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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] Though I had long planned to do some fanfic centered around the Earth-Kzin Wars, I've recently come to the conclusion that I couldn't ever really pull it off, especially now that [i]Enterprise[/i] seems to be invalidating the whole precept, and also because I don't have the top-to-bottom familiarity with Niven's original work that would be necessary. I did, however, come up with some conceptual sketches of three of the primary ship designs that I envisioned for the period. Thought there might be some mild interest in them, so here they are, along with some excerpts from notes I made while planning out the stories that serve to portray the setting. (Please note that these excerpts are not in precise chronological order as they appeared in my notes, but rather I have selected and arranged passages as they pertain to the three major races.) [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/646/UNSN_fighter.jpg]United Nations Space Navy "C-type" fighter[/URL] Inspired by Greg Jein's original design for the [i]Phoenix[/i] from the [i]Star Trek Chronology[/i]. <blockquote>"It was but a few short years after Cochrane had made his warp flight aboard the [i]Phoenix[/i]. The experimental advanced exploration craft [i]S.S. Valiant[/i] had just been launched. Contact between the United Nations had been restored and recovery from the Post-Atomic Horror was well under way. The UN Space Navy, which had been essentially defunct during the War, had been reestablished and partially reinvigorated. Many ships were beginning to be fitted with Warp 2-capable engines..."</blockquote> [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/646/Vulcan_frigate.jpg]Vulcan "[i]T'Lok[/i]-class" frigate[/URL] Quite similar to the [i]Surak[/i]-class of the ENT era. [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/646/Vulcan_frigate2.jpg]Dorsal plan[/URL]. <blockquote>"The Vulcanians---or the Vulcans, as they had come to be more commonly called---had not been any great presence since they had made contact with Cochrane. There had been some additional contact, but nothing world-shattering. They certainly hadn't shown any real active interest in Earth's exploits..." "When the Kzinti came, all this was ended. Earth, for over a century to come, would be permanently indebted to the Vulcans---for without the Vulcans, humans would never have been able to hold their own against the invaders..." "It was also during this time that a Vulcan archeological team on Vega discovered an ancient artifact, a stasis-box containing what appeared to be some type of anti-gravity generator. Intense study by Vulcan scientists would eventually reveal a much more efficient gravity-control technology than either the land-based repulsorlift engine or the shipboard centrifugal motivators employed by the Vulcan Navy..."</blockquote> [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/646/kzinti_marauder.jpg]Kzinti Marauder[/URL] Based loosely on designs from the old [i]Star Fleet Battles[/i] game. (I tried doing one more in line with the police cruiser design seen in "The Slaver Weapon" but it turned out looking [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/646/kzinrom.jpg]too Romulan[/URL].) <blockquote>"The Kzin were a race of carnivorous, felinoid creatures with an aggressive thirst for conquest. In stark contrast to lesser threats, such as the Orion pirates that plagued the space lanes, the Kzinti were a bloodthirsty lot, not looking simply to acquire and posess more territory but to utterly ravage the worlds they encountered, enslaving their populations sucking them dry of all their precious resources..." "The so-called "civilization" of the Kzin was based upon a Patriarchy, with the head of one revered family ruling the entire Empire, looked upon as a god-like figure..."</blockquote> Anyway, you get the general idea. Just thought I'd share a little. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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