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Re: Dragonstar Reloaded!
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:11:35 GMT
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> In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> Firstly, let me say: WOW! The level details, both inside and outside, is
> amazing! If I were Spaceforce I'd buy as many of these as I could!
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Thanks for wonderful praise, Lenny!
> Requests:
> * I'd like a shot of the Dragonstar from the side at eye level with the ship.
> ALthough you included an above and below shot, I'd like to see how they work
> together and the real shape of the bottom.
Hmmm, I think I do have a shot like that, dude. Maybe you missed it? Here ya go:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=382690
> * In the main hallway on the bottom deck there are white plates sticking out
> over the floor. Are these sleeping chambers (a la the space jet in Fifth
> Element where they sleep through the voyage?)? And if not, what are they?
Well, that section is the crew quarters and those are sorta like
multipurpose bunks. That section area doubles as a galley and sickbay. On
either side of the red-headed space chick are mock doors that lead
to storage and to the bathroom (I'll see about getting a pic of those
doors). I did not try to flesh out the storage or bathrooms on this ship.
Anyway, the crew can hang out in that area, eat, take a nap, or sleep
through a long voyage. Since this is a fully automated ship, there are only
9 crew: Captain, Pilot, Navigator, Communications Tech, 2 Weapons Techs, 1
Chief Engineer and 2 Engineering Techs.
> * I'd like a guide (so to say) of the Dragonstar, pointing out what is what (is
> this a gun or just some sort of tube), and also describing what the
> "wave-motion gun" is.
Yeah. Dang, I really need my own website! Well, I'll see what I can do.
> * Also I'd like to know more about the type of ship it is. You called it a
> "powerful destroyer". Is the Dragonstar meant to be long range or short range?
> If Long range, why aren't there the usual crew amenities, such as bunks, sick
> bay, etc.?
It would be capable of long range warp travel to star systems in our local
group. But it's part of a fleet, not a "stand alone" vessel the way the
Argo was in Starblazers. It cannot land and it has no shuttlecraft (I
didn't bother building escape pods this time either but I could easily add a
couple). So it needs support ships for the long haul but I'd say it could
operate for a month on it's own.
--Dan
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| (...) Hopefully not at the same time. (...) You know, it would never have occured to me to do that, I would have spent hours trying to squeeze them in for little benefit. I can see much merit in you approach. Mentally noted should I ever build that (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) you posted. silly me. (...) I've heard the MOCpages are a really fairly easy way to put up pics, with a link to b-shelf, and have descriptions with the pictures without going through all the labor of html or other webprogram, and then finding (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) amazing! If I were Spaceforce I'd buy as many of these as I could! What I find especially nice: * The underside. Being a SHIP-builder myself I understand how difficult it is to design something that big and have it look good from -absolutely- (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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