new starship design
- Thread starter Cmdr Sho
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not sure if it counts but i did do a fighter for the post dominion war era which kind of counts as the titan era it was sometime mind it was called the perry class. did a 2d version plus a 3d version in sketch up.
At the risk of snark, I have to ask "What's the point of it?" After having drawn and redrawn hundreds (literally) of starships from the TOS and TMP eras, I'm amazed at the idea that doing nothing more than flipping the orientation of a nacelle, etc, somehow creates a 'whole new ship'.
No, you've just flipped a nacelle.
Compare the Leonidas class: http://www.jaynz.info/view_image.php?pid=29
and the Saladin class: http://www.jaynz.info/view_image.php?pid=1
Functionally, they're the exact same ship. Hell, the ARE the same ship, with just a part flipped on it. What's the point on it? Just a different visual cue? Would Star Fleet really require and maintain two different designs for the exact same capabilities? Seems unlikely in my book.
So, again, what are you trying to accomplish by moving parts around? What niche of the fleet are you hoping to fill that isn't already filled by the Soveriegn?
WOW! no offence, but that ship is... not goodnot sure if it counts but i did do a fighter for the post dominion war era which kind of counts as the titan era it was sometime mind it was called the perry class. did a 2d version plus a 3d version in sketch up.
A. I did not say flip a "nacelle". If you think about it, on the "TOTALLY" fliped "GALAXY CLASS" were would you put a bridge? There is also a possibillity of having something like "DECK 1-A".
B. As for the soveriegn class, did you ever see one with a different saucer to an extreme? Or compleetly different "PYLONS". If you think about it changing them would constitute a minor body change at a min.
But those are still good points... It gets me thinking... How much of a change must there be to make it a new class?
I used to have the model kit, and always though that upsidedown, the galaxy class did have a sort of sleek menance to it, that the 2D profile doesn't really demonstrate. It's the deflector looking like an eye that does this. The nebula's deflector is still under the saucer as the Galaxy's is.
So I've always thought there some cause to having a deflector on the top side.
I've been doodling ships for years (alas as you can see I can't draw to save my life!) but most of them are downside up.
I think the abnormal profile also gives a dominion or maybe romulan feel. and Y-wing
But then if you flip it...
not sure cmdr sho if this is what your thinking of with your sovereign ship just a side view at present may tweak the secondry hull abit
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I could see this one with an elongated 'arrowhead' (ie: Ares-Class / Prometheus-Class) saucer section, with a scaled-down 'megaphaser' under the saucer or two "Wyvern Cannons" (created by Vektor,) in the very tip of the saucer section. The ones from the USS Grandeur-A, that cross pulse phaser output from the Defiant with the Galaxy X-Class cannon from "All Good Things".
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/638-uss-grandeur-final-version-73.html#post395683
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hehe yeah not one of my favs, it's grown on me though, from the right angle its beautiful, to bad the others suck
WOW great minds think alot apparantly
I used to have the model kit, and always though that upsidedown, the galaxy class did have a sort of sleek menance to it, that the 2D profile doesn't really demonstrate. It's the deflector looking like an eye that does this. The nebula's deflector is still under the saucer as the Galaxy's is.
So I've always thought there some cause to having a deflector on the top side.
I've been doodling ships for years (alas as you can see I can't draw to save my life!) but most of them are downside up.
I think the abnormal profile also gives a dominion or maybe romulan feel. and Y-wing
those look a lot like some of the doodles I have done over the years!
i think it's not an original design, unless you use the basic layout of a saucer, secondary hull, and interconnecting dorsal that the galaxy class uses, with some galaxy class touches IE curved and gallant lines. Otherwise, you're just flipping a ship on it's head, ala NX class, and calling it a day.
