Despoiler

The Despoiler is a class of space vessel known for its extensive cargo capacity, fuel economy, and space pirate use.

Stock Despoilers are armed rather minimally, with only four dual turbo-disruptor cannons and one forward facing torpedo launcher.

On its original nacelles, the Despoiler can maintain a speed of Warp 7.8 nearly indefinitely.  It would take a healthy Despoiler warp core half a century to burn a full case of Dilithium while running continuously at Warp 7.8.

The Despoiler features a large loading area in the rear, behind its shuttlebay, both of which are protected by a swinging blast door.

The Despoiler is built with four surface skids, making it capable of surface landings and takeoffs should such a thing happen.






Pic 1: Despoiler.
Pic 2: Top-down view.
Pic 3: Back, blast door closed.
Pic 4: Blast door open.

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I like it... more comment to come.

Originally my intentions were to build a ship around an SNOT experiment, then I decided it would be a Ferengi ship like the Marauder. In the end it's just a generic space pirate ship, maybe even a civie like Tetraman's ships. Either way that is the behind the scenes story of the Despoiler.

If it were a civie ship it'd need a much nicer name, maybe DV-12. Something boring like Lincoln MKS MKZ MKX MKT MKwhat.

Yes! Do it. Name it the MKwhat Despoiler.

The shape and color scheme really suit the pirate cargo hauler/smuggler idea - the dirty orange/dark grey highlights have a rebellious tint about them, and the large wide-bellied hull looks perfect for stowing smuggled and stolen goods. The blast doors and unconventional landing skids are neat touches too, and I'm a fan of the distinctive weapons platforms.

I just can't get over how well this design fits into the idea behind it. Every time I look at this ship, everything about it just clicks right into that pirate hauler idea. The shaping, the balanced strengths and weaknesses, the coloring. It all comes together really nicely. And, as always, it's great to see people experimenting beyond their usual boundaries. Solid work!

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys.

Nice! I like it a lot! As some have already pointed out, the dark orange hull and dark gray detailing makes for a junker look, as do the landing skids. (Another touch that I absolutely love!) The design of the turrets are also really cool.

I'm glad you like it.

I did a bit of experimenting combined with various techniques I already know to build this ship and I think it turned out well too!

I must say, this really is the perfect seedy, hot-rodded "beater" ship. 

The overall design is VERY pleasing to the eye, and as others have already said, the color scheme and landing skids work perfectly on this ship. I also really love the nacelles, although I think the pylons could be wider (from fore to aft of ship) and use a touch of dark stone gray to help the transition from nacelles to hull. 

I think this ship just works really well as what it is. Well done!