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Published: 2016-03-09 05:19:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 76279; Favourites: 288; Downloads: 0
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Some might say that this is a good thing, but we've never seen a carrier class starship in Star Trek. The 'Invasion' game that came out in the late 90's on the Playstation console had a tiny carrier called the 'USS Typhon' commanded by Worf. The USS Valkyrie (or 'The Brick' as she's affectionately called) is my slight re-design of that carrier, but significantly scaled up to approx 2400m long and given an extra set of warp nacelles. The reason for the upscale is that I wanted her to be able to carry 2x Defiant class ships as escorts, which would be able to dock in her rear hangar bays. Here she is compared to some other ships in Star Trek.
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I know this is an older work, but part of the problem visually when comparing this thing to ships like the Galaxy class and the like is that it doesn't *look* like it should be bigger by such a large degree.Β Here's one of the main reasons why: the windows.Β When comparing the windows of your carrier to the other ships it just looks like its not supposed to be bigger.Β Now, I suppose it could be claimed that the windows are the size of small medium sized buildings, but that just kinda stretches suspension of disbelief far too much.Β I mean, who would want a window that big on anything, much less a giant vessel traveling through the void of space?Β Plus, the visual part of the brain just doesn't want to accept such an answer.Β If you ever make more images of this ship, that's something I recommend changing.Β Make the windows barely the size of a pixel, and only when zoomed to full size.
Now, I've got to ask, why?Β Why make a Starfleet ship this big?Β What's the purpose of this vessel?
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All you'd need is two extendable docking pods and it'd look like a Battlestar
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is that suppose to be in the size of warhammer 40k or something?
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I don't know much about Warhammer 40k but she's about 2.4km long.Β
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Just to add this!
The Smallest Voidships in the Imperial Navy are over 1 kmΒ long.Β
and most of the Standard Ships of the Fleet are aroung 5Β kmΒ long.Β
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Lets just say Warhammer 40k size ships are bigger than star wars.
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And their troops are superior to Stormtoopers and Clones. The NORMAL troops, not the SMs.
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that maybe overstating it a little.
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Yeah, this is what Star Trek is all about...
Perfectly catched what fans want nowadays.
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What a magnificent addition to Starfleet! The bridge design is impeccably canonical while also exceptionally original! I adore the comic book panel image! Well done all around! By the way, exactly how many craft does this thing carry, anyway?
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ThatΒ΄s what i call a BUFF
Big
Ugly
Fat
Fucker/Fellow
I want to see the face of the Borg, when this Thing is switching to fortress Mode and a Cloud of Fighters head for the Cube
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This genuinely seems rather ludicrous for Star Trek and specifically the Federation.
I can understand scaling the thing up, but this looks more like a space station than a starship.
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Why is it ludicrous??
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The sheer size of it.
It's the size of some space stations and seems more of a size that we see in Star Wars.
The idea behind it is rather cool though.
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Well, the 2009 Enterprise is bigger than the Constitution class at 725 meters, and the Vengeance is over 1400 metersl long.
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fair point, but this ship isn't meant to be in that Trek-verse unless I missed a disclaimer.
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Well, we hadn't seen ALL Starfleet vessels...
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Again fair point but from the ones we have seen this one is disproportionately gigantic.
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Maybe it's a carrier?
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A carrier for other starships maybe at that size.
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This fucker is so massive she probably can't exceed warp-6 π₯
If the goal was to make a mobile starbase, you succeeded π°
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5 thousand at any given time with facilities on board to manufacture more.
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so infinite amount right Β
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Well, limited by raw materials but pretty much, yes.
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If you see here, you'll see that each defence turret is equipped with torpedo tubes. calamitysi.deviantart.com/art/β¦
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pit this thing against imperial star destroyer XD
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I think this is awesome.Β How many Defiant class would it hold? 2 or 20+?
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Cool, though I'd have to wonder how many resources would be required to maintain even two of these monsters
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Uh....a lot.Β lol
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xD well, I guess the hardest resource for the Federation to generate is Antimatter for the M/ARA, I hope The Valkyrie's have REALLY good mileage! (Or they have a Quantum Slipstream Drive, like the Vesta-Class ships)
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To me it looks very much like a Starbase wherever Starfleet command needs one in a hurry, which could be extremely useful not just for military purposes, it could be well suited to deploying aid and evacuating civilians in massive numbersΒ
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Exactly!Β I love it when people get my designs.
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Ho boy! Β While I agree with The Centipede that a forward mobile base like 'The Brick' (Love the nickname!) would be considered aggressive by other star-nations, in the politically unstable times of STO (And my own web-comic...) the Valkyrie would be held in reserve, until matters had come to the point when the Federation -must- "show it's fist". Β The Valkyrie would require a considerable escort screen, may I recommend theΒ "Tiburon-Class"? Β www.deviantart.com/art/The-Shaβ¦
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Thanks, I saw that Tiburon-Class on Facebook. Kinda reminds me of the Planet Express from Futurama?
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Well, maybe. Β 
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