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(incidentally, does anyone have recent news of RW? I've just been looking at what few of his designs are up at starshipschematics, I always liked his style)
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Not too far from the Titan's design specs of 350 meters long either.
Fuck this Titan is a baaad kitbash- looks like something from Starshipschematics.net in fact.
Worst of all, if placed next to an Akira, it just looks mis-scaled instead of a seperate design.
This was my idea...one which I'll probably get off my ass and finally finish building now that it's too late by far.
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Conspiracy time! I forward the notion that the contest guys had something decided upon - in general - for the winning design. That being, analogous to the Sovereign, but visually different to differentiate them on screen. The Reliant to the Enterprise, for the new series.
And so they got it.
Don't get me wrong, I like the winning design overall. I just think that it was the design that best matched what the Pocket guys already had in mind.
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I'm sure that is it to an extent. Also the fact that the Sovvie and the Akira are the two favorite fanboy ships, as it were, makes a cross between the two all the more appealing if you're trying to sell books.
OK - when does the competition forum here on Flare become public domain? WE DEMAND TO KNOW YOUR SECRETS
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NO way- I posted extensive schematics of revolutionary designs that shocked and amazed all. that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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U.S.S. Titan, NCC-80102, Luna-class. The Titan is a midsize Starfleet vessel, approximately 450 meters in length (larger than the U.S.S. Voyager, smaller than the Enterprise-D), with a crew complement of 350. Titan's hull configuration is comparable to other established Starfleet vessels.
U.S.S. Voyager, approximately 344 meters
[Additional: USS Akira - 464 meters]
[Additional: USS Excelsior - 467 meters]
U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Approximately 642 meters
The Luna-class is Starfleet's newest-generation long-range explorer, a starship not built specifically for combat, but like the Constitution-class of the previous century, a vessel designed for a long-term multipurpose mission into uncharted space. Equipped with conventional tactical systems (deflector shields; phasers; quantum torpedoes), Titan also boasts state-of-the-art propulsion and cutting-edge scientific equipment, as well as being a testbed for experimental science tech not yet available on other classes.
The Titan is manned by the most varied multispecies crew in Starfleet history, with humans taking up less than 15% of the 350-member crew. The diversity of the crew is intended to facilitate stories that will explore the ways that beings of different cultures, biologies, psychologies, and physical appearances learn how to work together, or fail to, depending on the circumstances they encounter. Titan has eight shuttlecraft of various sizes.
The story behind the Luna-class:
The Luna-Class Development Project was initiated in 2369 in response to the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole, and originally conceived as leading a planned Starfleet wave of deep-space exploration in the Gamma Quadrant. The project was spearheaded by Dr. (Commander) Xin Ra-Havreii, a Starfleet theoretical engineer at Utopia Planitia. Field testing on the prototype U.S.S. Luna was under way by 2372 in the Alpha Quadrant, and construction of the fleet was scheduled to begin the following year. Unfortunately, contact with the Dominion and the subsequent outbreak of hostilities mothballed the project indefinitely, as Starfleet redirected its shipbuilding resources to the production of vessels better suited to combat.
Upon the war's end in late 2375, Dr. Ra-Havreii correctly judged that the Federation's cultural psychology would eventually shift back toward its pre-war ideals, and pushed to have the Luna-class revisited as a major step toward resuming Starfleet's mission of peaceful exploration (even though the class would no longer be assigned exclusively to the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant). Construction of an initial fleet of twelve Luna-class vessels was completed by 2379, and the Titan was offered to William T. Riker, one of many command officers eager to put the strife of the last decade behind him.
The Luna-class fleet:
The ships of the Luna-class are all named for moons in Earth's solar system:
Amalthea Callisto Charon Europa Galatea Ganymede Io Luna Oberon Rhea Titan Triton
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Then it's just as well your honesty is accepted without question, and you are widely held to be the paragon of truthfulness.
I'm adding you to my resume references. I'll just make up a suitable last name for you as no one ever checks references anyway.
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