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Some Star Trek art for today!
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This was actually by first completed piece of art, from over two years ago! USS Lancelot (a design from Bernd Schneider, the Ex Astris Scientia webmaster) undergoes the last of her trials before her commissioning. Today's assignment: survive the lightning storms, intense radiation, severe turbulence, and intense pressures from diving underneath Saturn's gorgeous but turbulent upper cloud layer. USS Leondegrance (NCC-2177) provides close up support just in case any unexpected shielding or hull integrity malfunctions rear their ugly heads, but so far, Lancelot's shields are holding back Saturn's lightning storms like a champ, while her flight systems are functioning perfectly in the intense turbulence! USS Speculator (name/registry from the old Trekmania website) flies shortly above and behind just in case either vessels need a free tow. As of 2310, the Excelsior class has proven herself as a reliable workhorse of the Federation. Of all of the sights I could think of if I had a chance to tour the solar system, viewing the clouds of Jupiter or Saturn would easily be towards the top of my list. Due to particles constantly flying around at high speed, they create constant lightning storms! It's too bad that we'd need some REALLY good radiation shielding, because gas giants have a really strong Van Allen radiation belt due to having a very intense magnetic field. Fortunately for the three vessels, their gravimetric-based shielding effortlessly deflects the harmful radiation away, so it can't cook their crews alive! Also, the impulse drives are more than powerful enough to break Saturn's escape velocity if things start to get sketchy, which is very important, since sinking too far into a gas giant's atmosphere would be just like being inside of a submarine that has gone down too far. WIP of a Sternbach class refitted with Quantum Slipstream. At least the ventral is done (unless I decide to alter the shading, which I might do!). The Sternbach class is a design from the fan-film Renegades. I liked the idea of an arrowhead with a short neck, so rather than making my own new design, I did what the Federation Council would be more likely to do: refit an existing design. There were aspects of the Sternbach class that I wasn't a fan of, and so I made refinements.
March 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM