Sunder Posted March 23, 2017 “The Ark” project was the first attempt of mass colonization of planets outside Solar system. But it was just partly successful. Only third parts of all ships established proper colonies. Some gossips say the real purpose of project was just to get rid of excess population. A few years after the last launch of Ark revolution in hyperspace travelling happened. New hyperdrives were more powerful, faster, reliable, cheaper. So it was possible to establish regular supply lines between new colonies. So there was no need in looking for an ideal world. Colony can be founded everywhere near the source of some valuable resource. New colonization project was called “Legacy”. It was based on fleets of smaller ships instead of one huge ship as before. “Patriarch” spacecraft was designed to carry fast deployable modules of a new colony. Habitats, industrial facilities, power plants. Everything that is needed to start building. All modules can function on the surface of planet and in space. At first group of engineers constructs small outpost on the planet, builds foundations for landing modules, and after that they are dropped off the orbit. They have their own engines for soft precise landing. Ship’s reactor can also be used as a power plant of settlement. In this case ship stays in orbit and will be deconstructed in future. Last, but not the least. Big problem of the Ark was in its colonists. It’s very hard to keep billions of people alive in cryosells. Patriarchs have incubation facilities onboard and huge stock of genetic material. The idea is to grow most of population of a new colony artificially. DNA can be modified to provide better adaptability in case of hazardous environment. Moreover, by default all defects, random mutations and genetic illnesses were deleted from genetic material. Should I say it had serious consequences in future? Patriarch class colonial ship by Sunder_59, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kodan Black Posted March 23, 2017 Love it! Great design and all the little micro ships are cool too. Has a bit of a Mon Calamari vibe to it. I really like the last one with all the colorful containers, feels like a megacontainer ship you'd see today. Cool hangar and I like how it is broken up by the grav deck ring, but it isn't out of place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadstermatt Posted March 24, 2017 Brilliant idea and really well done love it nice back story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxtravis7992 Posted April 1, 2017 Beautiful ship. The last bit about the artificially incubated colonists though has me wondering, "Has science gone to far???" Nothing like an planet of mono-genetic colonists being raised by the robot mothership to sell the sci-fi aspects of the idea! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites