Gotta admit though, I'll be disappointed if either of these win. Go #TeamOmega!
I'll have to see the side view first. Not getting a good sense of the nacelle arrangements on that one. But the top profile says "carrier" to me more than any of the other designs. Maybe I'll reserve my votes for that one.
You do realize the top and side profiles were already posted from the start. You can even click on them for a slightly larger image.
Epsilon reminds me of the Typhon carrier for some reason.
Omega is the closest thing to a Jupiter, so it has my vote in the end.
I expect that the 2nd place and maybe 3rd and 4th place winners would possibly end up as alternate hull options, since this would also serve as a test gauge of who's interested in what as far as designs go.
All but 2 of the designs are quad-nacelle. Beta (which looks like a bloated Galaxy crossed with the Concorde Command Cruiser, and lost to Alpha) and Theta, which looks like a fattened Presidio Command Cruiser.
How about the gamma with a streamlined mission pod (possibly sitting up high like a periscope or conning tower) with built in deflector array. Something of modern Iconian era design instead of that old fashioned triangular mission pod on the delta. Also, maybe there should be an option of nacelle length on the gamma. The top nacelles might be nicer for some if an equal length. I definitely love the side view of the hull area of the gamma, and the saucer shape is rather nice from above.
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To be honest I hate both of them, they are 2 very ugly ships in my opinion (and everyone else's opinion after reading the above comments). Funnily enough I like Delta overall more than Gamma but to me Delta looks more like some sort of advanced frigate, not the Federation's T6 carrier. For that reason I vote Gamma.
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wouldn't it be cool if they used the Greek word that designates the winning ship as the class name? like Gamma class or Theta class or I'm hoping to get the Omega class personally
This is a terrible way to go about designing a ship. How are you suppose to get a sense of a ship design you are vetoing on by looking down on it. That is like trying to pick out a house you would like to buy by looking at photos with just views of the roof. If you really want to make a do it yourself project, have a ship generic class of ship with lots of choices of styles. Many more that what you get with your usually ship. Then you might have something that people would like to use in the game long after the new wears off.
Gamma was the one I originally voted for so it would be nice to see it win the whole thing even though I somehow doubt it will. My reason for voting for it is because out of all the designs available it looks the most like the existing Akira class and since it is a carrier (or rather a flightdeck escort) it only makes logical design sense that the Federation would continue to follow its design for future actual carriers.
Between these two, I definitely am drawn to the round saucer. The staggered sets of nacelles aren't necessary. Though it does place this design as a much scaled-up Cheyenne-Dakota-Stargazer line of starships. Heavy Cruisers at their own tier, of course. But Constellation, the inspiration for the line suggested, IMO, a hint of Shuttle Carrier. Which the Devs didn't run with at the time of it's later addition to the game. At Teir 6 the Delta would work for me as a Starfleet carrier for the 25th century.
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Gamma looks more streamlined and powerful, delta however looks bulbous and flat and like some fat dude sat on the Enterprise E, that I don't like, though it would be cool to combine the saucer from delta with the warp nacelles of Gamma.
Delta all day. A Carrier is not supposed to be streamlined hot rod style starship. It should be a flying city with lots of room. As someone who served on a Nimitz class about two thousand of the crew was for the ship, four thousand were the flight wing. Considering how Starfleet quarters personnel i.e. in the Saucer Section, you need a big saucer normally.
The only other ship even close to a carrier in any kind of actual canon was the Akira (thank you John Eaves) which had a longer wider saucer. I'm not sure why Starfleet would alter that design philosophy as far as carriers go. Now if we're saying that the carrier is going to be optimized for Quantum Slipstream like the Odyssey and of course the Dauntless then that's another consideration. But that doesn't seem to be the direction they're going with any of these.
Delta by far. The first ship with a round saucer I've seen in a long time, and the Nebula-style mission pod looks great as well. I hope it wins the whole contest.
I noticed that too, love the Nebula style pod. It's also perfect as an AWACS style communications/command coordination array, it's perfect.
Gamma this time, because Delta is weirdly bulbous, but this tournament is imho just a formality - Omega is going to win, because of #teamjupiter
Admittedly TeamJupiter is strong and rightly so. Give the people what they want in full effect.
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I hope this is a trend when it comes to new designs. I just wish they had done something like this with the Klingon Command Cruisers. We can only hope that this is how things are done from now on.
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You do realize the top and side profiles were already posted from the start. You can even click on them for a slightly larger image.
Epsilon reminds me of the Typhon carrier for some reason.
Omega is the closest thing to a Jupiter, so it has my vote in the end.
I expect that the 2nd place and maybe 3rd and 4th place winners would possibly end up as alternate hull options, since this would also serve as a test gauge of who's interested in what as far as designs go.
All but 2 of the designs are quad-nacelle. Beta (which looks like a bloated Galaxy crossed with the Concorde Command Cruiser, and lost to Alpha) and Theta, which looks like a fattened Presidio Command Cruiser.
To be honest I hate both of them, they are 2 very ugly ships in my opinion (and everyone else's opinion after reading the above comments). Funnily enough I like Delta overall more than Gamma but to me Delta looks more like some sort of advanced frigate, not the Federation's T6 carrier. For that reason I vote Gamma.
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The way things are going, Theta and Sigma will win, and then we'll have another copy/paste STO Fed escort shaped ship. Such a shame.
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The only other ship even close to a carrier in any kind of actual canon was the Akira (thank you John Eaves) which had a longer wider saucer. I'm not sure why Starfleet would alter that design philosophy as far as carriers go. Now if we're saying that the carrier is going to be optimized for Quantum Slipstream like the Odyssey and of course the Dauntless then that's another consideration. But that doesn't seem to be the direction they're going with any of these.
But hey, I'm a traditionalist. I noticed that too, love the Nebula style pod. It's also perfect as an AWACS style communications/command coordination array, it's perfect.
Admittedly TeamJupiter is strong and rightly so. Give the people what they want in full effect.