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Ahkileez
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An IRC/Chat-style RPG ship named the USS Ark Royal (Akira-class) over at Star Trek: Echoes recently launched with me as CO.

I'm a real stickler for trying to jam more detail into the Trek world so I started designing things to enhance the environment. Not necessarily changing major things, but extrapolating based on what was already shown and adding in additional detail I think should've been there all along.

Development Patch - I tried to create this in the style shown in the Defiant/Danube era. I figure the Akira came out of the same Borgbuster program, so it fits in nicely.
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Uniform Patch - This is the uniform shoulder patch (the official symbol is this shield, backed by a crossed sword and scepter and crowned by a knightly helmet). It's worn on a variety of uniforms. Not the normal "Class-B's" we'd normally seen, but on a host of others, including enlisted uniforms, working uniforms, tactical uniforms, security uniforms, etc.
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Service Uniforms - *INCOMPLETE* - Here are some of the uniforms in use aboard the Ark Royal. In addition to the ordinary duty and dress uniforms we know, there are extrapolated variants/additions to those uniforms, and other classes of uniforms for other situations.
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Tricorders - *INCOMPLETE* - It's been a while now since Nemesis and a long while since the 'flip-phone' tricorder came into being, so I reasoned that Ark Royal would now be using the new 'PADDcorder'. While this can be used on or off the ship, I figure it's most effective on the ship where it functions like a padd and has access to the ship's computer as well. So if you scan a damaged piece of equipment, for instance, it would also bring up the maintenance details on the part, whether there are replacements in stock, etc. I do intend to draw a flip-corder for more rugged field use as well, probably using elements from the more recent variants shown in like the Voyager finale and so forth.
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Small Arms - The range of weapons shown in Trek seems ridiculously mundane, so I expanded on the list based on what I think they should have, things that have been shown but not repeated, and so forth. I think this is a decent cross-section of infantry weapons to be found aboard a frontline combat ship like an Akira.
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Tactical Weapons - *INCOMPLETE* - Here's a list of torpedoes in use aboard the Ark Royal (not counting the different types of torpedoes/missiles her fighters carry). They're obviously interpretations of ones we know to exist, plus a customized decoy that I designed. I have planned (but not yet drawn), a multi-warhead one designed for overloading shield grids.
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Probes - This is a full assortment of probes. I redrew, embellished designs of probes I was told a long time ago came from the TNG tech manual. I don't own the TNGTM so I can't verify that. I added Voyager's multi-spacial probe to the list as well to round it out to an even ten. I'm thinking about designing a relay or distress beacon and tossing that in as well.
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I have no doubt that I'll end up doing more stuff in the future. I really enjoy creating extrapolative detail in the Trek verse, so I'll probably add more things to this list in the future.

I hope you all enjoy the illustrations, and find them interesting. I'm all for C&C so feel free to discuss anything you see here.

- Kurt

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Shik
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Off to war then, are you?

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Ahkileez
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Hehe, to war? Not necessarily. This is just what she's toting around under normal conditions. It's a warship.
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Sean
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Exactly how many dolphins do you have serving aboard the Ark Royal?

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Hehe, none at the moment. A friend was doing fanfiction work with a Luna-class when I was working on the other uniforms and asked for a Delphine uniform concept. I just tossed it in with Ark Royal's. It's sort of a wetsuit.
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Sean
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How do they reach the comm badge? [Big Grin]

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Hehe, good question. In this case, I imagine his commbadge would function by voice command rather than fingertapping.
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Talking dolphins, you say...
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Ahkileez
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I haven't read the Titan books. I think they have a dolphin? Not sure.
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Sean
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If the Titan has a talking dolphin, then Riker has obviously aquired some interspacial STD and gone senile.

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Hehe, well I never read the book. Perhaps this person was extrapolating on the 'Cetacean' thing in the tech manuals. I dunno. I know Probert had a dolphin in his concept sketches for Star Trek: Online.
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Outgrowth of the program started in the early 21st century by the United Earth Oceans organization.

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Originally posted by Ahkileez:
Hehe, to war? Not necessarily. This is just what she's toting around under normal conditions. It's a warship.

So you've made my point for me.

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I did? Perhaps I did. I guess my point is this is would not be extra-ordinary cargo for the ship given her status as a warship. Realistically, I would expect to find most of those weapons aboard most Starfleet ships because there's really nothing exceptional about them.
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Nice infantry weapons. I wish someone would do that for 22nd century weapons. Maybe some variations on the standard MACO EM-41...

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