Sunday, September 22, 2013

Star Trek: Nova Class

Original Source Material: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Nova_class
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In the late 24th century the Nova was commissioned as a class of  small planetary research vessels.  One of the class, featured prominently in a two part series of Voyager episodes "Equinox" parts 1 and 2.

Mass: 5681
LxWxH = 167x83x34
Power:108233 (796176.1 e/s)
Thrust 16135.1
Shields 242710 (5920 s/sec) Recovery: 3.0
10 unenhanced turret ports.


1 dozen compatible turrets, shipped separately: http://star-made.org/node/11991

Build Method:  This model of the Nova class was a bit of an experiment.  Unlike my previous efforts, it was derived from a Voxel Import. Nothing of the original import remains.  I used the voxel only as a template to help set the size and proportions of the ship, The imported Voxels were then removed, leaving a wire-frame skeleton on which I built the rest of the ship as normal.  I was wary of Voxel imports, thinking that it would remove the art from shipbuilding.  I learned that voxels will give you a shape, but not a ship.  The art of the build remains, it just removes a lot of the drudgery and painstaking calculations from the build.

The Nova is a not a combat vessel, and neither is this model.  That doesn't mean either can't stand up for themselves in a fight.   What Nova lacks in brute force she makes up for in speed and agility.   She is a full 1 to 1 scale, Star Trek cannon based, Federation ship... But she scales a lot better to the Star-Made universe than many of her larger sisters.  She's tough too.  The ship core and Computer systems are housed in separate multi-layered hardened hull vaults.  10 turret ports can be filled 












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