Best Fan-Ships

[Tyyr]

Ok, we've seen some truly awful abominations in the "Worst," thread. So lets see some good ones.

The Apollo, an Ambassador based version of the Nebula.

[Reliant121]

I quite like that in fact.

[Teaos]

Its ok but why does the pob on top look like a giant turbine?

[Mikey]

It's a cross between an Ambassador, a Nebula, and a Harrier.

[Graham Kennedy]

It's nice, and beautifully drawn, but I'd like it better if the nacelles attached low on the hull instead of up high like that. I'd also prefer if the struts were rounded instead of right angled like that.

[Tyyr]

A very nice runabout.

[Mikey]

I like that. The specs may be a bit wanky, but the design is a nice combination of the runabout with the interceptor/scout from INS.

[Tyyr]

I agree, I dunno how you get something that size to warp eight but I like the overall design.

[Reliant121]

It is quite aerodynamic...although that does little for space flight. I suppose the warp bubble could be pretty small and hugging of the hull. Depending on how powerful the warp reactor is, it might be capable of getting pretty high warp. Although I think warp 8 is rather high. I would say warp 7 at the highest.

[Bryan Moore]

While it looks slightly awkward, the Apollo was always a cool idea for a design. I could see it being built as almost a frankenstein test-bed, people liking the idea, and then the Nebula coming along!

[Captain Seafort]

The phasers are a bit high (I'd have said type-V, maybe VI tops), but given that Voyager's shuttles could make warp nine the speed isn't much of a problem. Of course, calling it less wanked than Voyager's shuttles isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

[Mikey]

I don't even mind the armament, as the phasers are said to be banks rather than arrays. 8 might be a lot for a ship that size, but it's not too bad. The speed is really what seems to be too much for that ship.

[Graham Kennedy]

Type VIIs seems awful large for a Runabout. Voyager was said to have Type VIIIs!

Drop the phasers to Type IV, V at the most, and it would be better.

The high warp don't bother me too much.

[Tyyr]

Here's the DA page of the guy who made the Gryphon: http://galen82.deviantart.com/
The thread at Sci-Fi meshes: http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/2d-w ... about.html

[Lazar]

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