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"Fire Dragonfly"

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This is my first work in Z-Brush, so constructive criticism is welcome. he ship was specially designed to Space Engine during free time. Model contains more then a 60K triangles, so it not very Low-Poly, but a limitation for the ships of this class were 100K triangles. Also, in Z-Brush it is a lod-2, so the number of polygons can be reduced by a factor of 4 in a pair of clicks. Presenting an organic starship, designed by a race from an ocean planet. This ship is in fact a cyborg, which combines the most advanced bio-, nano-, and other technologies. As the race evolved in the ocean, the ship resembles a cross between fish and giant insect. The members of the race communicate to each other using a difficult language for humans, like infrasonic whale songs, so the real name of the ship cannot be pronounced. But people call it "fire dragonfly" for its resemblance to terrestrial insects. The ship is built by the reverse pattern, ie engines are located in the nose and pull the entirety of the rest of the structure. This reduces the requirements for stiffness and stability of the ship under acceleration. For low-speed maneuvering the ship is equipped with 6 thrusters with variable thrust vectoring and two reverse engines, closed by lids during the main flight. Ship can "eat" small ice rocks from planetary rings and extract all necessary for the functioning substance: water, hydrogen, oxygen and fuel for nuclear fusion. To do this, it has the "mouth" in front of the ship. Radiators are divided into two types according to the operating temperature: high temperature, for cooling the reactor, engines and hyperdrive, and low temperature, for cooling the ship's life-support systems and other less powerful systems. Low temperature radiators radiate in infrared, but when working they shine with blue light due to bioluminescence. The meteor shield, unlike the majority of Earth ships, is embedded into tanks and the frame structure, but under the shield's scales fairly loose tissue to dissipate the debris clouds, from destructed particles. Although, it imposes a restriction on the higher speeds. High-temperature radiators outside the shield, in case of serious danger can be folded to completely hide behind it. But in most cases it is not necessary because the radiator's profile is small and the front edge of the radiator works as a protection against micrometeorites. Another feature of the ship, is the habitat section, consisting of separate "eggs" filled with salt water. Because creatures are accustomed to the conditions of the ocean, they feel quite comfortable in zero gravity and do not need in artificial gravity. Each "egg" is a lander with a heat shield. Upon reaching the target, they get off from the mother ship and go down to the planet surface by braking in the atmosphere. In order to dock with stations, there is a special port near to the habitat section. When docking it is filled with water too.
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