The Insignia MSD is really kicking my ass, so I decided to finish up these puppies (well, I say finished, there are some glitches here and there that I’ll see to when I can be arsed!). This is my favorite ship class from the entire Trek universe, one that still oozes the sense of power, majesty and sophistication.
A brief history of the USS Saturn:
Originally the USS Northampton, the ship was built for use as a heavy cruiser during the Dominion war. At the time, only key parts of the ship were completed leaving the superstructure approximately 80% empty.
When the war ended, she was deemed to be intact enough to be repaired and fully fitted out. As the refit was to be almost a complete rebuild, the latest technologies were incorporated into the plans endowing the completed vessel with enhanced capabilities compared with the original Galaxy design specifications.
And yes, all the lifeboat hatches are sequentially numbered!
Someone who’s name escapes me (sorry if you’re reading this! Drop me a line!) did some 3D renders of a magnificently accurate Galaxy class mesh for me.
All I had to do was plonk the name and registry in the appropriate places and add a background, then soften up the render to give it a more realistic look.
Not bad for my first ever attempt, if I may say so myself.
While I am focusing on the Saturn:
Please note, not a single suffix in sight!
Captain Jack Sparrow?
Captain Rick Berman is´nt he a writer for TNG or was
In jokes
. Berman was a producer I believe. Later went on to be the head honcho for Trek.
When I looked at the numbers of the lifeboat hatches, i found 2 lifeboats with number 007. Then I checked the others as well and missed number 024 and 056 to 059.
There’s always one
I did mention there were some bits I wanted look at. Those being them. Although the 007 was intentional.
Excellent work!
Steve Neill
Coming from someone with your background, that means a lot. Thank you!
very nice i hope you’ll post an orthographic view of the 3D Mesh
I do not have the 3D mesh, nor do I have 3D software.
Hey man, great work, I’m a big fan. Did you create the images from scratch or did you trace some schematics?
I use pre-existing schematics, if available as a guide. But I do not trace anything, with the exception of the Intrpid class, for acuracies sake. I traced the outline and general internal arrangement, but drew it all by hand, nothing copied and pasted.
Well you’ve really done a fantastic job. Are you working on the ventral, fore and aft views too? At some point at least? Because I know I’m not the only one who’d love to see more.
Slowly working on the other views. This is what I have for the forward section thus far: (Right click and chose “View Image”)
Would you consider doing an AGT refit Galaxy Class MSD?
I detest that version of the Galaxy Class! After the Prometheus class, it is the ugliest thing I have ever laid eyes on.
But, I might do.
The structure for the blog is a little bit off in Epiphany. Even So I like your web site. I may need to use a
I post as I make em.
I’ve always had mixed feelings about the Galaxy class… there are many ways I’d like to tweak the design, but as the biggest and most capable canon Starfleet ship it’s something that I keep coming back to. And of course any class with a member that bares the name Enterprise can’t be all bad
What do you use to draw these plans? Illustrator?