Hence, this dive down into a rabbit hole to see what can be made of it...
Jayru (JSnaith's) 3D Trek
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Just a few random thoughts...
The pod may be modular, but that doesn't have to mean the entire pod gets swapped out. Maybe just the internal sensors or whatever get swapped out via those side panels or some removable panels on top.
For the turbolift, there's no reason the car itself has to be perpendicular to the other decks when going thru the pylon. Maybe it rotates to where it's top is pointing towards the front of the ship. Or maybe there's just a 0G tube thru there. (I keep picturing the tubes from Futurama!
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And the windows, I wouldn't let their location limit you. Maybe it's an extra tall deck with multiple rows of windows? Personally I like the idea of non-standard deck heights, especially since real-world ships (other than cruise ships) rarely have two decks the same height, mostly due to machinery and space constraints.
But, this is your build, and I'm looking forward to see how you make it work!
The pod may be modular, but that doesn't have to mean the entire pod gets swapped out. Maybe just the internal sensors or whatever get swapped out via those side panels or some removable panels on top.
For the turbolift, there's no reason the car itself has to be perpendicular to the other decks when going thru the pylon. Maybe it rotates to where it's top is pointing towards the front of the ship. Or maybe there's just a 0G tube thru there. (I keep picturing the tubes from Futurama!
)And the windows, I wouldn't let their location limit you. Maybe it's an extra tall deck with multiple rows of windows? Personally I like the idea of non-standard deck heights, especially since real-world ships (other than cruise ships) rarely have two decks the same height, mostly due to machinery and space constraints.
But, this is your build, and I'm looking forward to see how you make it work!
Updates (last of the day):
We can't assume that this would have the same multi-mission abilities like the Constitution or Miranda. I think this is a more dedicated class, hence the role it always serves in: science.
I agree about the turbolift, and have had lots of thoughts about it. But let's see where the build goes.
Decks? If you look again, you will find I have a few "tall" decks on this ship...
More soon.
Just a few random thoughts...
The pod may be modular, but that doesn't have to mean the entire pod gets swapped out. Maybe just the internal sensors or whatever get swapped out via those side panels or some removable panels on top.
For the turbolift, there's no reason the car itself has to be perpendicular to the other decks when going thru the pylon. Maybe it rotates to where it's top is pointing towards the front of the ship. Or maybe there's just a 0G tube thru there. (I keep picturing the tubes from Futurama!
And the windows, I wouldn't let their location limit you. Maybe it's an extra tall deck with multiple rows of windows? Personally I like the idea of non-standard deck heights, especially since real-world ships (other than cruise ships) rarely have two decks the same height, mostly due to machinery and space constraints.
But, this is your build, and I'm looking forward to see how you make it work!
We can't assume that this would have the same multi-mission abilities like the Constitution or Miranda. I think this is a more dedicated class, hence the role it always serves in: science.
I agree about the turbolift, and have had lots of thoughts about it. But let's see where the build goes.
Decks? If you look again, you will find I have a few "tall" decks on this ship...
More soon.
Oh, I was thinking that you had modeled docking ports on your own reference model that you had some source for your scale. 137th Gebirg's post explained that they are conjectural so that cleared it up for me
I'm aware that the Movie era offered no visible docking ports that were visible on screen. But yeah, there are TNG episodes where you can see the docking port and an MSD of the deck layout.
Thank you, that was a rationalised version of the Oberth - a previous attempt. Going to be a bit more canon this time (well, except for scale).Oh, I was thinking that you had modeled docking ports on your own reference model that you had some source for your scale. 137th Gebirg's post explained that they are conjectural so that cleared it up for me
I'm aware that the Movie era offered no visible docking ports that were visible on screen. But yeah, there are TNG episodes where you can see the docking port and an MSD of the deck layout.
