Babylon 5 Janus Project Hyperspace Light Ship

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This is a Hyperspace Light Ship based upon the Nova Class Dreadnought. This ships Design intent is specifically outlined in its layout. The ship would historically be placed along with the Helios Project Station's. So this is pre Earth Minbari War. This would be also in the time period where Earth has made contact with the Centari and Narn. One must step into the show of the time period. Earth is the new kid on the block. Alien Races are far superior than their own. This is Naval. Earth was ignored until starting to explore the stars. Hyperspace Technology would be the method of travel. The military Earth Force section of the Earth Alliance would need a cutting edge way of subversively combatting any hostile Alien race the Centari and Narn had mentioned. To acquire information and major Military build up outside of the normal Hyperspace beacon System, Humans would need a way to gather intelligence on those races and invite a way in to study and reverse engineer what information they could gather along with finding out what’s going on out there. Therefore, with both objectives needing a path to success it only would make sense to create a covert path outside of other Alien Military paths in order to stand a war with them but covertly, not to add any tension... Quote minbari, "This must be those Humans we heard about". Oops...So project Janus would be a viable, sensible method. Janus is the Greek God of Gates and Passages, so the name only makes sense. This would be a direct tether to the Helios Project. All bases must be covered. The Light Ship would operate inside of Hyperspace off the Beacons, giving Earth a cutting Edge thru Hyperspace making its own covert corridors to launch counter offenses in the event of war. this is a strategy ship. It's only role would be like that of a Light Ship, acting as a beacon.Historically a Light Ship is a ship that is anchored in the oceans and sea’s prone to difficult areas of navigation, acting as beacons at night to tether together a path thru night from destination to destination, with cloud cover and no moon light, navigation by the stars would be impossible, subsequently leaving a ship lost and possibly adrift without this star, sextant and map driven methodology of Navigation. Collaboratively this would make sense to provide the vital infrastructure for a Military that is less advanced to take on the challenges ahead.The Ship I chose was the Nova Class Dreadnought. I believe it would be the best suited for the job, given armament and size for such large mechanisms needed technology wise to bridge the gap. And most importantly ROOM. This Nova has seen EXTENSIVE hollowing and rebuilding to make the necessary modifications sensible. Where something is not needed, it’s removed. The crew compliment would be less, crewed by specialists instead of 100’s of Marines to a dozen or so officer ratio. The fore and Midships are all gutted to allow space for the new equipment to create travel signals to destinations possible, and freedom of Navigation possible without being scene by other Races. I mean, to me anyway, I would have just asked for a map and some phone numbers to call... But this isn't my universe.The Janus Project is not intended to leave Hyperspace utilizing its navigational systems to keep it locked in a location in a brutal environment. Only leaving to normal space when needed for refit only and being replaced by identical ships while refit operations are underway at covert ship yards. As you can see, this would be a totally different twist to things, and set of circumstances operating in the background of this pre Dilgar War environment timeline. Filling in an unexplored chapter of the Babylon 5 Universe. This would be the first most dangerous missions for mankind.Layout wise, the Ship has been elongated and hollowed substantially to accommodate for the amount of equipment needed to be placed inside and outside the ship to broadcast these super encrypted Signals. The Starfury launch system is also added to the model and on full display as in hyperspace the Starfury protection layers hull wise would be unnecessary, which means, as you can see in the pictures, I took it upon myself to develop the storage, boarding and launch systems to display the carrier capabilities of the ship that was never shown in the series.Fore in the Forcastle section of the ship, you’ll find lock on and searchable equipment placed in the hidden areas of the front facia. Also an X pattern runs throughout the major areas of the ship to reinforce the structural rigidity of the ship because of long duration periods of time and deployment. The ship is heavily armed as well should the ship and its network ever be discovered, This is a very high risk job for a crew member, with many areas of creature comforts gone, the crew old live along side the machinery. So to me, this is as gritty as a Nova Class Dreadnought count ever get. Its all part of the Helios Network. The full 3D model could not be uploaded due to the shear amount so of Data being uploaded. I took many pictures showing the high level of detail in every possible space. So this could be a very difficult print. Normally I would offer different options of vertical or horizontal printing. So my best suggestion is, combine both Port and Starboard STL files together and slice the model into sections the best you can according to your printers capabilities. This ship has so many hidden treasures it would be a shame not to print it larger to capture it all. A Starfury is even ready to launch with the elevators and airlock boarding areas inside the model. So scaling and slicing the model to your specs is the best way to go. Take a nice long look. This could be the most challenging print so far. Take your time.I will continue to provide more filler and stories as the progress continues.No it’s a remix, have at it, I have no legal rights to it. Enjoy. This model has an extreme focus on both inside and outside detail, not like others. Please Take Full advantage of that.-JHUPDATE: Happy 100 Downloads! As customary, there is a redesign completed.Thank you all!-JH