David Henry’s USS Davis

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U.S.S. DAVIS

NCC-89332
DEFIANT BATTLE CRUISER CLASS

The 51st Fleet received Starfleet approval to a new battle cruiser class of  starships based on a significantly enlarged Defiant class. The ship is the side of a Galaxy class starship.

The U.S.S. Davis is the first ship in the line and is named in honor of U.S. Army General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (Commander of the famed Fighter Group 332 – Tuskegee Airmen). Part of the 51st Fleet’s Fighter Wing (USS Harriet Tubman, USS Mae Jemison/Explorer and armored Delta Flyers), the Davis is a fast, maneuverable, heavily armored capital ship. The ship has a variable speed quantum slipstream drive used in tandem with two upgraded warp drives. The 12 deck ship has a 500 member crew, cloaking device, XIV beam/pulse phasers, quantum torpedoes and multi-vectored impulse and thruster nozzles. Other features include the following:

  • Landing capable.
  • Armor-plated, energy conducting ablative armor.
  • Multiphasic shield strength of the U.S.S. Colin Powell.
  • Armored Delta Flyer and Danube shuttles
  • Borg enhancements (especially sensors and weapons).
  • Enhanced micro-quantum slipstream omni-directional communication hubs (upper nacelles) in order to stay in communication with Starfleet.
  • Enhanced inertial dampers allow for exceptional maneuverability.
  • Two rear beam/pulse canons (a first for a Defiant class ship).
  • Special phaser/photon weapons detachable module.

This is the 1/420 scale U.S.S. Defiant from Round Two Models re-imagined as a 1/1400 scale ship. Standard decals and custom decals from Carlos Zangrando, and JT Graphics were used. Clear parts for lighting were supplied by Don’s Light Magic with lighting supplied by Easy LED from ParaGrafix. The 1/1400 Dauntless and Defiant models were from Alliance Models while the shuttles are from Federation Models. The detachable module is comprised of Mennen Speed stick parts and diabetic syringe cap from BD.