Sovereign's Mostly Non-Avatar Stuff.
 

I'm doing some random CAD just for fun. I figure I'd post it here since if I don't finish it I won't be judged (unlike Scifi-Meshes where I have about 5 unfinished projects).

Thus, the Dark Heart of the Republic.

About the name: This ship would carry all of the illegal, immoral and unethical (but potentially useful in wartime) technology that the Republic (Star Wars like) wouldn't want to use except in the most dire circumstances.

Ignore stuff sticking through the hull (will be fixed later) or floating around (stock items).

http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...%20Move%21.jpg

Engines blazing!
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/All%20Guns.jpg
Every type of gun (Long-Range, Heavy, Ion, Anti-Fighter). I know some of the Anti-Fighter guns turned black, I'm not sure why.
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...0of%20Guns.jpghttp://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...0of%20Guns.jpg
There will be many more guns (and detail) if this gets finished.
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...of%20Guns..jpg

You should play EVE
I know I will be soon :D

how is that "Mostly Non-Avatar Stuff"?

it's completely non-AVATAR. :P

still cool though.

I say mostly because I was originally going to kitbash a MakeHuman human into a Na'vi but the software isn't up to it yet.

Thats awesome!!

That is pretty awesome good work!

More...

I actually hit the 3GB 32-bit application limit trying to render this thing.
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...ore%20spam.jpg

Impressive :)

indeed... looks great!

Absolute GIANT render (8000px wide)
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/mega01.jpg

I have no idea (but I know it's longer than my school-work would like). It's so big that it takes ~5 seconds just to select things with all the layers showing. That giant render took 2:30 on a Q6600 @ 3.2GHz backed with 8GB RAM. 32-bit app FTL.

http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/mega02.jpg
Came really close to the 4GB limit trying to do this render (3200MB used).

http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/more guns.jpg
Turned on the engines (3ds max import).
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/topside.jpg
No, I'm not done putting guns on it.

Wow this is fabulous! Great job!

Ship got completely re-armed due to import issues. These issues led to me importing a single instance of each gun type into 3ds max and re-doing the vessel's loadout...

The "green" guns are one heavy turret with four quad turrets (162). The "yellow" guns are point-defense/anti-fighter with four groups of three quad guns (234 so far). The "burgundy" or "red" guns are four quad turrets with three single-barrel ion cannon turrets (172 so far).

For those keeping count at home, that's 162 heavy turrets, 1336 quad turrets, 516 ion turrets and 2808 point-defense guns. There are also 15 superheavy turrets along the centerline. From a "Star Wars" perspective, these are essentially planetary turbolasers mounted on a ship. A single planetary turbolaser (which has only one barrel) can take out an Imperial Star Destroyer in one volley--this thing has 30 barrels' worth.

There will be more burgundy and yellow batteries. Maybe more green. May the Force be with anyone trying to attack this thing, it's your only hope. Of course, anyone attacking a 36km long mountain of metal and guns probably is insane in the membrane to begin with...

http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...ly%20Armed.jpg
I wonder if I can fit more guns on the top?
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...d%20Bottom.jpg
No underbelly sneak attacks allowed.

http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...eady Front.jpg
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sovereign/Ready Back.jpg
http://www.alliancemodding.com/sover...ady Bottom.jpg

The Executor which is half this ship's length somehow has more guns. Unacceptable...maybe my gun batteries are too big?

Well at least you'll be able to spot it easy if your the enemy, but good luck on getting close enough for an attack... haha looks great! keep up the good job!

Is it powered like the ISV Venture?

mO.Om

Hypermatter Annihilation Reactors (scientific feasibility: none, "Star Wars Factor": 100%). There's one at the very back, one big reactor in the "middle" and a smaller one in front. Starships like this consume immense amounts of power ("several main sequence stars" for a Death Star, says Wookiepedia) so "fusion" isn't going to cut it.

This ship is intended to rival the Death Stars in sheer power output, having enough shield energy to withstand a concentrated bombardment from several super-heavy capital ships (such as Executor-class Star Dreadnaughts). Such an arrangement is indeed possible, the Rebel Echo Base shield powered by a Mandator Star Dreadnaught reactor could resist the entire fleet that had arrived to assault it ("Strong enough to deflect any bombardment" from a fleet of an Executor plus its supporting Star Destroyers, probably 12 or more). This ship's reactors are many times more powerful than a Mandator (the rear one being entirely devoted to the weapons array, in particular the super laser).

Yes, I'm a nerd...

Note: Could snap ISV Venture Star in half by looking at it ;) Could send RDA packing. Or turn Pandora into a ghost world of charred rock and phantoms.

the venture star wasn't meant to be a battleship...
and it is scientifically possible.