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Sech class battlecruiser

the Klingons in discovery had an ... interesting look particularly in their ship design. Now, personally I think there's a good looking ship under any design, you just got to go find it. so that's what I tried to do with this (https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/dis-sech-top.jpg), the Sech class.
there were a few elements of the ship I liked, namely the top profile, the torpedo tube, and the engine layout. which I kept.
The rest of the design I did not like so much. Overall my ship is much sleeker both in texture and profile, in keeping with the Klingon aesthetic. The weird bow has been replaced by something closer to the usual Klingon bridge, particularly the ones found in ST Enterprise. The colours of the hull were corrected, though I did keep the lights along the leading edge of the "wings" they are now much smaller and more mechanical looking. The weird tube assemblies jutting out from the ship at odd angles were removed, and visible warp engines were added about the place making it still a fairly illuminated ship. just not to quite the ludicrous extent as it was in the show. The last major change I made was replacing the aft mounted bridge module with that red grilled protrusion most Klingon ships have prior to the next generation.
The result is an aggressive but bulky battlecruiser which lacks the refinement and undeviating purpose of the K't'inga yet remains a serous threat to any would be enemy of the empire or its house.

the heavy torpedo launcher and 2 hangar bays are visible

the heavy torpedo launcher and 2 hangar bays are visible

the ship is propelled by 3 primary and 6 secondary impulse engines, as well as 3 sets of warp engines, two of which are faired into the hull

the ship is propelled by 3 primary and 6 secondary impulse engines, as well as 3 sets of warp engines, two of which are faired into the hull

untextured

untextured