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Re: Command Module of Starship "Suffren"
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Neat design! I like it a lot. I have a thing for starship command bridges.
:)
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Paul Davidson
Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi, everyone-
>
> I have a few very cursory pictures of the forward segment of my
> slowly-growing starship, which I have named 'Suffren' in commemoration
> of the 18th-century French admiral who actually was able to *win*
> battles against the British. This is the C-3 (Command, Control,
> Communications) module of Suffren, along with a segment of two-level
> walkway that will connect to the next hull section back (the quarters
> and modular bays).
>
> The module itself, sitting on what must be the most hideous strawberry
> carpet in Creation, is pictured here:
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/suffren1.jpg
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> The walkway terminates just outside of the picture. The ZNAP is the
> barest piece of what will be there; it is being used to space several
> electronics pods and shield generators/heat sinks. It will also provide
> an exoframe of sorts for the completed ship. The front windows are in
> this picture:
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/suffren5.jpg
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> This is a very dark picture, but it's supposed to show the bridge
> windows at the fore of the module. It turned out looking very nicely;
> the obvious inspiration is the "Event Horizon" (the vertical extensions
> at dead front). Want to see the inside?
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/suffren6.jpg
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> This is the upper level, the FTL communications suite. That monstrosity
> hanging from the roof is the data projector that renders communications
> holographically, and also provides holographic projections for surveying
> and scientific purposes. The stations there are for the communications
> and scientific personnel.
>
> The last picture is a front-on view of Suffren's command module. The
> completed ship won't actually have too much more of a silhouette than
> this end-on:
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/suffren8.jpg
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> The big "hole" in the lower centre is reserved for the primary weapon,
> either a streaming ion cannon or a fucon (short for Fusion Containment)
> gun. The bay does open, and I have some very bad pictures of that; the
> interior pictures of the bridge itself also didn't come out so I will
> give it another go this weekend. I have installed all sorts of
> goodies--from the computer stations to a pair of blast doors that can be
> opened and closed from outside the ship (modeled on the 7180 design)
> that don't work too well at present.
>
> However, all parts of the ship are hand-accessible--the comm stations
> are on two 6x16 plates that lift out of the ship along with the
> attendant "sides" of the upper hull. The shape also turned out OK; I
> was going for a thin and tall look, because this vessel (a small
> destroyer) would be constantly facing its target. The inverted
> steep-slopes seem to work fairly well in producing the negative slope
> below the bridge deck.
>
> Note the communications array mounted at centre top; it's a little goofy
> looking in its current incarnation, but it will hopefully look more
> in-place when the ship's fully complete. (The perils of backward
> compatibility--ugliness!)
>
> Suggestions, flames, kudos, stories about your dog, and fresh fruit are
> all welcome.
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
>
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