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Old September 30th, 2002, 01:10 AM
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Default Re: Asymmetrical Ship Sets

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Originally posted by Taera:
oh thanks... i dont have much of the Illea and planning on focusing on different ships but i just might finish it... i can upload the rest of the ships i have (escort - BC) but its all nothing too special, the BC is the greatest of them all.

well ok, the link is:
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That looks generally good, but you'e right, the BC is the best of them.

I'd say, slightly rework them, with the BC as the "theme defining ship".

For example, perhaps the escort would do better if you took the Frigate hull, stripped all but one of those "nacelle" like protrusions, made it about as big as the round bits on the bottom of the escort, and put it off to one side only.

Then, the Frigate can use two of them, either symmetrically aligned, or both on the same side. I'll assume both to one side.

For the next, the Destroyer; I'd say, two to one side, a third to the next, or, start with the sort of "comm array" outrigger, like the BC has.

Up from Destroyer to Light Cruiser, add an engine to the rear, and put in some weaponry-looking bits (similar to the BC) along with the twin engines.

And so on; every ship progressing along a logical flow, from Escort through BC up to Dreadnaught, and even (maybe) the BaseShip.

Asymmetry is harder to "get away with" in the sense of a starbase though, unless it does not look like it rotates to produe virtual gravity, for the most part.

However, balancing a long, far-from-the-core communications/sensor array, with a closer-in, massive 1/4, 1/3, or even 1/2 circle "gravity ring", could work.

The set, especially following the partially asymmetric theme of the BC, stands to be a GORGEOUS one, and would become one of my perrenial Favorites if you followed it (along the lines of the above, perhaps).

The organics also looked good, but I'm off my "organic ships" kick for the moment.
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