Coming along nicely I would say.
As for the Oberth's pylons, on the 120 meter version they're indeed about 1.80 meters wide, your 180 meter would have a bit more meat on the bones there as they say, also, you don't need a turbo lift, just a cage lift with a seat that remains upright would be enough to get into the lower hull and do some maintenance there if needed.
I solved that early on by putting a travel-pod hatch on the pod. If the crew needs to get to it, the can. And there is a small crew area in the lower pod, but strictly speaking on the Mk2 the lower pod is automated :-)
"Lower Decks" pulled Cetacean Ops from the TNG technical manual. The Galaxy class has dolphins.
1.8 meters is enough for a 4' diameter dolphin tube. That doesn't leave much room for structure on each side, but given that Starfleet knows how to put windows on ships that fight Klingons, it must be manageable. Maybe the structural integrity field is boosted around the dolphin tube.
This is a Federation ship. You can't keep the dolphins off. That would be racist.
Keep in mind everything I'm saying is meant humorously.
Autism is a wonderful thing, I do indeed take things as they are given to be literally, but I'm also old enough (wrinkly enough and grumpy enough in my sixth decade) to recognise humour for what it is. So, yes as I said, I wouldn't rule out the idea on a Standard
Oberth - but I know I didn't include those facilities on the Mk2. On the flip side, you may have a ship run entirely by dolphins
THAT would be an interesting looking ship.
I skip the art forum for a few days and suddenly.....Ambassador class!! Love it!
Digging the deckplans too. Great work
I am a glutton for punishment, lol. Should really be resting the old wrist, but I found a way to work around it. Still hurts like a... well, still hurts. I wanted to settle in my own mind some things about the
Oberth. It can be made to work if you scale her up and tweak a few things. Now I need to settle my mind about the
Ambassador. For a start do you know that the studio model has no torpedo tubes on it? Plus some of the windows are impossible (so not adding them). It's all fun.
On a serious note: My laptop died, so I am stuck using the big rig for doing anything at the moment. Not a major issue, but it will slow things down even further. Plus I am 35 days away from a life event which I will have to stop for a few months. I shall see what I can do.
More soon!
