HOME | DD

#3d #bookfanart #cgi #dune #dunefanart #fanart #futuristic #sciencefiction #scifi #spacecraft #spaceship #starship #3drendered #foldingspace #foldspace #wüstenplanet #euderion #heighliner #dunebook #derwüstenplanet #cgrendered #frankherbertsdune #dunestarship #guildliner #normancenvaheihliner #dunecarrier #frankherberstdune #dunespacecraft #dunedigital #guildheighliner
Published: 2016-02-27 15:09:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 12646; Favourites: 232; Downloads: 254
Redirect to original
Description
The heighliner is a type of fictional starship used for interstellar travel in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. These enormous spaceships are the "major cargo carrier of the Spacing Guild's transportation system."Duke Leto Atreides speaks of them in Dune:
"A Heighliner is truly big. Its hold will tuck all our frigates and transports into a little corner — we'll be just a small part of the ship's manifest."
In Dune, it is stated that Heighliner operation requires a Guild Navigator, who uses a limited form of prescience made possible by the spice Melange, to guide the ship at the very high speeds needed for interstellar travel. The later novels state that such travel requires both a Holtzman drive and a Guild Navigator. The drive uses the Holtzman effect to "fold space" and allow virtually instantaneous interstellar travel. The Navigator is needed to find a safe path through folded space and guide the ship. Navigators are confined to giant tanks, completely immersed in highly-concentrated orange spice gas.
Unable to land, heighliners jump from point to point, parking in planetary orbits. Orbital ferries or interplanetary spacecraft load and unload the heighliner. Special laws govern travel aboard a heighliner; heighliners are considered neutral territory and all acts of war aboard heighliners carry stiff penalties.
Heighliners are invented by Norma Cenva during the Butlerian Jihad. In the novel, heighliners are noted to be more than 20 kilometers long.
Built and rendered in 3d Max 10
Heighliner Model by Thomas Raube (me)
Like it? Watch my other DUNE Fanart with the Heighliner:
Related content
Comments: 18
Beomoose [2016-02-29 01:17:08 +0000 UTC]
Great image! Any plans to do Atreides or Harkonen Frigates?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
wellis [2016-02-28 07:53:00 +0000 UTC]
One thing I always found interesting about heighliners is that they're the only FTL ships in the Dune novels during the Paul Atreides era. All other ships, military or civilian are ultimately sublight only. The sheer power the Guild has over everyone else is just crazy.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Euderion In reply to wellis [2016-02-28 12:21:05 +0000 UTC]
Yes, it is a well thought out system of mutual dependence.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
nandoclp [2016-02-28 00:23:10 +0000 UTC]
Very cool!!! Try to imagine a space faring civilization with those ships but without any form of "thinking machines"...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Euderion In reply to nandoclp [2016-02-28 12:18:54 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
The dune universe is something different to other scifi. Building up a galactic civilisation without computers and machines is pretty cool.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Timberwolf1969 [2016-02-27 17:57:59 +0000 UTC]
I don't think running would be a good idea to get from one end to the other in time...
Better get yourself something motorized to get around in this vessel...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Euderion In reply to Timberwolf1969 [2016-02-28 12:17:37 +0000 UTC]
Or a shuttle or a train.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Timberwolf1969 In reply to Euderion [2016-02-28 13:55:26 +0000 UTC]
Counts as motorized in my book.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0