USS DRAKE - My own design!

[NCC-1701-B]

Helpfull comments, i just picked science vessel for no reason, i will add some sensor pallets to the saucer rim and add some extra little deflectors around.

Thanks for the help

[judge alba]

hey thats a lot better feels more like a tmp era ship

i was wondering if maybe you could usesome of vances toolkits for the nacelles and saucer make em a bit tidier?
no critisim just a thought

would love to see a bow view when you get time.

[therealfoxbat]

The new design is a definite improvement -- ESPECIALLY the raised section on the rear of the saucer hull, which provides much-needed space for luxuries like a warp core and a shuttle bay...

Cary L. Brown wrote:

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So... what makes this a science vessel?

A buttload of sensors would make this a science vessel...

Along with another buttload of labs...

Cargo space for assorted specimens...

A tractor beam, transporters and specialized shuttles (for collecting assorted specimens)...

[Patrickivan]

NCC-1701-B

I like your second version, but would you be willing to make the nacelle supports a little more robust? I've always been a big fan of the idea that the technology in Star Trek allows for structures like the support pylons and neck to be deceptively fragile looking, but in reality, are quite the opposite. But in some cases, simply from a fan design point of view, some things just look like they don't work (to me)...

In this case, I'd like to see something a little more substantial connecting the nacelles to your design.

I think they connect in an odd place on the nacelles- perhaps flipping them, and moving them back just a wee bit...

[NCC-1701-B]

Sorry for bumping, but its an ongoing design. I didn't see the need in making a new thread!


Good ideas, i will work on them now. I guess I should do some higher res workin future!

[NCC-1701-B]

[Hyperspace05]

Much better... The old one looked too much like an Akira.

[Kaiser]

I agree that alot better

[NCC-1701-B]

Thanks, but Have no idea how to draw a sensor platform. It just looks like a grey blur! Any ideas?

[Cary L. Brown]

NCC-1701-B wrote:

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Thanks, but Have no idea how to draw a sensor platform. It just looks like a grey blur! Any ideas?

Hi...

My advice... it depends on what sort of "sensor" you're talking about.

There are two sorts of detecting technologies... "sensors" and "scanners."

A sensor is passive. Think of this like an infrared camera for detecting radiant heat. Or a radio antenna. Or a thermometer.

A scanner puts out energy and then uses a sensor to analyze the "bounced" energy. This is like a radar system, or a sonar system, or an IR "night vision" camera with integrated IR source.

Basically... "sensor" = "passive" and "scanner" = "active."

A scanner "reaches out and touches" the object being analyzed, while a sensor just "looks" at it.

Now, think of your "sensor platform" that way. What is it? Is it a big pallet with many small devices? Is it a single large device? It's all sort of open to interpretation... but you should think about what your device is trying to accomplish.

[NCC-1701-B]

Well, I want it to look like the one on Intrepid class ships

[Geoff Thorne]

Personally, I liked the first version.