And for my next project...
Something original, from my imagination, to go with some other ships I have been working on. A big bulk capital ship. Currently, a little over 1,500 meters in length, with three primary plasma cannons, and yet-to-be-added point defence weapons and missile launchers, the "Protectorate Heavy Cruiser" number 179 in this case:
And to give an idea of scale:
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Excelsior is my own)
This is NOT a Trek ship, or from Star Wars or anything else. Just something from my mind that have been thinking of building for a time. More on it as it develops. Comments are welcome, more as and when :-)
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- Mike Oldfield
Thank you.
The "transport ship" thread can be found here: Project Dragonfly (few years old) - more of a long-range combat ship, not a small one, three decks if I remember. I had to make the capital ship big enough to be able to carry a few of them in its hangar, along with drop ships.
Yeah, I have to admit that my redo on the Liberator was influenced by this - I've been sitting on this design for a few years. It's unusual for me, as it's going to be a pure warship. Still have a lot of detail to build in, point defence batteries to add, the missile launchers and the like. I like the idea of regenerative power, hence the ram scoop and all the solar arrays. It's going to be fun to put together :-)
- Mike Oldfield
reworked the main plasma cannons, added secondary defence weapons, and started work on the ram scoop and the hanger.
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Thank you - I have a plan for it, when it's finished ;-)
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Will be getting back to layering on the details, so comments and thoughts welcome, more later :-)
- Mike Oldfield
Comments welcome, as always. More tomorrow.
- Mike Oldfield
Thank you!
The large "wing" like structures are solar arrays, with the vents on the lower hull (under the hanger) acting as a ram-scoop. But yes, there are radiators and vents on the main weapons - the big guns need to disperse all that heat after all!
More soon.
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lol, more later.
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Sonic Weapons!
Interesting idea... Brain cells are now fizzy with thought...
Well... In space, no one can hear you whistle. ;-)
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That is a compliment. It hurts because its not (yet) IN an anime to watch.
Love it.
Thank you - I do have some plans for it, and after a night's sleep, I have some changes I plan to make to it as well... The "command" bubble needs to be changed, I don't like the detail I originally did. Some additional hangers are a possibility as well, for the smaller "dragonfly"/Sentinel Craft I built a few years back.
Then I guess I need to share the back history of this type of ship, and some production renders :-)
- Mike Oldfield
Needs a little more detail, but it's close.
Decks:
Total number of decks = 147. The length of ship is 1,510 meters. This is the biggest thing I have every built (so far, lol - there are the baddie ships to come...)
Comments welcome, off to add some more hanger bays, more later :-)
- Mike Oldfield
A Protectorate Heavy with a wing of Sentinels.
Comments and the like welcome (as always).
More soon ;-)
- Mike Oldfield
Some changes need to be made, for instance - the colour scheme has been updated to match the capital ship - but I also plan to add some solar arrays to the wings...
Comments and the like welcome, more on this soon :-)
- Mike Oldfield
Comments welcome, more tomorrow
- Mike Oldfield
Thank you!
The wings themselves are not a problem for me, but rather the addition of the solar collectors. Maybe the issue is that it's wrong because the wings are so thin and I need to rethink if this size ship should have them. Plus the wings do fold up ;-)
Saying that, the "Sentinel" is not small ship, it has three decks and a good crew size.
I'll sleep on it.
- Mike Oldfield
I agree and will have a rethink - the wings are sort of "what's the point of them?" and I need to have a play around with size. I have some ideas about what to do with the solar collector part of the wing, and what I did wrong - it's the shape that needs to change.
Hospital this morning, and then back at the coal face this afternoon - so updates will be later in the day.
- Mike Oldfield