USS Aventine

[David Mack]

After reading the extract of Mere Mortals over on Trek Movie.com last night, I've been reworking my designs as Aventine has Type XIII pulse phasers

That's not what I wrote, and it's not what the excerpt says. The line from Mere Mortals is:

Deep droning hums swelled rapidly in pitch and volume and ended in rushing thunderclaps of release as the Aventine’s experimental Mark XII phaser cannons fired their peculiar mix of supercharged high-energy particles at the Borg cube.

 

[Clawhammer]

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for the insight into your creative process. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Thank you! Gods of Night was in the mail today, so tonight I will be reading! I'm already looking forward to it! Tea and a book = perfection! :P


*Adds experimental Mark XII phaser cannons to the "to do" list.

 

[BrotherBenny]

After reading the extract of Mere Mortals over on Trek Movie.com last night, I've been reworking my designs as Aventine has Type XIII pulse phasers

That's not what I wrote, and it's not what the excerpt says. The line from Mere Mortals is:

Deep droning hums swelled rapidly in pitch and volume and ended in rushing thunderclaps of release as the Aventine’s experimental Mark XII phaser cannons fired their peculiar mix of supercharged high-energy particles at the Borg cube.

Erm, David, shouldn't they be described as "Type XII" phasers? I thought torpedoes were designated as "Mark x" ??

 

[DimesDan]

^Can pulse phasers really work on a larger ship? I would have thought that due to the limited manoeuvrability of a larger ship, the pulse phasers wouldn't be as effective, even if they were mounted on some kind of turret for targeting.

Well the passage did say they were experimental, although it didn't say if th actual tech was experimental, or the deployment of it on the Vesta Class or just even the Aventine.

Also I apologise for that mix-up David, I was working off memory alone and when I read Phaser Cannon, I assumed they'd be like what Defiant has, as that's what they've been described as, more a pulse than a straight line.

 

[LutherSloan]

Those designs are pretty close to what I had in my head when reading. I figure that it probably has some similaries with the Prometheus, Nova, and Luna classes.

 

[David Mack]

Erm, David, shouldn't they be described as "Type XII" phasers? I thought torpedoes were designated as "Mark x" ??

Answer #1: Not necessarily. Because these are experimental weapons on a ship full of test-bed systems, perhaps the Mark XII phaser cannon represents a fusion of the two technologies.

Answer #2: Probably. If you don't buy answer #1, chalk it up as one of my myriad tiny flaws in the trilogy.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Erm, David, shouldn't they be described as "Type XII" phasers? I thought torpedoes were designated as "Mark x" ??

Answer #1: Not necessarily. Because these are experimental weapons on a ship full of test-bed systems, perhaps the Mark XII phaser cannon represents a fusion of the two technologies.

Answer #2: Probably. If you don't buy answer #1, chalk it up as one of my myriad tiny flaws in the trilogy.

One bad word in 300,000 is acceptable. Not satisfactory, but acceptable

 

[Titan Designer]

Here is another Concept sketch for the Aventine, This time I tried a different Nacell Configuration compared to the first four ideas.

Enjoy

http://hammerheadgraphics.iwarp.com/AventineConcept5.jpg

 

[JD]

Cool, that's my favorite so far! I just started Gods of Night last night, and I'm glad I came by this thread before I did, it's really helpfull to have a general idea of what the ship looks like beforehand.

 

[Bryan316]

It can look like whatever you want it to. Me, I'm seeing the Dauntless, but with a less-frowning saucer, more definition between the saucer and engineering hull, and longer nacelles on downward sloping pylons.

 

[nx1701g]

Here is another Concept sketch for the Aventine, This time I tried a different Nacell Configuration compared to the first four ideas.

Enjoy

http://hammerheadgraphics.iwarp.com/AventineConcept5.jpg

Amazingly that was exactly like I imagined it. You're not reading my thoughts are you (the Luna Class is pretty much exactly as I pictured it in Taking Wing too).

 

[fleetcaptain]

http://hammerheadgraphics.iwarp.com/AventineConcept5.jpg
Geee... This is a hard decision. I also like the other designs too but this one kind of smacks them out of the way now. This is close to the others. Still wondering if the upswing nacelles is better.

 

[Titan Designer]

I don't remember if anyone has mention the Aventine's Registry Number or not. Does anyone know it? So I can place it on my vector Illustration.

 

[Christopher]

According to the appendix in Mere Mortals, the Aventine is NCC-82602.

 

[Titan Designer]

According to the appendix in Mere Mortals, the Aventine is NCC-82602.

Thanks.

 

[Enterpriserules]

Sean I really like the latest Picture you gave us, I was thinking that maybe the design for the nacelles should be a little simpler.

 

[Titan Designer]

Sean I really like the latest Picture you gave us, I was thinking that maybe the design for the nacelles should be a little simpler.

Actually that design is the first one I am working into a vector image. But i am using the nacelles from my third sketch. I will post it when I get a chance to start on it.

 

[Titan Designer]

Here is the first W.I.P. Vector Shot of one idea from the Aventine. Note these is by no means final art.
http://hammerheadgraphics.iwarp.com/AventineVectorWIP1.jpg

 

[Ferd Burfel]

Looks good.

 

[JD]

Very nice.