StarTrek: Rickover class Tactical Carrier

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    Rickover Class: Tactical Logistics Carrier





    The Rickover tactical logistics carrier is an automated materiel delivery system. These ships are meant to function with minimal or no crew, freeing ships of the line from the mundane work of logistical support. More than just a freighter, the Rickover is designed to be a military asset. 12 of her docking ports are powered and articulated to accept the same turrets installed on federation warships. This allowed the Rickover to deliver even valuable supplies without a destroyer escort.

    The class is named for Hyman G Rickover, a Terran wet-navy admiral of the 20th century.

    “Bitter experience in war has taught the maxim that the art of war is the art of the logistically feasible.” -- Admiral Hyman Rickover, USN


    Although commissioned in 2282, the class proved its worth beyond all doubt in 2293 in the aftermath of the Praxis incident. After the Khitomer accords, aid shipments were dispatched from the federation to the Klingon empire. Although the Orion syndicates took an interest, it was ironically the Klingons themselves who endangered this support through factional raids. The Rickovers proved a perfect answer.

    Dissertations have been written on the endless ways that Humans infuriate Klingons. The Rickover is a prime example. A loaded freighter is a valuable resource, and a tempting prize. A ship with 12 independent, proximity-targeting, fusion powered heavy phase cannons represents a significant threat. All of this sounds like a glorious kill, except the Rickover is typically unmanned. There is no honor in defeating a machine. It neither learns to fear you nor sings your victory in Stovocore. And the possibility of losing ones ship in an engagement with a machine... A captain would never hear the end of it. So, Klingon raiders mostly pretended the Rickovers didn't exist, neglecting even to mention their passage in ships logs. A coinciding 5% increase in the price of inebriants sector-wide may have been an indication of their deeper opinions on the subject.

    Rickovers were also utilized heavily in colonization and exploration projects. Rather than sending hundreds of engineers to construct colonial facilities on site, the heavy cargo capability of the Rickovers allowed entire colonial structures to be mass produced and lowered whole into foundations installed by a hand-full of engineers at the colony site

    There are five versions of the ship so far, each with the same basic construction, but different docked loads for a different task. I will probably add to the list:



    More details and images: http://gaeasson-shipwright.blogspot.com/2014/03/rickover-class-tactical-logistics.html
     
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    that my freind is a kick ass looking ship love the little details and the \"lore\" behind it are you building a fleet?

    what was your insperation for the build would love to see more of your work :)
     

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    Gaeasson is the starfleet builder for starmade, he has loads of ships

    http://gaeasson-shipwright.blogspot.co.uk

    This is another awesome build gaeasson, still waiting on that drydock though :P
     
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    That\'s very cool, made more-so by the story behind them. Nice job. ;)
     
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    ive been playing since way before the planets were implimented lol ive seen this guys work before didnt relise it was him till you pointed it out so thanks :) all i need is a brid of prey and ill be a happy trekkie :)
     
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    The mid-range drydock and Bird of Prey are both on the on-the way list. I\'m still fiddling with power & structures to produce a full-scale, atractive, and fully cloakable BOP.

    This ship kinda started with the Mirandas. Those black stripes on their backs looked like accessory docking ports... so I had to build things to attach there. Once I had things to attach, I needed more places to attach them. :)

    Most of my ships have some sort of story. I imagine the need that led to their necessity. I imagine the design process, and the process of refinement. The story plays out in my head as I build. The utility pods on this build, for instance. It started with one in the starboard pod-bay that could so nothing but move cargo, but the pilots at the receiving point complained that unloading took to long. So an additional two pods were mounted on the ships hull, just forward of the air-lock. That was an improvement, but that close to the nacelles, local EMF kept damaging the electronics, and again, pilots complained that transiting to the pod in open space was an un-necessary risk. So in the final revision the pods were tucked just within the cargo grid, and mounted to dock directly with the hull.
     
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    I\'ve been a fan of yours since I started playing Starmade, your attention to detail is amazing and you stay so true to cannon wherever possible on canon builds.

    I\'ve been watching your blog, and it looks like you\'re building all the ships you were thinking about in your \'Mirandoids\' post from a while back. Considering that, I\'m crossing my fingers that you decide to build the Challenger class. It is one sexy beast, and I\'d love to see your take on it.