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I was bored today in class and sketched a cool-looking Star Destroyer. I tried to duplicate it onto my computer and here's what I got. I also "grunged" it up a bit to simulate battle-scarring and added two of the turrets firing.


*Its scaled to an ISD (about a few meters longer)

It's a weird cross btwn the Venator and ISD. It looked cooler on paper.

I was just wondering if you had any suggestions to it. I dunno much about weaponary, but it's gonna definitely stay hangerless.

[edit]I realized I posted this in the wrong area Can a mod move this to AMP?

I'll see you your 'grunged' star Destroyer with a "Hardokentator" Stardestroyer

Looks more like a mid-size gunboat (despite the size comparison) than a full blown Star Destroyer, given the size and number of guns and with those movement lines behind it. Not bad-looking though, looks like something you'd use for system patrol, like an Imperial Coast Guard or something.

Off to AMP...where shiny pictures go.

Hey, I did that too!

Bet filling that that sucker up at the KDY yards costs a good fistfull...

Bah! Ein's has bigger guns, Mine has better Words and Stats!
Fear my numbers!!!

But mine's only around 200 meters long, so it's a frigate. It's meant as a pure anti-ship/anti-fighter platform with secondary transatmospheric capability for ground-attack and airborne artillery support; essentially a fast attack ship with secondary 'Floating Fortress' capability.

*Stares at the various drawings, picks up jaw from ground and weeps*

I'm not worthy!

NoXion wrote:*Stares at the various drawings, picks up jaw from ground and weeps*

I'm not worthy!

Oh please, I have seen threads with FAR more
home made pics of ISD out there then us poor fellows.

@Ein. That is a LOT, and I mean Nutsy amount of guns for a ship thats
only 50 meteres larger then a Cor-Corvette. Seriouslly, 400 to 500
meters would be an ok size for a ship with that many guns, PLUS you
could still keep the ablity of going in and out of a planets Atmosphear.

@ StarWarsJunkie: I will agree with a few others that your ship seems
better suited for a Gunboat/Patrole frigate sized ship. The few guns but
fast "apperance" of it would be nice as maybe a 300 to 400 meter sized
ship.

StarWarsJunkie89 wrote:I was just wondering if you had any suggestions to it. I dunno much about weaponary, but it's gonna definitely stay hangerless.

Nice. The thing which first struck me is the fact you've got turrets (presumably) sitting far from the center of gravity, which, I surmise, is beneath the bridge, as in most destroyer classes. The issue with this is, if they're heavy turbolasers, the momentum from the blast will put the destroyer into a spin; you'll see this effect most noticeably in the foremost turret when the ship fires a broadside, but also in the midships pair, to a lesser extent, since they'll have about half the torque the fore guns have.

Damned typodemons.

I think of custom ships all the time, but I can't draw so I can't draw them.

I once thought of a custom SSD - like Star Destroyer except it had long wings on the sides.

Thanks for the input guys. I guess a gunboat designation would suit it better. Taking Surlethe's suggestion, I'll probably dial down the turrets to a lower magnitude. I still have to add point-defense turrets though.

Crew compliments still have to be determined as well.


@Einhander

Jesus, that thing is absurdly HUGE...and kickass. May I ask what program you used to draw it?

As always, I use MSPaint. I would like to get into AutoCAD or something, however.

Ok, I have the rough draft for the crew compliment and weaponary.

The Ardor, a Intercessor-Class Cruiser

Stats:
Length - 700 Meters long
Crew - 1800 men and 500 soldiers for boarding actions
Starship Compliment - Two Sentinel-class shuttles and a squadron of escort TIEs.



Armament:
- 6 Double Turbolaser Cannons (Variable Yield)
- 12 Light Turbolaser Cannons
- 36 Point Defense Cannons
- 4 Heavy Ion Cannons

I'm not familiar with vehicle classification, so I just called it a "cruiser". My figures might not make sense, as I am tired and I'm pulling numbers from out of my ass.

Feel free to correct me. I probably won't be updating this for a while. AP exams are in a few days and I'll be studying my ass off.

It really reminds me of a Venator. I like it.

And it's good to see another Einhander design.

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:As always, I use MSPaint. I would like to get into AutoCAD or something, however.

Having used it, I can rightly say it's overkill.

my home work and social life was sacrificed to bring you this, so be kind in your criticism.

Man I really need to learn how to use MSpaint that good.

LeftWingExtremist wrote:my home work and social life was sacrificed to bring you this, so be kind in your criticism.

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Well, interesting ship, would like to see some other views of it. Guess I
have to start off by saying what you have look like the "Alligance"
StarDestroyer. Which is basically a large version of the original. Since
your stats mention having 10 large guns, 104 other guns, and then just
250 PD guns, what would you say the roll is? The 250 PD guns are WAY
more then a ship like that would need, especially as it would not bve in
much danger from fighters unless on mass.

ON your troop cpacity, the ISD has it's massive amount of troops as it's
designed to be a 'jack of all trades' that can subdue a planet with force
from land as well as space.

My ship is designed to be a pure Anti Capital ship ISD. That is why it has
so few Ion cannons and virtually no ground forces, as it's roll is a space
based ship killer.

Hope the comments arn't too 'unkind' But just giving a full review. Now
all I need is to get the same for my ship

Doesn't really look like a traditional ISD. Also, might want to get rid of the vaguely Klingon looking symbols on the 'wings'.

Well, interesting ship, would like to see some other views of it. Guess I
have to start off by saying what you have look like the "Alligance"
StarDestroyer. Which is basically a large version of the original. Since
your stats mention having 10 large guns, 104 other guns, and then just
250 PD guns, what would you say the roll is? The 250 PD guns are WAY
more then a ship like that would need, especially as it would not bve in
much danger from fighters unless on mass.

ON your troop cpacity, the ISD has it's massive amount of troops as it's
designed to be a 'jack of all trades' that can subdue a planet with force
from land as well as space.

My ship is designed to be a pure Anti Capital ship ISD. That is why it has
so few Ion cannons and virtually no ground forces, as it's roll is a space
based ship killer.

Hope the comments arn't too 'unkind' Wink But just giving a full review. Now
all I need is to get the same for my ship Wink

Thanks, yeah to be honest my ship is basically an ISD scaled up, so its not something particularly interesting. I never seem to be that good at overhead views but ill give it a try, i've also done a dreadnaught but I need to edit it just a little.

Doesn't really look like a traditional ISD. Also, might want to get rid of the vaguely Klingon looking symbols on the 'wings'.

yeah I noticed that too, but it doens't look that bad.

General Zod wrote:Also, might want to get rid of the vaguely Klingon looking symbols on the 'wings'.

But I like that symbol </whine> I doodled it in calc when I was bored.

It could be the fleet symbol, much like the Open Circle Fleet.