[MSPaint] Akula Ship

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-08-22 08:34pm

Inspired by the first concept of a Bajoran vessel currently being designed by one 'Weyoun'.

Redleader34 · Post by **Redleader34** » 2006-08-22 10:22pm

Scale please. Is it fighter, cruiser what?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-08-23 02:16am

I'm thinking it'll mass rather less than a Defiant; it's role will be that of essentially a militarized production version of an experimental high-speed warp-dynamic testbed ship aimed at seeing how fast a Miranda-derived hull configuration can be made to go. It's scaled up from the testbed design and will be fitted with all the systems a modern Starfleet combat vessel can be expected to have. So far speeds of fifteen kilolights have been publically acknowledged...

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-08-23 02:30am

Appropriate name; it certainly looks shark-like. Also, it's a pleasure seeing more excellent paint-work.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-08-23 02:37am

Ok, Akula's good. So what range of length are you shooting for?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-08-23 02:38am

DesertFly wrote:Ok, Akula's good. So what range of length are you shooting for?

Considering how thin and bladelike she is, I'd say half again longer than a Defiant.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-08-23 07:31am

Inspired by the first concept of a Bajoran vessel

When I read the description I thought you were making something akin to a Bajoran Interceptor-type system patrol ship, but I see you're aiming for something bigger.

...Miranda-derived?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-08-24 01:53pm

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-08-25 06:08pm

Subtle...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-03 11:04pm

Decided the final hull color. It's a bright pearly bluish white (rather similar to TBOverse B-70 Valkyrie bombers!) to help with heat-rejection and electromagnetic reflectivity.

I also subtly altered the geometry of some of the curves.

Jack Bauer · Post by **Jack Bauer** » 2006-09-04 03:44am

Looks rather Nubian to me. Still, good work so far.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-04 12:12pm

Bounty wrote:...Miranda-derived?

Yes. This essentially translates to 'warp engines attached to primary hull, with or without a secondary hull'. In this case it's 'with'. I'm seriously considering a side view as well. Maybe I should just go forward with that.

Jack Bauer wrote:Looks rather Nubian to me. Still, good work so far.

Y'all love your damn Nubian ships, dontcha? Can't say I blame you guys...

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2006-09-04 09:08pm

Side view??

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-04 09:21pm

havokeff wrote:Side view??

How'd ya guess?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-04 10:46pm

As you can see, I've made provision for a very large spinal weapon mount. I've chosen a design I call the 'Blast Phaser'. It doesn't fire bolts like a Pulse Phaser or beams like a standard phaser. It actually functions in a pulsed mode, rather like an early CO2 or ruby laser. It can handle all the core output channeled through it for a whole minute before firing in any number of programmable modes; ranging from one huge shot, through two-, three-, or five-shot-burst at variable points on the yield/RoF curve, to continuous full auto; again at various points on the Y/RoF curve. In the last case it could theoretically approximate a continuous beam phaser in effect.

I'm also installing two torpedo launchers to the underside of the primary hull flanking the Blast Phaser, four forward pulse phasers, and Edge-tech phasers around the saucer. I'm also considering using quantum phasers for the Edge-Techs.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-06 11:35pm

Update.

I redesigned the anterior end of the Blast Phaser Mount fairing and added bleed vents for ejection of any atmospheric gases which enter the BPM when its door is open for gunfire. I also designed the Blast Phaser weapon itself as well as three concepts for a transatmospheric torpedo. Two are one meter calibre, while the third is 1.2m calibre.

I also drew in the wings for the side view and corrected the anterior ends of the nacelles for geometry with respect to the wing sections. They are really the same four-fold radial symmetry, but they now take into account the wing section shape.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2006-09-07 02:48am

Lookin' Good. The ship too!

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-07 02:50am

havokeff wrote:Lookin' Good. The ship too!

Thank you!

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-07 04:01pm

WIP 8

Did quite a bit of work. Moved the main impulse engine and attached dorsal fin aft a good forty or sixty pixels, worked on the Blast Phaser, designed the door for the fairing, and installed the Primary Hull Phaser Array.

I still have the matter of the Aft Phaser Array, torpedo tubes, and four pulse phaser cannons to install. Then it's hull panels, (maybe) windows, and dorsal sensor dome atop the bridge.

EDIT: pesky tag. I also colored the torpedoes with their proper heatshield-material/high-temp alloy colors.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-07 06:21pm

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-09-07 06:50pm

Thats cool, can you make an afterburner effect>

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-07 11:12pm

WIP 9

Installed more phaser strips on the engineering hull: one on the aft end and one on the belly. Reworked the nacelle fins and the top of the primary hull a bit as well. Reshaped trailing edge of the main wing inboard of the engine nacelles for greater wing area. Added high-temp alloy plate around the nav deflector. Slight redesign of the Main Gun Door.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2006-09-07 11:33pm

have you considered placing phaser banks on the trailing edges of the fins? Or is that to much?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-07 11:56pm

havokeff wrote:have you considered placing phaser banks on the trailing edges of the fins? Or is that to much?

I think phaser bank hardware is too thick to fit within the fins' airfoil sections, particularly within the trailing edges.

Good thinking, however.

EDIT:

Another point on the power vs fire rate curve.

EDIT:

A third point on the curve, this time quite a bit more emphasis on per-shot power.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-09-08 03:12pm

Added the pulse phasers: two twin-barrel PPCs and two heavier single-barrel PPCs. Figuring out the geometry for the ports was a bitch, too!