Author Topic: Sun Tzu Class - USS Athena (Read 55986 times)

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #280 on:** July 21, 2009, 04:59:20 PM »

here's how the bottom of the saucer is shaping up.

and yeah, lots of phasers... but it's built to fight so that makes sense.

antagonist · « **Reply #281 on:** July 21, 2009, 05:42:35 PM »

Found them. Wow, ten phaserstrips having a clear shot straight ahead. She's going to be a monster to attack head on... ;)

moed · « **Reply #282 on:** July 21, 2009, 06:02:24 PM »

The ventral registry seems somewhat skewed... and a bit difficult to read.

Details look great.

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #283 on:** July 21, 2009, 09:16:22 PM »

Knowing that the Athena is 17 decks tall, I scaled it to the Galaxy class. It makes the ship just a bit taller than the Galaxy's saucer. The final dimensions are:

1.   Length: 525.6 m
2.   Width: 226.7 m
3.   Height: 77.2 m
4.   Decks: 17

In reality, the ship is not much bigger than an intrepid class. It simply appears a lot bigger by the numbers because of the longer, backward extended nacelles. The body is pretty comparable to the intrepid. If the nacelles ended at the same place as on Voyager for example, the Athena would only be about 30 or 40 meters longer.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #284 on:** July 21, 2009, 10:48:49 PM »

Makes me curious to think what this ship might look with a considerable "fattar" nacelle variant, which is also shorter. Might be an idea for a future refit or variant?

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #285 on:** July 22, 2009, 12:00:09 AM »

It's pretty! And not super huge, lol!

MarkyD · « **Reply #286 on:** July 22, 2009, 04:06:27 AM »

The underside saucer is looking spot on mate, Loving that scale I imagined it to be bigger, but looking at the dual shots with the galaxy, it looks awsome.

admiral horton · « **Reply #287 on:** July 22, 2009, 05:45:51 AM »

great job more pics please

FarShot · « **Reply #288 on:** July 22, 2009, 08:09:59 AM »

The ribbing works out perfectly. Gives an added sense of depth when it isn't really there. 8)

086gf · « **Reply #289 on:** July 22, 2009, 04:10:38 PM »

Amazing work as always.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #290 on:** July 22, 2009, 07:23:40 PM »

i love the comparison pics

antagonist · « **Reply #291 on:** July 23, 2009, 08:23:32 AM »

Which reminds me, wouldn't you need RCS thrusters on the engineering section as well? I can't see any on your model ATM...

Darran · « **Reply #292 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:02:07 AM »

17 Decks?!? Aww man, I'm gonna have to change the MSD.... when i finally get round to doing it again lol

CyAn1d3 · « **Reply #293 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:05:34 AM »

i just had a dumb idea for a bridge for this baby, redress the Prometheus bridge. or am i too late to suggest that?

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #294 on:** July 23, 2009, 12:03:36 PM »

Quote from: DJ Curtis on January 23, 2009, 07:49:51 AM

I'm going to contact Mark to see if a Prometheus bridge edit is okay.

Quote from: DJ Curtis on January 23, 2009, 09:42:26 PM

Barihawk, I think that if you and Darran want to team up, with my help, on editing the Prometheus bridge for this, I'd be game. The only thing is that permission is required before we begin.

incidentally, i am quite sure Mark will give the ok to retexture the Prommie bridge; if im not mistaken there is at least 1 other Prommie bridge retexture out there currently...

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #295 on:** July 23, 2009, 02:27:05 PM »

darran, how many decks did you put on the msd?

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #296 on:** July 23, 2009, 02:33:10 PM »

Quote from: antagonist on July 23, 2009, 08:23:32 AM

Which reminds me, wouldn't you need RCS thrusters on the engineering section as well? I can't see any on your model ATM...

I do believe they are somewhat of a requirement unless you want the secondary hull to have the maneuverability of a brick.

Darran · « **Reply #297 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:19:50 AM »

DJ:- I put 20 decks in, it's only 3 more, i can strip them out if you want

Phaser · « **Reply #298 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:38:25 PM »

*Claps*

This looks amazing, DJ. Boy, it sure has a LOT of phaser strips!!

Personally, I think the ship should be larger than 17 decks, but that's a minor nitpick. Plus, at this stage, it's a moot point.

Looking at that side view of the ship, you really did a bang-up job on the saucer separation design. From the side, you can't tell at all that the ship separates!

Very nice work. This is probably my favorite ship that you've designed.

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #299 on:** July 25, 2009, 02:39:17 PM »

Thanks Phaser. Glad you like it.

I've done up the glows and specular maps. Here's a look at the wash from the deflector and impulse engines.

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Author Topic: Sun Tzu Class - USS Athena (Read 55986 times)