Thanks! While I am an artist, I nevertheless have an enthusiasm for real science and engineering. So I rolled up my sleeves and made every attempt to incorporate a level of realism into the spacecraft design.In my formative years, perhaps my biggest influence was "2001: a Space Odyssey" - which was realistic but also resonated on many other levels. I wanted to hit that same "zone-of intersection" where realism intersects with (for want of a better word) "coolness.My motivation at the time was reading a comment somewhere online that asserted "realistic spaceships are boring". I took exception to that, and this was the result. After all - what is the purpose of science fiction if not to inspire us to reach for such things in reality?BTW I don't know if you've seen them, but there are actually 4 illustrations of this ship - here are links to the other 3: