Rigel Class Rigel Class

(6 votes)
Pizza the Hutt, 2008-08-10
Quote:
I assume that Starfleet considered this class as a total failure and cancelled the construction of further ships. I don't know why they would come up with such a monstrosity to begin with. I guess the engineers who designed it were all under the influence of the PSI2000 virus.

So Pizza the Hutt says in this ship's outline-- and he's right. This is one truly ugly looking, truly silly looking vessel. The Rigel class is, by anyone's calculation, a joke taken too far. Ex Astris Scientia describes it as follows:

"A Galaxy-class saucer, attached directly to a Constitution engineering section (no connecting dorsal). Three Galaxy-style warp nacelles; the first two are about where you'd expect, the third is attached directly below the shuttlecraft bay."

Like most three-nacelled ships, this one's strictly for the "wtf?" factor. Pizza the Hutt also included some political commentary. Just ignore it and mod over it if you don't like it.

Worth a look. Just not a long look or you might go blind.

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Rigel Class by Pizza the Hutt
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Installation:
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Copy the file frigel.sod into the SOD folder
Copy the .tga files into the Textures > RGB folder
Copy the file frigel.odf into the ODF > ships folder
Copy the file frigel.bmp into the Bitmaps > Admiralslog folder

Open the file fyard2.odf or fyard.odf (whichever shipyard you want the ship
To be built from) and insert the line: buildItemXX = "frigel" under
build Parameters below the last ship to be build
XX being the next unused number

Save that file

Open "tech 1" from the Techtree folder and insert this line:

frigel.odf 1 fyard2.odf // Rigel class

Save this file, open "fulltech.tt" and insert the following line

frigel.odf 0

Then save and open "GUI_global.spr" from the sprites folder

Then add this line under federation build buttons:

b_frigel gbfrigel 0 0 64 64



add these lines into the gui global under wireframes:

@reference=128
@tmaterial=interface

frigelw1 frigelwire 40 0 40 40
frigelw2 frigelwire 0 40 40 40
frigelw3 frigelwire 40 40 40 40
frigelw4 frigelwire 80 0 40 40
frigelw5 frigelwire 0 0 40 40

Credits:
This ship is a kitbash of P81's Constitution and Galaxy class.
Backstage info from www.ditl.org and http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/wolf359.htm.

Thank you for downloading this ship.

You are allowed to include it in your mod.


Have fun!!!

Pizza the Hutt

Version    Author  Pizza the Hutt  Website   
Downloads  731  Size  3.80 MB  Created  2008-08-10 

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Comments  

#11 _dEjavU_ 2008-08-11 15:16
...nicely put theStarfleetKid nicely put.. ;-) ....
#12 Chief_Chainsaw 2008-08-12 03:38
I'd love to see the 2 nacelle version as well, we could set it up as the prototype to get you the Galaxy-class in the game, then later on you use the ship upgrade button to make it this 3 naclle version and that opens the door to the Galaxy-X... dang I'd love to see a 2 nacelle version of this!
#13 Pizza_the_Hutt 2008-08-12 15:49
I will consider the 2 nacelle version with the upgrade option. I have a few other ships under construction right now, and I am also planning to release updates on some earlier models.
#14 Thermal_Nuclear_Chicken 2008-08-12 17:40
This looks somewhat like a Niagra-class upgrade. I think it looks cool. This also looks like something you would find in one of those supply depots run by the Zakdorn.
#15 Pizza_the_Hutt 2008-08-12 18:11
I just realized that the engineering hull is too big to be that of a constiturion class. So it must be a scaled up version that looks similar.
#16 Chief_Chainsaw 2008-08-13 03:27
perhaps a Federation-class Dreadnaught engineering hull?
#17 Pizza_the_Hutt 2008-08-13 08:46
I think the federation class dreadnought hull is the same size as the connie hull.
#18 theStarfleetKid 2008-08-13 12:09
Their saucers are a little different. The stardrives are identical.


The stardrive on the Rigel is definitely scaled up 150% of a Constitution class.

8)
#19 Pizza_the_Hutt 2008-08-16 09:23
Yes, and I find it silly why starfleet would scale up the hull of a 100 year old ship, but I added it anyway.
#20 Chief_Chainsaw 2008-08-24 21:59
eh well I've always scaled the Federation class as bigger than the Connie, so it works for me, I redid the tooltip to reflect it being a Federation-class engineering hull in my game.

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