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What about the ships cat? He'll need a scratching post. I'll make some changes this afternoon when I'm off work (5AM TO 2PM groan)and post for comments
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Holy shit! That top pic is a TOS Chandley frigate! Cool lil' shuttlepods too!
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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I like it, bit overall looks a little to small for a carrier. You have to account for pilots, flight crews, fighter command and control staff, as well as the starships main crew. I'm not sure the ship could fit them all.
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I don't see her as the same class as a cruiser, more of a defence ship. She's built for 5 month missions, not 5 year. Carrying say 12 fighters normally, plus up to 8 more in the connecting bay. An escort carrier kind of idea. A pair of torpedo tubes and some phase cannons. She'd need to be protected by a frigate or destroyer. I'll design a torpedo bomber as well for strikes and a launch for boarding parties.
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I would agree that its no cruiser in class, and in relation to todays carriers, more akin to the smaller Harrier AV-8B Carriers used by the British and Marines. Still with 12 fighters, say with 2 pilots, 3 man flight crews for each fighter, and 20 C&C staff you're looking at 80 people. Now these are just guesstament numbers but it is alot of people to add to the 80-100 needed to run a ship even that size. But I do admit I could be way off on how many people are needed to run the ship. I would love to see a closer look at the fighters and the torpedo bombers. Finally, I would like to say I love the "booty" shot of the ship, it just looks so menacing.
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Thanks Paladin, sorry I haven't updated but I'm using all my render time for a bit of work (non-star trek related!) Will get back to it soon, I just have to rework a few paths and re-render. Should take about 4 or 5 more days (I'm working everyday as well at my real job)
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