How do you know...

How do you know you've been building too many Star-Made ships?  When you shave half your face, and then stare confused at your reflection because you were sure you had Y/Z symmetry set.

Shipyard 60

The shipyard 60 in foreground with the faint
shipyard 120 under construction in the background.

Download Nodes:
http://star-made.org/node/12002
http://www.starmademultiverse.com/files/file/46-shipyard-60/

The Star Trek franchise often shows ships in an orbiting "Space Drydock".  These construction, repair and maintenance facilities are both the birth cradles and the hospitals for craft whose size or structure rules out construction under planetary gravity.

This is the first and smallest planned shipyard.  It is meant to house ships whose Length, Width and Height are all less than 240x120x60 meters.

Star Trek: Nova Class

Original Source Material: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Nova_class

Download Links:

• http://star-made.org/node/11993
• http://www.starmademultiverse.com/files/file/45-star-trek-nova-class/

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.

Sneak Peek

A peek at things under construction...

one more:

Next Project: The Galaxy Class!, but not really.

The people have spoken and by a huge majority have requested that I construct the Galaxy class model next.

So, yes.  The Star Trek Federation Galaxy class will be the next ship that I begin.  But it is NOT going to be my next project, nor will it be the next ship I complete.

1. A project like the Galaxy is BIG.  I will probably work on it for a very long time (months) during which I will take breaks to knock out several smaller vessels.  The uninitiated might ask "What's the big deal?  It's only a bit over twice the size of the Constitution."   No, it's a bit over twice the LENGTH of the Constitution, and more stoutly built.  I estimate the ship volume is on the order of 10 times that of the Constitution.  That front disk alone is the size of a sporting stadium.  I've seen the epic builds of the likes of Holdtech... I know its possible.  It'll just take a while.

2. It also seems to me that a major build needs major build facilities.  So THAT will be my actual next project.  Not a ship, but a space-dock construction and repair facility scale-able to the task.
The system goals include:

• A construction scaffold grid to which the project and other elements can dock
• Dockable lights to illuminate the project. from all angles.
• Shields and large turrets to defend the ship and structure from wandering pirates during construction.
• Modular construction so the cradle can be easily restructured for larger or smaller craft.
• Independent light ships that can serve as movable platforms for lights and turrets.
• Storage for extra blocks
• Astrotech shuttles and turrets.
• Observation galleries.

I would make this as a base, but you can't export and import bases can you?

Star Trek: Miranda Class Refit

http://star-made.org/node/11185

Mass: 16424.4

LxHxW = 242x72x143

Power:6647172.6 (1139673.7 e/s)

Thrust 29027.2

Shields 354016 (7769 s/sec) Recovery: 3

The Miranda class is best known as the prototype for the Reliant, The ship hijacked by Kahn Singh in the motion picture "The Wrath of Kahn".  Miranda shares many of the same stylistic elements from the refitted Constitution class, but in a more compact form with the secondary hull integrated into the disk shaped primary hull that was the signature element of most Federation ships.

So many ships...

My dear Star-Made Captains

y'know... when I started this hobby of rendering starships out of 1m blocks I had no idea how much fun it would be, how consuming, or whether I'd be any good at it.   Somewhat to my surprise I find I'm pretty damn decent and getting better.   I did expect that as my experience increased, the builds would go faster.  This has proven not to be the case.  Instead of getting faster, I'm getting slower as I dig deeper into the game balance and try to render finer and finer details.   It's striking to have my new motion picture era Miranda floating next to my recent TOS Miranda  I've rendered angles and proportions I didn't even attempt in the older ship.  The newer vessel is more powerful, better shielded, more fully decorated, better lit, and more combat-ready... but that means I'm fussing over details I never considered in the previous build.  This Miranda has probably taken twice as long as the previous version, and I'm not done yet.

I'm not quite there yet... but I suspect I only have one or two more of the larger ships in me before I take a break for a couple weeks.  The deeper I go, the more rewarding it is.  But it's more taxing too.

My son has asked for a Promethius, and I plan to give it to him.  It looks like there is a lot of popular demand for a Galaxy class.... I'll give that one a serious "Maybe".   If I start that build it will likely be a while before you, or anyone, sees me again.

As always, I appreciate those who have been encouraging me. Likewise those who have been downloading and enjoying my ships.  It's a ridiculous amount of fun watching someone else playing with my toys on youtube.  I hope you continue to do so.

--Green the Virtual Shipwright (Gaeasson)