Echo-1: Rear Concept Sketch & Design Notes (by M. Sandhu)
This is a hand-drawn concept sketch I created of Echo-1, the deep-space vessel at the heart of Senia Echoes. I wanted to bring it to life visually...not just as a ship, but as a character. Something that feels real, heavy, and built for survival.
What you’re seeing here is the rear of the vessel, drawn from my imagination after years of writing the story and building the world around it.
About the Design
Echo-1 isn’t sleek. It’s not elegant. It’s built for environments that don’t follow the rules of physics anymore.
This vessel is designed for anomaly zones, the kind of space where time fractures, memory becomes unstable, and normal navigation doesn’t apply.
At the back, you’ll see the four primary thrusters...each one drawn with a turbine-style propulsion core. They’re part of a quad-core gravitic drive system with pulse-vent cooling. These aren’t meant for speed...they’re meant for control in unstable gravitational fields.
Along the underside are the six Echo Landing System (ELS-6) arms adaptive, multi-angled stabilizers designed to anchor the ship during landings in fractured terrain. Each limb is fitted with Rift Light Spines jagged energy edges that can cut into crust, map energy signals, or stabilize Echo-1 during Rift surges.
I’ve also added 10 micro-thrusters (RCS nodes) along the wingline designed for subtle pitch corrections and environmental drift control. These smaller units keep the ship steady when nothing else in the sky is.
And in the center:
You’ll see the docking bay...a compressed, armored access gate for crew deployment, cargo exchange, or memory tethering sequences. It’s not flashy, but it’s critical. When Echo-1 returns, this is where you either come home or disappear.
Why I Drew It
I’ve always believed that some parts of a story shouldn’t just be written they should be seen. And Echo-1, to me, has always been more than a vehicle. It’s a symbol of the unknown. Of entering somewhere you’re not meant to go and trying to come back intact.
So I sketched it. Every line, every thruster, every angle is part of something larger. And this is just one view.
More coming soon.