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CONCEPT

The Upholder of Honor class battleship for the Humanasol League Fleet is my take on the traditional "space battleship" concept. The overall shape of the vessels is inspired by the Imperial Starfleet ships of the "Star Wars" universe and the Colonial ships of the Sci-Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" universe.  The bright hull colors on the hull were inspired by those used on the ships of the computer game "Homeworld." The technology level of Humanasol ships is similar to that of Colonial ships on "Battlestar Galactica." Other influences include the the capital ships of the "Traveller" role-playing game from the early 1980's, as well as those in the science fantasy films "Wing Commander" and "The Fifth Element."

As a military starship from a conservative-controlled Human culture just a few centuries from the present, the Upholder of Honor class battleship is smaller and more primitive than most of the ships I have devised for my other, more positive futures. It is in the range of battleship sizes common among various space-based role-playing games.

Images of three earlier versions of Upholder of Honor are also included in this gallery. Those versions were of a larger and technologically more advanced ship.

HISTORY

Battleships are the largest and most heavily armed warship type in the Humanasol League Fleet.  At only ten examples, they form only 1% of the total number of warships in the fleet. Battleships serve as flagships for each of the nine sector fleets. They are not capable of landing on planetary surfaces.  Battelships carry noticeably more smallcraft than heavy cruisers, usually including three entire gunboat squadrons.  The "Upholder of Honor" class is the only battleship class currently serving in the Humanasol League Fleet.  The most famous example is the "Upholder of Honor" which serves as the flagship of the entire fleet.  It is the command and control ship for the High Command staff as they travel among the various sector fleets.  As such, battleship "Upholder of Honor" forms the core of the largest task force in the fleet.  Further battleship development is on hold until testing is complete on the single, experimental "Fortress of Fearlessness" class battle cruiser.

HUMANASOL LEAGUE UNIVERSE

The Humanasol League setting is my most pessimistic fictional environment. It is set in an alternative universe sone centuries in the future where Humanity has been exploring interstellar space for some time. I have used a fictional font for the Human ships in this setting to indicate that I believe that our actual future will be brighter than this. In the Humanasol League history, there have been two waves of interstellar colonization, one from Earth and another from its most successful colonies. The second generation colonies have broken away from Earth and formed the Kruegarian Protectorate which is more expansionist orientated than the Humanasol League. Two star-faring alien sentient species have been encountered during this time; the defensive-minded Ventronians and the expansionist-minded Klolodians. The Ventronian Interstellar Consolidation has become allies of the Kruegarian Protectorate and both need the cooperation of the Humanasol League in holding off the larger Klolodian Empire. All four of the instellar powers use star-faring technology akin to that in the science fiction film Wing Commander.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Modeling - Rhino 4
Rendering - Rhino 4 Native Rendering Engine
Detailing Parts - Keith Hazelet, Paul F. Hymen, Richard Jeferies, Jeffrey Lynn, David C. Mueller, Simon, and Steve Wilson
Textures - Richard Jeferies and David C. Mueller
Backgrounds - Universe Image Creator and Hubble Space Telescope website
Running Lights - Universe Image Creator
Miscellaneous - CorelDRAW, Corel Photo-Paint and Adobe Photoshop