CityShip Concept-II
Posted: 2005-12-08 06:51pm
A long time ago, shortly after I joined, I fished around some of my old
art and posted a picture of a Cityship I had created. Recently, I went
back to my old image, detailed it, added some colour, refined it, and
hopefully made it a bit more pleasing.
Some background on the cityship.
The over all size is about 5miles or 8000+ meters. The ship is largely
made of stone and rock as it utilizes a form of Grav-lev technology that
can rip immense chunks of Earth from a planet into space ((think Spin-
dizzies)). The same technology also acts as an envelope giving an
atmosphere within it.
The ship itself is built as a type of Arc. It was created by a religious cult,
who thought their world was doomed (unfortunately they were right) and
thus left it taking as much art, literature, knowledge and all ‘those sort’ of
things as they could fit.
While the ship is far from a warship, it has shields on-par with those of an
Imperial StarDreadnaught and, if forced, can emit fire from the ‘tips’ of
the ship that could give an ISD’s shield a good thrashing.
The ship itself is powered by a form of matter annihilation mixed with a
‘Force Sucking Matrix’ ((if you think of the energy of the Force, this race
figured out how to tap it like an electrical socket)) In sublight it’s pushed
by an inertialess drive (the blue bulbous pointy things at the back of the
ship)
A few notes. The large tower in the front is the centre of a circular walled
city where the majority of the citizens live. The twin ‘tips’ on the front of
the ship run the length of the ship and connect to the drives in back and
are part of the main Drive system. The single large ‘claw’ directly under
the main tower is part of the Matter/Energy engine and constantly draws
forth energy as well as able to (in emergences) pull in physical matter
for annihilation if emergency power is needed.
Hope you find it nifty, and feel free to make suggestions comments and
criticisms.
art and posted a picture of a Cityship I had created. Recently, I went
back to my old image, detailed it, added some colour, refined it, and
hopefully made it a bit more pleasing.
Some background on the cityship.
The over all size is about 5miles or 8000+ meters. The ship is largely
made of stone and rock as it utilizes a form of Grav-lev technology that
can rip immense chunks of Earth from a planet into space ((think Spin-
dizzies)). The same technology also acts as an envelope giving an
atmosphere within it.
The ship itself is built as a type of Arc. It was created by a religious cult,
who thought their world was doomed (unfortunately they were right) and
thus left it taking as much art, literature, knowledge and all ‘those sort’ of
things as they could fit.
While the ship is far from a warship, it has shields on-par with those of an
Imperial StarDreadnaught and, if forced, can emit fire from the ‘tips’ of
the ship that could give an ISD’s shield a good thrashing.
The ship itself is powered by a form of matter annihilation mixed with a
‘Force Sucking Matrix’ ((if you think of the energy of the Force, this race
figured out how to tap it like an electrical socket)) In sublight it’s pushed
by an inertialess drive (the blue bulbous pointy things at the back of the
ship)
A few notes. The large tower in the front is the centre of a circular walled
city where the majority of the citizens live. The twin ‘tips’ on the front of
the ship run the length of the ship and connect to the drives in back and
are part of the main Drive system. The single large ‘claw’ directly under
the main tower is part of the Matter/Energy engine and constantly draws
forth energy as well as able to (in emergences) pull in physical matter
for annihilation if emergency power is needed.
Hope you find it nifty, and feel free to make suggestions comments and
criticisms.