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Atmo Probeby ~Orpheus7

Traditional Art / Drawings / Sci-Fi

An idea for an atmospheric scout pod I did a few years ago. Carrying one person, they are deployed from mining drop ships to survey worlds to locate mineral deposits before the mining ship descends to the surface.

~alienfetusinc Mar 24, 2010

dude your my hero this kicks ass

~Orpheus7 Mar 25, 2010

Thanks very much for the comment. Glad you like it.

~RobertLaszloKiss Apr 29, 2009 Student Artist

Is this ships supposed to be drilling to besides scouting? Has lots of fragile looking parts for a mini mining ship. But I still love the design and execution.

~Orpheus7 Apr 29, 2009

The idea is that it is just a probe, meant to fly above the surface and scan below the surface for minerals. It's mother ship would do the actual drilling.

~RobertLaszloKiss Apr 29, 2009 Student Artist

Oh ok. The lower part of the ship looks like a drilling head and I thought it does some drilling itself.

~Orpheus7 Apr 29, 2009

Now that you mention it, it does look like a drill. But there's an explanation. Actually the "drill" is a counter-rotating propeller to propel the pod and allow it to hover without having to use boosters or anti-grav systems. The small "blades" are just control vanes for particle blades that would actually extend outward. Hope that clears that up.

~RobertLaszloKiss Apr 30, 2009 Student Artist

Oh i see, that is actually a cool piece of technology right there

~Orpheus7 Apr 30, 2009

Thank you sir.

!wildbillinotown Apr 28, 2009

I love your ship designs.

The other gallery work is good too, but I just love spaceships!!

~Orpheus7 Apr 28, 2009

Thanks a lot.

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