Best Fan-Ships

[Tsukiyumi]

Wow... he made a Sovereign in the style of the JJprise.

That's pretty awesome.

[SomosFuga]

Funny thing that the apollo is in the "Worst" thread too.

[Monroe]

Anything Dark Omen did.
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I wish he'd return to the forums for some more art. Guy was cool too.

[Atekimogus]

To be honest, I do not like this runabout. When it cames to spaceships I am rather objected to this whole streamlined look. (on the other hand I also like cars which are fast as hell and do not look like it )

I just think it is honestly not needed. Most of the time this ships fly in a medium where aerodynamic is not an issue and for planetary flight operation I always imagined the just pop a weak shield and that is that.

Also - altough we never saw it actually - one of the most beutiful things about the runabout is the modular design which seems not to be present in this design.

The runabout looks like a sensible, well thought out flexible design whereas this one looks like a tom paris wet dream .

[Reliant121]

a tom paris wet dream .

Yeah...thanks for that

[Tyyr]

To be honest, I do not like this runabout. When it cames to spaceships I am rather objected to this whole streamlined look. (on the other hand I also like cars which are fast as hell and do not look like it )

Except that a streamlined look in small craft is a definite trend in more "modern" designs.

http://www.ditl.org/gptz/GTy11Atmos1.jpg
http://www.ditl.org/gptz/GTy9Shuttle1.jpg
http://www.ditl.org/gpns/GSovyacht2.jpg

The Type 9, Type 11, and Sov Yacht are all very streamlined craft. You could even make the case that the Sovergein herself is more streamlined as was Voyager to a degree. Like it or not "streamlined," is definitely an acceptable design look in Trek. As for popping a shield for atmospheric work, why? If you can just streamline the shape a bit and make it work without a shield why waste the energy on a shield?

Funny thing that the apollo is in the "Worst" thread too.

I had a significant difference of opinion in the Apollo's case.

Wow... he made a Sovereign in the style of the JJprise.

That's actually his "Perception" class that got JJ-ized.

And to keep the good ships rolling, seriously, someone else must have some fan ships they actually like, the NX-01 the way it should have been.

[Teaos]

Its okay I guess, but damn its a bit thin at the back end. Looks to be less than 3 meters.

[Sionnach Glic]

That thing is hideous.

[Tyyr]

The TOS-ized NX-01?

[Teaos]

Hmm it has polarized armour and force fields...

[Tyyr]

Yeah, but then again I'm 95% about the visual look of the ships more so than the stats their maker's give them.

[Monroe]

The TOS-ized NX-01?

Yeah I agree,it looks horrible. no offense

[Tyyr]

None taken, though I have to admit to being a bit surprised given that to me it looks much more appropriate as a pre-TOS ship than the upside down Akira we got.

[SomosFuga]

None taken, though I have to admit to being a bit surprised given that to me it looks much more appropriate as a pre-TOS ship than the upside down Akira we got.

True, this one is way better than Ent NX01 but still has very similar design ethic.

[Mikey]

IDK, it looks like the same design philosophy as the ENT NX, just with TOS-era parts. I'd rather have seen a primitive, vaguely cylindrical NX.