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Re: Galaxy Defender - classic space MOC
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Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:02:30 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Douglas R. Clark wrote:
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Hi,
This is my first lugnet post though I have been lurking for awhile. I
thought I would share a MOC I recently created.
The Galaxy Defender is a Classic Space themed long endurance patrol/fighter
craft. The general backstory is that this ship is a highly controversial
replacement for the venerable 924 Space Cruiser. With the need to provide
escorts to their long range exploration vessels, police the spacelanes for
renegate pirate freighters and chase down beer smugglers, the Lego Classic
Space Agency (LCSA) realized that their 924 space crusier was no longer up to
the tasks being asked of it. This prototype was developed in secret. It was
assigned the Space Cruiser’s LL924 designation to hide its development budget
from the LCSA bean counters and civilian watchdog groups.
Its unveiling caused quite a controversy among the LCSA ranks and civilian
government. Equiped with extremely powerful sub-light drives, ftl drive,
advanced targeting and tracking electronics, 2 powerful blasters and 2
experimental mass-particle cannons, its military intent was quite clear. The
ship has a high capacity life support system and andvanced A.I system to
enable its use on long duration patrols with minimal pilot fatigue. The
large wing panels and tail fins serve two purposes. They allow the craft to
fulfill the LCSA’s trans-atmospheric and atmospheric flight performance
requriements. They also provide excellent locations for the high-capacity
radiators that are necessary to disapate the large amounts of heat generated
by the engines, weapons and sensor systems.
Many of the scientists and government members were outraged that LCSA would
invest its funds on a craft that is a pure assault craft with no provisions
for scientific gear. Others expressed concern that posession of such a craft
would cause an arms race with pirates and would actually lead to more
aggressive attacks. Members of the LCSA simply respond that its their duty
to protect their exploration craft and enforce the laws of the inter-system
spacelanes and that such a craft is necessary. Full procurement is still
being debated.
brickshelf folder:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=65371
Plese note that this is my first attempt at posting pictures online. I was
experiementing with various settings on the camera in an attempt to get good
images. I think I did OK, but next time I will use smaller image sizes.
builders notes:
I was aiming for what a modern classic space set might look like. It uses
mostly conventional construction tecniques with very little SNOT building.
As a fighter/space craft I think it looks really good, but as a classic space
set it is probably lacking in play-ability (lack of cargo compartments,
rovers, etc). The only thing I am really disappointed with is the lack of
landing gear. I suppose that I could make it classic-space authentic and
just slap some landing posts on the bottom.
This model was based on a previous prototype that I had built and might post
sometime. The influences should be fairly obvious. It has a little bit of
the buck-rogers earth starfighter in it and I think the front half looks
vaguely snowspeeder-ish. The inwardly canted tail fins, and overall wing
shape really reminds me of the testors “f-19” stealth concept (released in
the mid 80s-ish before the existence of the f-117 was officially
acknowledged). Overall, I think it looks like something that might be a
replacemnt for the y-wing in the starwars universe.
hope you all like it...
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Doug!
Almost two years ago I downloaded a few pictures from your Brickshelf gallery
with the express intent of adapting your designs and techniques, and I promptly
lost track of this thread (and couldn’t find it again!)
I like everything about this ship. Classic Space was my first “theme” outside
of Universal Building sets, so it always has a place in my heart. Even moreso
when somebody’s creation expands so effectively on the style.
I like the in-sloped tail fins; I like the down-sloped wings; I like the
ship-length cannons; I like the greebling; I like the engine design; I like the
cockpit (including the rear-facing canopy); I like the use of the paired 3x6
slope bricks; I like the life-support design.
I like the overhead and profile views. Heck, I like the whole darned thing.
Sorry my reply is a little out of date!
Dave!
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