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Published: 2019-07-31 22:16:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1503; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 8
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This is a diagram of the ship which serve as the primary setting in the SciFi novel I am writing. It shows the full external view as well as a section view of the internal structure. Instead of being axle mounted rings, the rings are mounted on magnetic rails like a maglev train, decreasing the overall length of the ship by allowing them to wrap around the other sections. This has the added bonus of essentially armoring a majority of the ship.Class: Legend-class Heavy Destroyer
Designation: DH - 0094
Name: Rasputin
Commissioning Date: December, 335 PE
Current Commanding Officer: D. Kato
Length: ~330 m
Greatest Diameter: ~60 m (not including radiators)
Schematic overview:
1) Primary Drive System
ALSET model CIX, Antimatter-primed, fusion rockets x3
2) Engineering Deck
Engineering control and maintenance bays.
Small shuttle hanger feeds through to spinal causeway.
Point defense guns mounted on exterior x12
3) Aft Crew Decks (Deck 5 and 6)
Contains general crew quarters and infirmary.
4) Command Deck (Deck 4)
Contains bridge, secondary communications, and officer quarters.
5) Forward Crew Decks (Deck 2 and 3)
Contains general crew quarters and recreation deck.
6) Fore Deck (Deck 1)
Contains secondary communications, tactical access to weaponry, and drone control center.
Point defense guns mounted on exterior x6
7) Bow
Dome shape deflects impact of small objects in space.
Houses primary weapon systems and primary communications array. (shown in extended position)
Central hatch opening for drone hanger at forward section of spinal causeway.
8) Stern view of ship with radiator fans in full extension.
9) Latice extension of primary drive that holds collapsible radiator fans. (shown in collapsed view)
10) Fuel storage
Hydrogen, Lithium, and contained Antimatter fuel for fusion reaction.
11) Mixed Stowage
All solid supplies held in storage containers. Containers have internal access through spinal causeway.
12) Forward Weapons Array (Primary Communications Array shown in collapsed position)
MRL (Magnetic Rail Launch) missile systems x18
Spinal heavy-mass railguns x3
Criticism appreciated. May slightly modify in future.
Edits:
Added airlocks on each ring, mirrored on opposite side of ring.
Added sensory antennae and satellites to bow.
Lightened background color to make sensory systems more visible.
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Comments: 3
It's cool to see you finally post a design of one of your ships, looks good. Simple and effective shape, it actually looks like it could be a lot bigger than 330m.
But here's a question, other than the hangar on 3), are there other docking ports? That might be a detail that would be nice to add on 4) and 5), easy access, simplifies crew transfer, also gives them options if they somehow get cutoff from the aft sections of the ship.
You might have some ideas in mind, so since it's such a vast storage section on 11), you should elaborate a bit more on what goes in there. With this ships' configuration, and easy access to the hangar, you could easily have internal shuttle hangers in there, or some type of internal dry dock for shuttle repairs and modifications...just to give the ship more independence.
Something else that I'm missing here, but this part is entirely my own preference, are more obvious sensor arrays, there are some antennas on 1), but they seem small. A large sensor mast might look good here...but it would change the feel of the ship, perhaps something foldable? Anyway, like I sad, that's just my own preference, good looking design overall!
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Interesting point that in my book I actually mention that every ring has 2 small airlocks on it specifically for safety reasons, and somehow managed to completely forget that while making this. So thank you for reminding me. I will have to adjust accordingly.
The storage is technically supposed to be semi-modular in that all the storage containers could basically carry anything from ammunition, to rations, to tools and toiletries. I guess I could elaborate on the idea a bit though. The drone hanger is supposed to actually extend through the length of the ship all the way back to engineering with various locks in between. It really functions as more of a null-G causeway.
You have a point about the sensor array. I had considered putting various antennae and satellite dishes on the bow, but I'm still not completely sure if there would need to be some sort of protective measures against small debris. Making them collapsible or extend from some compartment might work in that regard I suppose.
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I see two ways to add sensors that might work on this design, without changing too much.
1. Tethered sensors. Some clumps of sensors on retractable tethers, because they extend away from the ship, they don't need to be as large, since their grid covers more, also they don't need to be armored, since they can be retracted for protection. It would be quite easy to add them, say between some of the rings.
2. Sensor towers similar to those on the British Type 45. It would be easy to bulk them up a bit and make them look armored, and maybe lean them a bit backwards to give them a nicer look. You would need to rearrange things a bit, but they could be added around 6), and that would make sense since that's where communication and control is. Another nice place for them would be between 2) & 10), they might look a bit better here, and you would need to rearrange less to make it work.
Both of these options would work well with tri-symmetry. No sure if this helps, to me it seems like the best way to do it, I would probably add both options, but I tend to add a bunch of stuff, and this is a lot cleaner design, so it might not work the same way
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