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Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

I've been meaning to update this one for a while now.

For those who wonder, this ortho is not exactly the same as my schematics nor is it exactly like Brian Pimenta's original sketch either.
Like with the Constitution patch this would have been made before the actual ship had been built so I intentionally incorporated some design variations.

Posted by Phoenix (Member # 966) on :

What about the "I designed the Antares' toilets and all I got was this lousy patch and free Starfleet toilet paper for life" variant? [Smile]

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

VERY nice. Like the Sector 002! [Smile]

Heheh - yup we need the 'toilet variant' - of course for Voyager you only need the one [Smile]

Cause the saucer already looks like a toilet seat! [Smile]

Posted by Phoenix (Member # 966) on :

quote:
Originally posted by AndrewR:
VERY nice. Like the Sector 002!

Heheh - yup we need the 'toilet variant' - of course for Voyager you only need the one Cause the saucer already looks like a toilet seat!

"I designed the Intrepid's toilets and they used my design for the ship". [Smile]

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

The Antares class dosen't have any toilets! they use the main airlock and it's super vacume flush!

Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :

you dont want to see what it does to a man's ass when the baffle plate goes

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Why do you think Pike's wheel-chair was enclosed in "The Managerie"! [Wink]

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

One "beep" means "for the love of God, PLEASE KILL ME!!!!"

Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :

vacuum suction... well there goes a vital bit of relaxation in life... no wonder Starfleeters are all so uptight

[ May 04, 2003, 01:34 PM: Message edited by: Cartmaniac ]

Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :

TOILETS ARE NOT CANON! [Mad]

Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

BOOBS ARE CANON!

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

And they say Flare is one of the more mature Sci-fi forums.

Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :

They lie.

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

A lot.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

That's very nice, Rev. One nit: the registry on the primary hull looks a bit flat rather than curving up towards the center of the dish. Another nit: should the development project be based at a maintenance yard?

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Could have been a sorta "Junkyard Wars" project!?! [Smile]

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

*drool*

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Maybe that is the explanation for the Antares class!?! It was a junk-yard sort of class - where engineers made ships from what they could find... sometimes there were certain hull types that were more prevalent than others!?!

[Smile]

Or the rather lengthy thread we had here is also another explanation! [Wink]

Or my suggestion that "Antares Class" is akin to "Starship Class" - sort of all-encompassing.

Andrew

Posted by Phoenix (Member # 966) on :

How do we actually know that there was an Antares Class, and that the Antares wasn't just part of another Class (as its 501 registry suggests)?

Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :

And where do we get that registry? Is it an Encycloepdia-only thing, or did Okuda actually hide the reference somewhere onscreen?

I don't much like the idea of any of the "random" ships from the shows being class ships. There usually are many, many ships in a class, so the odds of meeting the first one are low unless there is a special reason. And frankly, I'd love for this nice Concordance Antares to be a humble member of a class, rather than a class ship, too. "Humility" is written all over it, and nicely accentuated by Reverend's design...

Timo Saloniemi

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Masao:
That's very nice, Rev. One nit: the registry on the primary hull looks a bit flat rather than curving up towards the center of the dish. Another nit: should the development project be based at a maintenance yard?

All I can say is...I tried.

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Timo:
And where do we get that registry? Is it an Encycloepdia-only thing, or did Okuda actually hide the reference somewhere onscreen?

I don't much like the idea of any of the "random" ships from the shows being class ships. There usually are many, many ships in a class, so the odds of meeting the first one are low unless there is a special reason. And frankly, I'd love for this nice Concordance Antares to be a humble member of a class, rather than a class ship, too. "Humility" is written all over it, and nicely accentuated by Reverend's design...

Timo Saloniemi

I altered the encyclopedia reg for two reasons.

1) It fit's the Constituton-esq design era a little better.

2) Apparantly on of the FJ ships (a Saladin I think) is already NCC-501....Not that I really care but it looks better if I list two reasons instead of just the one. [Wink]

In regards to this being the "Charlie X" Antares AND the class prototype; I simply say, why not? There's no real reason why it can't be, better to kill two ships with one design I say.
Plus when you consider that there is only one other STARFLEET Antares-Class ship referenced and it's amoung a rag-tag fleet of half operational ships, an old 23rd Century Surveyor fits in there quite nicely I think.

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

UPDATE