Ship designs and field testing; form meets function (eventually) :P

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    What started as a build of the USS Discovery from Star Trek: Discovery turned into something of a hybrid. It features the saucer section of the Discovery (and will be using the Discovery's nacelle design) with some design cues taken from the USS Shenzhou because the Discovery would have been too long on its own to fit in the space the game allows.

    Here's a look at a part of the build featuring rough-ins for the shuttle bay and nacelle support structure, and early layout of the nacelles (they're massive!"



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    I don't always do remakes of established ship designs, but when I do, I prefer stuff like this:



    You can have your very own Millennium Falcon with this blueprint:

    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1156916074

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    The Copperhead experimental HV is now available as a blueprint. This large, slow, heavy (and heavily armed) HV was designed as a test platform for a cosmetic hull treatment I call "Hullweave" which is made up of wall and slope blocks alternating in a pattern to form what resembles carbon fiber. Probably one of the largest hover vessels I'll ever build, the Copperhead is not entirely practical but still well worth a look.



    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1125537011

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    The Claymore Assault CV features the aggressive hull design of its SV counterpart with way more guns!



    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1111841125

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    By far my favorite SV design to date, the Broadsword is a big, beefy SV with aggressive lines, a thick hull and plenty of firepower. Blueprint with screenshots of stats and material list can be found here:

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=941480521

    Quick link to the video tour here:

     
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    Following several requests for some information on how to create more diverse builds, I've put together a ship with a block demo designed to demonstrate some ideas on block combinations and spark creativity. The blueprint for the ship can be found here:

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=812965009

     
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    Updated main post with USS Discovery work-in-progress video.
     
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