That 3d model is nothing more than a simple model helping me to visualise the ship, and very likely it will never be finished. I suck at 3D But
I'll post it here anyway, to give a rough idea of the ship.
As to the design itself, it's very roughly based on the Winston Carter shuttle, with a max crew of about 10-12, and roughly 60m long.
Only slight problem is with the names. If they're named after Shakespeare characters (or Sol system moons), there's bound to be some conflict with possible Miranda-class ships...
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My idea is that this ship is actually more like a "scientific transport". It is a homebase for scientists on short-term away missions.. I think a range of about 1 sector and a mission-time of a few months should be enough to keep scientists busy.
These survey vessels would be based on Starbases, research colonies, or perhaps even on (very large?) starships.
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Interesting design. The first thing I would do would be to have the central hull rounded instead of square, then perhaps add some transitory structures between the fore and aft sections, like blisters or something. Maybe add a dorsal mounted deflector, FJ style, shape the nose section so it doesn't look like the front of a van, draw some landing gear and perhaps a ventral cargo bay door?
Damn, this is such an interesting concept. I'm so tempted to draw my own take on it.
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Something that bugs me a bit is the mismatch in the curvatures of the three sections. The rear is completely rounded, the is rectangular with rounded corners, and the cockpit is very angular.
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Well given that Harry is roughly basing this on the Winston Carter yacht and considering the similarity between that design and the Conestoga, it is hardly surprising.
I agree with Masao though Harry, the mid hull and nose sections need to be more rounded.
I have made the shapes a bit more uniform (a very TAS-ish ellipsoid shape). I've also added landing 'skis'. I tried retractable legs like you did, Rev, but they take up a bit too much internal space, IMHO.
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