Star Destroyers from FurryConflict (and elsewhere)

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-13 05:52pm

Devastator-class

Imperious-class

Sovreign-class (not an original, but still very nice!)

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2002-11-13 06:46pm

Pretty, but the design of the Devastator-class (and similar classes) bugs the hell out of me. Why even bother putting that gap in there in the first place? Docking? Any ship large enough to necessitate docking in between those mandibles could dock on the exterior of the ship, anyway. All it does is place unnecessary stress on those mandibles... and, if you needed to travel from the tip of one mandible to the other, you have to travel almost twice the overall length of the ship.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-11-13 06:56pm

It was supposidly so that they could fit in a superlaser with power plnt, basically as a module.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-14 02:04am

SPOOFE wrote:Pretty, but the design of the Devastator-class (and similar classes) bugs the hell out of me. Why even bother putting that gap in there in the first place? Docking? Any ship large enough to necessitate docking in between those mandibles could dock on the exterior of the ship, anyway. All it does is place unnecessary stress on those mandibles... and, if you needed to travel from the tip of one mandible to the other, you have to travel almost twice the overall length of the ship.

I argued the same things with a them when they first put it up. Their defense boils down to "we think it looks cool"

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-11-14 02:44am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
SPOOFE wrote:Pretty, but the design of the Devastator-class (and similar classes) bugs the hell out of me. Why even bother putting that gap in there in the first place? Docking? Any ship large enough to necessitate docking in between those mandibles could dock on the exterior of the ship, anyway. All it does is place unnecessary stress on those mandibles... and, if you needed to travel from the tip of one mandible to the other, you have to travel almost twice the overall length of the ship.
I argued the same things with a them when they first put it up. Their defense boils down to "we think it looks cool"

And how can you say it doesn't?

Potentially there is another reason... The same reason we have catamarans and trimarans today, increased stability, possible there is some advantage to a twin hull design that allows for faster speeds or better performance somehow. I don't buy it, but hey, there you go.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-14 01:56pm

Besides, it might have some kind of tranport in a u-shape around the divide, to get from one prong to the other fairly quickly.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-14 04:09pm

weemadando wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:
SPOOFE wrote:Pretty, but the design of the Devastator-class (and similar classes) bugs the hell out of me. Why even bother putting that gap in there in the first place? Docking? Any ship large enough to necessitate docking in between those mandibles could dock on the exterior of the ship, anyway. All it does is place unnecessary stress on those mandibles... and, if you needed to travel from the tip of one mandible to the other, you have to travel almost twice the overall length of the ship.
I argued the same things with a them when they first put it up. Their defense boils down to "we think it looks cool"
And how can you say it doesn't?

Potentially there is another reason... The same reason we have catamarans and trimarans today, increased stability, possible there is some advantage to a twin hull design that allows for faster speeds or better performance somehow. I don't buy it, but hey, there you go.

I think it looks stupid. And if anything it should limit maneuverability and speed, the hull would not be nearly as strong.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-11-14 08:56pm

Sovereigns doesn't look right.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-11-15 12:17am

Maybe if the Devastator-class had a hull all the way up to the very tip and then had a small gap with the tips it'd look both more powerful and still have a coolness factor.

And maybe they could say those two tips are two mini-superlasers.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-15 01:30am

I dislike most fan designs because they do things that are not in the least bit practical for the sake of coolness. Coolness comes AFTER practicality.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2002-11-15 02:41am

The classic Generic Fanfic Uber-Starships. Look cool but have no real purpose.

And the Sovereign could use a little work. Judging by its profile and the typical form factor of Kuat ships, it should be wider; also, the command superstructure shouldn't be so damned rounded.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2002-11-15 03:52am

Crayz9000 wrote:The classic Generic Fanfic Uber-Starships. Look cool but have no real purpose.

And the Sovereign could use a little work. Judging by its profile and the typical form factor of Kuat ships, it should be wider; also, the command superstructure shouldn't be so damned rounded.

For what it's worth, coming from a guy with no experience in EU, I agree totally.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2002-11-15 04:23am

Frank Hipper wrote:For what it's worth, coming from a guy with no experience in EU, I agree totally.

Heh. Well, its not as if all EU ships are bad; some of them fill in the gaps in the Imperial Navy's ship classes. Take, for example, the Allegiance-class, which fits the purpose of a light cruiser/heavy destroyer/destroyer-killer. Then there are a number of warships between 2 and 10 km, which fill the rest of the roles between the baseline Imperator-class and the Executor.

However, things like the Devastator and the Imperious make no sense. Why build a couple of newer, bigger ships if you already have three established *classes* that fit the bill? There is also a size tradeoff; for each increase in size, it means that you must make less of the larger ship class. Simple economics.

The Death Stars, of course, shouldn't be counted as warships. They are mobile siege platforms, whose sole purpose is to wade through any fleets they come across and destroy the target planet. It's generally not a good idea to make a warship imitate a siege platform.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-15 08:35pm

I still prefer mine:

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2002-11-15 08:55pm

Oh, yeah, I remember that one. Nice job on it, BTW.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-15 09:00pm

That's a nice one. Got specifications to aid my theft and use of it in my fan fic?

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-15 09:26pm

Ravager-class, right?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-15 09:34pm

Specs: yes, but I need to dig them up.
Iggy: yes
Crayz: Thanks.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 03:51pm

Well, I doubt you'll complain about these

:

Imperial-class

Imperial II-class

Imperial III-class (a FurryConflict original ship, but a re-used ImpStar pic)

Victory-class

Victory II-class

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-18 05:56pm

Obliterator

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 09:01pm

Oh, wow. This is beautiful!

Bravo!

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 09:20pm

This is very nice as well:

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 10:45pm

A Star Destroyer on Silent Running?

Why Rebel pilots shouldn't take shrooms:

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 10:49pm

Nice one:

SSD sighted!

All I can say is wow...

Here's an interesting piece of concept art:

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 11:27pm

From the game Rebellion: