TMP-era Ship(s)

[Darrell Lawrence]

Damn I need to check my eyes... or get some SLEEP!

[gmd3d]

Very nice designs mate .. love to see the fleet expanding

Love these designs don't know why any has to keep referencing the enterprise and the akira 2 great designs

[evil_genius_180]

Thanks, both of you.

[evil_genius_180]

I was starting to get bored working on the big ship, so I decided to build something smaller. It was a fast and fun side project. (I started it Wednesday and finished it today.) Basically, it's an alternative to the Oberth-class Scout/Science Vessel (which is presumably a replacement for the Hermes-class.) It's a very small ship, so the details were a breeze. Plus, many of the sensor greebles are adapted from my Constellation-class WIP folder. And I decided to name the first ship in the class after the U.S.S. Revere which is listed as a Hermes-class ship in the TOS technical manual. It's also being ordered to rendezvous with the Columbia in the comm chatter during the establishing shots of Epsilon IX in TMP. The modeling is done on this (except I might add more lights when I do my light rig) and all that's left are textures and said light rig.

Having completed this, I'm ready to get back to that other build while I work on the textures for this ship.



A little info on the class I typed up earlier:

Revere-Class Scout/Science Frigate

Dimensions
Length: 120.00 meters
Width: 50.44 meters
Height: 28.08 meters
Decks: 9
Crew: 80

Engineering:
Max Emerg Warp: 8.2 for 6 hours
Max Cruise Warp: 7
Norm Cruse Warp: 5
Max Impulse: 0.25 Light Speed

Defensive:
5 Phaser Banks (2 emitters each)
Deflector Shields

Auxiliary Craft:
2 Type-5 Shuttlepods
2 Work Bees

[gmd3d]

gotta love the detail you put into your work mate .. outstanding

[evil_genius_180]

Thanks dude.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Little Fatty would be a good nickname for that small ship

Actually looks cool

[evil_genius_180]

Thanks bro. I kinda going for that "chunky" look. I figure not all Starfleet ships can be long, graceful lines.

Anywho, texturing is done. It was a bit of a pain in the butt because trueSpace 4 doesn't have an unwrapping tool but it all worked out. Still a couple more things to do and then I can make some images with this with some lighting that will show off the specular mapping and light rig and upload it to the meshes section.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Love the nacelle design idea there!

[evil_genius_180]

Thanks bro.

I rendered the following:



I was hoping to show the ship in a better light (pun intended. )

I should have this thing in the downloads section later today or sometime tomorrow. It's not a very big ship, so it doesn't have as many textures and won't be as large a file.

[evil_genius_180]

Now for a taste of things to come...

Seriously, I started on a new ship yesterday. It's still pretty rough, in fact the only part I can say with certainty that I won't rebuild is the secondary hull, since there was a lot involved to get it to its present state. I know, it doesn't look like much right now, just the standard Starfleet two hull and some nacelles layout but I have big plans for this one that will make it a class all its own. It's a little larger than the Constitution-class and its primary mission will be deep space science missions.

In fact, I was a little bored earlier, so I came up with a little history for the development of the class:

Even as Starfleet Command was refitting and replacing its aging fleet of Constitution-class Heavy Cruisers, they knew that would only extend the life of the class for a few more decades. That and the reports of both the Klingon and Romulan Empires developing newer, faster, larger, more powerful starships made Starfleet Command decide to develop a newer, faster, larger more powerful Heavy Cruiser.

Starfleet's Advanced Starship Design Bureau commissioned dozens of teams to come up with the new ship. Several designs were developed, ranging from not much different from the Constitution-class to the more exotic. Finally, one design was selected to go to prototype, named the Brisbane-class Heavy Cruiser. However, the prototype proved to be not all Starfleet wanted from its new ship. It was only a little larger than the Constitution-class and, while it was more powerful and faster, it wasn't enough in the eyes of Starfleet Command. That and the development of the much larger Excelsior-class, which promised a new transwarp drive, caused Starfleet Command to abandon the Brisbane-class.

That, however, was not the end for the Brisbane-class. Starfleet Command decided shortly after abandoning the project to revitalize it. The Brisbane prototype was refitted as a science vessel. Though it had failed to meet Starfleet Command's requirements for its new Heavy Cruiser, it exceeded their requirements for a long range Science Cruiser. It was larger, faster and more powerful than any other science vessel in the fleet. It also had longer range, making it the logical choice for deep space science missions. So, the Brisbane-class was put into production as a Science Cruiser.