Topic: Anton class Cruiser - Available for Download (Read 3314 times)

MajorRacal · « **on:** January 01, 2006, 11:36:01 am »

Happy New Year to you all!

This will be my first ever attempt to release a Fed starship. She's a TOS era precursor to the Miranda, and this version is based on Brad Torgersen's revision of the original FASA design.

MajorRacal

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2006, 11:51:34 am »

From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Anton Class X Science Cruiser
Notes: First commissioned on Stardate 1/8704 during the period known as "The Great Awakening", the Anton Class cruiser was in the forefront of that expansion effort. At the time, Star Fleet itself was expanding in response to the changing and expanding economic and political goals of the UFP. To meet the demand of a larger navy, the Military Appropriations Committee authorized the development and testing of hundreds of vessel types, the Anton among them.
During this same period, the concepts of ship design were rapidly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, and the technology to build and operate starships was going through an industrial revolution. Advances in all facets of the technology required to construct, maintain, and operate a starship was changing so rapidly that some ships were obsolete before they were completed. The Anton design was changed no fewer than 12 times before the tooling and machining was begun. Even so, the ship required some alterations during its trials and was to see many more changes after its commissioning, the last of which was the refitting to the Reliant Class.
When these new cruisers were launched, they were only capable of performing 3-year missions with re-supply at 1-year intervals. This made their dual-purpose role of research cruiser harder to perform. With the great distances that had to be traveled, they could not get more than 6-months travel time from a friendly outpost. This meant they could only advance as fast as the frontier was expanding.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the design

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Nice work Major !!!!!!!!
-MP

Terradyhne · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2006, 12:26:15 pm »

this is great work, i love those TOS era Fed designs

Rhaz · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2006, 03:10:29 pm »

Nice design. Well implemented.

fourteen · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2006, 04:09:05 pm »

looking foward to flying that one.

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2006, 04:34:46 pm »

Oooh me likes...nice take on the Anton class...will be following this carefully...

Semper Fi, Carry On

Starforce2 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2006, 11:21:40 pm »

I like it too, keep'em comming.

Dizzy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 02, 2006, 07:07:23 am »

WHOOO!

MajorRacal · « **Reply #8 on:** January 02, 2006, 02:30:14 pm »

Little update:

MajorRacal

MajorRacal · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2006, 11:40:19 pm »

I think I'm nearly finished...

MajorRacal

Kana · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2006, 12:04:20 am »

Very Nice...will find a use for it...

Starforce2 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2006, 05:55:58 am »

that would make a wicked ISS class too. It looks rather agressive.

MajorRacal · « **Reply #12 on:** January 04, 2006, 07:08:54 am »

If you give me a little more time, I may do a Mirror Universe alternative.

Rhaz · « **Reply #13 on:** January 04, 2006, 08:36:08 am »

Very nice work! I agree that an ISS version would be very cool!

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2006, 10:01:19 am »

Looking great Major !!!!!!!!!

-MP

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2006, 11:12:13 am »

Nice texture work too

Rogue NineCH · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2006, 12:14:03 pm »

Fantastic work Major! One little thing I would change, the deflector. Since the Anton was in service at the same time as the Constitution, it makes more sense to have the gold external delfector dish which is indicative of that era. Other than that minor issue, excellent job on the Anton! Keep up the great work and release more ISC ships.

Terradyhne · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2006, 01:19:59 pm »

the model and what i could see that is done of the texture is just amazing work for this TOS model

MajorRacal · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2006, 05:15:11 pm »

Thanks for all the feedback everyone - she's ready for download!

Rogue, she does actually have an external deflector already, it's imounted within the recess at the front of the lower secondary hull - if you zoom in close on the mesh, you'll see it better..

http://majorracal.battleclinic.com/files/Anton.rar

MajorRacal

Dizzy · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2006, 06:37:25 pm »

+ kARMA, DUDE!

WTG! That rocks! Thank you for this model, I'm gonna use it extensively...

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