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OK this is suppose to be a support ship for the Venator-class (increased firepower but reduced fighter capacity)

Started working on today and got the basic shape and details done, so what do you think (keep in mind that this is a fan design)?

Nice start-- obviously, more detail will be needed eventually. But the design lineage of the Acclamator is evident, that shows good attention to design progression. And the next step towards the ISD shape can be seen as well.

As far as being a 'support ship', though, how does it fulfill that role? Heavy guns? Anti-starfighter defense?

Coyote wrote: As far as being a 'support ship', though, how does it fulfill that role? Heavy guns? Anti-starfighter defense?

Size and placement of the guns already present seem to indicate it's not primarily an antifighter design (and if it's anything like the Venator size-wise it's a little large for that, too).
What kind of size is that baby supposed to be? If it's a measly 300m long my comment on the guns is of course completely off the mark.
As Coyote said, rather low on detail, but at that stage of the design process that is to be expected. I rather like it.

Batman wrote:

Coyote wrote: As far as being a 'support ship', though, how does it fulfill that role? Heavy guns? Anti-starfighter defense?

Size and placement of the guns already present seem to indicate it's not primarily an antifighter design (and if it's anything like the Venator size-wise it's a little large for that, too).
What kind of size is that baby supposed to be? If it's a measly 300m long my comment on the guns is of course completely off the mark.
As Coyote said, rather low on detail, but at that stage of the design process that is to be expected. I rather like it.

it's about the same size as VnSD (~1km) and primarily an anti capital ship design.

That's quite a lot of engines.

Manus Celer Dei wrote:That's quite a lot of engines.

less then the Venator has IIRC (there's "only" 10 in my design)

Lord Revan wrote:

Manus Celer Dei wrote:That's quite a lot of engines.

less then the Venator has IIRC (there's "only" 10 in my design)

NTM Executor or the Corellian Corvette.

Very nice. I can definitely see the Venator lineage. It also has a pretty hefty Executor and Acclamator vibe (yes, both at the same time) to it too. I recommend some more lighter guns along the dorsal ridge...

added color (and did some early weapon density test so it's not too boring to llook at)

Lord Revan wrote: added color (and did some early weapon density test so it's not too boring to llook at)

That weapon density test would be a lot more useful if we had some indicators of what weaponry that fire was coming from in the first place, what with a sizeable portion of it originating (apparently) from places where there is no distinguishable weaponry.

Batman wrote:

Lord Revan wrote: added color (and did some early weapon density test so it's not too boring to llook at)

That weapon density test would be a lot more useful if we had some indicators of what weaponry that fire was coming from in the first place, what with a sizeable portion of it originating (apparently) from places where there is no distinguishable weaponry.

alot of it's coming from the side trenches this kind of ships have but I'll see if I can make it any clearer.