I love these ships. The Oddball ships of the TOS era really have an appeal to them. It's why I modeled the Modified Saladin Class with the sensor dish relocated to the neck and the shuttlebay integrated into the B/C deck. I eventually want to make a Hermes variant with the overslung AWACS style sensor pod and Saratoga style sensor turrets.
I like it. Simple clean lines, looks like it would be a workhorse of the fleet. Patrolling the sector, and holding the line until the Constitution class ships arrived! 👍
Really well done. I still prefer the Saladin-class DD, but you’ve done some mighty fine work. I’m another of the FASA Ship Design Manual fans and can only say “fight me” to anyone who claims Paramount/CBS have done even half as competent a job designing ships for modern Star Trek shows and movies.
I like it. The first 3 side view in the STRPG Federation sourcebook was limited what was seen because of the configuration of the nacelle supports. The original lead model made some strange choices like keeping the impulse engines at the back of the saucer and having a cutout behind them in the extension.
I always have an issue with whether or not warp nacelles have to be in pairs. Roddenberry said they must be in pairs. Even if you can create a stable warp field with only one, it still places you at a disadvantage since you don't have a backup if it is damaged or destroyed. Edit: Not taking anything away from this model or design. I still remember when I first got the FASA Federation Ship Recognition Manual, and the multitude of designs blew my mind.
Roddenberry said a lot of things. Single nacelle ships and the 3 nacelle Federation class appear on monitor screens in STTMP and later films. In the post-Roddenberry era we have seen single, three, and four nacelled ships.
The technical manual mentions that two nacelles are seen as the optimal configuration. There's a concept painting by Andrew Robert for Star Trek: The Motion Picture that shows the Enterprise nacelles through a window and there's an energy transfer between them. I always thought that was necessary to produce a warp field.
@@raincoast_bear"post Roddenberry era". Actually, the first time I ever saw a single nacelle ship in a Trek series or movie was in the 2009 reboot. I just chalked it up to Abrams not being a Trek fan. I can't find a screenshot of one in ST:TMP. I've seen the film multiple times and never noticed one and I'm someone who looks at screens for details. Four nacelles make sense since you can alternate between the pairs. A third might be augmenting the primary pair. But one just doesn't work for me.
The single nacelle design is not my favorite, but this ship is very well done. There are many interesting details. I particularly like the interlocking deflector sections and the nacelle design with the round disk/grille-like bulges on the sides. Are there four lights on the back of the ship, what function do they have?
Larson Class is great....its more durable than the Saladin as it takes a whole lot more to sever its warp nacelle and it has a large amount of space with its Miranda Style Single hull stretched Saucer
I love these ships. The Oddball ships of the TOS era really have an appeal to them. It's why I modeled the Modified Saladin Class with the sensor dish relocated to the neck and the shuttlebay integrated into the B/C deck. I eventually want to make a Hermes variant with the overslung AWACS style sensor pod and Saratoga style sensor turrets.
Love to see the FASA designs, keep em coming!
Nice! I love the FASA ships, this and the Loknar are my favorites.
Love this! Any chance of seeing the Remora- or Chandley-classes, next? Those were my two favorite FASA designs.
one of my favorite FASA designs
Gorgeous!
I like it. Simple clean lines, looks like it would be a workhorse of the fleet. Patrolling the sector, and holding the line until the Constitution class ships arrived! 👍
I made a default cube in Blender
Nice Job!
We all start as a default cube :)
The next logical step would then be a Borg Cube. ;-) Resistance is futile.
@@STNuevo lol, good one
I really don't know much about Star trek but i like seeing these ships that aren't what I've seen on tv!
Really well done. I still prefer the Saladin-class DD, but you’ve done some mighty fine work.
I’m another of the FASA Ship Design Manual fans and can only say “fight me” to anyone who claims Paramount/CBS have done even half as competent a job designing ships for modern Star Trek shows and movies.
Great work!
I like it. The first 3 side view in the STRPG Federation sourcebook was limited what was seen because of the configuration of the nacelle supports. The original lead model made some strange choices like keeping the impulse engines at the back of the saucer and having a cutout behind them in the extension.
I have never been a fan of singular warp nacelle ships but this one is the exception, it seems right somehow.
I always have an issue with whether or not warp nacelles have to be in pairs. Roddenberry said they must be in pairs. Even if you can create a stable warp field with only one, it still places you at a disadvantage since you don't have a backup if it is damaged or destroyed.
Edit: Not taking anything away from this model or design. I still remember when I first got the FASA Federation Ship Recognition Manual, and the multitude of designs blew my mind.
Roddenberry said a lot of things. Single nacelle ships and the 3 nacelle Federation class appear on monitor screens in STTMP and later films. In the post-Roddenberry era we have seen single, three, and four nacelled ships.
The technical manual mentions that two nacelles are seen as the optimal configuration.
There's a concept painting by Andrew Robert for Star Trek: The Motion Picture that shows the Enterprise nacelles through a window and there's an energy transfer between them. I always thought that was necessary to produce a warp field.
@@raincoast_bear"post Roddenberry era".
Actually, the first time I ever saw a single nacelle ship in a Trek series or movie was in the 2009 reboot. I just chalked it up to Abrams not being a Trek fan. I can't find a screenshot of one in ST:TMP. I've seen the film multiple times and never noticed one and I'm someone who looks at screens for details.
Four nacelles make sense since you can alternate between the pairs. A third might be augmenting the primary pair. But one just doesn't work for me.
Cool!
The single nacelle design is not my favorite, but this ship is very well done. There are many interesting details. I particularly like the interlocking deflector sections and the nacelle design with the round disk/grille-like bulges on the sides. Are there four lights on the back of the ship, what function do they have?
Very nice but it's more of a frigate than a heavy destroyer with that light weapons load?
In the Fasa Star Trek universe, the frigates were typically better armed than their destroyer counterparts.
sick af
Great animation l! Why have a destroyer without redundant engine? Probably not seeing the BIG picture with this design?🤦🏼♂️
The last time you'll use the models? Whaaaa something that cool looking shouldn't end up fading into obscurity.
Ha, well maybe in that case - new things to come for 2025
@@chrislea1000 That like 100% of things on this channel is Most Excellent!
Loknar, loknar, loknar!!! And Remora!
Will you be doing other races from the FASA universe? Like Hydra, Andromeda’s, Kizintis, etc.?
That's a nice looking ship. Was it inspired by the FASA designs?
Cool Shit
Tiny question: Why is it considered a "Heavy Destroyer"? Is it the weapons? The armor? Or just the size?
Sounds extremely under guned for a heavy destroyer.
Larson Class is great....its more durable than the Saladin as it takes a whole lot more to sever its warp nacelle and it has a large amount of space with its Miranda Style Single hull stretched Saucer