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Published: 2013-07-27 16:42:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 5813; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 104
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Mainstay of the Confederate Defense Force, the Hunter-class Missile Frigate is a fast, maneuverable, and very formidable weapon. Armed with a battery of ninety 240mm ZR Missiles forward, ten "Fortitude" Antimatter SSBM's, two 10.2cm and two 6.6cm copper-plasma particle beams.I drew this for a friend of mine in the Russian Federation who's writing a starship combat game, and wanted some "hard" sci-fi design drawings to go with it. I kind of went to town a bit. He's been doing the interpretations of the Russian dialogue in my comic , and so I thought it only fair to try in some small way to return the favor.
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Judging by the flag, in this version of future humans stopped beating penis and finally unified like they suppose to? I like how the ship have counter-rotating rings)
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The front reminds me of the Nova/Omega class while the engines reminds me of the Starfurry good job
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added to Sketches and concepts in Sci-fi Archives sci-fi-archives.deviantart.com…
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Space Marines, hell yeah!
Looks great, there hasn't been enough hard sci-fi as of late.
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I've never been a believer in artificial gravity - the rotating ring-decks are my favorite aspect of the design. I threw them in on my own, and when I showed my friend the sketch he was surprised, since he, too, had been thinking of them as well. It's not REALLY a "real" spacecraft, but it's more real than a lot of others I've drawn over the years.
--M
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The key word in Science Fiction is 'Fiction.' 
Chances are Mars will never be suitable place for humans to live but it makes for a great setting and while centrifuge gravity may only work in sci-fi, it makes far more sense than a 'gravity device' or something. The more rules you give your fictional technology, the less it seems like techno-magic and thats what what I like about the hard sci-fi stuff.
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Surprised I am the first poster, considering your excellent art, and this amazing piece
First of all, love your style, always. Such simple parts, eventually comming together in such a detailed manner, on its own, is already pretty impressive. Texturing is a very nice touch, and the design seems plausible and well-thought.
If I had any criticism, it would be that the design seems very thin, but a quick look at the window up front resets the actual size of this monster, and makes it appear much bigger, althought my point still stands, where the structure doesn't seem very solid, survivable and may be difficult to travel into, and repair from inside due to such a small corridor at the center, but this also makes it look like a more satelite like structure, and that it may be able to divide.
Well done
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I was actually trying to make it look cobbled together. When I first looked at the model for the design, I was thinking of those wasps with the really thin waists, and used that as my basic principle. I doubt this would be a practical spaceship in any reality, but I just assume there's a really solid and well-built alloy spine that the rest is hung on, or rotating around.
--M
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I see. It looks very industrial and not so cobbled together however
Well, the design pleases you, and the receiver, so I can't really give anything but appreciative criticism over posting awesome art over the internet.
Well done :3
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Not at all, I quite took the spirit of your critique, and it's quite valid.
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Thanks for being both awesome, and humble!
Well, share the love
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