USS Raven Floorplans

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:53 am

Well, here is what I have been working on recently.... Another one of DITL's members, Tiberius, is writing a novel based on the Hansens' adventures studying the Borg. He asked me to draw floorplans for the Raven.

This was ALOT of work... It may not look like it, but I had to conform to the obvious restrictions of the size of the ship, as well as the settings and placement of things in the book that Tiberius wrote.

Done in AutoCAD 2008, plotted as a .pdf, then finalized in photoshop.

They are a little big, but its all black and white .jpgs so it should load pretty quick....

Also, at the end is a dedication plaque I made. The only shot of it we had seen was this one seen in "The Raven".

In Tiberius' story, the Raven was never given a proper plaque, so the Hansens' made their own. So i tried to make it a little rough looking, like it was made from some scrap metal... the metal texture was all done in photoshop, and took me quite a while to make. The quote is from the Edgar Allan Poe poem "The Raven"

So gimme some comments, and keep an eye out for Tiberius' book, it's very good

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:24 am

Hell of a job, Dark. If as much thought and detail went into Tiberius' book, I look forward to it.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:42 pm

Wow, once again, great work!

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:17 pm

Very nicely done Dark, and I also look forward to reading Tiberius' work.

shran · Post by **shran** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:08 pm

It would have been very funny if the dedication plaque contained the text: "Nevermore." Perhaps for a different vessel.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:09 am

First of all, I can't say how wonderful it is to see the Raven like this. Before this, all I had was some rough sketches of the interior layout. Needless to say, I was way off in many places. Doing this with Dark really gave me a respect for the actual size of the ship, and it really let me see this ship for the first time.

I gotta say that Dark really helped to flesh out and develop this ship, not just following my instructions. Many times there just wasn't enough space to put everything the way I had it in the story, so Wwe had to figure out how to rearrange things so it would all fit AND also follow the dictates of the story. There are many places where Dark was the one who came up with the answer. And he even included things that I never would have thought of, such as the small rooms in the nacelle pylons and the layout of the rooms in the forward hull on Deck 2. This ship was designed just as much by him as it was by me. This work is absolutely stunning, and I can't say enough good things about him.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:27 am

Shran, I'm pretty sure the plaque they actually used in the episode had the quote"Quoth the raven, "Nevermore", but I felt that was a kinda corny line. So I looked for a line that seemed to suit the Raven's mission.

D. Sergez · Post by **D. Sergez** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:15 am

nice one... very nice work..

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:04 am

I'm just going through the annotations on the story I have written so far, making some corrections, and then I'll start posting it up here.

Bear in mind that it isn't finished yet, but most of it is. Hopefully, by the time we get to the parts that haven't been written yet, I'll have written them.

mwhittington · Post by **mwhittington** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:32 am

Fantastic work, Dark, and I look forward to reading the novel, Tiberius. How many pages is it?

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:54 am

At the moment, it is almost 112,000 words. That's over 400 pages if it is published.

But as I said, it's not finished yet. I'd say it could get up to 130,000 words or so when it's done. However, there are several appendices in it as well.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:04 am

Cool, I look forward to seeing it.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:18 pm

As do I. And I think you picked the perfect line from the poem for the plaque.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:41 pm

Thanks Mikey.

The biggest thing stopping me from starting to post it is that The third chapter, the one that introduces the hansens, is one that I am very unhappy with. I've just gotta fix that, then i'll be able to start posting some of it.

But like I said, it's not finished yet, so I might have to rewrite a fair part of it....

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:41 pm

To show you how much work DarkOmen put into this, these are the original sketches I sent him to show the basic deck layouts. Most of the detail in the finished plans is his, with just a few notes and comments by me.

I'll start posting the story. However, it will be a while between installments, as it's still a work in progress. You can read it HERE