Topic: An Idea that I am working on... (Read 2470 times)

Atolm-Rising · « **on:** December 27, 2006, 04:01:24 pm »

This Design was inspired by a good mate of mine's(SteelViper) concept idea he had.
So I took the concept one step more out there by making it more surreal

Helix-Class

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2006, 05:29:29 pm »

Wow... My god, that is the coolest adaptation of any of my designs I have ever seen.
I have work in about an hour, but I shall see what I can do tomorrow. ^__^

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:22:26 pm »

Finalized Side-view:

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2006, 08:38:42 pm »

I like it alot....keep it coming!

Semper Fi, Carry On

Starforce2 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2006, 01:18:01 am »

it looks odd with that DY engine shoved in the back. The ship looks much too advanced for it's propulsion system, which is probably the only bad point. Unless ofcourse the idea is an in-system passenger liner or eraly solar system research/supply vessel, noting that in TNG impulse ETA from Saturn to earth (bobw) was I believe 11 hrs.

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2006, 06:42:03 am »

ENT era Star Trek meets 2001 A space odyssey ?

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2006, 01:28:34 pm »

Uh...
Is it possible that it's not a Trek design?

E_Look · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2006, 03:32:44 pm »

Heeheehee...
... I thought the "NASA" on the side should have given that away!

Centurus · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2006, 03:39:29 pm »

Well, NASA was mentioned in Trek a few times. :-p

Starforce2 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2006, 04:07:00 pm »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on December 28, 2006, 03:32:44 pm

Heeheehee...
... I thought the "NASA" on the side should have given that away!

Depends on what source you view from. The warp ship was launched from the USA. Ex astris shows romulan war earth ships under a UEAS name. Either of them wouldn't nessecarly exclude it from the Trek timeline, and the ship stills appears to advanced for it's propulsion system. If you think for a moment about technology as we know it today, space vessels, manned or otherwise including those proposed for the next 50 years or so, are stricly utilitarian. That drive look like an Ion drive, a form of impulse we currently can build today. I'm not saying it looks bad, the ship looks great. Just doesn't seem to fit with it's role and tech level.

E_Look · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2006, 05:35:25 pm »

I can see your point.

I guess I'm not nearly as immersed into Trek culture as I should be.

It's just that when I see "NASA", I think "USA", and I think "reality", and really, Star Trek doesn't enter in my mind much when I think about the heavens in more serious moods. I've always considered NASA to be at least somewhat serious when it comes to space exploration. Star Trek? That's for fun... and inspiration!

Starforce2 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2006, 11:01:09 pm »

you should look up those ION drives. it's basicly a sci-fi propulsion system made reality. If you seen those old B rated ones where there's a reactor of some kind (fision, fusion, antimatter...whatever) and then some big *** cone sticking out of the back that glows red/orange/blue/white that's essentialy what they want to use on some kind of unmanned space probe in the near future. Technicly, an impulse drive. I assume from the looks of the above ship that's what he's using. Even if nasa were to build this today, most trekkies/ers cannot deny the obvious deadalus/olympic bulb that makes up the bow of this thing...

E_Look · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2006, 12:00:38 am »

Well, you know, there IS a real ion engine; it's used aboard small spacecraft like satellites or probes in space.

It doesn't give much push, equivalent to the weight of a sheet of paper on your hand, if I remember rightly. But in airless space, every dyne adds up and in a while, the craft finds itself moving fairly fast.

Kana · « **Reply #13 on:** December 29, 2006, 01:41:26 am »

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html

Everything you ever wanted to know about real spaceships, and how they relate to sci-fi spaceships...

Starforce2 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 29, 2006, 06:24:31 am »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on December 29, 2006, 12:00:38 am

Well, you know, there IS a real ion engine; it's used aboard small spacecraft like satellites or probes in space.

It doesn't give much push, equivalent to the weight of a sheet of paper on your hand, if I remember rightly. But in airless space, every dyne adds up and in a while, the craft finds itself moving fairly fast.

The one I was refering to was a neculear rocket basicly. I forgot what comes out the back, ions of some kind. But at the other end is a fusion reactor in most sci-fi's. Supposedly some collage student built a fusion reactor in his parents bsaement (it was on Leno) so we probably aint far off from fusion powered probes either. Friendship 1 anyone?

intermech · « **Reply #15 on:** December 29, 2006, 07:53:14 am »

Really very nice. I love this design!!! As far as it looking advanced for its propulsion system. Look how many streamline cars are powered by crude internal combustion engines. For as sleek as the Corvette is, I would expect it to fly. I would like a story behind the tenticles, and maybe a 3D model to go with it.

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #16 on:** December 29, 2006, 09:26:04 pm »

The design of the ship was inspired by a series of Super-Advanced Species' starships. Basically my take on atolm's Hellions.
Before I showed him those, he was helping me, via motivation, on a set of ships for my own universe (basically, the idea was what would ships look like in 20-50 years / militirized NASA). He combined the two concepts to form this.
So essentially, it has nothing to do with star trek, and inspired by my universe.

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2006, 07:33:17 am »

Quote from: Furyofaseraph on December 29, 2006, 09:26:04 pm

The design of the ship was inspired by a series of Super-Advanced Species' starships. Basically my take on atolm's Hellions.
Before I showed him those, he was helping me, via motivation, on a set of ships for my own universe (basically, the idea was what would ships look like in 20-50 years / militirized NASA). He combined the two concepts to form this.
So essentially, it has nothing to do with star trek, and inspired by my universe.

Aye essentially

Btw, they are tenticles they are more akin to rings, look at the sketches, I'll get a dorsal final up soon, been pretty busy atm.

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