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I couldn't sleep, so I designed a starship - Modular Light Cruiser
asteconn
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http://i.imgur.com/b73ebhC.jpg
I started sketching this out and brainstorming a few ideas when I couldn't sleep a few nights ago.
The bridge is located between the two halves of the saucer - the angle I drew it at hides most of it.
The ship's modular in the manner that one can feasibly replace half the saucer section with something a little more mission specific; and thus give an excuse to have a Tier 5 version as well as the T2. I sketched out a few ideas for BOff layouts as well, although at the time I couldn't remember how T2 BOff slots scaled. Something like Lt Uni, Lt Eng, Ens Sci and Ens Tac would be more fitting.
The idea is that it's about half way between a cruiser and an escort, relatively manoeuvrable, passable hull strength and an Engineering bias in its stations. One half the saucer being outfitted with mission-related module(s).
The T2 version would be a general purpose medium range vessel, whilst the T5 would be one outfitted for direct tactical engagement.
Its little gimmick would be a Quad Phaser Beam Bank, [Acc]x4 to appeal to PvPers (who I understand value the acc stat a lot). It would scale with level.
I started sketching this out and brainstorming a few ideas when I couldn't sleep a few nights ago.
The bridge is located between the two halves of the saucer - the angle I drew it at hides most of it.
The ship's modular in the manner that one can feasibly replace half the saucer section with something a little more mission specific; and thus give an excuse to have a Tier 5 version as well as the T2. I sketched out a few ideas for BOff layouts as well, although at the time I couldn't remember how T2 BOff slots scaled. Something like Lt Uni, Lt Eng, Ens Sci and Ens Tac would be more fitting.
The idea is that it's about half way between a cruiser and an escort, relatively manoeuvrable, passable hull strength and an Engineering bias in its stations. One half the saucer being outfitted with mission-related module(s).
The T2 version would be a general purpose medium range vessel, whilst the T5 would be one outfitted for direct tactical engagement.
Its little gimmick would be a Quad Phaser Beam Bank, [Acc]x4 to appeal to PvPers (who I understand value the acc stat a lot). It would scale with level.
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But then again, he was talking about my favorite starship!
Seriously, escorts in STO are pretty powerful, they are practically fast-cruisers themselves. This looks a lot like a shuttle in it's proportions.
How about something flatter and sleeker? What would be beyond the Ody and Vesta? And... please, not the Enterprise-J. It should have a classic shape, like the Vesta managed to be, 2-nacelles, pylons & body...
What if the Jupiter and the Vesta had a baby, what would it look like?
This is a creative process, try to take all criticism as creative criticism and ignore the rest.
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The Quad Cannons with Acc strikes me as rather pointless though. Something better would be to give it some kind of long range pulse cannon or torpedo launcher in between the two hulls. I think that would give it a more unique playstyle and effect.
It wasn't supposed to be quite as stubby as it turned out in my initial draft. It's supposed to have an air of haste about it, although not necessarily looking outright dangerous (like an Akira or Sovereign for example). I wanted to avoid having a design that followed the most traditional layouts, but still have some substance to what is obviously an engineering hull at the top of the pylons.
Thanks for the endorsements, sander and centersolace.
I wasn't too sure on what to give it, but an [acc]x4 QBB didn't seem overpowered and had plenty of character to it. I'll bash together a couple more sketches.
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