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First Defender

Bryce Science Fiction posted on Feb 01, 2009
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I've gone back to prettying up existing designs. First up is the Belter Defender, initially seen about a year ago in the foreground of Guard Outpost 12. My main modification goal was to make the giant radiator wings less prominent -- to cut down on the profile of the ship and to ease things like folding it into a maintenance bay. After a couple of false starts, I came up with the 'Tie Fighter' approach - to double the area, the panels angle away from the center line about 10 percent, so heat can radiate off both the outer and inner sides without re-cooking the ship. Then I changed the color scheme to the new "Belter Black and Blue". And then, of course, I felt the need to tweak, and I redid each section front to back. Throw in a couple of escorts and asteroids and a starfield and there you go. Another variant of the Defender (streamlined) is upcoming, when other priorities allow. Thanks for all your comments, views and favorites on my last series. --- The Damn Marvins think they own the whole system now. Sure, they swept through the Jovians and took Saturn, but now they're stretched too thin. Every time they try to send another ship through the Belt, we'll be waiting. We'll pick them off one by one. Yeah, the big convoys will get through, but for every concentration of force, they'll just leave that much more exposed. They're used to worlds with air and water and life. Out here, it's rock and ice and cold hard vacuum. We know how to survive in this. They cower in fortified bases, cut off from light and food. It's just a matter of time. They own the planets. We own the space between. Let them choke on their dust. Commander Lucinda Furney, ABG Draco DA08, 9 August 2520

Comments (9)


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CrownPrince

11:47PM | Sun, 01 February 2009

This is amazing...

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DPW

12:02AM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Good stuff, as always. Like the narrative.

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kjer_99

12:48AM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Great improvement. Like this one much better.

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Biffowitz

6:05AM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Nice modeling work and a interesting update.

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NefariousDrO

6:50AM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Very good work, incredible level of detail, nice concept, and you really think your designs through!

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grafikeer

8:50AM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Like the updating of the model and storyline...excellent detail work as always!

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Seaview123

8:54PM | Mon, 02 February 2009

Another great looking spacecraft! Fantastic work, as we've come to expect.

M2A

10:18AM | Fri, 06 February 2009

Looks cool and compelling.

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e-brink

10:41PM | Tue, 17 March 2009

Nice atmosphere in this one.


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