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Offline Sochin

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Late Era TNG discusion thread
« on: December 22, 2004, 06:57:06 am »
OK I was reading the thread on the intrepid sub category in this forum and it got me kind of interested in the brainstorming of new developments with established designs, namely the Intrepid and the Akira. I think the intrepid has been and will be delt with but what about the Akira and for that matter what  about the rest of the races on top of that. How do we see ship development advancing in the late TNG era?

OK shall we start with the Akira, what makes the Akira a good and bad design.

Good,
Shes is compact - Shes bread for combat and combat alone there appears to be no left over space for frills.
Shes heavily armed - She has the weapons to stand and fight (at least in the films and TV)
She looks the part - Well she does, she looks like a warship, gracefull yet mean.

Bad,
Nacelles - They suck they really do.
Venerability - With the extension of the booms to the weapons pod would a couple of well aimed weapons strikes cripple her?
Power - In game power to weapons ratio leaves a bit more to be desired, she has no teeth, shes a warship give her some.


Has anyone any ideas? Where do you see federation design going, whats its aims and motivations where do you see federations design nemesis +5 or 10 years?
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2004, 08:08:59 am »

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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2004, 09:02:39 am »
If ya ask me the redesigning of the Akira isn't good, if ya gonna do that make her early 25th century, Redesigning her becuz ya just don't like some estetical parts of her is bad by me, she's one of the few really original Federation designs in ST.
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2004, 09:51:51 am »
Be a lil' patient I intend to address this and more in the OutaLance upcoming MOD. Then if ya don't like what I've done we can brainstorm.
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2004, 10:05:42 am »
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2004, 10:51:41 am »
Quote from: ModelsPlease on December 22, 2004, 09:51:51 am
Be a lil' patient I intend to address this and more in the OutaLance upcoming MOD. Then if ya don't like what I've done we can brainstorm.
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OK, But it has to be a 30 year overhaul minimum, a refit...
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2004, 09:09:17 pm »
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2004, 09:51:49 pm »
Well, I like the looks of some of those, but, from the point of view of this thread (Ithink), those are [utting a new saucer on the Akira frame. I like 'em as pirate bashes...take what ya can from a battlefield and use whats available. :P

Personally, I like the Akira, just don't see it as a Battleship. Warship yes. ;D Battleships are big, beefy and mean looking...the Akira looks too much like a light cruiser to me. :P
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2004, 10:22:42 pm »
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2004, 11:06:10 pm »
personally, there are a few i like
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2004, 03:02:29 am »
LOL I just find 'em but.......here's 2 I wipped up. What do ya think?



And



Amazing what ya can do with STARSHIP CREATOR
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2004, 03:16:56 am »
u and ur crayons   :rofl:  dont worry about the akira its my baby.  since im the real akira nut anyways.  ;D ;D ;D    the refit or upgrade is the design basis of the Dark Angels. im sure someones going to say Dark Angels? hehe u'll be seeing v3 soon. im on my labtop at the moment so i dont have pixs of v1 or v2 on it. but they will be . up soon.  oh MP that starship creator which one is that and does it save to a 3d format of some kind?
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2004, 03:37:34 am »
Ok one more ..............

USS HAMMERHEAD



lol Mani I know the Akira is in good hands.
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2004, 04:06:16 am »
Starship creator rocks, I used to love playing with that little piece of kit  ;D

As for the ships, some of them look good, its quite hard to find a match for the akira hull structure though, i.e the sovvy / akira combination doesnt work  :D
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2004, 04:09:38 am »
What about,
Saucer remains the same, beef up the conecting booms change the nacelles to either the Dawnstar or titan?
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2004, 04:10:25 am »
I dunno, I've always liked Mackie's WRAITH CLASS

http://www.the-tcs.net/ships/images/wraith.jpg

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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2004, 04:13:35 am »
Looks OK but I dont think the sov nacelles look good off angle, even the titan or dawnstar nacelles would look better flat.
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2004, 04:18:22 am »
Thats not too bad.... still not exactly right though  :(
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2004, 05:31:54 am »
heres a pix of v2 granted its not the best pix
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Re: Late Era TNG discusion thread
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2004, 05:34:01 am »
LOL I just find 'em but.......here's 2 I wipped up. What do ya think?


i sure do like the nacelles on first one
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