"Hey Franz."
"Yeah?"
"I need a dreadnought."
"A what?"
"A big, creepy dreadnought. You know, because there's this admiral, and he really hates Kirk, and because Kirk is hitting it on with his daughter, and he's going to teach the arrogant prick... so he takes this carrier, and teaches Kirk a lesson in humility. It's going to look awesome!"
"Wait... Do you want a dreadnought or a carrier? I'm confused..."
*shrugs* "Whatever, as long as it looks good."
*sigh* "Sure thing Gene..."
After sketching some stuff I came to the conclusion that making a TOS ship would be the most awesome way to go, especially since making something new and unique in that timeframe can be considered tricky. The resulting ship is planned as being either a carrier or dreadnought; I'm not entirely sure yet which one it will be, or possibly constructed to be both when parts are moved around. The basis will probably be the same regardless.
So here we've got the start. The nacelle is pretty damn large (a bit more than double a Conny's nacelle in width) and even though it's hard to see right now, it ends with a double football. Oh, and it's got revolving warp coil thingies. I heard you guys like moving parts. Plus, coils that spin faster and faster would make for an interesting visual cue that a ship is preparing for warp instead of the lame opening gills of the KelvinPrise.
Constitution nacelle (and ship in the background) for scale, of course.
"Yeah?"
"I need a dreadnought."
"A what?"
"A big, creepy dreadnought. You know, because there's this admiral, and he really hates Kirk, and because Kirk is hitting it on with his daughter, and he's going to teach the arrogant prick... so he takes this carrier, and teaches Kirk a lesson in humility. It's going to look awesome!"
"Wait... Do you want a dreadnought or a carrier? I'm confused..."
*shrugs* "Whatever, as long as it looks good."
*sigh* "Sure thing Gene..."
After sketching some stuff I came to the conclusion that making a TOS ship would be the most awesome way to go, especially since making something new and unique in that timeframe can be considered tricky. The resulting ship is planned as being either a carrier or dreadnought; I'm not entirely sure yet which one it will be, or possibly constructed to be both when parts are moved around. The basis will probably be the same regardless.
So here we've got the start. The nacelle is pretty damn large (a bit more than double a Conny's nacelle in width) and even though it's hard to see right now, it ends with a double football. Oh, and it's got revolving warp coil thingies. I heard you guys like moving parts. Plus, coils that spin faster and faster would make for an interesting visual cue that a ship is preparing for warp instead of the lame opening gills of the KelvinPrise.
Constitution nacelle (and ship in the background) for scale, of course.
but I really like the look and feel of this. It's different but still feels very much like a Starfleet ship, especially if you look at the cargo ships versus the starships of that era.
