Bridge Commander Universe

**Raven Night** · **Posted**: 01-22-2006 08:40 AM

Here is the preliminary work on the Kondal. I moved away from the original curved-forward orientation to something flatter, in order to make it more "cardassian". I think the result works...from all angles except the side angle it looks cardassian.

This ship was designed to fill a role similar to the Defiant, and operates in a similar manner. It is larger than the fed ship, has lower armor, weaponry and menuverability, but is better with shielding and range. Almost all Cardassian ships are designed for deep space operations, and this ship is no exception.

I'm not sure about the size yet, or the specific armament, im still working on it. Right now I wanted to get the basic shape out, and make adjustments. Here is my work sofar.

**starforce2** · **Posted**: 01-22-2006 12:48 PM

swell. When ya going to have cardies for me to mod?

**Nebula** · **Posted**: 01-22-2006 03:42 PM

SWEET

Phaser · **Posted**: 01-22-2006 06:07 PM

^^What he said. Wink

Micheal_Yar · **Posted**: 01-23-2006 08:58 AM

^ gonna jump in the boat here. altough it is a little "flat"

tiqhud · **Posted**: 01-23-2006 01:28 PM

looks Good to me ,,,after all guys its a smaller vessel....

**gamesfunk** · **Posted**: 01-23-2006 04:35 PM

Very nice. One of your best designs, I say!

G.

**Nebula** · **Posted**: 01-23-2006 08:51 PM

It is one of his better. But I think they all rock!

**Raven Night** · **Posted**: 01-24-2006 03:10 PM

I appreciate the input....any comments on what you guys think the size should be? Remember, a little larger then the Defiant, but definitely around that class.

Phaser · **Posted**: 01-25-2006 01:54 AM

Well, the Defiant is 120 meters in length (read this for a good discussion which comes to that concensus), so I guess a little bigger than that would be about right.

Looking at the model, I'd say nine decks looks good (the Defiant was five decks, after all, so this seems reasonable):

Cochrane · **Posted**: 01-25-2006 02:25 PM

The design is great but the ship looks like it was bigger. I mean: the Defiant is much more compact and gives me the impression of being faster and more agile, here you have a lot of "wasted" space between nacelles and hull.
Just my thought, great work btw. Thumbs Up

blaXXer · **Posted**: 01-25-2006 03:50 PM

Tho I wasn' fond of your initial modelling skills, I'm happy to stand corrected now.
Mr. Raven Night, this model looks amazing! what's the polycount on it, btw?

Major A Payne · Cadet 3rd Class Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

Looks very good and quite frankly looking over canon designs I think you'll find that cardy ships have some pretty flat sections. Aside from that this design fits pretty well although the only put of for me is the front looks a bit to wide for my liking. Still it'll be good to see some of these ships in game at some point.

Cpt Hooker · **Posted**: 01-27-2006 04:10 PM

I like it, I agree it looks a little too flat, but I say it fits in well Smile

**Raven Night** · **Posted**: 01-27-2006 04:41 PM

You guys might be right about the flatness....I dont want to build up the top, but I can build the bottom. It needs more on the bottom anyway...trying to stay within 2500 polys.

Thanks for the compliments on my modeling improvements....I still have a long way to go

2303 polys at present.

The wasted space is actually on purpose...Cardassians are not known for efficiency in design, at least how I see the designs. The ship has lots of storage area for fuel and supplies, as all Cardassian ships are designed for deep space operations (or almost all I should say, again, my contention).

KMP · **Posted**: 01-31-2006 03:06 PM

IMHO
I think it needs a bridge. Nothing big, just a little structure
on the "spine" towards the bow. Same spot as in the galor
class.

Looks good tho. What's the HP going to be like?

**Raven Night** · **Posted**: 01-31-2006 09:46 PM

Well, this is the bridge.......I know, its small and non-wedge shaped like other Cardassian ships, but I figured that since this is a fast attack cruiser (like the Defiant) it should have a more compact flush bridge assembly.

Shinzon · **Posted**: 01-31-2006 09:59 PM

cool. nice work

KMP · **Posted**: 02-02-2006 03:22 PM

bbbb · 2nd Lieutenant Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

When have we seen a ship like this?

Treleth · **Posted**: 03-17-2006 09:25 PM

Looks good, really "sharp"

Atlantis · **Posted**: 03-17-2006 11:59 PM

Hehe, looks like a No-Frills Saber class. Get rid of all the silly hull volume and warp nacelles, and bam! There you go. Razz

Only joking. This one's good, as always.

Treleth · **Posted**: 03-18-2006 12:59 AM

kinda does.

**Nebula** · **Posted**: 03-18-2006 08:12 PM

lol it does

UPD Equinox · **Posted**: 03-21-2006 07:49 AM

Very very snazy! And your modelling talent certainly has improved dramatically! Nice work there.

Just one quibble... Would the bridge on a figher class ship be right at the front? Remember Worf wanted to ram the defiant into the borg cube... now albeit Worf would have liked to die honourably some others might want a fighting chance to come out of it alive. So wouldnt the bridge on that kind of ship be a bit further back?

**Raven Night** · **Posted**: 03-21-2006 11:23 AM

Well, all cardies have the bridge facing hyper-forward, so I felt I should do the same here.