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NEBULA CLASS (Variant III)
Also known as the 'Proto-Nebula', this class was a weird Nebula kitbash which supposedly portrayed the USS Melbourne (the second such named ship) in the Wolf 359 graveyard scene. A model of the ship was created (altered) for this, and later Captain Sisko had such a model sitting on a shelf in his office. A photo of this is below. What precisely the second set of smaller nacelles does is a mystery. The only ship which has a similar feature is the Prometheus prototype. This had two further nacelles that came into action in multi-vector assault mode, this one presumes, was intended to keep the central section in a warp field when the ship was at warp, which indeed happened in Voyager's 'Message in a Bottle'.
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My existing Nebula model had to undergo a series of alterations to complete this variant. Firstly the saucer had another two rows of windows made, and the secondary hull for this one had to be redone as it's a totally different shape.
...I may do some further renders of it in the future.
Nebula Variant I | Nebula Variant II | Nebula Variant III
The Nebula Class page in the Fleet listings.
Please Email Me fellow 3D starship modellers, I'd welcome your feedback / suggestions...
Please, if you wish to use these images on your website, or anywhere else, please ask for my permission first. Thanks.
