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BC Forums => BC Modding => Topic started by: DJ Curtis on December 27, 2009, 02:09:53 AM
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After the Incom Class line was decommissioned in the early 2350's, one hull, the USS Meier, was at the last minute kept from recycling. With components from other hulls in the Incom fleet, a new secondary hull was built for the ship, and a new, single ship class was born. The Alberta Class USS Edmonton was a fully modernized vessel commissioned in 2359 to conduct long range exploration in the galactic south of the Alpha Quadrant..
The warp nacelles from the original ship had been modified and extended with additional warp coils from other ships, and given a new corbomide coating for additional field efficiency. A modern deflector derived from the Galaxy class was installed into the secondary hull, along with a new warp core, phaser arrays, and high yield photon torpedo system.
With a crew of 557 people, the USS Edmonton served proudly until it was destroyed in the Dominion War as a part of the ill-fated 7th fleet.
A little surprise for you guys I've been working on over the past two days in homage to my hometown. I'm heading to Edmonton tomorrow to see family, so I'll HP it on Wednesday when i get back. Will have phasers as powerful as my USS Galaxy, but not as many or as good of coverage. Shields will be about 75% of the Galaxy.
Textures aren't quite finished, and I'm still making some minor mesh changes, so constructive comments for changes are most welcome.
Cheers.
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seriously.... wow!
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wow.... that's brilliant.
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Have I told you how much I hate you? *grabs chainsaw and proceeds to remove DJs brain* Incredible work.
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I love this era and style of tng.
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Looks like the lines of the Probert design of the Ambassador Class... Nice!
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Nice.
To me, it reminds me of an advanced Excelsior-ish design.
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I can see some Excelsior influence in it as well. Sweet ship.
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Well, how about making the deflector completely blue? thats the common style of that era right?
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You like, never stop!
:)
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Well, how about making the deflector completely blue? thats the common style of that era right?
IMO I say that's the beginning of the TNG era deflector so the color is right.
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Very nice DJ. I seem to remember people asking if you could do an Excelsior-style variant of the Incom-class, so they should be happy with this. :D
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Yeah, they did, and I hope so. :)
I actually HP'd and got the ship in game yesterday morning before leaving for the city. It's fully functional and is nicely balanced for the late 2350's, early 2360's.
I took some in game shots but didn't have time to post. Will do so when I get home.... on Tuesday, lol.
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To me, it reminds me of an advanced Excelsior-ish design.
Was just thinking the same thing. Sort-of as a proper TNG-era Excelsior refit/variant (akin to TOS Connie --> TMP Connie). I.e similar lines, different parts.
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nice, How about a shuttlebay under the seconary hull, like the exececiorl.
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Oh, why oh why haven't you showed this to me earlier...that sec hull looks kinda plain, could have fixed that :P And I also second deadthunders suggestion.
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That too Excelsior for me. I want it to be somewhat distinctive since it already looks so much like an Excelsior.
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Lol when I look at secondary hull and neck I see PDW Excelsior ;) this ship will be great addition to Lawrence Holland :)
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That too Excelsior for me. I want it to be somewhat distinctive since it already looks so much like an Excelsior.
The thing that struck me was something similar to what Berndt Schneider did to his Excel lookalikes. Altho, your ship cannot be an Excel, the sec hull is too short for that.
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you could also lessen the curve on the back, the curve looks to post dom. war
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I'd say move the Holland parts back some so there is a lip and that the neck would not be flush with the impulse/shuttle housing. Possibly have the same space from the aft saucer to the stare of the bottom saucer dome.
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I'd also do something about those cooling towers for the phasers... either add a few more around the ship or get rid of them and just show it with "textured" hull/door plates where they once were. (kinda show the evolution of the phaser system again)
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wouldn't mind seeing an X-refit on this baby. Saucer cannon and all.
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I'd also do something about those cooling towers for the phasers... either add a few more around the ship or get rid of them and just show it with "textured" hull/door plates where they once were. (kinda show the evolution of the phaser system again)
I actually made some changes to the ship since these pics were posted, and the phaser heatsinks was something I dropped for precisely the reason you mentioned.
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I'd also do something about those cooling towers for the phasers... either add a few more around the ship or get rid of them and just show it with "textured" hull/door plates where they once were. (kinda show the evolution of the phaser system again)
Help my blindness please, I don't know what you mean. :(
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DJ she is gorgeous, you certainly have a talent for pre-TNG ships.
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Ready for beta testing. Any takers?
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I'll do it
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I'm in. :D
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I'd love to.
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I hope she's just as kick-ass as Incom-class is.. I could defeat a Keldon and a Jem'Hadar fighter with it with shield damage. Jem'Hadar managed to damage the hull as well, but nothing serious.
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awesome!! thou do you have any top views??
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I'm in if you still need people
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i really am loving this ship already - i cant wait to fly her around :D
thank you for this DJ :)
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Beautiful, we need more ships named after Places in Canada! Edmonton is Home of my Favourite NHL team, and one of my favourite cities.
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Just curious, why are the bussards red? I know it would make it fit in the early TNG timeline better but they were never red on the Lakota and that was in DS9.
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but isn't this around the same time or just before the ambassador? so the bussards would be red by that time...
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but isn't this around the same time or just before the ambassador? so the bussards would be red by that time...
I know that. Thats why I mentioend the Lakota cos that got a big refit in DS9 (Quantum Torpedoes and all) but no nacelle colour change.
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It's not the Lakota. ;P
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Yes I'm aware of that as well but they've got very similar styled nacelles which is why I'm making (now pointless) argument.
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I'll beta test :D . Hell I'll make a movie with the beta LOL.
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The buzzards are red cause DJ wants them red :funny
Beautiful ship DJ, can't wait to fly her alongside the Incom.
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I made this video with the beta version of DJ Curtis's new masterpiece, the USS Edmonton, Alberta Class. She is a "well endowed lady" if ya know what I mean. A medium sized ship with excellent phaser coverage, and photon torpedoes with a new sleek design. Though the phasers had no sound, we reported the problem to DJ and he gave us the fix. Other than that, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the girl. She is sleek. And able to withstand a Warbird attack.
Thanks DJ for another excellent ship. She makes a good addition to my DJ Fleet.
Credits
Alberta Class USS Edmonton - DJ Curtis
Galaxy Class USS Venture - DJ Curtis
Excelsior Mk II USS Lakota - Wiley Coyote
Drydock - Cordanilus
Cameraman - The one and only RifleMan
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Excellent movie. As I asked on Youtube, what's the music you used for it? Sounds very recognizeable, but I can't put my finger on it.
Looking forward to playing with this one.
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That almost brought a tear to my eye. :'( But she's worthy of this video. Perhaps there will be a video of her last moments with the doomed 7th fleet? *wink wink, nudge nudge* :D
She is a little spitfire.. Other than the lacking phaser coverage in the rear ( isn't really as unprotected as it seems, as Bird of Prey found out the hard way), she is well balanced and ready to take on the universe.
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That almost brought a tear to my eye. :'( But she's worthy of this video. Perhaps there will be a video of her last moments with the doomed 7th fleet? *wink wink, nudge nudge* :D
She is a little spitfire.. Other than the lacking phaser coverage in the rear ( isn't really as unprotected as it seems, as Bird of Prey found out the hard way), she is well balanced and ready to take on the universe.
With the lack of phaser coverage in the rear, use the aft shields for a rotation way point to avoid weapons impacts on the weapons covered areas. Shes not hard to work with, though her design takes some getting used to, I just treated her as a Galaxy and used her mass to a turn advantage by shutting the engines down to 0% for a only a second. That lack of rear end, if used correctly, can save your ship.
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Great video, RM! You've got a talent for long camera pans. You didn't happen to work on ST:TMP did you? lol
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what's the music you used for it? Sounds very recognizeable, but I can't put my finger on it.
From Clear and Present Danger
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ship looks great and that vid made it even better :D
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what's the music you used for it? Sounds very recognizeable, but I can't put my finger on it.
From Clear and Present Danger
If there is one thing I hate, it is people asking for music lol. But the first song is from the WWII Film U571. The other one I am not quite sure about.
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excellent vid! :D
*cookied*
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what's the music you used for it? Sounds very recognizeable, but I can't put my finger on it.
From Clear and Present Danger
If there is one thing I hate, it is people asking for music lol. But the first song is from the WWII Film U571. The other one I am not quite sure about.
Salvation by Immediate Music ;)
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what's the music you used for it? Sounds very recognizeable, but I can't put my finger on it.
From Clear and Present Danger
If there is one thing I hate, it is people asking for music lol. But the first song is from the WWII Film U571. The other one I am not quite sure about.
Salvation by Immediate Music ;)
Yep I think that's it!
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I'm glad you posted that vid Rifle, I've noticed a large problem. Look at where the pylons connect to the engineering hull (around 2:57). There is a gap which shows the stars behind.
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I'm glad you posted that vid Rifle, I've noticed a large problem. Look at where the pylons connect to the engineering hull (around 2:57). There is a gap which shows the stars behind.
That is not stars u see. That is an Anti-Aliasing problem I have. You can't see throught that. It's jaggedness with the graphics aswell as the GlowFX created that. There is no unusual gaps in this ship, as I checked her from ship to stern before I did anything else with her. Damn glows lol.
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Oh phew. I nearly had a panic attack when I thought I saw stars. :P
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Oh phew. I nearly had a panic attack when I thought I saw stars. :P
Lol it's ok. I know DJ would NEVER EVER upload a ship with that kind of problem. His legendary status (at least with me), and his experience with creating ships for BC, ensures me of high quality.
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Amen to that. :)
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Beautiful Ship DJ :D Only the finest captain shall have access to this piece of genius!
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DJ buddy she looks amazing.
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Thanks mayhem. Glad to see you around!
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Yeah im still around, and your work gets better with every ship.
I have to try and get back into designing ships.
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Do you take requests? :angel
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Don't know where your 'Lost Era' kick came from, but I appreciate the show it's been putting on.
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Hello, hoping i'm at the right place to do this since i've never posted here before until i saw the Alberta class on the BC files news i'd like to know at what development stage is she ?
I'm a huge fan of the excelsior design and she certainly qualifies the most worthy "refit/design based" i've ever seen.
Thanks DJ for all those wonderfull ships your making on your own spare time and thanks for reading.
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generally it's impolite to ask for updates, I'm sure DJ will post something when he's ready to.
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No probs. The ships is actually pretty well ready for upload. I think I just need to check it over and send it to some beta testers. I could probably have it up for the weekend.
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Thanks for the reply, i'll definitely whatch out for it when its posted and sorry i won't do it again :P.
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No worries man. Doesn't bug me.
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Lol.. awsome ship DJ....
MayhemUK... get designing.. your couragous class, was insperation to me many a moon ago.. get in the fold please :bow:
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Damn! The Excelsior upgrade is really sweet stuff. Does she have any story to go with it? Perhaps the designer was a fan of Sulu or a descendant of his crew?
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Does she have any story to go with it?
Its in the first post. ;)
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uploaded to bcfiles. watch for it.
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Sweet! Did anything change from the beta version?
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don't remember, tbh. lol
anyhoo, it's out! enjoy.
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And you get a cookie for that one :P