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spartanlord1014 — Normandy Sr-3 WIP (Base layout)
Published: 2014-03-30 15:23:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 600; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 1
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First image of the SSV Normandy SR-3 Concept I'm making. I decided it should have a third pair of engines, which, much like the smaller engines on the SR-1 will move out and back in depending on the situation. This will also be bigger than the SR-2, and may be better equipped for combat situations later on.Related content
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That's a troublesome placement for the forward set of engines-- the way they appear to line up, if they were actually providing thrust the exhaust would blast the leading edge of the 'wings' like a blow-torch and melt them off o_O
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Yeah, this was a bit of an old and poor design. Might remake it in the summer after uni, but I've lost these original files, anyway... 
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Information from the official codex was used on the mass effect wiki; at masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Code… under "Starships: Thrusters" it describes...
"In combat, military vessels require accelerations beyond the capability of fusion torches. Warship thrusters inject antiprotons into a reaction chamber filled with hydrogen. The matter-antimatter annihilation provides unmatched motive power. The drawback is fuel production; antiprotons must be manufactured one particle at a time. Most antimatter production is done at massive solar arrays orbiting energetic stars, making them high-value targets in wartime.
The exhaust of fusion and antiproton drives is measured in millions of degrees Celsius. Any vessel caught behind them will melt like wax in a blowtorch."
Sooo, that's what I was recalling when I commented. Just wouldn't want to see the secondary engines cut the primary ones off with the wings
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What if I told you the ship split in two? Would that simmer the fires within your heart? 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
... unless enemy data-warfare systems could hack her OS remotely and fire them in the docked configuration. o_O
I'm not trying to bust your balls, honest 
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I was just BS-ing an excuse for the poor configuration, TBH, I will probably Blueprint it properly over the summer. I like to make things nowadays so they're more functional, that's why my later models are made by basing the entire thing around one component. This one was pretty poor and I just put it on DA to fill my gallery a little more!
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Just as a side note, I have added broadside cannons which look similar to the ones on the Quarian ships during the third game. It felt necessary
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Yeah, I couldn't get the SR-2 exactly as I wanted, so I gave up and requisitioned the engines for the SR-3. In other news, I have also completely redesigned the hull.
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