Majestic Class, NCC 87001 USS Majestic

[Tus]

ok she is essentially done, just the lil backbone thing to get done (i'll do that later) fix the windows on the secondary hull (rotating 90 degrees) and adding a crap load of escape pods (and anything else i forgot). I hope to have her out some time tommorrow nite (ie 12am mt) for sfc2, sfc3 might have to wait till i get back from leave

[Atolm]

How about a pic of the rest of the ship??

[Tus]

well i would, but i still got to fix the secondary hull i'll have one out later today (10pm mt at the latest i hope)

[Relayer]

I don't very often see a fan design that I could picture actually being on screen. This is a definate exception though. You nailed it IMO on this one.

[Tus]

www.battleclinic.com/halo_skin/docks/dock.php?id=2461

Majestic Class:
Owner : United Federation of Planets
Class : Capital Ship
Availability : Limited Availability
In Service : 2380
Out of Service : n/a

During the Dominion War, the Advanced Starship Design Bureau, Starfleet Tactical, and design and construction teams at shipyards throughout the Federation concentrated on designing and constructing new starships for the war effort. Consequently, the construction of new explorers was significantly curtailed, or suspended, in favor of producing large numbers of Defiant, Akira, and other starship classes that could be used as warships. Also during this period, starships assigned to Exploration Command were re-assigned and used as front-line battleships or were pressed into service as scouts to provide battlefield intelligence and reconnaissance. When the war was over, Starfleet began to inventory and assess its total fleet strength. Statistics showed that the number of explorers and science ships lost during the war was double that other starship types.

In February of 2375, Galaxy Exploration Command transmitted a request for proposal to all design bureaus and fleet yards throughout the Federation for a new medium class explorer that could support upcoming exploration projects and missions. Exploration Command made this decision after it extensively inventoried and reviewed the suitability of the remaining Excelsior- and Ambassador-class explorers still operating in the fleet and the age and condition of their space frames. After reviewing the proposals transmitted back from the Advanced Starship Design Bureau and others, Exploration Command selected a proposal submitted by Antares Fleet Yards for a medium-sized explorer based on the experimental U.S.S. Hyperion NX-86997 project.

The U.S.S. Hyperion was constructed at Antares Fleet Yards to serve as an experimental systems evaluation prototype for a new class of heavy quantum torpedo cruisers or "battle cruisers." The goals of the Hyperion-class were to create a starship with the offensive firepower of the Achilles-class combined with the speed, agility, and maneuverability of the Intrepid-class derived Yeager-class, in a medium-sized explorer platform. Like the Achilles-class, the Hyperion class was intended to attack and destroy heavily defended shipyards, Ketracel White factories, and Jem'Hadar hatcheries, but with greater range, greater time between fleet replenishment and longer deployment schedules than the Achilles-class. With the end of the war in 2375, development of the Hyperion-class was cancelled and the prototype mothballed with the intention of using it as a future technologies test platform.

Antares Fleet Yards proposed to Exploration Command that the Hyperion-class prototype would be an excellent choice as the starting point for a new class of medium-sized explorers, and the U.S.S. Hyperion space frame was used to test and evaluate the Borg-derived technology that was ultimately deployed in the Majestic-class. The lead ship of this class, U.S.S. Majestic NCC-87001, is named in memory of the Miranda-class U.S.S. Majestic NCC-31060, which was lost with all hands during the battle to retake Deep Space Nine (Operation Return) in 2374. Use of the name Majestic also has along history and tradition in Starfleet and in the British Royal Navy, with many famous vessels bearing this name.

Big thanks to MP for the background and to WZ and atolm for a crapload of advice (that and me borrowing alot of ideas from wz models )

[Centurus]

WZ, I think you now have some major competition.

Hey Tus, any chance I can get a set of blank textures for this ship, so I can make some registries of me own? :-D hehehehehe

[Tus]

if i have time i'll get a set for you