Vesta class, STO and some Demeter news.

-
I noticed that there is some "discussion" going on about the Vesta class and Star Trek Online.

4 or 5 months ago I had brief contact with Cryptic about getting this class in Star Trek Online. They had to check with CBS. That is also the last update I got. Just to be clear on that: If they would contact me, I'm willing to help out.

In other news:

Working on Demeter. The ship is taking an entirely new route and will probably be the cleanest/less greebled ship of the fleet. This in contrast to the very heavy looking Merians.
Hope to post first work in progress pics in a couple of days.

Warfield geometry (first concept.)

Comments

  1. UnknownJune 21, 2011

    Looking good, Mark! Liking the side profile so far :-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. AquaJune 21, 2011

    I'm frequently on the STO forums, the reason given for not having the ship is that you haven't yet given them permission. I'll try and bring you to their attention.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousJune 24, 2011

    Oh man, I hope Cryptic hooks up with you soon! They've been pretty busy getting out a new season.

    I'm such a fan of the Vesta!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AlejandroJune 28, 2011

    I do really like this new concept, though i´m eager to see more pics !!! lol.
    About st on-line, i don´t play it, but i´ll be delighted to watch some images from vesta in game posted. I think it would be a nice tribute, to the hard work and a fine job made, and a good guideance for future modellers about quantum sliptreams technology.
    Keep rocking !!!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. JamesMidsenJune 28, 2011

    As for STO: I play the game, ALOT, and I'm telling you this as a representative of the community, every single one of us would have a nerd-gasm if you got the Vesta into STO. We would be in your debt, yadda yadda yadda. Point being, it'd work out amazingly :)

    As for the Demeter: The way I envisioned the Demeter, after recently reading CotS, was a sort of capsized sailboat concept. Along the sides of this main hull, there'd be huge multiple-decks-tall viewports to let sunlight in from nearby stars. There'd be tiers of plants and whatnot. Sticking to conventional design, the nacelles might come out similar to the Spirit you designed. Then there'd be a mast sticking downwards, with multiple levels encased in transparent aluminum, covered in grenery.
    Now obviously, this isn't how you envisioned your Demeter, but I thought you might wish to hear a concept.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011

    The Vesta has a very big following in STO and t would be amazing to see it fly in that game and go where no one has gone before ^^...

    Hope Cryptic, yourself and CBS can work something out. It's an amazing piece of art.

    ReplyDelete
  7. AquaJuly 22, 2011

    response from dstahl

    Folks, everyone involved is interested in the ship. This really boils down to contracts and rights and outside the scope of anyone "not wanting" it in the game or not.

    Once we have time to work through legal issues then we can consider the ship. Neither us nor CBS has had time to investigate it fully. We've simply made it known that we want to put the ship in game and we're going from there.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Mark RademakerJuly 22, 2011

    Thanks for the update Aqua! :) Hopefully this will keep my mailbox a little bit STO/Vesta free :P (The main reason why I put it on my blog.)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IXS Enterprise

-
Image
Many months have passed since I last posted an update. While my intention was to share anything the project I was working on was too important/too demanding to write an article during the "construction". The IXS Enterprise, a very early concept of the first real warpship. When I got invited by Dr. Harold "Sonny" White and Mike Okuda, I was absolutely stunned. Did that just really happen? A person from NASA contacted me to do artwork for them? Yes it did! After seeing my rendition of Matt Jefferies "Ring Ship", Dr. White thought that this would be a good starting point for a near future "Ring Ship". At least from a STEM perspective. Because that is the main goal: to get a warpship concept out there that would inspire young people to choose a career in STEM.   However the XCV-330 needed some adaptions to fit to the latest warp theory. After making some adjustments, we quickly realized it would be better to start from scratch. I started to d...
Read more

Links and Contact info

-
I might dust this off in 2026.... I just noticed this was still alive. :D     For inquiries: mark_at_hsy.earth My (somewhat...recent) work: http://www.flickr.com/yard2380 Active on:  yard2380.bsky.social Thanks! - Mark
Read more

Happy 2015!

-
Image
Have a nice new year everyone! I'm currently working on a new project, it's movie related but not Star Trek or Star Wars. I'm afraid that's all I can say, it also means that there will be very little to show up to April because of the NDA. Meanwhile Thinkgeek.com is considering the idea of IXS Enterprise posters, a fun idea if you ask me. But: nothing is certain yet. :) In other news, I'm in the process of converting the Vesta class to mesh, improving some tiny design glitches at the same time. Mesh conversion is tricky, with different output in viewport and renderer... Also I have to redo the textures, this is basically a good thing as the current version relies too much on ancient procedural shaders, they need to go. Still once converted to mesh, the usability is going to be so much better. New renders will look better and hopefully a bit more realistic. :) Oh also, the new novel Takedown by John Jackson Miller is using the Aventine on the cover. I m...
Read more