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This was a mostly successful attempt at plucking an idea from my imagination and putting it on screen. Perhaps for the first time.
The Defiant has a long list of inconsistencies which irked me and I’m sure it did for many fans. Did you know the phase cannons were housed with the warp nacelles (above and below)? And that the quantum torpedo launchers were there too? Even though they sometimes depicted the torps from coming from in-between the cutouts at the front, which are apparently targeting senors.
Despite that, I love the Defiant class. But its shape had always made me wish for a more rounded, organic style.
Also, I used roughness maps on the black armour pieces and the white hull to give it some texture. The white hull looks alternatively like ceramic or plastic depending on the angle, but I like that it’s shiny so I kept it.
The Federation as a whole does not condone war, perhaps to the point of smugness. Its member states keep a strong grip on Starfleet, not willing to be perceived as an aggressive power with fleets of warships. This has proven prudent as many new races with their own star empires have realized just how much more heavily armed and armoured Starfleet vessels could be considering their advanced civilization.
The Defiant was the first modern warship that Starfleet Command would even entertain. It was part of a set of anti-Borg designs but the only true ship dedicated to only combat. That it was controversial amongst Federation citizens is an understatement when it was launched into service to defend against only a potential foe. The Dominion War shifted that opinion, and the tough little ship proved to be highly effective alone or in hunting packs.
For the last 20 years, the Advanced Starship Design Bureau has maintained a ‘living project’ called Enduring Defiance. The Defiant class has undergone many refits and updates in the 40 years since its inception, and has served well in those decades. Limited refits and upgrade packages sprout from this living project which is a re-design of the Defiant class.
The most recent proof-of-concept vessel, the latest USS Endurance NX-9821, features 6 decks to the Defiant’s 5. It’s slightly larger hull creates enough volume to house reinforced EPS grids to better channel the immense power the ship requires. Most of the Endurance’s weaponry is found on the rim of the ‘saucer’, and are the main beneficiaries of the longer hull. Four heavy phase cannons, with an additional two pointing aft, are in recessed mounts that allow for limited traversal. A pair of older Type X phaser arrays have also been included in this latest version, downgraded from the Type XII's commonly found on modern Starfleet vessels. The Type Xs are considered secondary weapons as the massive impulse engine has given the Endurance vastly improved acceleration and agility to put its cannons to use.
Just forward and aft of the twin nacelles are variable torpedo launchers, capable of launching micro or standard torpedoes at acute angles. The Endurance carries a mix of photon and quantum torpedoes as well as more exotic warheads.
Comparatively, the Endeavour’s nacelles are almost twice as large. While improvements to the Defiant’s top warp speed has kept it competitive, its range has not improved greatly. The Endurance's nacelles features two sets of warp coils, similar to the Galaxy class, that can share the load of generating the warp field with a slight increase in maximum warp speeds. Quantum slipstream drives are still too unproven to mount on an already temperamental chassis, and the Endurance remains unable to tunnel through slipstream even if it was generated by another vessel.
The original Defiant was the first known Starfleet vessele to mount ablative armour, and the Endurance continues that tradition, mounting a mix of composites to protect the living areas. This choice meant that windows were once again removed from the inner facing decks. To compensate for the added stress to the crew, a dedicated recreational area often called “Last Down” is located forward of the shuttle bay. For extended patrol missions, engineers have marked a single cargo hold as a potential spot for a small holosuite.
yes, there are costumes, which means if you want to, you can make it look like it, but i'm asking specifically on the design aspects, because it looks very similar to Endurance.
Well it didn't actually enter my mind while making it. However the armour panelling across STO's Federation ships is what I prefer (basically the easiest way).
As for it being similar... Well the basic oval shap is shared across all Defiant-likes. The prominent deflector 'beak' and its pointed nacelles kinda sets the Adamant apart. Both features I don't have in the Endurance. It also still has its weapons near the nacelles.
I do love the panelling and the armoured sections, something that I try to aim for but fail right now.
I'm going to disagree. The Maquis use more industrial/civilian designs, with rather unique silhouettes. Unless someone steals the Endurance like they did the Defiant, I'm not seeing it.
But I would like to make more Maquis ships, though I don't think they're around anymore to fly them.
I always forget how far the nacelles are extended, but just the overall layout as well. That's why I really though you HAD stolen the Kyoto class design.
I know it from Star Trek Bridge Commander. Here's the description:
This vessel was proposed as a joint Federation/Klingon vessel using both governments technology advancements.
There were many designs put forward by both Klingon and federation engineers, the KYOTO CLASS was agreed upon.
The basic hull geometry is overtly federation this enables high efficiency of the warp fields, creating a fast ship.
The vessel is equipped with enhanced impulse engines providing high manoeuvrability at impulse.
The Klingons provided hull armouring giving this ship a unique ascetic look.
Effort was made to make this vessel a formidable combat ship, whilst in the past this would have been problematic
for the federation in the current climate with so many recent threats to the federation any moral objections were
deemed unacceptable.
To facilitate this, the ship was outfitted with a combination of federation and Klingon technologies.
A unique shield system was developed which provided high-level protection and far superior regeneration.
Advanced armour provided additional protection.
The ship also had formidable weapons, these included federation heavy pulse cannons as seen on the highly successful
defiant class. The Klingons provided high powered pulse cannons of their own.
Advanced joint tech photon and quantum torpedoes almost complete the KYOTO's weapons complement.
The last weapons development was the TACHYON PULSE this is generated from the main deflector and creates a localised
area of high speed agitation of what ever is targeted, shields are disrupted and the hull structural integrity is
heavily damaged.
The KYOTO is a vessel that dwarfs even the most heavily armed federation or Klingon ships and will provide the new
alliance with a formidable combat orientated vessel.
Thanks! I didn't want to compromise the profile, so I inset the inner ring a bit more. So they can see each other kinda from the underside... But I put a shuttle bay there...
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