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I like the first one , although the shuttle deck must just be like a helipad as its so small. Where's the bridge?
The second one is a good idea, but, yeah, the secondary hull is a bit blocky. Way back in the dim and distant past I tried to do something with the design (must have been a few years back). I found it on an old floppy disk a while ago...
Edit: Oh, is the thing on top of the ball (on the first ship) meant to be the bridge, or am I being thick? On second thoughts, I probably shouldn't ask leading questions...
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I think it works better than almost any other design as a carrier (especialy the one that consists of an oberth saucher pasted on to two excelcior secondary hulls). Kudos to you.
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I reckon that design that you've made a carrier looks like it could have been fiddled with to be made an old-style Klingon Vessel. Remember in ??The Chronology?? they had those pics of "old style" Romulan ships... looked like long tubes with nacelles. Could be something in a similar vein.
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I'm surprised noone else has yet mentioned the visual similarity between this carrier design and Klingon ship morphology. It was on my mind as I developed it. I tried not to be led down that path, letting the ship retain UFP sensibilities. Time will tell how well I've succeeded.
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Neato. Older ship designs. Hooray for lineage.
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Actually, I am so much of a Mac addict that I installed 10.1.5 on an ancient unsupported Mac - an 8600/250!
Anyone feels sorry for me yet is asked to leave donations for an iMac Core Duo at the door.
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Now on to the making of films!
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I like these designs, something that people around here seem to have a hard time remembering is that these are complex engineering machines, and form would absolutely follow function. And like that one caption to Jeffries' concept said, a sphere is the best shape for the pressure involved, not to mention you get the most volumetric bang for your buck.
Is that a K7 pod hanging between the nacelles there?
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quote:Originally posted by Irishman: Actually, I am so much of a Mac addict that I installed 10.1.5 on an ancient unsupported Mac - an 8600/250!
Anyone feels sorry for me yet is asked to leave donations for an iMac Core Duo at the door.
How well does it run on the 8600? I've got one sitting in the corner doing not much... Presume you used XPostFacto? iMac Core Duo would be nice, can't wait to see the PowerMac replacement. Might finally retire my B&W...
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