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Posted by Aya (Member # 1148) on :
 
I thought this up at another forum in a thread about fan created ships. Anyways, here it is:

This class was inspired by the Al-Burak class carrier, a non-canon ship. http://www.starfleet-museum.org/alburak.htm

Class: Nimitz
Type: Carrier
Number of nacelles: Two
Size: Large
Weapons: Type IX or X phasers with two torpedo launchers
Defense: Regenerative hull hugging shields and once again, batmobile armor. It's logical that at some point, all Feddie ships would have batmobile armor.
Warp:
Cruising - 7.8
Max - 9.8 for twelve hours

Backstory: Starfleet realized during the Dominion War that Akira's were inadequate carriers for fighter wings. So, they looked into the possiblity of either refitting an existing class to carriers or building a brand new class. Designers tried modifying the designs of Ambassadors, Constellations, Niagras and Mirandas. None of these worked too well, as the variants would be very expensive to refit. So, designers, after several months came up with a design for a ship.

The Nimitz, named in honor of the famous 20th century carriers, is about 600+ meters, with a thick Constellation style saucer section. The saucer holds the launch bays for the fighters. The ship also contains a pod, similar to the New Orleans or Nebula that hangs from the bottom. This pod contains quarters and other things. No idea how many Peregrines it can hold.

Names:
Doolittle
Yorktown
Nimitz
MacArthur
Essex
Hornet

My comment: Akiras apparently are supposed to be carriers, besides being torpedo ships of doom. I figured that Starfleet would, at some point, want a ship class dedicated completely to being a carrier. I also had a nice mental image of refitted Soyuz's flying close to the Nimitz, acting as escorts.

If someone would create a drawing or a render in their free time, that would be great. You don't have to though.
 

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Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
 
I love this bit:

Size: Large

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We should apply this to all our quabbles about the Defiant:

Size: Small

Matter settled...
 

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Posted by Aya (Member # 1148) on :
 
I suck at measurements, smarty pants.
 

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
 
Do we get a piccie of the ship? Or do we just get to look at Masao's sweet Al-Burak... which never really gets old... but still...
 

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Posted by Aya (Member # 1148) on :
 
I can't draw to save my life.
 

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
How would you scale the windows in a Size: Large ship??


Also, place the Nimitz name at the head of the list, otherwise it looks as though it should be the Doolittle Class, which, while also appropriate, may cause a few jokes around the fleet....

The 'batmobile' armor remark needs to be moved to section for notes, not in the specs area...

As for an image, we do support many of the files formats, including all of the more popular ones, and the image can be of any type, from a quick hand sketch to full blown 3D. If drawing isn't your talent, you can ask those that do have it for help, and someone may....

Pretty good start though....
 

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Posted by Aya (Member # 1148) on :
 
I cannot draw at all. I used to draw several years ago, but it was all horrible. Thus, I do not anymore.
 

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Neither can I....
 

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Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
 

quote:

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I love this bit:

Size: Large

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We should apply this to all our quabbles about the Defiant:

Size: Small

Matter settled...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Masao:
I'm quick, not fast.

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Must resist urge to make a crack about that...
 

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Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
 
I'm the world's fastest swimmer.....provided, of course, that I am allowed to swim it straight down.
 

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