Jimi's Neverending Trek WIP's

[Aresius]

Wow!
I'd love to see more of the Vitalogy class.

[Jimi James]

I don't really have anymore of the Vitalogy class itself, but it's the one project I always come back to, so updates will come some day. In the mean time, here are a coupe pics that go allong with the Vitalogy/:


Vitalogy class Bridge diagram:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssbridge-a.png

And yes that's a transporter on the bridge...it's from an old idea I was going with, but won't be on the final version...if I ever get to it.

[Aresius]

interesting bridge design.
And cool patch.

[Jimi James]

Yeah, there are a lot of different design styles/influences in there. The first one being that I have never cared for the 'command by committee' layout of the bridge, where the Captain, XO, and guest/doctor/counselor are sitting side by side like on the Galaxy class.

The Captain is in command, he's calling the shots, everyone else should be at a station doing something...which brings me to the second point; the Counselor, Doctor and Chief Engineer should not spend so much time on the bridge. Granted we always saw them on the bridge because it's a TV show and you need those characters to be where the action is going on, but I try to put a little realism in my designs...at least as much as possible considering the nature of what we're dealing with here, but still.

So the bridge ends up borrowing a lot from the Prometheus class bridge, which of course borrows a lot from the original Constitution bridge. I like the captain there in the middle of the bridge by himself...an island if you will. After all, they don't it the center seat for nothing.

There are also some details there from the Dauntless class as well. If/when I get back to it, I'm probably going to add a few elements from the Sovereign class bridge, like multiple levels for the side stations that connect down to the area in front of the helm & ops stations.

The observation lounge/situation room is sort of an outgrowth of the idea that the Vitalogy could provide support for a small fleet of ships should the need arise. While it's a place to hold mission briefings and meet official guests, I wanted it to be a place where actual work could be done as well, which is why there are consoles and station in there as well as a large view screen and a holographic communicator/display unit.

As for the patch, I really couldn't think of anything all that creative to use and since Vitalogy is sort of a made up word, but more to the point the name of a Pearl Jam album I decided to just go with a merging of some of the official logos, hence the Starfleet delta, Federation seal, and old TOS Command Star. The quote is from Jesse James of West Coast Choppers fame.
Overall, the patch turned out better then I thought it would.

[Starship]

Looks good!
You need to go ahead with them.

[Jimi James]

To be honest, I really haven't been that interested in drawing Trek much lately. I've been working on my own universe designs a lot lately, so besides not having the time, I'm just not as interested in Trek as I used to be. I do hope to finish at least the Vitalogy class some day, but I don't have any immediate plans to start working on it again.

[Jimi James]

Ok, time for some more.

[Aresius]

Looks nice. The Chandra and Barracuda classes look similar in some points. Is one the upgrade of the other?

[Jimi James]

No, not an upgrade, simply designed around the same time; both in real life and in the Trek Universe.

[Jimi James]

Now for something that takes Trek design in a whole new direction. I don't have class names for these yet.