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Strike Squadron FORTY (STRIKERON 40) is divided up into two combat elements when forward deployed. In this instance, RED TEAM, consisting of the light cruiser PARIS (CL-77), the escort carrier HAWK (CVL-82), and the destroyer NORFOLK (DDE-207) along with a pair of screening fighters orbits in close formation near a hellish Cauldron World, HB+33 0567 A-II. Sun-blasted and riven with vulcanism, the world's radiated heat output is sufficient to mask the team's elements against identification. The team cannot hide completely from observation in this manner, but their numbers and composition in this formation will be unclear to hostile forces until they have approached too closely to escape the swift ships of the Terran Empire Navy when the trap is sprung.

Artist's note: I was pushing the envelope with this one. The three starships plus the two fighters added up to a little over 2.5 million polygons, where previously the largest render I'd ever done was 1.5 million. Having all the radiators going in this image also slowed things down, but I like the effect.

Modeled with Trimble SketchUp. Rendered with Kerkythea.
Background courtesy of This is part of a commission for

Description
Strike Squadron FORTY (STRIKERON 40) is divided up into two combat elements when forward deployed. In this instance, RED TEAM, consisting of the light cruiser PARIS (CL-77), the escort carrier HAWK (CVL-82), and the destroyer NORFOLK (DDE-207) along with a pair of screening fighters orbits in close formation near a hellish Cauldron World, HB+33 0567 A-II. Sun-blasted and riven with vulcanism, the world's radiated heat output is sufficient to mask the team's elements against identification. The team cannot hide completely from observation in this manner, but their numbers and composition in this formation will be unclear to hostile forces until they have approached too closely to escape the swift ships of the Terran Empire Navy when the trap is sprung.

Artist's note: I was pushing the envelope with this one. The three starships plus the two fighters added up to a little over 2.5 million polygons, where previously the largest render I'd ever done was 1.5 million. Having all the radiators going in this image also slowed things down, but I like the effect.

Modeled with Trimble SketchUp. Rendered with Kerkythea.
Background courtesy of This is part of a commission for