Does anyone know of any aquatic races in the federation that this could have been designed by, and possibly have a name influenced from?
I wasnt thinking of being as litteral as naming it after a whale, i did think Catecea Class but again that might be too obvious. but thanks for the suggestions.
sorry keep posting random bits,but i was thinking of having a section of the ship dedicated to houseing these aquatic scientists, a deck or part of a deck, as opposed to a tank.. maybe having glass tubes for them to be able to acess other areas of the ship too.
the Enterprise-D had cetacean operations areas in the saucer. Ed Whitefire's blueprints are best, but the "official" version also shows them. Huge, multi-deck rooms. Andrew Probert did some conceptual sketches for a people/dolphin interaction area, too. I'll post links later, if I can find them. I don't know anything about an alien aquatic species, though.
The Xindi aquatics are the only ones I know They were pretty friendly so you can use those . Oh and the bottom of the ship indeed rocks, it's one of the best designs I have seen lately.
Cheers traq, i didnt realise theire were cetaceans on earth in star trek, i know they brought back 3 humpback whales in the voyage home, but despite what the bible might say, i dont think its possible to populate a planet with 2 individuals.... unless it was just humpbacks that were extinct.. who knows.. but cheers yes a link would be awsome. but i'll see if i can find some aswell..
sumacruz, thanks xindi just looked those up. i didnt watch any enterprise so id never seen those.. says they helped set up the federation interesting... But yes something like that is what i was going for... Dam you know when you think you've had a realy good idea.. I was thinking something a little closer to whale than how they look, i've sort of gone off on a tangent now...
Thanks again plenty to think about.. I'll put some update pics up tomorrow when i've finished the nacceles
Atlantic & Pacific bottlenose dolphins and several Takaya's whales, according to the TNG tech manual. My impression was that it wasn't the entire cetacean population that was extinct, but the Humpbacks. As far as the Xindi go, I never enjoyed Enterprise, so I wouldn't know.
Thanks for the comments again guys. Also to traq for the post, i saw it before it went.. but yes ive researched that a little more now for when i start my interiors.
Finlay started on the nacelles, just need to start working on the details over the whole ship now..
Also ive put the front panel back in front of the torpeado launcher i was thinking of having it covered when not in use then popping out when needed, same for the aft launcher, or does that sound like a realy crap idea?
Interesting concept and unique design, beautiful take on Star Trek , Star fleet design lineage. The covers sound like a good idea is the a fail safe for the covers?
Thanks guys i guess the fail safe would be "dont hit the fire button the launchers haven't been extended...." It was a fix for not being able to find a good place to put the aft launcher, without it looking like it had been bolted on. so i placed it up by the top of the neck, just under the impulse engies under a panel. and thought that would be good for the forward launcher aswell.
Plus it works with the none aggressive, science looking ship.... I was toying with having the phaser strips do the same and rise out of the hull, but i think that would take up a lot of room inside..
That's great, I'm really intrigued by this design and look forward to the renders. It would be great to see the effect of the rising phasers.It has a advanced feeling.
Thanks blackbird, the seams of the panels on the underside still need looking at but sheAâs getting there.
Worked on the escape pods and the voyager esc sensor array. Next i guess I need to start looking at windows, IAâve not been that close to the hull yet to work on the tiny details. IAâll get to airlocks and access hatches at some point. I'm going over Greek mythology for a name, looking at all the water constellations Aquarius, cetus, delphinus etc.. See if I can take something for this race that designed and named it.
I was thinking g of how it would work on the ship, with the whale like creatures.... there wouldnAât be a tank on the bridge, that wouldnAât look good. I thought of having a telepathic relationship with a humanoid species.. So they would act as interpreters.. These would be scientists as well. Working on the ship, but would hive the creatures a presence..
Then I got to thinking what if these creatures had been stranded in this galaxy or universe for thousands of years, and were trying to get home.. ThatAâs why this ship was built.. they would have fled their home because of war, come to this galaxy, due to not being able to repair their ships they colonise various worlds earth being one of them, this is me tying threads of Greek myths together... But prosper on a planet were they begin a symbiotic relationship with a humanoid species.. Who I years to come join the federation. Sorry I didnAât need to bore you with that... itAâs a work in progress...
i like the idea of the ship being sucked into another galaxy,but that might be a bit too stargate....
thanks staship, i kind of like the shorter nacelles though. your right having them longer would even out the size, but i like how most of the mass is at the front... if that makes any sence.... and the bulk sort of flows down the the rear of the ship...
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the USS Bryde, Bowhead/Mammalodon/Caperea/Catecea Class?
I really like the paneling on the underside
I wasnt thinking of being as litteral as naming it after a whale, i did think Catecea Class but again that might be too obvious. but thanks for the suggestions.
sumacruz, thanks xindi just looked those up. i didnt watch any enterprise so id never seen those.. says they helped set up the federation interesting... But yes something like that is what i was going for... Dam you know when you think you've had a realy good idea.. I was thinking something a little closer to whale than how they look, i've sort of gone off on a tangent now...
Thanks again plenty to think about.. I'll put some update pics up tomorrow when i've finished the nacceles
Nice Job :thumb:
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Ed Whitefire Enterprise-D blueprints (decks 13-15)
Finlay started on the nacelles, just need to start working on the details over the whole ship now..
Also ive put the front panel back in front of the torpeado launcher i was thinking of having it covered when not in use then popping out when needed, same for the aft launcher, or does that sound like a realy crap idea?
Plus it works with the none aggressive, science looking ship.... I was toying with having the phaser strips do the same and rise out of the hull, but i think that would take up a lot of room inside..
Worked on the escape pods and the voyager esc sensor array. Next i guess I need to start looking at windows, IAâve not been that close to the hull yet to work on the tiny details. IAâll get to airlocks and access hatches at some point. I'm going over Greek mythology for a name, looking at all the water constellations Aquarius, cetus, delphinus etc.. See if I can take something for this race that designed and named it.
I was thinking g of how it would work on the ship, with the whale like creatures.... there wouldnAât be a tank on the bridge, that wouldnAât look good. I thought of having a telepathic relationship with a humanoid species.. So they would act as interpreters.. These would be scientists as well. Working on the ship, but would hive the creatures a presence..
Then I got to thinking what if these creatures had been stranded in this galaxy or universe for thousands of years, and were trying to get home.. ThatAâs why this ship was built.. they would have fled their home because of war, come to this galaxy, due to not being able to repair their ships they colonise various worlds earth being one of them, this is me tying threads of Greek myths together... But prosper on a planet were they begin a symbiotic relationship with a humanoid species.. Who I years to come join the federation. Sorry I didnAât need to bore you with that... itAâs a work in progress...
i like the idea of the ship being sucked into another galaxy,but that might be a bit too stargate....
What do you think about naceles a little longer? I believe it could gives a better balance to the ship.
Added a little detail. thw windows to the mid section, and added a small cargobay door.
This is where people shout, yours scales are way out....
I have to say that I prefer design this over the Intrepid class "Voyager".
ha, just don't use DS9 and the Defiant as your reference. No one agrees on how big they "really" are
Sweet progress. Let's see her against a Utopia Planetia parking station or a Nemesis-style drydock/construction facility.
Added place holders fo the windows, i'll cut them out later, the larger windows which i'll be putting rooms behind.
Coming along very nicely Mark. :thumb:
SheAâs a beauty!!!