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Published: 2010-10-25 23:26:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 5924; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 141
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A concept drawing for the bridge of the Steamrunner-class starship Arcadia.A mixed breed between Voyager, Defiant and Enterprise-E. Boy did I looked at a crazy number of bridges. Yikes.
Yes, the perspective is all messed up, but it was to get the ideas going. (circles in perspective really reek)
I'll no doubt do a more cleaned-up version but this is what I came up with.
Describing as facing the viewscreen:
Rear-Right, Tactical/Security.
Rear-Left, Ops/comm.
Middle, Captain.
Front-Right, Secondary Tactical/Sensor.
Front-Left, Science.
Wall Right, Auxiliary Engineering.
Wall left Science 2/Auxiliary Power Regulation.
Front middle, Helm.
Turbolift Exit is rear left. Ready Room/briefing room is rear right.
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Looks like one of the bridges found in STO, only better. Kudos on the great design!
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Thanks 
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Well precision and patience makes perfect. I hope you can finish it someday.
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Nice bridge, I know from creating my own ship years ago that it takes a long time, you want something that speaks to you, but is familiar enough.
Nice design, small efficent yet still "trekky"
I have got to get myself back into drawing, I do miss it
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I made a 3D mesh to draw over.. but time is against me.. eventually I'll have a mock-up of the more 'final' bridge positions and look
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All looks so simple til you start putting stuff on paper
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Some people might say it looks better of paper sometimes.. but it IS a work in progress... I have yet to finish the more perpective-friendly version
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Very nice work. Though your top down shows the Readyroom door on the left, and turbolift on the right.
I always thought that by TNG's time they'd added extra plating to deflect the nacelle radiation away, or that they had they're own radiation shields. Possible shutting down if the shielding is lost, which is why they kept loosing the starboard nacelle.
Seriously? Did they ever go through a battle where that thing stayed functioning? Or did they only fight right handed aliens?
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On the right from the viewer's POV, not facing the Viewscreen
But the radiation plating is no doubt more plausible. Along with less power-demanding engines.
I'll update the view when I get something more polished done ^^
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Oh, makes sense.
That could do it.
Can't wait to see.
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It's a little story of mine. I'm working on writing the pilot/synopsis. The project has been asleep for over 3 years because I just couldn't find the proper plot.
I re-watched pilot episodes of TNG-era shows and read so many summaries, I want the fans to see I do my research. Star Trek is quite iconic, last thing I want is to insult them y'know.. canon in terms of references.
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Care to chat with a fellow Trekker and writer about it? *looks hopeful*
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we can exchange notes if you want ^^ Email does not seem reliable enough.
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Definitely better than both of the canon bridges...though, if I may be so bold, would you consider changing the carpet colors a bit? The Enterprise-D bridge, for instance, was mostly gray, but with maroon for the trim, and in a patch under the command chairs, which I always thought set things off nicely.
But a great design job, in any event! Well done.
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Work in progress my friend
But yeah, I'm not convinced about this carpet color. Still, for the time being I needed some kind of contrast. Everything is subject to change.. but I like that layout
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Man, that's awesome! Everything I was expecting. I can definently see the influences from the other bridges. Gotta say I love the wall and front stations design! More than makes up for using voyager's tac pattern. Kudos on the MSD BTW! I wanted to throw one on mine, but I'm just horrible at those things. lol
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I actually found an MSD online. There are a few spots where one is availiable. I'll be asking the artist if I can use his, but I'll probably kitbash a few to get what I need.
I don't like the idea of the Warp Core being in the deflector pod.
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Yeah, I thought that was a strange spot for it myself. Then again, I never did catch the technicals on how they were even able to put the Nacelles so close to habitable sections of the ship. From what I've read in the old Tech Manuals and various other stats, they were built on pylons originally because they emitted some kind of radiation or something that was toxic to most sentient life forms. Something else I wondered, how does one GET into that deflector pod? I never saw a turboshaft connection in the MSDs I looked at, or even a jefferies tube. lol I'm WAY to technical with this junk...
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All the MSDs I gathered show a transporter room behind deflector control. So it would seem that the only way to access it is to use a dedicated site-to-site transporter inside the ship. It probably has several failsafe and redundant circuitry to keep it working in emergency situation.
But considering how some shuttlecrafts, including the Delta flyer, manage to get the engines so close to the hull, it would be possible to do the same thing here. However, it would seem that the better part of the engines are still OUTSIDE the main hull and the the Bussard collectors and main reactions are well-protected.
Just those few factors might help structural integrity.
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That explains it. lol I had a feeling that was it.
I follow that logic on the nacelles, I'm just interested in the specific evolution of technology that allowed them to do that in the first place. Maybe it was some sort of improvement on the designs from Voyager?
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We can mostly speculate.. I havent seen anything in the tech manuals explaining it all
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Yeah. Darn the lack of new official tech manuals. lol Man, I'd love to see one for Enterprise E like they did for D. Wouldn't mind one on Defiant either... Eh, guess that's what fansites are for, right? lol
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Very cool.
Are you thinking of doing an exterior shot of this ship?
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I already have
[link]
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that. ^_^;;
But anyway, try this one. It's a star trek-like ship that was designed for me - [link]
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OOoo.. very 24-25th century
Planning on doing anything with it?
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Well, I had wanted to use it for a forum RPG I was playing at.
Unfortunately the forum fell through. -____-
By the way, I'm glad you like it. I'm sure the designer would appreciate that as well.
Though with this ship, what I had intended for it was that it would be a bit of a maverick as far as Starfleet designs.
Namely that it would have a red paint job as opposed to the standard gray.
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Sorry to hear about the forum. Sounds like it was pretty neat.
But the fold drive system.. its quite powerful. Less than a year to, say, get Voyager back with that baby
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Oh yes.
That's kind of where I got the name "Event Horizon" from it. I got the name from a science fiction/horror film about a ship that had a very similar drive.
Though I designed it so that it wouldn't be too powerful. That it could only make a certain maximum length jump depending on the power it had. So let's say the maximum length is about...500 light years. Once it made a jump it would have to take a day or two to recharge the drive to make another maximum length jump.
A bit like charging up the flash in a camera.
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Yes, I remember that movie. They ended up in hell and got all messed up mentally.
That's the problem with dealing with singularities to travel
But Arcadia is nowhere THAT advanced. Though she'll get a few upgrades along the way
Your fold drive sounds similar to the 'Jump Drive' theory that I have that is using weak gravitational points of a solar system to another weak point of a neighboring system. Several light years in seconds, but it works with gravity wells of a particular star.
Same with 'Jump Gates' that use the STRONG points of a solar system.
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Pretty close.
although with the design of my "Event Horizon", I essentially wanted a combination of a Roundabout shuttlecraft and a Star Wars type of fighter as well as the Delta Flyer of Star Trek Voyager.
What would be nice is getting some interior sketches of the ship, know what I mean?
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I'll have to get a hellovalot better before taking on that endeavour
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What'd you mean? YOu're doing quite well in the bridge design of the Arcadia.
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It's a small sketch.. I know I can do better.. this is far from studio-grade. But once I get my technique right, I'll no doubt be able to bring your vision in perspective
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In that case I may have to save the idea for a commission, huh?
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How much would a commission like that cost?
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Quite frankly, I didnt think about it yet.
But it would be safe to assume it mainly depends on the level of detail <.<
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Well, I don't think I would ask for a lot of detail.
Perhaps we can do a collaboration?
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I need to get some more things done.. that project is going well in my mind and I'd hate to sidetrack when it's hitting a nice pace
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I know the feeling there.
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