Gunship Refuelling in the Drango System by Denger

Mixed Medium • Illustration • posted on Feb 01, 2006

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"The small, nearly airless moon of Drango Four is the only source for fuel in this remote star system. Because fuel must be extracted and refined from the ice so prevalent on this moon, refuelling can be a lengthy process, involving up to several hours' time. Despite its distance from the red giant, Drango, there is still sufficient ambient light here to permit visible spectrum photography. This image is of the 400 ton gunned sloop Caroline making her landing approach." Starship image shot with Fujifilm FinePix S3000 Background rendered in Terragen v.0.9.43 Postwork done in Paint.NET v.2.5

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Comments (13)

gwhite2

5:04PM | Wed, 01 February 2006

Exellant, perhaps some rock formations/landing beacons in the foreground?

Dachande16

5:27AM | Thu, 02 February 2006

Reminds me of a "Gazelle" class escort from the Traveller RPG. Nice!!!

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Denger

8:26AM | Thu, 02 February 2006

Indeed. Ships of this class originally carried the military designation "Close Escort". However, the Naval Registrar's Office recently updated the classifications. As this particular ship was originally built for the civilian market and initially carried no armaments, she carried the designation "Sloop". Some time later she was refitted with lasers and PA weapons for operation in the border worlds, hence the term "Gunned Sloop".

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lior

6:22AM | Sun, 05 February 2006

A real outstanding conccept:really wonderful.Thank you for sharingV

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TwoPynts

3:26PM | Tue, 07 February 2006

Nice Sloop shot. They move fast so I know this was tough.. ;]

ERMITA

8:46PM | Fri, 10 February 2006

The work is great! The color of the sun don't look so cold for ice... I think it should be more like a moon, looking more cold for the ice formation (Just my thought) and, maybe the starship didn't have shadow, seems the light comes from the right, not from the top. I like the starship! That's not easy to have fuel on this star system. Go on, what's next?

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odie

8:59AM | Sat, 11 February 2006

I like the warm glow from the red giant. It is still crispy cold while refueling but there is a cheerful light in the distance. Love the reflections in the ice. :0)

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jocko500

8:33PM | Sun, 12 February 2006

real cool work

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EnumaElish

4:44PM | Fri, 17 February 2006

fine work man :-)

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JOEANOMALY

6:54PM | Thu, 23 February 2006

Fine uncluttered composition helps it look cold. Great job!

logiloglu

6:47PM | Mon, 27 February 2006

fascinating design. excellent done #:O)

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Hefrian_Rotter

3:45AM | Fri, 03 March 2006

The red M-class suns are cooler than say, our yellow G-clas stars. Definite Traveller roots in the GAzelle-CE. Do I mind? Nah. I applaud! A close up of this "gunned sloop" in the future sir, may I ask? Excellent job--the simplicity says it all.

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Digimon

1:05PM | Sat, 22 April 2006

I used to reff Traveller, so that comment makes me smile! Not sure if you did, but with your knowladge and imagination, it would have been fun to play with ya!!