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Published: 2018-11-14 19:57:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 8206; Favourites: 120; Downloads: 150
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I just unearthed this old piece. The ship is not my design, but came from the initial release of FASA's Star Trek RPG, if I recall. Its smaller size made it an ideal choice for a small gaming group. As I was wont to do, I couldn't resist making it feel "official" - at least by measure of such things, back in the day. So I created this for it - a proper page format out of the Franz Josef Trek Tech Manual. In some ways this ship - its size and function - reminds me a bit of TOS version of DS9's Runabout. The basic shape also evokes the TOS and TAS shuttlecraft hull designs, which makes good sense for a planetary lander.If I were tackle this project today I'd probably embellish the details a bit more. I was a naive purist, back then....
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Very cool design love to see a render in an action scene!Β
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Maybe I can get a friend to model 'er up?
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Wonderful design work here. I love how much you captured the Franz Joseph feel!
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I was a major Franz Joseph junkie, back in the day.
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Looks good to me, man. I love FASA's Star Trek, but I wanna try the new Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius. I think I'll use this design like you say: as a Runabout-like ship for Starbases and colonies.
Thank you for sharing it!
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And... did you end up using it?
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Looks like it would have made a good hangar-mate to the "Aquashuttle".Β
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Is there a 3D or an interior model anywhere?
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Not that I know of.... or remember. But one could be out there, somewhere.
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I hope there is, this is a cool ship. TOS runabout but a bit beefier.
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I don't know what the folks at FASA were thinking when they designed her. She definitely won't get any beauty ribbons... Is this the actual USS Dirac, or just the name of the mothership?
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Starfleet is not all capital ships, remember. This one in probably comparable to an Archer class scout - or maybe something between that and a Runabout.
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"Come back! Come back! I was going to make espresso...!"
/sigh
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Espresso you say?!!?
Maybe I can put off Ritz-sitting a while longer, then!
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Love the work of Franz Joseph, and anything in his style.
Like others I can see aspects of the Vulcan Shuttle, it also puts me in mind of the Aqua-shuttle from ST:TAS.
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Yeah, it evoked those things for me too.
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I'm still around-ish
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I'm likeΒ Schrodinger's Artist: I may be alive or dead. You don't know for sure until you open DA.
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"excavating" is kind of working, isn't it? 
How lovely to see something from you in the pile of notifications after my "vacation"!!
And how nice that I still recognized your unique style before I saw your name in the description!
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It's nice to know that my style has such a clearly unique voice?!?
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It always hadΒ
And it's amazing to see you back here
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Well... I just hope I'm back here with a purpose. Big DS install tonight!
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It's a bit late to wish you "Good Luck" for that, I guess
Did it work out okay?
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It's still a work in progress.... but PROGRESSING progress. I'm hoping to have something new to show within the week. (fingers-pressed)
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It looks as if the machine is running by now
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Yeah... in fits and starts 
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I'm looking forward to it
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Nice!Β I remember this design!Β Thanks for sparking that pre-teen RPG memory!
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Well... I'm not sure I'm "working", but I'm at least excavating
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Excavating on some alien planet I'm sure
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I thought your little gerbil self was in hibernation!
I like this drawing. Just goes to show that the design then of the original series is just as much futuristic as ...well, I don't want to mention his "initials-verse".
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Love seeing new work from you. What a neat little design.
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Heh - new VERY OLD work!
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A "Mission" class diplomatic courier from the FASA boxed set's adventures book! I love the Franz Josef styling you've given it; the whole feel is that of some filming model bashed together from a pair of warp nacelles off an AMT Enterprise kit and whatever they had lying around the studios back in the third season...
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There is a bit of kitbash feel... but not as much as we currently see. This was a time when Trek fans didn't think everything had to have a saucer! Good times....
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I know what you mean. The old FASA RPG was veryΒ bad for that... It seemed that almost anything Starfleet used had to have a saucer, even the designs that were supposed to be Andorian!
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Dirac also looks like it could be related to the Vulcan warpsled courier vessel Spock used in TMP.
Maybe they're related.
When did you first draw this design?
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It was early 80's, though I can't put an exact date on it. It's not my design... just my own stylized execution of the ship.
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Anything related to Franz is aces with meΒ
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