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Phaeton99 β Project Stingray - WIP
Published: 2009-10-08 23:13:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 12100; Favourites: 116; Downloads: 240
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An updated (and significantly larger) glimpse of a current collaborative development project with fellow DA denizen Lucide0 based upon his original concept and destined for JoAT submission.Original Concept
Bridge Development
Drive Development
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Hmmm...while not the same design, this "Stingray" reminds me of the faux-Starfleet ship "Dauntless" from 'Voyager'. Angular, but in an organic fashion (if that makes any real sense) and shaped for maximum reduction of "drag" in conventional warp or Quantum Slipstream or Transwarp
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That is to be expected as the originator of the concept, Luced0 , was directly inspired by it. Β My role has simply been to help flesh out the idea.
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It appears my manual calculation of its compound curves weren't too much rubbish, after all. Β
Share this with Luced0, too β it's his core design, after all.
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You should see the advanced type:
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You should see its successor...
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Quite lovely. Probably one of the most efficient starship designs I've seen for speed! XD
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Once one gets past the lack of suck familiar features as nacelles on pylons.
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Credit for the form goes to the one who conceived the concept. I just followed his outlines.
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it's nice to see the main diflector detail finished. it's hard to beleave the exterior is almost finished and ready foor an MSD. just soome front back and side detailing. and I was thinking maybe we should redesign the shape of the captains Yaht.
we also need to design soome kinda of detailing for the jump dish/Genarator and if your up for it maybe design the actual device like we did for the warp cores.
and we can wait for my comp to be fixed or relay thourgh poms here on DA to diagram the details Behind how the jump driove works. Like what layer of space time it travels through and the possible shape a jump rift might take while traveoling (what the artificail wormhole looks like. and any other details we might want. like enginearing and stuff.
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That detailing is the tricky part, of course, thanks to all those compound curves.
In regard for the jump dish and such: that is something that I always planned to do.
As I am in no shape to work on the project, we will have to wait, anyway.
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Master Systems Display (also called "Master Situation Display" in regard to Bridge arrays versus ones in Main Engineering): a cross-sectional schematic showing the state of key systems and operations aboard ship.
www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scaβ¦
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noo problem waiting. espesly with mesenger prooblems
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Starfleet will never admit it, but it seems based on the principles of the Galor-class design. Just for that, it earns a fav from this Cardassian fan.
(In my stories, there are even reasons why in certain circumstances a Galor-style or Defiant-style ship is preferable...)
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Except it's almost certainly more efficient in design.Β As I understand it, the reason Cardassians have always been so militant is that they never truly accepted the need to conserve resources.Β Like the classic Klingon Empire, they stripped zones bare, and had to keep expanding their influence to survive.
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Good engineers draw their inspiration from whatever works, from wherever they may find it. They leave it to the politicians and the patriots to deny all "foreign influences"
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Nationalism...a serious impediment to human understanding and cooperation.
Earth's preferred pastime: tribal warfare.
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Indeed.
At least in my universe, it's a lot easier to maintain your structural integrity field without constantly having to compensate for the stresses of nacelles on pylons and the thin, jutting areas that join the saucer to the stardrive section. This leads to better energy efficiency and superior maneuverability. That means the Galor-class (while we never saw it do this onscreen, which I write off as being the Dominion not understanding the capabilities of the Cardassian ships--or understanding but not giving a damn), while being the size of a Constitution class, is capable of maneuvering more like the Defiant-class.
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Pheaton realy does do incredible work. I'mglad hes enjoying the design process with me and i owe him so mch for takeing my baby and realy makeing come to life.
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Very original design of a concept Federation Starship design. Looking forward to seeing how this ship turns out! Nice work!!!!
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I love the "space whale" look of this design! Kudos to you and the original designer!
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I like this idea, but please tell me it doesn't separate into two or more ships ...
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It doesn't. It is far too small to spend volume the redundant systemsβ and I find the whole multi-vector" concept to be technically dubious, anyway.
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Thank goodness! So, is this an science craft that could possible operate on a water-world, or did you just fit the name to the shape?
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I neither named it nor came up with the shape: that was Lucid0's [link] doing. I simply am the one making a refined rendering of his concept.
Officially, the shape reflects the requisites of its new "jump drive" system, which "burrows" its own wormhole through the substratum of spacetime.
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Do you do these 'refinings' often?
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Not often.
A concept has to intrigue me sufficiently to motivate me to spend a precious bit of my limited time and energies upon it. This one was both unusual and promising enough to spark my interests.
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and it was nice to know that it coought your attention and I remember you imidiatly reconized it's potentiol
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One has to always keep an eye out for concepts with potential. They can serve as great inspirations even if one never has an opportunity to develop them personally.
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insparation coomes from evrything we interact with
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I agree. I never liked the idea or look of the Separation, the Ent-D's separation seemed more an emrgany feture not a combat feture.
the only talk that was ever had about te separation was th conisderation of hard docks at a pecific point on the ship to allow rapid changeing btween various mission modules. and with that the Mission modules culd theoreticly be built to have on board propolsuion.
but this idea ws never realy developed an wasnt a specific design feture.
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This is absolutely fantastic! It seems like it could be family with the design I once worked on for the Infinity.(I'll refrain from putting a shameless link, but it's in my gallery. 
Still, hand drawings are nothing to the work you do. And this is a prime example.
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Perhaps, but I have to admire your cross-section illustrations.
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Oh, thanks very much for that.
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