Olympic-Class MSD
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I'm on-side with Timo, regarding the mid-ship hump between the pylons (which incidentally, I like how they don't have the predominant 90 degree bend that a lot of post Excelsior ship designs adopted).
I would say that hump must have a purpose. More then likely with regards to fueling, and or, some other engineering need.
As for other uses for that design, it has a peaceful look about it, and that makes me think that it was an intentional look that the designer of the model sought out. So I could see it being used as a small colonial supply and transport. Not really something agressively military.
I like the overall smooth lines on her, with no superfluous greebles to add "texture details". It wasn't a ship that I liked that much, but I've appreciated the design and think it fit in a lot better then ships like the defiant, akira, steamrunner and sabre classes. Though I do appreciate the intent behind creating them to add variety to the Trek universe.
I would say that hump must have a purpose. More then likely with regards to fueling, and or, some other engineering need.
As for other uses for that design, it has a peaceful look about it, and that makes me think that it was an intentional look that the designer of the model sought out. So I could see it being used as a small colonial supply and transport. Not really something agressively military.
I like the overall smooth lines on her, with no superfluous greebles to add "texture details". It wasn't a ship that I liked that much, but I've appreciated the design and think it fit in a lot better then ships like the defiant, akira, steamrunner and sabre classes. Though I do appreciate the intent behind creating them to add variety to the Trek universe.
Despite several mentions of the Luna class, I guess I neglected to post this before, and I'm probably way off on the mass and open to suggestions.
Here's a new version of the Olympic, hopefully with a more reasonable deck arrangement:
LCARS 24, is there a clear separation point for the (saucer) ball to detach from the ship and possibly land planetside?
...and when it returns to space, it can dock with the middle of a Trade Federation battleship...
Heh. I really dig this idea. Judging by the windows, the front sphere seems kinda big for planetfall, but it is aerodynamically shaped ....
Best,
--MyClone
It should go without saying that the amount of space in the sphere dedicated to medical facilities is huge, and that "ambulance facilities" have to also be oversized, as well. I also added an extra visible turboshaft from that shuttlebay to the main emergency medical area.
I'm gonna agree that the upper hump can't be a shuttle bay, especially since the warp engine pylons mount to that hump. Where would the plasma conduits go, thru the hangar? Better to make that main engineering.
Otherwise, lovely job on the graphic.
I just looked at the view of the Pasteur while she orbited Earth and it does seem that the middle hump doesn't have a door.
I would assume that Forbin has a model of this ship and knows what's there, and I knew that about the lack of a visible door where I put the large shuttlebay between the pylons. But still, over 1,000 on a planet that need to be taken aboard quickly, and the script says something is interferring with transport--why design a hospital ship with a big, fat ball to accomodate emergencies yet make the doors on the one shuttlebay showing too small for runabouts (5.8 meters tall), etc.? And a medevac shuttlebay should be close to the ball. What's the alternative? Ball separation? Ouch!
Maybe it has Batmobile-style shutters closed when not doing emergency medevac. If future Janeway's shuttle can have them, . . . .
Admittedly, it doesn't look that way, and I take the blame for making that section a shuttlebay and connecting a turboshaft leading from there directly to the main array of medical facilities, just because you can't always beam people off a planet when disaster strikes. Hollywood doesn't get every last detail right when reenacting past events; imagine how hard it is when depending on a crystal ball. But we know that any ambulance entrance has to be as close to the ER as possible, and if a TV drama shows it as being a block away, we can assume that's a mistake.
If you are referring to the doors above that section, leading into the ball, I don't know. They don't look very tall, and the top of the section I designated a shutttlebay would be flat in that case, for shuttles to land on. So that's pretty strange, too.
Image source: T.M. Lindsey kits
http://www.tmlindsey.com/trekgallery.htm
I looked at the picture and it seems that there's a ramp leading down into the aft shuttlebay, which means the doors can be taller. That being the case, the bay should look something like this:
