of which 6 will initially be built takes heed of this reputation, and builds upon it, its flagship the Achilles is the last great hero to be honoured in our fleet along with other important heroes in their own right. Honoured in being the successor to the Daedalus class, a Battlecruiser, as opposed to the battle carrier role of the Daedalus. These ships will carry a smaller number of fighters but the majority of our fighters will be stationed on dedicated carriers, a split in the formation of our fleet, creating two classes to replace the single function provided by the Daedalus. The Carrier class, in essence the sister program to the Agean, will be covered later.

The Agean class is a more compact, faster and notably cheaper Daedalus class, the design takes its profile from the Daedalus but its technology is much more advanced. The uses of this ship are designed to be both effective in combat but versatile in peacetime. As such it has a great balance of function allowing it to be an effective contributor to the Tauri expansion. The ship is designed to be fast, as such the composition of its hyperdrive has been revamped. Instead of a single engine, it has two "fin's" which are self contained hyperdrive nodes which are networked to provide twice the speed of a conventional engine. These can be used separately to save power, or together to provide additional speed, whilst providing great redundancy. Each node is not as fast or expensive as a single larger deadalus class hyperspace, but together are faster overall. Indeed, these nodes can be augmented in a plug and play style to provide a range of options in terms of repair and upgrade, the design allows them to host cheap hyperdrives from Alkesh, reducing cost and speed, or more advanced Daedalus or other Asgard based engines, but increasing cost. The standard hyperdrive costs 2billion, and is an newer, more compact version of the Alkesh upgraded engines used on Promethius prior to Asgard upgrade. These are cheaper to source, build and repair as Alkesh parts are readily available throughout the galaxy and even Teltak crystals and components are compatible with the design, making them both the cheapest and through out human interfaces a very fast and robust hyperdrive system. Sublight propulsion is delivered through two engines, VASMIR for acceleration and battletime speed, and Hebridan contracted Ion engines. Combined they provide fast and efficient propulsion allowing the ship to be fast and nimble in both hyperspace and in battle.

The shield is a standard Daedalus class shield, giving it very good protection for a ship of its size, being made in the same factory cuts down costs for this component, and the lesser power output compared to the Daedalus does reduce shield strength but the relative area needing protection is less giving the ship in theory very dense and solid shield relative to its size. This is worthwhile because while armed with some very powerful weapons, its offensive capacity is not its primary function, this ship is designed to cover a range of options as the Daedalus did, in a more compact way. The main weapons are 24 Mark 8 Nuclear warheads, with 4 warheads of K/Naq and an advanced trinium shell and sheild modulation technology. These are very advanced warheads, capable of bypassing a number of shielding systems including those of Hatak motherships, enough to be a serious threat in a small stand-off and effective as a final blow within a larger fleet battle. The other missiles are more than enough to provide effective offensive power when not equipped with these expensive additions. There is also a compliment of Coil guns, 2 large and 5 medium calibre forward firing, besides a turreted 150mm Coil gun which is the most important for fighter defence in conjunction with a smaller number of point defence manned conventional cannons.

The craft comes with a number of spaces by which the Agean class can be modified for different purposes. Most importantly are the two hangers which can at maximum contain 16 craft of Teltak size. These craft are not always stocked with fighters. In fact peacetime use generally favours cargo ships, or a variety of other smaller dropships and exploration vessels. These allow more flexibility, trade, exploration and people to engage in activities related to the peacetime purposes of the craft. The most important of which is to explore, expand and facilitate the economic and political objectives of the Tauri. Much of which would be hindered by the inclusion of Fighter craft, as would be the case in wartime when on solo missions. In fleet conditions these hangers are usually used as gunship carrier and can hold 4 as standard with space for a more if the cargo bay is also used. The cargo bay is an important tactical and functional space, a large bay which can be modified/originally intended to be used as a mine deployment system but rapidly became retrofitted as multifunction cargo bay, able to store ships, artefacts and technology in great conditions. While also if needed it can be converted in to an additional hanger for craft which do not need a take-off space (such as cargo ships or Alkesh, as opposed to fighters) This space can fit a single alkesh or up to 6 additional Teltaks or a very large amount of cargo making the ship an effective courier and trade ship for the fleet.

This ship is designed to replace the Daedalus class, taking over many of its roles, while diverting the Carrier function to a newer class it takes over and delivers on many of the roles the Daedalus provided to our fleet in an unofficial capacity. This ship is a more compact form for these roles, it is large enough to cater as an effective exploratory and diplomatic vessel. But is versatile enough to become an effective combat vessel. Able to pack an unexpected punch with some advanced fire-power but robust enough in combat to survive a battle and supply effective combat support through its fighters, gunships and other armaments. The total cost of the entire range will be just over half a Trillion £. Making this class a range of affordable, effective and multi-purpose vessels; a fantastic replacement for the Daedalus and important refurbishment of our fleet in this new age.

Images:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6640/janusfrontfv5.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7...nusbackmd3.jpg

Feedback if possible, the images are from a ship Extrenix did years ago but i love the model.

Tep

[Alx]

nice stuff

Thanks pouring on the detail on this one

The first design I have done for a very very long time:

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Feedback if possible, the images are from a ship Extrenix did years ago but i love the model.

Tep

what would you like feedback on the massive tech sheet or the modeling and design of the ship?

[immhotep]

They are a single entity. The design, history, specs, images are all part of the design and so feedback on the complete picture would be nice...

[Princess Awinita]

They are a single entity. The design, history, specs, images are all part of the design and so feedback on the complete picture would be nice...

this is how I see it, quite simple too. Personally I see this size craft as a escort craft, not a gunship, to me a gunship is a small craft to do incerton work, transport troops, things liek that, though sometimes a gunship can be a decoy, and be huge, but is just an empty shell or the like with hidden weapons and such.

[Pharaoh Hamenthotep]

The first design I have done for a very very long time:

Spoiler:

Class Name: Agean

Cost: £92 Billion

Images:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6640/janusfrontfv5.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7...nusbackmd3.jpg

Feedback if possible, the images are from a ship Extrenix did years ago but i love the model.

Tep

£92 billion? It better be bigger on the inside.. and have DVD players in the headrests.. or something