July Art Challenge - Enterprise Support Craft

[B.J.]

Almost every Enterprise we've seen has had its share of iconic support craft, usually in the form of a shuttlecraft. TOS had the Galileo, TNG had the Type 6 and Type 7 shuttlecraft, and so on.

As I said, *almost* every Enterprise.

Your challenge for this month is to come up with a previously unseen support craft that is worthy of its mother ship. You can design the main shuttlecraft for the Enterprise-C or Adam Ihle's Enterprise-F, or maybe show us one of the lesser used craft hidden in the back of the hangar of Kirk's Enterprise.

Open the hangar bay doors, and take off!

 

[DFScott]

Questions, B.J.: By "support craft," do you mean specifically a vessel that must be containable by the principal ship? Or can it be a "support ship" in the way that a contemporary support ship can be assigned to a combat strike group?

Second, must the ship that this candidate supports be pre-existing, and if so, in what capacity? Must it be a ship that we've already seen on-screen (e.g., the Prometheus or the Saratoga)? Or can it be a support ship of an existing fan design? Or can it be a support ship for an indeterminate class of as-yet-undesigned vessel?

DF "Sharpening His Pencils Just In Case" Scott

 

[B.J.]

Questions, B.J.: By "support craft," do you mean specifically a vessel that must be containable by the principal ship?

^Yes, this is what I meant.

Or can it be a "support ship" in the way that a contemporary support ship can be assigned to a combat strike group?

While that would be interesting, I think that would widen the challenge a bit too far. Perhaps this could be an idea for a future challenge.

Second, must the ship that this candidate supports be pre-existing, and if so, in what capacity? Must it be a ship that we've already seen on-screen (e.g., the Prometheus or the Saratoga)? Or can it be a support ship of an existing fan design? Or can it be a support ship for an indeterminate class of as-yet-undesigned vessel?

Specifically, it must be a support craft (shuttlecraft, workbee, etc.) of an Enterprise. Which Enterprise is up to you.

 

[sojourner]

Does that include H.M.S. and CVN?

 

[B.J.]

^Only if you connect it to Star Trek somehow!

 

[KNH]

Does this include Captain's Yachts, too?

 

[Klaus]

...or mirror universe versions?

 

[Ensign Ro-]

...or mirror universe versions?

Ooooohhhh...now THAT could be a fun take on this. :-)

 

[B.J.]

yes & yes

 

[WinstonSmith]

so hang on, who are we supposed to send these to again? sorry for the admittedly noob question, I'm kinda new to this

 

[USS Triumphant]

so hang on, who are we supposed to send these to again? sorry for the admittedly noob question, I'm kinda new to this

Print them on A4 paper and send them to:
Consumer Information Catalog
Pueblo, Colorado
81009

or, create a thread in the Trek Art forum called something like "WinstonSmith's entry for July Art Challenge", like most people who participate do.

 

[Klaus]

Send them to ptrope at gmail dot com by midnight on the 31st...

 

[WinstonSmith]

so hang on, who are we supposed to send these to again? sorry for the admittedly noob question, I'm kinda new to this

Print them on A4 paper and send them to:
Consumer Information Catalog
Pueblo, Colorado
81009

or, create a thread in the Trek Art forum called something like "WinstonSmith's entry for July Art Challenge", like most people who participate do.

hmm, which to choose?
thanks guys, I thought it would be something like that, but I didn't want to spam ptrope or someone accidentally

 

[Ptrope]

I'll have the poll up this evening, folks - been working 14-hour days (daze!) and finally getting a chance to catch my breath. I have entries from Klaus, BK613, Admiral2 and WinstonSmith (I like the idea of printing it on A$ and mailing it, though! ); I hope I haven't missed an e-mail from someone.

 

[Maverisms]

I just posted my entry to the forum per USS Triumphant's comment. Didn't know email was required.