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Makotokat
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Not a lot of time with 2 kids but my mind still has ideas. Latest is a workup based off early concept sketches. Bit of an anime feel to it as well.

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Just basic shapes right now. Forward command globe (11 decks) with a boom reaching back to the shuttle bay/cargo pod. I liked the sketch with the overhead doors soI incorporated it. Two power units combining both warp and impulse power and a sensor pod/deflector slung underneath.

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I like the general configuration but I think the nacelles should be the long daedalus (or Enterprise, if you prefer).
The ship looks a bit too Lego cutesy, all shortened and bright;y-colored.

Also, instead of the two jack-in-thebox doors on the hangar, you could have them slide down along the hull- less ship to clear during a takeoff taht way, and it would just look cool, in my less-thanhumble opinion.

I am digging it though- is that just the deflector at the end of the ventral boom?
Maybe have a Connie-style "radar dish" deflector facing both fore and aft (sorta a FJ hamage)and a pair of phasers on the sides facing starboard/port for maximum coverage.

Hmm...you could actually have just the doors for retracting Phase cannons instead of the "bead" phaser emitters- you culd even have them on the boom instead (along with a pair or two on the sphere, of course).

Also, I want a pony.

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The nacelles were a bit of an experiment. I think I might extent the back end of them back a bit. I like the original idea of Power units though, with an engineering control room inside each nacelle.

I like the idea of more of a garage door arangement on top. Mechanically it would be simpler.

That is a deflector. I intend to place the dish 'inside' the dome on a mount that will allow it to turn and still be visible. A rear one would be a good idea. One of my sketches had a torpedoe tube on either side of the deflector housing.

I like the phaser bead. again the emitter will be inside the housing.

Ponys are available at starbase 17...see the PX officer. Tell him 'Gene' sent you

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As long as the ponies are well-cooked and barbeque sauce is provided, I'm happy.

As to the nacelle control rooms, maybe you cold show something like the "gondola" control stations from DS9- that is to say, an extention from the nacelle pylon with a window- and, once you're at that detail stage, some red warning pinstripes detailing where the nacelle would eject in an emergency.

Hmm...maybe a full set of RCS on each nacelle to manuver it away from the ship in such an emergency?

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Made a few changes.
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I'm reminded of the old "Timeship Lynx" for which I've always had a perverse fondness. Nice.

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Nacelle update!
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Jason Abbadon
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Cool-er!
Just lose those green dome thingers and we're all set!
The green gives it a sora Christmas-like quality that is just too bright and cheery.

I like the clear blue part- maybe add some ribbing to that area though...or some thin white struts- just to give the blue area a "solid" look.

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Made some changes to the nacelles. Black grills now cover the power chambers. Bussard domes are fleshed out more in line with the original concept sketches.

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Mars Needs Women
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Sweet, this has come across real nicely. Kinda reminds me of Masao's Wasp Class.
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Jason Abbadon
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Now we're talkin!

That is looking great- it just needs some hull panels (maybe a deflector grid on the sphere) and some Starfleet markings, an exterior hatch or three and it's a masterpiece. [Wink]

Hmmm....maybe some Connie markings here and there as well- that red rectangle that denotes the cargo bay hatch for example.

Love those naelles- a great look.

I think only the saucer (and maybe the shuttlebay) need additional details...though you were going to add some deflector dish thingers on there, IIRC.

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Thanks. I seem to be pretty good with nacelles. Next I intend to detail the struts and put windows and hatches on the nacelle to denote the control bay. Some of the details are rough right now.
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Detail on the strts is coming along nicely
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