WOW :O Amazing work!!!

woooow, YESSS ! !!!!!!! :D :D :D

Oooh, Traveller fanart. Must fave!

*yesh* Dusted off my old Digest Group supplements and started buying Mongoose Publishing alien modules and sector maps. Can't help m'self. :D

Ooooooh, cool!

Big fan of starships here =) Love the design, and I'd love to be one of her passengers

Be more spaceships on the way. Just right now trying to get my frequency of artwork up again, retrain techniques, learn new ones.

Awesome! Spaceship artists for the win =D

Very sleek. Doesn't look like it would have a lot of cargo space though; I suppose space pirates hijack ships in space in that case...in which case, I imagine she's armed to disable rather than destroy?

Well, in traveller, ships that small generally aren't vaporizing free traders outright with a handfull of turret weapons. It depends which system you're using of course (Classic, High guard, Megatraveller, Mongoose Traveller, D20, GURPS). The above ship -would- be carrying a compliment of vargr troopers for boarding action - Though with the lack of organization in most corsair outfits, main crew is just as likely to take part if it'll net them some charisma in the eyes of their colleagues.

Our vessel above is relatively small, fast, meant to work in conjunction with at least one other ship - usually a hauler on silent running, waiting for the go-ahead to intercept a wounded target to transfer cargo - Not all corsair raids result in the destruction of the target ship - a few enterprising bands will merely racketeer a percentage of the cargo of a smaller ship, holding it at gunpoint until 'business' is completed. These pirates know that too aggressive a policy will either wipe out all trade in an area as merchants give up the trade routes altogether, or worse in their eyes, bring down the wrath of a nearby interstellar navy. Trade -can't- exist in the Extents at the levels it does if every corsair band destroys their targets. Likewise, piracy would never maintain its traditional constant burn without a -lot- of merchanters willing to risk a run with little or no escorts.

Mind you, about a third of the corsairs of Gvurrdon sector are paid 'protection' money so basically double as system defense, customs, patrol, etc. Our captain above may just be pulling a more 'legit' shift for his extended pack.

Note also that the ship, while streamlined, isn't really designed to land on a dry surface. Maintenance must be done at an orbital facility, or while the ship is half submerged in a body of water. Cargo is handled through clamshell doors in the middle of the back of the main body. Maneuver drives (reactionless in all versions of Traveller except New Era) are aligned either side of the door.

Aerrkhukhkaekouguengdoung? That's a nasty cough you have there, you should see a medic :)

I like the low-slung look of this!

*hee* Thankies :> *takes a cough drop after most vargr pronunciations*

Good lord, this is indeed a fantastic piece. I LOVE EET.
You should be doing professional arts for gaming and sci-fi companies with this skill. Are you doing so already?

This is awesome.

Thankies :>

Nah, this is just hobbystuff, and mostly practice. Its been awhile since I've torn up a sketchbook doing spaceshippy things - wanted to see if I could transfer some of that feeling into sketching in photoshop. It'd be awesome if I could though :>

Traveller! Beautiful!