Corona's construction
scroll below for final images
Fantastic news!!! While browsing around Deviant Art, I happen to come across a 3-D rendering of the Corona's old class, the Steamrunner. Truly one of my favorite ships, I know her backward & forward. Needless to say, I thought the render was great! I contacted the artist, Adam (who goes by AdamKop on DA, http://adamkop.deviantart.com/ ) & he agreed to render the Corona-A in 3-D for us! He works fast! It's only been a couple weeks & the ship is about 80% done on the topside. I'll be posting more images as they come through, so keep watching this space!
ATTention all hands!
WILL THE CREW OF THE USS CORONA, NFC-52130-A,
PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR STATIONS!
Grab the Chateau Picard!! That's right, the final images of the USS Corona-A are done!! For over three months, 50 e-mails were exchanged between myself & Adam Kopala, an artist I discovered on Devaint Art. I have to give credit to Adam for gleaning meaning off my simple pencil and paper line drawings, jpeg references & descriptions of how I wanted the ship to look. The Fek'lahr is in the details, with those taking up at least 2/3rds of the time. All in all, I'm extremely pleased! The ship has really come alive for me, and now I can really picture walking from one section of the ship to another, seeing just how big the shuttle bay & repair bays are, the ready room size in comparison to the bridge and where the warp core intersects with the rest of the ship. Now, with these drawings, I hope to build a physical model in the not-to-distant future. Enjoy the orthographic images below of our shiny new ship! More images are coming soon!
If you like Adam's work, check out his DA page! http://adamkop.deviantart.com/
PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR STATIONS!
Grab the Chateau Picard!! That's right, the final images of the USS Corona-A are done!! For over three months, 50 e-mails were exchanged between myself & Adam Kopala, an artist I discovered on Devaint Art. I have to give credit to Adam for gleaning meaning off my simple pencil and paper line drawings, jpeg references & descriptions of how I wanted the ship to look. The Fek'lahr is in the details, with those taking up at least 2/3rds of the time. All in all, I'm extremely pleased! The ship has really come alive for me, and now I can really picture walking from one section of the ship to another, seeing just how big the shuttle bay & repair bays are, the ready room size in comparison to the bridge and where the warp core intersects with the rest of the ship. Now, with these drawings, I hope to build a physical model in the not-to-distant future. Enjoy the orthographic images below of our shiny new ship! More images are coming soon!
If you like Adam's work, check out his DA page! http://adamkop.deviantart.com/
While doing a random Google search for our ship ( just to see what comes up) I came across the DA page for the ship's render by Adam! He had quite a few comments on it, so I thought I'd post them here for you to see. There were a few that just said "Epic" or "Awesome", I eliminated those & posted all the ones that had more substance. Unedited, they are all here to see & I'm really happy to see that fellow starship enthusiasts are happy with the design!
brstarship Good interpretation for a Voyager´s variant!
TheAtomicDog I had certainly wished they had gone with *this* design instead of the thing that was put in the show. I'm totally digging that underslung nacelle design. Good on Our Host for both bulking up and rendering this superior hull.
DistantEye09 A very nice, tight, design.
1sickbastard I wish STO featured more ships like this
oremor212008 I love it, ever since I saw the initial design idea in the pages of Star trek the magazine, I've always wondered what it would really look like. You brought her to life
BERmaestro Epic its just can be on tv SHOW... its so belieaveable that it actualy exists
JakeBondage I do not typically like these sorts of vessels... but this one is an exception to that. I love what you did here with the lines...
Heretic1311 Down-swept warp gondolas are pretty rare, nice idea. I love the aggressive looking arrowhead saucer.
Check out the page for yourself!
http://adamkop.deviantart.com/art/Star-Trek-USS-Corona-3D-Commission-408055038?offset=0#comments
brstarship Good interpretation for a Voyager´s variant!
TheAtomicDog I had certainly wished they had gone with *this* design instead of the thing that was put in the show. I'm totally digging that underslung nacelle design. Good on Our Host for both bulking up and rendering this superior hull.
DistantEye09 A very nice, tight, design.
1sickbastard I wish STO featured more ships like this
oremor212008 I love it, ever since I saw the initial design idea in the pages of Star trek the magazine, I've always wondered what it would really look like. You brought her to life
BERmaestro Epic its just can be on tv SHOW... its so belieaveable that it actualy exists
JakeBondage I do not typically like these sorts of vessels... but this one is an exception to that. I love what you did here with the lines...
Heretic1311 Down-swept warp gondolas are pretty rare, nice idea. I love the aggressive looking arrowhead saucer.
Check out the page for yourself!
http://adamkop.deviantart.com/art/Star-Trek-USS-Corona-3D-Commission-408055038?offset=0#comments
A brief history
USS Corona, nfc-52130-a
from Steamrunner to blackstone
The USS Corona was first christened as a Steamrunner class vessel in 2374. After several years of noble service, the USS Corona mysteriously disappeared. Recovered in 2383, the crew was found aboard alive in stasis, but the ship was declared a total loss. It was found drifting in orbit of a distant planet, lost for two years after being sucked through a rouge wormhole. Most of it's command crew was transferred to the new Blackstone class vessel with the same name and a suffex designation. In addition, many new crew members were also added to the USS Corona to fill in the gaps left open.
The Blackstone project was started off of the original, prototype plans for the Intrepid Class starship. The Intrepid's prototype version was suddenly redesigned at the last moment effectively creating a new starship, leaving the original design behind, shelving it. But recently, with Starfleet needing more specialized, smaller ships, the design was brought out and revised. Most notably, a new shape to the saucer was designed, bringing it up to date with design elements of the Akira and Soverign classes. The redesign also allowed a slightly larger Captain's yacht (the Manta class) to be mounted on the underside of the primary hull.
The Blackstone project was started off of the original, prototype plans for the Intrepid Class starship. The Intrepid's prototype version was suddenly redesigned at the last moment effectively creating a new starship, leaving the original design behind, shelving it. But recently, with Starfleet needing more specialized, smaller ships, the design was brought out and revised. Most notably, a new shape to the saucer was designed, bringing it up to date with design elements of the Akira and Soverign classes. The redesign also allowed a slightly larger Captain's yacht (the Manta class) to be mounted on the underside of the primary hull.
Orinignal Intrepid design
blackstone Class dorsal view
Manta Class Shuttle
Bridge floorplan
The bridge for the Blackstone Class is a conglomerate of several successful ideas from other bridge designs. Only 10% larger than the Intrepid class bridge, the Blackstone class employs the tactical arch from the Galaxy Class as well as the two forward facing aft consoles used in the Intrepid, typically used for weapons control and mission operations. The twin Flight Control and Operations consoles are sunk into the deck and forward of the command center which allows a clearer view of the main viewscreen for the Captain and First Officer. Two additional seats are provided to the sides of the command seats and can be folded away for convienience. Along the rear wall are stations for the Master Situation Monitor, Mission Operations II and Environmental controls. The starboard doors lead to a turbolift, the port doors to the Captain's Ready Room.
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