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Post by JAFisher44 on Oct 18, 2015 21:43:28 GMT -7
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Nov 3, 2015 20:21:49 GMT -7
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Post by rarcher on Nov 14, 2015 11:47:18 GMT -7
YA know one thing I always thought was that top third nacelle should be moved forward more along the pylon too much of its back end sits off the pylon for my liking but thats me
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Post by jeffwright on Nov 22, 2015 15:17:58 GMT -7
I look forward to seeing more.
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Post by Gorn on Nov 25, 2015 11:10:27 GMT -7
Section 31 ship TOS.
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 29, 2015 9:58:08 GMT -7
No an attempt to solve a shortage of power in a previous class that proved itself well in the FYW. From what i have learned, the Federation was an attempt to solve the problems of the Heston class battle-cruiser. Heston was over gunned and under powered. The third nacelle and warp engine was an attempt to add more power to the grid, but it does have its problems, it made for a warp bubble that was hard to balance. In the story line, Like Heston these ships are also pure warships. When they joined the fleet they had no war to fight and were mothballed until around the Organian crisis, but here they were also cheated out of their war. After V'Ger incident, they underwent an "administrative" refit to bring them up to the standards laid out by Enterprise class, but in this refit, they were over gunned again, and well same old problem Heston had. Though using software upgrades, at least they were able to stabilize the warp bubble. |
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jan 7, 2019 0:02:40 GMT -7
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bernard Guignard
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Post by bernard Guignard on Jan 7, 2019 4:55:28 GMT -7
Very nice DN there
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Post by tinker on Jan 7, 2019 5:48:35 GMT -7
Great work so far!
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Post by cowboy40 on Jan 7, 2019 10:15:34 GMT -7
This is one of my favorite ships of all times. I love the design from Franz Joseph, and i love the vintage starship II website's back story for her...
Great to have her with us here
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jan 7, 2019 18:03:31 GMT -7
I do not particularly care for this ship. She is awkward. Her third nacelle makes almost no sense. She was designed under the assumption that the deflector dish was a sensor dish. Now that we know it's a deflector the dish on the back makes no sense. I modeled her because it was fun and because she's a popular ship in Star Trek fanon.
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Post by SITZKRIEG! on Jan 7, 2019 19:25:37 GMT -7
Nice work as always and I agree about the traditional kitbashed style tri-nacelle dreadnoughts. About the only design that I like with that type of feature is MacrossMartin's version which has the third and fourth nacelle fused into one larger structure giving the appearance of a tri-nacelle design. It still has the odd dual deflector but it's less prominent on back. YMMV.
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Post by cowboy40 on Jan 8, 2019 23:34:19 GMT -7
I know most people don't pay much attention to the novels that have been written over the years, but one of my favorite reads was the book "Dreadnought" and the monster that was built in that book. I love playing around with the idea of the USS Star Empire!!!!
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Post by bernard Guignard on Jan 9, 2019 4:20:21 GMT -7
Looking forward to more Orthos and seeing the final model
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Post by JAFisher44 on Oct 11, 2021 15:17:36 GMT -7
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Post by atolm on Oct 11, 2021 15:21:48 GMT -7
Gorgeous!
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Post by cowboy40 on Oct 15, 2021 12:29:12 GMT -7
This design offers one hell of a compromise on the tech of the 2260's. She solves several problems by pushing it to its limits...I love how you have to play the various incarnations we have of this design
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Post by JAFisher44 on Oct 15, 2021 15:01:16 GMT -7
She's really too much ship for her time. There is not a lot you can do to improve her because of WDF limitations on the computers. I had to hold her first refit to 2269 because her original design is really close to the WDF cap for the M-4. The M-6 gives her a little room to grow, but not much. Even with the introduction of the M-6A there is not much room for her to outshine the refit Connie. Of course her main strength is having more power to throw at her systems which gives her a slight edge over her smaller cousin.
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Post by jeffwright on Oct 17, 2021 1:32:15 GMT -7
I love the double impulse deck
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Oct 20, 2021 9:13:30 GMT -7
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