Federation Standard Containers

Jason Abbadon · Post by **Jason Abbadon** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:49 pm

Tesral wrote:I happen to like the goofy cylinders.

Well, maybe the ship is a slender spine with tractor beam emitters along it to keep a dozen or containers in formation within it's warp field. Something that's little more than a bridge, spine and nacelles.
You could make a cool model with clear acrylic rods holding the containers in place!

Once at a destination, the ship releases the containers and the starbase or whatever takes remote control of the container's RCS to gently guide them to their destinations.

Ohhh- you could also make a bunch of bright yellow Runabout with tractor beams to act as "shepard's" (or tugboats, if you prefer).

Could be a hell of a display for you, Tersal!

Tesral · Post by **Tesral** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:31 pm

That I have no space for. Sadly the Behemoth will likely never be more than this.

The model would be huge. At 1/2500 we are talking 59.6 inches. Almost any material you can think of would be hideously expensive and heavy. Keeping the beast from drooping would be a major effort. I have devoted a lot of skull sweat to the problem.

Vahmp · Post by **Vahmp** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:12 pm

Not sure if someone asked to post them, but anyways... Here are some container designs I found on the net.
If ya want me to post the rest, just say so.

: container_antideuterium[1].jpg (93.62 KiB) Viewed 1194 times

: container_bulk_pro[1].jpg (90.72 KiB) Viewed 1194 times

Who knows.... Maybe someone can create wrap around decals from these.

Jason Abbadon · Post by **Jason Abbadon** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:39 pm

Gotta say, I like that people transport version- mainly because it has it's own impulse crystal (shield generator).
I like the notion that it might have it's own shield generator to contribute to the defense of the ship hauling it!

I'd like to see a version with a flat bottom- something made to be a colony in a box, which gets a controlled planetfall and becomes the center of town/shelter until those industrial Replicators get cranking.

Jason Abbadon · Post by **Jason Abbadon** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:08 am

Yes- but more like the ship's that went down in the DS9 episode where the planet had an artificial dampening field that inhibited technology.
They broke the ship's down completely and made sorta quonson hut buildings....

Something like that, only intentional. A landing ship that's made from prefab parts to be disassembled and reassembled as buildings for colonists, etc.
Maybe the ship is fed into industrial Replicators as raw materials- that makes sense.
That way, the Replicators spit out what's needed specifically for the environment and situation.

Being a TNG colonist inside the Federation would be pretty sweet.

Tesral · Post by **Tesral** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:24 pm

In my long running Star Trek game we have used many varieties of a lander pod. Usually one way as a super fast way of building a ground base. They will tend to have flat bottoms.

Corps of Engineers builds the foundation, pod lands, space hardware is dismounted for reuse, and Bob's your uncle. Anything from housing, that industrial replicator and workshops, or a ready to go vehicle pool. Three or four and you ave the core of a colony.

Vahmp · Post by **Vahmp** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:12 pm

Jason Abbadon wrote:Gotta say, I like that people transport version- mainly because it has it's own impulse crystal (shield generator).
I like the notion that it might have it's own shield generator to contribute to the defense of the ship hauling it!

I'd like to see a version with a flat bottom- something made to be a colony in a box, which gets a controlled planetfall and becomes the center of town/shelter until those industrial Replicators get cranking.

Well.... All the designs I found/have, not one has a flat bottom.

Here's the 2nd wave of what I have/found...
BTW: They are all TOS and TMP (and also Lost Era I guess)