[WIP] USS Midway, Midway Class for Armada 2

[Hellkite]

Home sweet home

 

[Majestic]

She is now available for A2 in the downloads section.

MSFC - Downloads - Midway Class

 

[Ryderstorm]

Just downloaded and took a looksie. I love the overall design, though I still think that the bulky part of the nacelles could use a lil more detailing mesh wise...I am not exactly sure what would look good...The best way I can comunicate my sense of "looks off" is that when you compare the bussard collectors to the clean blocky bulk directly aft it looks very contrasting...but then the rest of the nacelles look good, perhaps add a few inset panels?...but maybe it is just me lol.

I still really like this ship though. This is going to the top of my list for installing into FO when I get the time...and get FO back running again lol.

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
The design is very interesting, the two ventral-saucer phaser cannons are like those of the Ronin class so the ships may be related by designers .
I always remember the concept from the rpg in this page, it is nice to see that the model is finally done for the game. Good work!.

 

[Majestic]

Thanks guys, with the nacelles, I tried to keep as close to the original design as possible, hence why there are few structural changes. Syf and I about 12 months ago were in the progress of building the true Midway class, a design designed to be more realistic in regards to the technology it had no board.

It's something I plan to eventually get back to, first with a high poly model then later with a A2 low poly version.

 

[thunderfoot]

D/L'd this yesterday and took a look. She's very distinctive and familiar at the same time, if this makes any sense. Liked the textures but gave them the Akira Treatment anyway. Thought about adding a bump map to bring out some of the lovely aztecing which has been applied to the hull. As to the nacelles, the apparent lack of detail is a plus as I see it. Nothing at all wrong with them as they are. I think sometimes we try to do too much to a texture set and as a result of this some ships end up being parodies of themselves.

 

[Majestic]

Thank you Thunderfoot, I didn't want to go overboard with her, my main aim with the Midway was to firstly give her an overhaul texture wise to match Aad Moerman's Federation fleet. My second reason was to keep true to the original design, a design I found on the Star Trek Miranda website (which no longer exists) to use in the Star Trek Shattered Universe RPG which at the time (2005) was on AFC. I later brought the Midway to MSFC when the site started up and it took the star role in the RPG which Hellkite has kept going today.

She can be considered a god-ship, she is sort of like that in the RPG, but she is one of a kind, a pathfinder of the class, with the later vessels stopped due to the war. It took over 5 years to construct her due to how complex she is. Also she is almost a 25th century ship (2390) so she is vastly more powerful than what is in the stock game. However I toned her down so other ships would stand a chance against her. A Starbase can easily take her down, as could a couple of Negh'Var's.

I think I was quite successful with the overall outcome of the ship and have done justice to her. I am glad people like her, I wasn't expecting many to like her honestly as I know she isn't a fantastic design but that is always the way with any ship, some like and some don't.

 

[Hellkite]

Spoiler: Midway data form the RPG player room

Class
Midway Class

Type
Tactical Explorer

Commissioned
2386-PRES

Design and Production Facility
Utopia Planitia, Mars

Unit Run
USS Midway NX-87073
USS Peacemaker NCC-87077 (2392)

Mass
6,095,000 tons

Crew
1000, 50 officers, 100 deck crew, 50 Pilots, 150 Maco's and 650 crewman with a 4,500 evacuation limit.

Propulsion
2 Cochrane warp cores feeding 2 warp nacelles, 2 subatomic unified energy impulse engines, Quantum Slipstream Drive and 2 salvaged Borg transwarp coils. Plus an experimental and untested Quantum Translocation Drive.

Armament
10 x Type XVII phaser arrays
4 x Class IX rapid fire phaser pulse cannon
2x heavy phaser assault cannons
12 x Pulse torpedo tubes + 2000 Quantum torpedoes, 500 Photon torpedoes, 50 Tri-Cobalt torpedoes and 500 Transphasic torpedoes (various Types).

Defense Systems
Auto-modulated 3 layer ultra high capacity regenerative metaphasic shield system
High capacity Duranium/Tritanium triple hull plus 500 mm high density ablative armour
High level Structural Integrity Field
Full integrated Ablative Shield Generator
Prototype Federation/Romulan Phase Cloaking Device

Warp Capabilities
Normal Cruise: Warp Factor 8.4
Maximum Cruise: Warp Factor 9.6
Maximum Rated: Warp Factor 9.9985 for twelve hours

Hull Life
120 years

Refit Cycle
Minor: 2 year
Standard: 5 years
Major: 20 years

Dimensions
Length: 1128.86 m
Beam: 633.34 m
Height: 174.86 m

Decks
30

Fighter/Shuttle Compliment
Fighter bays: 4
Shuttles: 6 type 13 shuttles, 3 type 19 shuttle
Starfighters: 1 Wing of Valkrye-Class fighters and 1 Wing of KD-56-Class fighters. (Note 1 Wing = 20 fighters) -
Runabouts: 2 Delta Flyer Class, 2 Talon Class, 3 Argo-Class Planetary Assault Runabouts and 2 Mustang-Class Starship Assault Runabouts/Drop Ships

Knights Squadron
- 65th STARFLEET STARFIGHTER CORPS FIGHTER GROUP

Military Assault Command Operation (M.A.C.O)
- 712th SPECIAL INFANTRY GROUND FORCES BATTALTION

History:
In 2377 Starfleet Command requested Starfleet Engineering to come up with plans for a starship capable of surpassing the Sovereign class in tactical ability with enough shuttlebay sapce to carry a squadron of fighters during wartime.

In 2379 the final plans for the newly proposed Midway Project were approved and the first Midway class, the USS Midway began construction at the Utopia Planitia construction yards at Mars . Several improvements not included in previous classes were included. The ship was designed on the very reliable Akira and Sovereign class frames.

She was designed to be fully slipstream capable, a technology only just been modified to suit starfleet vessels and is equipped with two salvaged Borg transwarp coils for emergency situations. She is also the first starship equipped with the highly experimental and untested Translocation Drive, a drive capable of being faster than Slipstream and Transwarp due to being based on a mixture of Slipstream and Transporter tchnology.

She is also equipped with over 3000 torpedoes of various types and yields and the latest in Phaser technology. Her defences were also the latest out of R&D, including 500mm thick armour as well as the Ablative Shield Generator technology which covers the entire vessel.

The ship had many set backs due to the new untested technologies being used in the Midways design as well as a terrorist attack destroying almost half the ship in 2382. Security was tightened after the attack and construction was continued.

The USS Midway NX-87073 rolled out of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards on December 28th 2386 and was sent straight to the frontlines in the Reman War under the command of Captain John Majest.

The USS Peacemaker the second Midway class began construction in 2387 but would not be launched till 2392.

MSDS

Commissioning Plaque

Yep she is on grate ship all she need now is the Knights Fly off her flight deck

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Wow, you even made a deck plan for the ship?. That is amazing, together with the plaque and the orthos pic. Good job indeed.

 

[Hellkite]

Yep but it all Maj's work he really is a master