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HOVERCRAFT NOSFERATU

Notes

• Crew - Typical crew of 5-6 members.

• Design - Smaller design than the 'Nebuchadnezzar.'

• Decks - Features 3 decks: Command, Main, and Lower.

12-21-03 - Here is Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu plaque, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

• The idea to give the name "Nosferatu" to a hovercraft first sprung from the film "The Matrix Reloaded" and its discussion of vampires and werewolves. "Nosferatu" is a great vampire name for an ancient hovercraft. | Read "Vampires, Werewolves, and Jesus">>

• The original name "Nosferatu" was taken from the first screen adaptation and definitive film version of Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula," stylistically directed by the legendary German director, F.W. Murnau. Created when German silent films were at the forefront of visual technique and experimentation, Murnau's 1922 classic is remarkable for its creation of mood and setting, and for the unforgettably creepy performance of Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a.k.a. the blood-sucking predator Nosferatu. With his rodent-like features and long, bony-fingered hands, Schreck's vampire is an icon of screen horror, bringing pestilence and death to the town of Bremen in 1838.

• "...and it was in 1443 that the first Nosferatu was born. That name rings like the cry of a bird of prey. Never speak it aloud... Men do not always recognize the dangers that beasts can sense at certain times." --From the transcribed script of the 1922 film, "Nosferatu."

• "But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." --Mark 3:29, as symbolized in the plaque markings.

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12-21-03 - Here are Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu Command Deck, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

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12-21-03 - Here are Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu Main Deck, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

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12-21-03 - Here are Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu Lower Deck, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

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12-21-03 - Here are Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu central cross-section, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

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12-21-03 - Here are Jay's rendering of the Nosferatu starboard cross-section, created in Adobe® Photoshop.

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