Starships

Making Starship models

 

[Swiftbrook]

B DECK

Officer's double staterooms and lounge are set on B deck.

I noticed that you include Assault Modular Cutters. Many mercenary units are on a tight budget and may not be able to afford the assault cutter. Could you please do a drawing with a standard modular cutter?

 

[magmagmag]

I noticed that you include Assault Modular Cutters. Many mercenary units are on a tight budget and may not be able to afford the assault cutter. Could you please do a drawing with a standard modular cutter?

Thanks comment!

Gladius is a Broadsword-class mercenary cruiser, one of many carrying small mercenary contingents to deployments on many worlds.
Because the 880-ton Broadsword-class cannot carry many troops and its ship construction cost is very high, they have to be the best personnel armed with the finest equipment.

Such troops are expensive to hire and are best suited to the striker or assault role, though the ship and her complement are occasionally hired to transport persons or items in the utmost security.

 

[magmagmag]

A DECK

BRIDGE!

 

[magmagmag]

Detail of Engineering Deck

I will make some detail and walkthrough image.
This figure shows engineering H, I and J deck.

 

[magmagmag]

WALKTHROUGH IMAGE OF G LOWER CARGO DECK

Lower cargo deck generally is used as armory and marshalling areas for mercenary. May be a lot of drone troopers are loaded in this area and used to support each mercenary squad on the various battlefield.

 

[magmagmag]

WALKTHROUGH IMAGE OF D DECK

1st and 2nd squad double staterooms and lounge are set on the D deck.

 

[Spinward Flow]

Water recycling onboard appears to be some kind is waste heat distilling process.
I'm seeing beer on tap and bottles of Corona on those mess hall tables.

When the water is bad, make beer!

 

[Phillip]

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When the water is bad, make beer!

That is what they did in the good old days! Well, wine and mead!

 

[whartung]

That "beer on tap" IS the water. Engineering is looking in to it.

@magmagmag I love the finish on the tables.

 

[magmagmag]

WALKTHROUGH IMAGE OF B DECK

Officer's double staterooms and lounge are set on B deck.

 

[bookwyrm]

Is it me, or does the Officers Lounge look different from the Squad Lounge? I mean, really different!

 

[Phillip]

Is it me, or does the Officers Lounge look different from the Squad Lounge? I mean, really different!

From experience the wardroom on a navy ship is very different from messes that the other ranks have on board.

 

[whartung]

Is it me, or does the Officers Lounge look different from the Squad Lounge?

Absolutely. The apes in the Squad lounge will need places for straw for bedding.

 

[magmagmag]

I redesigned the ship to have the performance of the J3 and M3. Unlike the original design, the hull of the ship is SL.

 

[Spinward Flow]

I redesigned the ship to have the performance of the J3 and M3.

Your redesign is tech level (TL) 15.
In the broader context of mercenary operations, particularly those with "less than ideal logistical support" ... that may not be viable.

 

[mike wightman]

An artifact of the dreadful design decisions to make MT ship construction "viable".

 

[magmagmag]

Your redesign is tech level (TL) 15.
In the broader context of mercenary operations, particularly those with "less than ideal logistical support" ... that may not be viable.

Thanks comment.
I didn't change the TL.
The original one and all standard ships of MT are made by TL15.

 

[magmagmag]

WALKTHROUGH IMAGE OF A DECK

 

[Spinward Flow]

WALKTHROUGH IMAGE OF A DECK

That's a really nice looking bridge deck.
2 vertical shaft access points through manual hatches and drop down stairs.
6 workstations around the perimeter.
1 central workstation (presumably for the captain) in the center.

Given a choice, I would have preferred Grav Lifts running between decks, rather than vertical hatches and stairs ... but that's such a trivial point that I really can't complain about it with your 3D images.

I didn't change the TL.
The original one and all standard ships of MT are made by TL15.

Yeah, that's a MT era problem.
The Mercenary Cruiser detailed in LBB2.81, p20 is a TL=12 design due to having M/M/M drives for Jump, Maneuver and Power Plant.

 

[magmagmag]

This painting was drawn in reference to
William H. Keith, Jr.: BROADSWORD, JTAS, No.8, pp.29,1981
William H. Keith, Jr.: CT A07 BROADSWORD, pp.23,1982