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Since you guys seem to be allergic to the Trek BBS, I'm posting this pic, which was released over there about a month ago.
This the cover for the third book in the Vanguard series "Reap the Whirlwind" by David Mack. The ship is the USS Sagittarius, an Archer-class scout attached to the Vanguard station. I had only a month to design her inside and out, so based her on my previous USS Paris. However, it's much smaller, at about 50 m, and fits the description in the first Vanguard book. The render is by Doug Drexler. The book is coming out next August, I think.
This is the semiofficial insignia for the Vanguard station, designed by series editor Marco Palmieri and redrawn by me.
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I saw that as well, but for some reason I was under the impression it was a "fan" art, and not linked to the book. You designed her insides as well? I'd like to see that, too. Can't comment too much on the design, since like you said it was a much smaller redesign of one of your existing ships. Would be interesting to see a size reference, though.
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Interesting design for a small craft... is that supposed to be just a one-deck ship, with equipment in the bulges on the top and bottom? Kind of a space-only (i.e. non-atmospheric) super-runabout?
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1: What is that thing in the lower right corner?
2: I'm not one for looking horses in mouths, but why so small a pic? With like 500Kb I could crunch out a 2048x1536 pic easily.
Nice with a scout though, I've always liked the little ships, they feel more manageable. With a Galaxy-class you couldn't even hope to visit all the rooms in as a captain, but a Defiant or Saber class, or this thing, much more handy.
What year is this? Looks later than TOS, judging by the lines on the Sagittarius.
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Pretty! I went, "Hey, a Paris!"
Nim, That's the D-7's nacelle in the corner
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The Archer class (named for you know who) is basically a rescale of my Paris class with detailing (impulse deck, vertical walls of disc, etc) updated from 2200 to 2260. Paris is about 150 m (I think), and Archer is about 1/3 that size. It has only a single deck in the saucer with a split-level, open-ceiling engineering section in the rear part of the saucer and the tail. The insides were designed to be submarine-like, so the deck reaches full height only at the center of primary hull. The 3-tall docking port was actually too tall for the edge of the disc, so I had to add a slight tunnel at the bottom. Archer can land with a landing pad on the bottom of the deflector housing and some really attractive legs that fold out from the rear underside of the dish. There's a cargo bay with a ramp out the back/underside of the primary hull.
Here's how small this little ship is:
I have a larger pic, interior schematics, and exterior schematics, but they can't be released until nearer the book's publication date or until a decision is made about whether the schematics will be included as a fold out.
Author David Mack says this scene is in the book. The nacelle is actually on fire. Yeah!
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Uh...huh. After a closer second look.....are both ships actually IN atmo??
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I've been sharpening my modeling skills with your paris recently Masao, maybe I should start making a 'smaller' version. Is the underside the same? I assume no shuttlebay?
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Nice. Why, though is the top of the front of the Klingon ship just an ellipsoid sphere? (an egg thingy) shouldnt the sides go down to the hull straight?
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