and now I do think these deserve a separate thread the following are my posts from the group thread, and further updates will be in here BolianAuthor and I are bouncing ideas back and forth, so at some point he'll be adding to this thread as well
I've nailed down a size: L 570m, W 394m, H 106m I wanted it to be between Galaxy and Nebula size, but I wasn't exactly sure how large it would be if I kept the same saucer size as the Gal and Nebby it would be quite a bit larger than both so in terms of where it fits role-wise, it does overlap with the Galaxy, Nebula, Luna, and Vesta but it's not a new technology testbed like the Vesta class, or Luna class It doesn't have many significant advances over the Galaxy class save for the sensor and science packages
started on the saucer details, and the main impulse exhaust still to do are the escape pods, main shuttle bay and cargo bays, various hull details like emitters and windows and and and . . . if you look close you can see the observation lounge windows just below the bridge on the bow
You know people are going to be bugging you about whether or not that top section is able to separate, right? *oy* Great looking design, all in all, I must say! Cheers, -CM-
yeah, the early Nova ideas funny thing is . . . I had completely forgotten about those until they were mentioned when I posted the early sketches
Here's the latest: just fleshing out with some details . . . got they pylons all figured out you'll notice the large door on the top. that's for the shuttlebay which extends to the rear, so it's got an entry in the top and to the back it can fit up to a 50x25m shuttle/small ship, not sure of the height the little dot thingy by the bridge is a standard 6m shuttle
thanks guys with regards to a 3D model I had thought about asking someone else to do it, but I probably won't get around to that until I'm mostly done with the 2D plans but if anyone wants to take it on, let me know
here's the latest: got a rough rear view in there, and also put in a Galaxy for scale . . . so yeah . . . mahoosive nacelles they were big anyway, but next to the Galaxy they're huge should I scale the ship down some? or should I use some handwavium to explain why they're big? . . . maybe something simple like it uses 20% less energy to get to warp 7 and 5% less to warp 9? hey they're Energy Star certified [edit] just noticed where the nacelle pylons meet the neck isn't in the right spot . ..