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Here the final image i made to illustrate an blog article about the Slipstream drive technology. After an successfull jump, the USS Euderion leaves Slipspace.

The Article gets very technical. At least since the new Star Trek series "Prodigy" we get to see a future in which the story after "Star Trek Voyager" is worked up. What happened to all the technology that Voyager brought with her on her voyage through the Delta Quadrant? Especially the quantum slipstream drive.

In Star Trek Online it has been part of Starfleet ships for a long time. The books have also taken up this topic at one time or another. And since our USS Euderion is about soon to be refitted in our fanfilms, we want to take a closer look at the Slipstream technology. Where does it come from, how does it work, what are its advantages over normal warp drive. In the following essay Doctor Radek Gutag, former engineer on the USS Euderion, takes you into the history of the Quantum Slipstream Drive.

The Blog Entry is online here: (only in german language) -->euderion-infinity.blogspot.com…

The year 2381 marks one of the largest ship upgrade programs of the 24th century. Much like the refit program of the 2270s, which began with the complete remodeling of the Constitution class and would become groundbreaking for the new century, Starfleet began ordering most of its ships back into the shipyards in 2381.
When the missing USS Voyager returns from the Delta Quadrant in 2378, she brought a couple new technologies from her long lone journey. Most prominent, the Quantum Slipstream drive, an advanced form of interstellar propulsion allowing starships to break through the warp speed barrier.

In the year 2380, the Vesta-class Federation starship USS Aventine was among the first Starfleet vessels to be fitted with a quantum slipstream drive, but in 2381 Starfleet began an fleet wide upgrade program and installing quantum slipstream drives on most of its vessels when they were compatible with the upgrade.

By mid-2381, the USS Euderion NCC-79541-A was already in drydock repairing damage from the Battle of Salvinius. The ship sustained extensive damage while attempting to protect a Cardassian refugee convoy. Due to the extensive damage, Starfleet decided to put the ship straight into the upgrade program. Many parts had to be rebuilt anyway, so she could immediately benefit from the innovations.

Among other things, the Euderion received a new Quantum Slipstream Drive and a new weapon pod to replace two of the torpedo launchers there with additional sensor arrays. This resulted in a complete replacement of the nacelles, pylons and torpedo tower, leaving only the saucer and catamaran sections of the original ship. The slipstream drive fell short of the original expectations, since many converted ships required too much energy to create a suitable transfer tunnel due to their wide shape, but it allowed the ship to "sprint" shorter distances. For safety reasons, these drives could only be operated for a short time before they had to be switched off. In this short time, however, the spaceship was able to cross an entire sector of space in a couple of minutes, which would have taken several days with conventional propulsion. After a short period of charging and recalibrating, they could be reactivated for another "sprint". Initial testing indicated that the outward appearance of the Akira class was capable of creating a large enough slipstream tunnel which the ship could maintain for a maximum of 12.47 minutes before the tunnel collapsed and the drive had to be recharged and recalibrated. This was still very energy-sapping, so use was limited to emergencies.

The length of the ship increased from 464 meters to 556 meters due to the new warp nacelles and the pylons, which were aligned further aft.

"Star Trek Euderion" was a german written fanfiction series from 2003 to 2008 and is today known as "Euderion - Infinity", a small fanfilm and Cosplay group who creates no-budget fanfilms on a regular basis. The USS Euderion is our name-giving ship and roleplay home. We will introduce the slipstream refit in one of our next fanfilm projects.

You can find us on the social networks:
www.facebook.com/EuderionInfin…
www.youtube.com/c/EuderionInfi…
www.instagram.com/euderion_inf…
twitter.com/euderion

Akira model by Marc Bell

Rendered in 3ds Max 10

Post Work in Adobe After Effects CS6
4k Fullsize image available at the download button

Similar Akira class artworks:

Description

Here the final image i made to illustrate an blog article about the Slipstream drive technology. After an successfull jump, the USS Euderion leaves Slipspace.

The Article gets very technical. At least since the new Star Trek series "Prodigy" we get to see a future in which the story after "Star Trek Voyager" is worked up. What happened to all the technology that Voyager brought with her on her voyage through the Delta Quadrant? Especially the quantum slipstream drive.

In Star Trek Online it has been part of Starfleet ships for a long time. The books have also taken up this topic at one time or another. And since our USS Euderion is about soon to be refitted in our fanfilms, we want to take a closer look at the Slipstream technology. Where does it come from, how does it work, what are its advantages over normal warp drive. In the following essay Doctor Radek Gutag, former engineer on the USS Euderion, takes you into the history of the Quantum Slipstream Drive.

The Blog Entry is online here: (only in german language) -->euderion-infinity.blogspot.com…

The year 2381 marks one of the largest ship upgrade programs of the 24th century. Much like the refit program of the 2270s, which began with the complete remodeling of the Constitution class and would become groundbreaking for the new century, Starfleet began ordering most of its ships back into the shipyards in 2381.
When the missing USS Voyager returns from the Delta Quadrant in 2378, she brought a couple new technologies from her long lone journey. Most prominent, the Quantum Slipstream drive, an advanced form of interstellar propulsion allowing starships to break through the warp speed barrier.

In the year 2380, the Vesta-class Federation starship USS Aventine was among the first Starfleet vessels to be fitted with a quantum slipstream drive, but in 2381 Starfleet began an fleet wide upgrade program and installing quantum slipstream drives on most of its vessels when they were compatible with the upgrade.

By mid-2381, the USS Euderion NCC-79541-A was already in drydock repairing damage from the Battle of Salvinius. The ship sustained extensive damage while attempting to protect a Cardassian refugee convoy. Due to the extensive damage, Starfleet decided to put the ship straight into the upgrade program. Many parts had to be rebuilt anyway, so she could immediately benefit from the innovations.

Among other things, the Euderion received a new Quantum Slipstream Drive and a new weapon pod to replace two of the torpedo launchers there with additional sensor arrays. This resulted in a complete replacement of the nacelles, pylons and torpedo tower, leaving only the saucer and catamaran sections of the original ship. The slipstream drive fell short of the original expectations, since many converted ships required too much energy to create a suitable transfer tunnel due to their wide shape, but it allowed the ship to "sprint" shorter distances. For safety reasons, these drives could only be operated for a short time before they had to be switched off. In this short time, however, the spaceship was able to cross an entire sector of space in a couple of minutes, which would have taken several days with conventional propulsion. After a short period of charging and recalibrating, they could be reactivated for another "sprint". Initial testing indicated that the outward appearance of the Akira class was capable of creating a large enough slipstream tunnel which the ship could maintain for a maximum of 12.47 minutes before the tunnel collapsed and the drive had to be recharged and recalibrated. This was still very energy-sapping, so use was limited to emergencies.

The length of the ship increased from 464 meters to 556 meters due to the new warp nacelles and the pylons, which were aligned further aft.

"Star Trek Euderion" was a german written fanfiction series from 2003 to 2008 and is today known as "Euderion - Infinity", a small fanfilm and Cosplay group who creates no-budget fanfilms on a regular basis. The USS Euderion is our name-giving ship and roleplay home. We will introduce the slipstream refit in one of our next fanfilm projects.

You can find us on the social networks:
www.facebook.com/EuderionInfin…
www.youtube.com/c/EuderionInfi…
www.instagram.com/euderion_inf…
twitter.com/euderion

Akira model by Marc Bell

Rendered in 3ds Max 10

Post Work in Adobe After Effects CS6
4k Fullsize image available at the download button

Similar Akira class artworks: