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The Nova II got some new crafts. It’s an L.C.V. (Landing Combat Vehicle) Since 18 Nova’s remain active service and handed over to the Marines; it’s time to ask them what they want.
I’d say this would fill the ticket. It started out life as a Skylark Transport and was turned over to the “Sea Bee’s”. Why? Because the Nova II was a surprise attack success and aired live. Ioannis Development couldn’t jump in on this one. Also, granting permission to redirect budget funds to save 18 about to be scrapped ships costs lest than putting 4 of these in each one of the 18 Nova II’s. So yes, congress doesn’t want to start up the spending train again.
So what do we have? Tons of room to hold many Marine Battalions, Specialists, Cargo. Look at it this way, it’s a D Day Assault Craft. We have 4 Giant Cannons, 4 enlarged engines with pitch, yaw, and, roll capabilities and smaller slightly angled out forward thrusters to line up on target for boarding operations. Those tricky touch downs with another aggressively moving Ship, or Station can be well, tricky. So above and below we have blast thru tunnels and magnetic grapples to torch thru the hull and board. 4 Breaching Pods are birthed horizontally out of the way of the engines. It has 4 to Board a ship from multiple zones. Or, Multitask a couple ships at a time.
With Babylon 5 now online and not shot to pieces, this model can get the specs and layouts of other Alien ships thru back channels. Up top we have the navigational / planning Bridge. Everything’s in order here, Size wise, well I added windows to show scale. Crew complement? How many you need? This model showcases the complexity of the differences between Carries and Assault Ships. Lots of differences and variables to be considered here. Check out the neat videos on YouTube. Hey can’t have one without the others! Also, it’s complex of an operation. Let’s say this is a new Special Forces division spooling up. Probably more variants on the way, so collect it. This is a good start for now.
Enjoy!
-JH
| Breaching_Supply_Pod_STL.stl | 6.7MB | |
| LCU_Landing_Combat_Vehicle_no_Boarding_Pods.stl | 7.9MB | |
| LCU_Landing_Combat_Vehicle_STL.stl | 29.2MB | |
| LCU_Landing_Combat_Vehicle_with_Cargo_formation.stl | 177.7MB | |
| LCU_Landing_Combat_Vehicle_with_Cargo_Reinforcement_STL.stl | 39.8MB | |
| Nova_2_LCU.stl | 222.0MB |
