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Old 1st December 2007, 10:19 PM   #1
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Default Cambria Class Starship

As you might have noticed, I have a habit of starting a bunch of different projects at once, usually to each project's detriment. Oh well, here's a new concept ship I'm working on, the Cambria Class. First one is the USS Cambria NX-102117.

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Old 1st December 2007, 10:34 PM   #2
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Inspirations:
Preliminary USS Voyager designs http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/fs...mages/dv-7.gif
"USS Dauntless NX-01A" http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/fs...auntless-1.jpg
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Old 1st December 2007, 11:44 PM   #3
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Here's another option I'm considering:

Let me know which nacelle configuration you all prefer.
I'm also experimenting with a forward swept configuration.

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Sorry for this plethora of posts in my own topic, but here's some more options.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...briaClass3.jpg
Pick your favorite if you wouldn't mind!

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Old 2nd December 2007, 06:26 PM   #5
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Default Re: Cambria Class Starship

Hmmm. Tough call!

From the top view, the "smoothed delta, nacelles back" has a nice look to it. I also like the similar underside view. It gives the ship a very sleek, sweeping look to it.

But from the profile, nacelle's swept down seem like they are below the ship's center of gravity, which makes me inclined to vote nacelles up. I don't know if\how this applies to ST engine design--warbirds and bird-of-prey are built that way, aren't they?--but I'd think the lower Nacelles would make the ship nose-heavy. Of course, that could be a good plot point if you were using it in a story!
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Great, at the rate things are going, I'll have to make a bunch of different designs and have them all as variants! Oh well, that is a good point, though. I think I'll make some sort of storyline where a Cambria Class starship is chasing another class and winds up going through a planet's atmosphere. Since the other ship is balanced, it has equal power routed to all its antigrav generators. The Cambria, on the other hand, is unbalanced, and due to some circumstances that prevent the crew from rerouting power, it loses control and crashes. Thanks for the inspiration!

Votes as of now:
Back Almond: 1.5
Back Smooth: 2
Back Basic: 0
Back Up: 1.5
No votes for Forward.
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Alright, make this easy:
Body Types:
- Almond
- Smooth
- Divided
Nacelle Y Axis:
- Up
- Middle
- Down
Nacelle Z Axis:
- Forward
- Back
Choose the best of the three categories

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My vote:

Body Types: Smooth
Nacelle Y Axis: Up
Nacelle Z Axis: Back
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Alright, current votes show:
Hull: Almond 3
- Smooth 7
- Discrete 2

Z: Forward 3
- Back 9

Y: Mid 3
- Up 7
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I finally decided on what variations I'm going to use. Nacelles back, smoothed transition delta, and the up and middle versions of nacelles. I've actually started putting details on now. It's a science vessel, that's why it has that sensor laden fin and underside.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s_Rev00001.png
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s_Rev00002.png
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s_Rev00003.png

On a more personal note, I was at a meeting with the Commissioners of my county, and there was a picture of a ship on the wall. I looked at it and saw it was the USS Cambria. A famous World War II attack transport was named after my county, and I didn't even know it! I'm actually taking a bit of pride in that fact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cambria_(APA-36)
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