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I like it, even if it is a bit fanciful with them watching. And why would it be silly to use a model? If you're testing out potentially dangerous changes, you wouldn't want to do that to a full-size ship.
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That fucker has got GUNS. are ALL those little ports supposed to be Pulse Lazers and/or Torpedo tubes? certain the large pair underneigth are tubes but what about on the under-front of the nacelles?
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I count at least 4 torpedo tubes. Are those things on the sides phaser strips or just decoration?
And I like those tiny domes on the top of the ship, escape pods maybe?
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Did I not post this before? Oh well, here it is, straight from Clawhammer's post on TrekBBS:
quote:It's the U.S.S. Spirit (NX-79995) A quantum slipstream testbed. I indeed designed it for the calendar only.
Here are some minor specs:
Designed and constructed after the logs and data of Voyager where studied. (2390's)
"Spirit" class explorer/scout Quantum Slipstream testbed Length: around 120 meters. Crew: min: 12 max: 30 Decks: 4 full decks.
Some new and experimental features that are visible on the ship:
* Armor with enhanced energy distribution and asymetrical shieldgrid. * Rapid fire Pulse Phaser. Pulse phasers with 3 fire modes and 8 output points. (higher rate of fire but reduced firepower.) * Quantum Slipstream controller. This device will push/pull the Slipstream tunnel towards or away from the ship for a more effecient and less bumpy ride. At the moment 6 of them are in series to do the brute force work. * Subspace failsafe system. Makes sure the ship stays in the lower domains of subspace and will drop out of slipstream if safety is compremised. * Integrated bridge with window & viewscreen. * Core shield layer that absorbs most baryon particles. (Reduces warp signature also.) * Small Shuttlebay with a drop down door that functions as a landing platform. (Andrew Probert sketched this out for me, I had to modify it a bit to stay within the deadline, but it worked very well!) I hope to show renders of it later this year.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, on a big format like the calendar it still should have enough detail left to stay interesting. I also love the painting that Andrew made for the calendar!
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I just don't like how everybody (including the writers of Nemesis) just wants to install more and more weapons on new Trek ships...they don't worry about crew accommodations, diplomatic capability, sensors, etc. - it's all basically "WARP DRIVE SYSTEM TYPE XXVI" and "25 PULSE-FIRE QUANTUM TORPEDO TUBES" and "700 QUANTUM TORPEDOES" and "15 PULSE-FIRE PHASERS" and so on.
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Yeah, the mission profile seems to be KILL! KILL! Works for a Terran Empire ship (sorta, those gun ports are still silly) but not for the exploration-driven Starfleet we all know and love.
Besides, the uber-Runabout concept worked up as a possible Defiant idea works far better as a small gunship, IMHO.
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The November vessel (the horseshoe-shaped thing) looks very very similar to a picture I saw waaaaay the hell back in the day, circa the early 90's.
The other one was of similar shape, with ramscoops at the tips (rendered most beautifully for the time), deflectors just below, and a bit of blue behind. The pilot sat in what basically looked like a plexiglas bulge out the front.
Does this ring any bells for anyone? I remember it as an awesome pic . . . again, especially at the time. It would probably be some 400x300 piece of poo now, but still.
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Palamino was that lame-ass Black Hole ship.
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True, which made my failed Google-fu that much harder. But I'm 95% sure I have the name correct, including the unusual SS designation. (Amazing what ridiculous things lodge in the neurons, isn't it?)
Perhaps it'll come up on one of these floppies I've been working my way through.
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