Starship Inquiry
Encountering
Ventasian Starship

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Inquiry
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Starship Inquiry is the largest exploration vessel of the Space Exploration Consortium space fleet from a fictional era perhaps a few centuries from the present. It has a star-faring technology that takes weeks to travel the handful of light years separating one star system from another. The Inquiry has capabilities similar to the starships seen on the Sci-Fi channel's TV show Battlestar Galactica but is set in a much more peaceful universe. Of my starships, it is the design most directly influenced by one of my science fiction artist hero, Chris Foss with a few features inspired by the work of my other science fiction artist hero, Robert McCall. All the small craft for the Inquiry were provided by fellow science fiction artist, Richard Jeferies.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Modeling - Rhino 4 and TrueSpace 6.6
Rendering - Flamingo 1.1
Textures - Marlin's Amazing Sci-Fi textures, P. Bourke, Sean Kennedy, Manfred Thaller, Jerry Westfall
Backgrounds - Custom Photoshop 7 brushes and Photoshop plug-in Lunarcell
Running Lights - Universe Image Creator
Miscellaneous - CorelDRAW, Corel Photo-Paint and Adobe Photoshop

PRIMARY DESIGN INFLUENCES

1. A conceptual design for Leviathan/Nostromo by Chris Foss for the science-fiction/horror film Alien

2. Various spaceship designs by Robert McCall