Olympic Class **update 11/25/08**

[rengers]

awsome work mate

[moed]

Terrific job Marky. Looks sweet.

Question:

I realize this is just a hospital ship and is normally only equipped with shields. But, if I could suggest that perhaps this could be an "upgraded" Olympic Class that is exactly the same as the original in all respects except with the addition of a small number of phasers for the sake of being able to at least partially defend itself in case it runs into a species that can care less of whether it's a hospital ship or not.

Defend itself long enough to at least stay in one piece before it warps out to safety.

Once again, just a suggestion. 

[FourChan]

Looks awesome, I can't wait to use it. I'll blow up the old model with the new one

[limey BSc.]

It's looking great! I think the sphere needs some more sides to it to smooth it out. Other than that, its pretty much perfect

[tiqhud]

Very nice mesh there markyd, I'm so glad some finally decided to have a crack at the Olympic Class. It's one of the few ships that is sadly still lacking in BC!!

Great work, Keep it up!!.

Glenn
CE

Actually there is one [   http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Olympic_Class;2074  ]
it just kinda dated

[NeoKaede]

It's looking great! I think the sphere needs some more sides to it to smooth it out. Other than that, its pretty much perfect

Seconded. Still, great work.

[MarkyD]

Thanks guys, just a quick render of the mapping, purely to show progress. I am now working on the textures.

It's looking great! I think the sphere needs some more sides to it to smooth it out. Other than that, its pretty much perfect

Yes it probably could do with some more, mabey on revision 2 when i think about making an alernative version with more weapons, hull plating and different necelles. thanks.

Terrific job Marky. Looks sweet.

Question:

I realize this is just a hospital ship and is normally only equipped with shields. But, if I could suggest that perhaps this could be an "upgraded" Olympic Class that is exactly the same as the original in all respects except with the addition of a small number of phasers for the sake of being able to at least partially defend itself in case it runs into a species that can care less of whether it's a hospital ship or not.

Defend itself long enough to at least stay in one piece before it warps out to safety.

Once again, just a suggestion. 

Yeah as said above, i want to make a tougher version... but for this one i will toy with the idea of having phasers and torps added if thats what you guys want?

Very nice mesh there markyd, I'm so glad some finally decided to have a crack at the Olympic Class. It's one of the few ships that is sadly still lacking in BC!!

Great work, Keep it up!!.

Glenn
CE

Thanks mate.

Just a question, what is the ship's name going to be? Pasteur, Nobel, or something else? If the latter please make up a registry .

Why do I need it? You will see .

I was going with Pasteur, but they way it is mapped it will be easy for me to release blanks for custom regs, and if you like  a couple of suggestive replacements.

Again Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.. back to texturing, should be showing  a wip a little later.

[MarkyD]

Hi guys, so I have applied aztecs now to the whole ship, and started work on those impulse engines as seen. The hull coulour will be changed, and their may be a couple of mesh corrections required.

Their are two extruded strips on the top and bottom of the globe, i am considering texturing these as phaser strips. what do you guys think?

Thanks.

[Technerd89]

i think that would work well. perhaps not canon, but definitely a believable substitute.

[intrepid90]

maybe one canon and one uncanon design?
to fulfill everybody's wishes?

[Flux Capacitor]

Maybe release a pack of Olympic class variants, one being the medical ship variant (the Pastuer) and another that is a more general purpose/explorer type that is a little better armed.

[moed]

i think that would work well. perhaps not canon, but definitely a believable substitute.

Agreed.

And IMHO, I don't think a pack is needed. This ship is classic by itself.

[JimmyB76]

Their are two extruded strips on the top and bottom of the globe, i am considering texturing these as phaser strips. what do you guys think?

i think thats a neat idea!  360? phaser arc?  i dont think ive ever seen that in BC!  i think the closest ive seen to something like that is the arc on the saucer section of the Galaxy Class, but thats not a 360? arc...

[Dawg81]

Marky u are a shoe-in for modder of the month

[Barihawk]

Their are two extruded strips on the top and bottom of the globe, i am considering texturing these as phaser strips. what do you guys think?

i think thats a neat idea!  360? phaser arc?  i dont think ive ever seen that in BC!  i think the closest ive seen to something like that is the arc on the saucer section of the Galaxy Class, but thats not a 360? arc...

Yeah, but a type 7 probably isn't going to be all that great in combat .

[Darkthunder]

Wtf is a type 7?

Great job so far on the ship. I actually quite liked the ship when it appeared in AGT.

[FourChan]

It looks great.

[moed]

Wtf is a type 7?

Great job so far on the ship. I actually quite liked the ship when it appeared in AGT.

I think he meant a Type VII phaser.

I feel Type VIII would be good... with a relatively fast recharge rate. Taking into consideration that this is a more late 24th/early 25th century ship.

[JimmyB76]

ya i think a Type VIII with a burst-fire and fast recharge would look cool when it is firing ingame

[eclipse74569]

I have to agree with this here.  and it would be cool to have a 360 degree arc