Federation Star Tiger-Class Light Dreadnought

[Icy_Penguigo]

With the General War on the horizon, Star Fleet predicted that it would have a great need for fast raiding ships that could strike at supply lines and logistics operations deep in enemy territory. Thus, the Light Dreadnought class was created. It is a variant of the standard Federation-class, but a great deal of weight has been cut in the form of hull volume and equipment. The result is a heavy unit that is not quite as powerful as a standard Dreadnought, but far faster and more elusive.

As it turned out, the advent of fighters, gunboats, and X-technology made fast raiding nowhere near as effective as Star Fleet had hoped. But the Light Dreadnoughts(aka The Splendid Cats), were still excellent units, and were retained, with many of them serving out long careers of great distinction.

'Nother ADB model. What do you guys think?

 

[ThomastheCat]

Looks great! I'd be interested to see a side-by-side with the refit DN to see what's so "light" about it though.

 

[Wingsley]

I agree. It needs a more streamlined sceondary hull, like that of a Constitution-class.

 

[USS Mariner]

I know this isn't supposed to have the Fast Cruiser's "Hot Warp" engines, but would it be possible to sneak in some detail to indicate that here? It would make more sense if the engines were slightly upgraded to actually be significantly faster, even though one is supposed to equate the almond saucer with "fast, bitch!"

 

[Vance]

The primary hull is smaller and less armed than the regular DN types. Also, the ship uses the 'high yield' variant of the PB-32 engines, giving it higher overall speed. Technically, the ship SHOULD be a 'Fast DN' and not 'light'... but SFB screws up terms like that a lot.

 

[Kaiser]

Good Job Mr.Icy_Penguigo I've always like seeing your work here

 

[ancient]

Very nice model!

I know it's not your call or anything, but...

About the 'Light Dreadnought' title, isn't that a bit clumsy as a classification? It's like going into a clothing store and asking to see the small large shirts.

Dreadnought: (n) A large heavily armoured battleship with big guns.

Light Dreadnought: (n) A small large heavily armoured battleship with small large guns.

 

[Icy_Penguigo]

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the DNL and the DNG:

The most pronounced difference is that the saucer section is smaller and lighter. Also, several of the weapon systems have been removed, and weapon systems are usually among the heaviest components on a ship. The DNG has six photon torpedoes and sixteen phasers, while the DNL has five photons and twelve phasers. There also other minor ways in which weight is saved, too numerous to list.

Both Dreadnoughts use the same engines. In gameplay terms, the DNG and DNL's warp engines produce 45 points of power a turn. The DNG has a movement cost of 1.5, meaning it needs to spend 1.5 points of warp power to move one hex(10,000 km) in a turn. 31 hexes is the fastest a ship can go in a turn. If the DNG wants to move at its top combat speed, it needs to spend 46.5 points of power. After that, there's basically no power left on the ship to do anything else.

The DNL, on the other hand, has a movement cost of 1.25. If it wants to move at speed 31, it costs only 38.75 points of power. That leaves it power for a variety of other functions while staying on the move and controlling the tempo of the battle. Basically, it can walk and chew gum at the same time.

So while it may seem clumsy, the "Light Dreadnought" designation is apt.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled forums.

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Great work alway nice Looking at the SFB Big Guns

 

[Wingsley]

This is going to sound weird, but this design does have possibilities:

1: get rid of that third nacelle and pylon

2: reverse the direction of the secondary hull so that the hangar is facing aft

3: lower the nacelle wings so that they are on the same plane as the secondary hull, more or less, as with the DNG

4: rotate the nacelles so they are oriented opposite each other, like the Phoenix in "First Contact":

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=140&pos=34

If the Federation ever built a prototype battlecruiser, it just might look like that! Call it the James A. Lovell, Jr.- class.

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Looking at the Star Tiger from Top view I can't help but wonder what she would look like with swept back warp engines similar to the tmp Enterprise.

 

[Relayer]

Icy_Penguigo said:
Here's a side-by-side comparison of the DNL and the DNG:

[image]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/DestyNova/SFU%20Gallery/DNGDNL2.jpg[/image]

Are the L/R nacelles supposed to be set as far back as you have them or was that a bit of artistic freedom on your part?
I'm working on one of my own and was wondering for the sake of accuracy.

Thanks

 

[Icy_Penguigo]

It's artistic license. The rulebook for the SFB dreadnoughts module doesn't give a great picture of it. I basically just messed around with the positioning until I liked how it looked.

 

[Griffworks]

Awesome! I especially like the side-by-side w/the Federation-class.

Thanks again for sharin'! :thumbsup:

 

[Starship]

A bit strange with this deformed saucer.