"U.S.S. Aranstar" for Sharia by Raymar3d

3D Studio Max • Science Fiction • posted on Dec 25, 2008

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Named for Solani. :) Nelson Class Fast Scout, capable of Warp 10 (TOS era warp 10 was slower than TNG Warp 10). Ship has two phasers, and improved deflectors, but it's best course of action is to avoid a fight, as it is not a warship. Ship number falls between Saladin and Hermes class ships from the Starfleet Technical Manual, copyright 1975 by Franz Joseph, used with permission. This ship is not from that book, but I consider it a variant, even though it was originally published (Nelson Class) by FASA for their RPG. I added the deflectors, the registry and the crossbar holding the deflector units, to the Nelson configuration. Ken P.S. Merry Christmas to all! Happy Holidays!

Comments (6)

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Biffowitz

6:44AM | Thu, 25 December 2008

Cool variation and space scene, I like it. Merry Christmas to you too.

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kelvinhughes

7:37AM | Thu, 25 December 2008

very nice Merry Christmas

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ShariaAsen

10:08AM | Thu, 25 December 2008

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!!!!

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potrimpo

11:33AM | Thu, 25 December 2008

More specifically, warp factor 10 in the Enterprise and TOS era was 1000 times the speed of light. Just slightly slower than warp 8 in the TNG era which is 1024 times faster than light.

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pakled

8:37PM | Thu, 25 December 2008

What The Federation?!!...;) This is truly a first. Excellent modeling. Old (TOS) WF is x^3

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Raymar3d

7:45AM | Fri, 26 December 2008

Yep. TOS warp factors were power of three, TNG warp factors were power of five. That, of course, according to Rick Sternbach's ST:TNG Technical Manual. I was fortunate enough to meet him at a party at his house as I was invited, along with Richard Hatch and some other friends of mine who worked on Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming. Rick is a very cool guy, and while I was there at his house, I got to see a LOT of fantastic original artwork. Much of his art graced the covers of Galaxy Magazine over thirty years ago. I had a lot of the books in my collection, and only at that party did I realize he had done the artwork. It was truly a pleasure to meet him, and talk Trek-tech. :) Ken