Help me decide a ship design

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#1

I’ve been developing a universe for a sci-fi story for years now (literally since High School), and I thought I had all the human ship designs pretty much figured out.

That was, until I was doodling during a meeting and came up with a new design that I thought might work for the human Jupiter class carrier. Now I can’t decide between the old “Tri-Engine” design and the new “Arrowhead” design, so I thought I’d see what you guys think. I made basic models of them in Google Sketch-up, so I have two angles on each of them. The Arrowhead design doesn’t have the launch tubes drawn on it yet, but it should be enough to get the point across.

Tri-Engine

Arrowhead

#2

Uh…what’s it to be used for? If it’s like an industrial cargo ship Triengine. If it’s something that is actually meant to manuever, arrowhead

#3

Like I said, it’s a carrier, however it’s more like a modern carrier that relies on other ships for defense than something like a Battlestar which can demolish enemy ships even without its fighters.

#4

Arrowhead then. It reminds me of the Hammerheads from KOTOR and Legacy

#5

The tri-engine looks too much like a sandcrawler.:smiley:

I also prefer the arrowhead, military craft should always resemble ancient weapons…

#6

Well, here are some of my other Terran Alliance military ship designs to give you a basis of comparison.

Melbourne Class Cruiser

NOTE: This is the first thing I ever did in SketchUp, so it’s not as good as the later ones.

Broadsword Class Destroyer

Sullivan Class Modular Frigate

Unconfigured

Escort Carrier Configuration

#7

Very strong trek influences on much of the art. I think the arrowhead (with the ‘tall’ look) is more visually striking than the Flying Jawa.

#8

i do prefer the arrowhead. the idea of launching out of the wings seems much cooler.

#9

yea I like the Arrow head as well. it seems more military to me. The other seems more of a civilain heavy cargo/ Generation ship to me

#10

Arrowhead and the Frigates.

What are you doing these in?

#11

Google SketchUp. It’s a free 3D modeling tool. Honestly, I’m still not all that good with it, but I can manage the more angular ships.

And yeah, the Sullivan class design isn’t going anywhere. Probably my favorite of all the ship designs I’ve made (including those I haven’t been able to model)