r/NMS_Corvette_Design

Here is my Corvette that I created in Exp 23. I liked it so much that I created the copy from the expedition to my fleet. This is a standard space station build and I incorporated some stuff from my previous builds into this one. I used 2 Arcadia heavy boosters to create the tail of the ship and are the main boosters. I hid the cockpit and accessway like I did with my previous post, and also added the flipped hab (using the tractor beam to flip it) for the front booster feature again. I think what took me the most time was trying to clean up the body to tail section as it went through a few different iterations before I landed on this final set up that I thought transitioned well. The initial design looked like a block body with a tail sticking out of it. It didn't have the slight upsweep that it has now.

Hope my fellow Corvette designers and fans enjoy the build at least half as mush as I do. I have now become addicted to Corvette building for sure and am working on refining a couple of my other ships (my first posted hotrod styled vette and the Shuttle inspired vette).

Named for the Egyptian serpent god, the Nehebkau-class corvette is an exploration vessel designed to operate in high-gravity environments. The shape of the main fuselage provides substantial lift, and the ship's Titan boosters provide forward thrust and supplimental lift in high-AOA flight, especially during flight transitions or on landing approach.

All builds on Xbox, done at the station, regular and offset positioning.

My take on the Salcap Corvette from Homeworld, with the bonus that the tractor beams add the perfect attachment effect. Now I just need another and we can start stealing Frigates rather than paying for them.

Named The Ferry of Acheron by the crew who recovered her, this vessel was found tumbling through space, accessway open and fully depressurized. No sign of any crew was found, living or dead, and the ship's system logs were empty as though it had never seen service. Strangely, there are no records of any known ship matching the Acheron's design, and no ship yard has claimed it as their work.

The ship was put into service as an exploration vessel, and while no service issues have been logged since it's recovery, crew members occasionally report the sound of whispers coming from the ship's accessway.

Lore: Created by Dustar Corporation, the Innuendo is a capable, high-end corvette designed to excel in a wide range of roles. Its rapid adoption across the galaxy—particularly among Valorm Federation emissaries—led to a collaboration between Dustar and the Federation. This resulted in a refined variant of the Innuendo, tailored to the high expectations and standards of ships carrying the VSV (Valorm Space Vessel) designation.

Long time lurker, first time poster, everyone’s amazing work here keeps blowing my mind and inspiring me to push my own designs further!

The Leviathan - A military-grade gunship designed to punch through defenses, and sometimes very literally. The ship is designed as one big battering ram, with a spread of thrusters spaced across a wide back wing to direct forward momentum into the ram.

The Leviathan is currently operating for-hire under the mercenary Voss Vorthos, running paramilitary operations for small rebellion forces on Sentinel-controlled outposts. The ship hasn't been inspected by an active military in a decade, and so Vorthos equipped it with an illegal cloaking device, 9 unregistered cannons and phase beams, and a full bar for post-mission libations.

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This was a fun one. The reference concept art is included.

Since I used almost all large (full-sized hab) pieces throughout, the Leviathan is pushing the space limit in all directions - forwards, backwards, sideways. It is HUGE. It takes over an entire landing pad at the Anomaly all by itself. Despite the massive size, I feel like it still looks cohesive and "finished" without extra space or awkward seams.

I am currently in love with embedding Titan engines directly into the body of a ship. I also cheat the parts count by including tons of windows on builds like this - it lets you push a larger vessel without it feeling unfinished.

The one thing I don't love is the landing gear sticking out at the bottom, but so it goes!

The creation of the SS Baxley was inspired by this post, seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/NMS_Corvette_Design/s/tDm3GsCP3F and also of course the original concept artist Shane Baxley, who's work I thoroughly enjoy. So please give them both a look, you won't be disappointed! After I saw this ship, I instantly knew I wanted to build one.

I didn't stay completely true to the original concept art, but I'm still pleased with how this project turned out in the end. Making this ship was a lot of fun and I'm having even more now actually flying it.

Half and quarter step offsets, free placed windows, and tractor beam hab rotation used.

I hope you enjoyed, too!

This little yellow hauler has all onboard for some space exploration en enough storage to keep you going.

Tawnos's Coffin is a purpose-built blockade runner owned and operated by Dread Pirate V'Kul X. They are currently employed by The Syndicate, an illicit goods dealer working across multiple galaxies in a network of black market exporters.

The Coffin was designed as a mobile base of operations for smuggling enterprises. This blockade runner moves quality goods over quantity - the custom hold carries rare and exotic treasures, minerals, fossils, and illegal plant life, sometimes totaling millions of credits at a time. A hidden grow lab under the main living space provides the facilities to grow and harvest especially potent (and finicky) strains of Nip-Nip.

Tawnos's Coffin uses a gold alloy plating to deflect radiation and protect highly sensitive exotic goods. The Coffin also features a full spread of offensive and defensive technologies. For security, all 9 of the outboard cannons (3 Deadeye, and 6 Plasma) are hidden within the plating of the vessel, letting it masquerade as a civilian transport.

The tractor beam on the exterior of the hull opens up to a custom cold storage unit, with two articulating robot arms for careful loading. Inside the main ship, there's a full bar, a commissar, sleeping units for 4, and a surgery with three stasis pods for transporting prisoners. Multiple viewing decks allow the Coffin to oversee mining or manufacturing facilities from atmosphere when V'Kul does rounds over the Syndicate's vast criminal network.

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This is another riff on the original designs by u/Beckhaver and his wonderful Autophage Merchant vessel. The Titan-class engines mounted in the middle give this ship a strong post-apocalyptic / illegal technology vibe that I'm in love with. I painted the entire vessel in tan/brown rust and then hit the top panels with gold.

There's a forward-facing entrance right next to the cockpit for ease of use when you're in a station. Great quality of life! The full bar inside the nose makes for even better quality of life!

Avionica Vertrice Experimentál's latest corvette, is their first in the new M line. The M, stands for both Medical and Military, and, is designed to take a hit, and deliver it, while also aiding in the extraction of wounded soldiers. The lower level, is geared and built with two-four surgical suites, med-pods, and beds for up to four less-critically wounded soldiers. The upper deck, is for storage and hauling any salvaged materials that, may include the remains from crews on attacked or downed freighters. Intended to work with a coordinated strike and recover team.

Exterior is pretty much finalized but wanted to show some of my additions. The reality stabilizer ship has integrated sentinel parts on the far side of the ship that are being grafted to the ship as it's a sort of 'living' ship as it's an autophage itself. Even when reality starts to fall apart, the ship is able to travel and try to keep it together.

Never travel the collapsing realities alone when your techno living ship is there to keep you company. 😆