New Yacht design

[Gee4orce]

So, in the same vein as my Type-S scout design, I tackled another of the standard ships that bugs the heck out of me - the Yacht.

Yachts - ah - the playthings of Nobles and the mega-rich. Sleek and elegant, designed to be something to that inspires lust in the onlooker (sometimes, literally). Except...the classic Traveller yacht illustration looks like a refinery that ran into the back of a giant mosquito :?

So.. I thought I'd sex it up a bit. The inspiration here is unashamedly the ocean going vessel from which this ship class takes is name. In fact, these ships probably spend almost as much time bobbing up and down on the gentle waves in some ultra-exclusive, sun drenched marina as they do gliding between the stars .



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I've shown a couple of shots along side the Type-S I did for size comparison. The Yacht has a dorsal and ventral hardpoint (un-used in this illustrations). The deck features a landing pad for the launch, which can then be drawn inside it's bay and the door closed (to preserve those stylish lines of course).

The M-drive is neatly tucked away on the ventral surface, again preserving the stylish lines - when floating on water it sits invisible under the waterline.

Perhaps I pushed to analogy to modern day yachts a little too far - but, heck - I WANT one of these !

 

[Sturn]

I like the look. In my opinion the modern yacht connection was done well, you didn't go overboard at all (no pun intended).

 

[cbrunish]

Looks good!!!

 

[PFVA63]

Hi,

I really like the looks of your design too.

Regards

PF

 

[simonh]

the Yacht bugs me too. Making it unstreamlined makes no sense, but if you streamline it suddenly the ship's boat becomes a pontless waste of space. I'd use the 30 stone for another air raft and further accomodation, a swimming pool, bar, etc.

Simon Hibbs

 

[Paladin]

Hi,

I really like the looks of your design too.

Regards

PF

ditto

 

[darktalon]

It stands to reason that a yacht will be as aesthetically pleasing as the practicalities of starship design allow, and the Traveller universe with its artificial gravity and reactionless drives (at least IMTU) doesn't place many constraints at all. It definitely makes more sense as a streamlined design. Good work here.

 

[GypsyComet]

It stands to reason that a yacht will be as aesthetically pleasing as the practicalities of starship design allow, and the Traveller universe with its artificial gravity and reactionless drives (at least IMTU) doesn't place many constraints at all. It definitely makes more sense as a streamlined design. Good work here.

On the other hand, I see yachts as potentially reflecting their owners. What may *look* streamlined may actually fly like a cow in a tornado simply because the owner insisted on that twice-lifesize rendering of his favorite boyhood groat as a "hood ornament".