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This is a remix of a refit concept of the Nova Class Dreadnought for the Earth Minbari War Period. Its design provides more gunnery and a complement of Aether Remixed Atmospheric Starfury's. There are 40 cannons total on 10 turrets. Each turret can catapult 2 Aether Starfury's. The defense Grid was also been moved to the guns themselves. The Midship turrets have been replaced by Aether catapults.
The guns themselves are the Refit. The barrels extended to provide cover from muzzle flash and the catapults somewhat shielded and roll adjusted to keep the Aether Fury out of the muzzle flash vacuum of firing the guns. The platform on which the turret rests is circular and gyroscopically controlled to achieve maximum launch efficiency through angularity and to give more dynamic targeting options.
This refit allows current serving ships to receive a fast refit without any major alterations. This saves time and money. The idea here is to turn the Nova into a Blockade Runner, and retain the Star frames full capabilities. This model would serve in the alternate timeline starting with the Mercy Ship model and as a sand in until majorly modified Hephaestus Class Dreadnoughts could be commissioned.
Due to the large file size and Thingiverse limitations, I can only provide the gun model. I would use Nova Body STL file without guns provided here on Thingiverse to complete the model.
Enjoy!
-JH
Aether_Catapault.stl | 32.1MB | |
nova_gun_Modernized.stl | 72.0MB |