sorry it took me so long to get around to seeing this but it was worth the trouble i can tell you now

the design of this ship is quite small. to fit so much stuff into such a small space is an art, and i believe the smaller they are the faster and more manuverable they can be

if you would allow me to build a 3D model of this for you i will send you a 10 point view of the outer hull

Dude you would do that for me o_O ??????????


YES of course please by all means do that =D.

The only thing is this is only a graphical representation of where stuff is, in actuality there would be at least 4 feet of space between decks just for plumbing and power stuff but, well I didn't want to get hyper detailed. but YES Please I would love to see my ship in full 3d Glory.
The Raptor, although it is small is quite a bit bigger then the DEFIANT which is the ship that inspired me. I liked the design and wanted to do as much as I could with it, Trying to keep it an escort type vessel without making it super cramped. Mainly because since it is sometimes deployed for months i didn't want my characters feeling claustrophobic in it. Most of the ships i do design are pretty much about the same size if not slightly larger then then original Enterprise that Captain Kirk had. I really see no purpose in having big stupid hey look at me space ships, it just give s your enemies more to shoot. You can ram a lot into a small space frame if you do it right :P


but yes please god yes make me a 3d model =D

the skill of creating a small ship is a fine art... my vessles are MUCH smaller than startrek ships and have a blocky design that makes them easyer to mass produse

although my designs are smaller internaly as well as externaly they are also much less advanced, using technology nearly at the level of today's world. because of this, my ships have a makeshift-ability that startrek vessels lack, without energy sheilding my ships rely on their armour to protect the crew alwell as their massive engine power

my designs arent very eligent but this makes them more meanesing to look at... you dont want to stare down the barrel of something that looks like its made of sollid steel

example: Type-4 long-range cruiser
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4572778/

colours can be quite extravigent if you want

when i say big dumb ships, I usually mean Star Destroyers, or Ships like the Enterprise D that have awesome trimmed down technology and God Awful size. Your ships are pretty solid I like how you design them because i have an idea of what type of ships you are building. I like your designs. You stuff looks like the ships in um Aliens or Space above and beyond and I dig that type of style too. Believe me I am absolutely thrilled that you want to do the Raptor for me in 3d that just made a good day out of a bad week so far =D. The colors hmmm well It's mostly gunmetal grey with some darker grey and gold highlights, i never really had any other scheme for in mind because the Attack Mode is like starkly black and gold colored with green highlights. (If' you've seen my stuff you know what I'm talking about.) The Raptor's Armor is a bit weird, it's normal cruise mode is lightly armored. Very armored when the Attack Mode is deployed. I always thought it was retarded in DS9 When they were constantly flying around in the Defiant with the shields down even when the ship was armored. The Armor is there for when the SHIELDS do fail, but hey i didn't write the show... One of these days when I get bored I'm going to write up how the Ablative Armor Deployment on the Raptor actually works. but I just don't have the time with school and my D&D campaign at the moment.

my ships have NO energy sheilding at all, their manuverability and speed is their gratest defence besides their epicly advanced armour

also with energy-kinetic hybrid weapons these things can tare through sheild like they werent even there anyway, the enterprize D dosent stand a chance against the shear accuricy, range and power of the Gauss Rifle