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No need to keep it Earth-centric. There's plebty of federation worlds out there that are largley unrepresented by Starfleet's names. (make something up and call it RIgillian or Tellerite)
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: No need to keep it Earth-centric. There's plebty of federation worlds out there that are largley unrepresented by Starfleet's names. (make something up and call it RIgillian or Tellerite)
That's certainly a possibilty. I have no doubt that if I searched the net hard enough I could find a website that covered Tellerite naming convensions. LOL!
quote:Originally posted by Masao: And the Shuttlecraft "Little Ricky"!
I'm still leaning toward Dolland Class and to that end here is a quick WIP of the model so far. The pod is a Mark I Bulk Liquids carrier and features fore and aft docking ports as well as one where the towpad meets the upper hull.
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Hmmm..I"d go with something besides the standard Miranda class with a trailer hitch.
It just does not seem unique enough to warrant it's own class when we've seen Mirandas with far more extensive mods remain "in the family" as it were.
I had a simmular notion a few years back and made my USS Gao Yao
Mabye you could replace the torpedo pod (like it's gonna go into combat with several thousand tonnes of whatever towed along) with a heavy-duty tractor beam emitter or something useful to a transport ship...
Even an additional impulse engine prahaps?
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: I had a simmular notion a few years back and made my USS Gao Yao
Mabye you could replace the torpedo pod (like it's gonna go into combat with several thousand tonnes of whatever towed along) with a heavy-duty tractor beam emitter or something useful to a transport ship...
Even an additional impulse engine prahaps?
That's a possibility. There's no reason why I couldn't add a tractor beam in place of the torpedo mounts. Extra impulse engines could make sense too, like the one's on the refit Excelsior class. Nice work on the Gao Yao, it reminds me of something privately contracted as opposed to a Starfleet design.
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Hmm..mabye a civillian-use ship (as I dont subscribe to the notion that starfleet runs all stellar travel and commerce in the Federation).
The ship is a FASA homage (nacelles close together, partly protected by superstructure is a FASA-background design trait of Andorian shipyards).
For your ship, why not take a page from the Soyuz class and have four pylons stemming from the central hull- each with a rear-facing tractor beam emitter to haul the containters and no physical connector at all.
That way there's zero stress on the ship's hull during manuvers or course corrections, and swapping cargo containers would just be a matter of tweaking the beam.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: That way there's zero stress on the ship's hull during manuvers or course corrections, and swapping cargo containers would just be a matter of tweaking the beam.
Who did FASA's designs? Some of them were actually quite decent once you get past the gamey aspects of them. The only problem with using a tractor beam is the simulator only supports hard docking ports at this time.
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I think there was a whole group of FASA designers...not too sure who exactly. Gary Perry was one, I think.
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It'd probably look better if the nacelles were mounted on the dorsal side (like they were originally going to be) that would keep them safe from docking mishaps and make the design look a little less "kitbashed".
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One person was actually responsible for most of the ship design work. I will try to dig out my old Recognition Manuals to tell. My FASA faves (with some work to make them work a little better) are the Chandley, Wilkerson, Loknar, and Larson.
Incidentally, I think Tom Paris learned piloting from an old tug driver. "Faster than light, no left or right" seems like something to remember when hauling a cargo train of those containers at warp...
And Jason? Dayam! but that's a nice conversion. May I steal that design into my "personal canon"?
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I'd be honored! I've got a couple of more pics too.
Anything you like, just ask- tough not all the designs are my own- many are canon or Ravenstar studios' with my own mods.
Like this : my latest model from Ravenstar. The album (apologies for the crappy pics- my photograpger pal is not in town).
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