Weekly Update #59

[Argopeilacos]

Btw, was that another ship-render in the top-left corner of the first image? Or possibly the land base?

That looks like the bottom of the cruiser prototype:

[Crayfish]

That Destroyer is looking pretty slick (those thrusters especially), job well done. Btw, was that another ship-render in the top-left corner of the first image? Or possibly the land base?

It could be the carrier. The geometry doesn’t seem to quite line up with what we’ve already seen however. If the ships are arranged in that render in size order that would make it the cruiser. Can’t remember if we’ve seen a recent render of that.

Carrier Conundrum

The problem with long ships is that when they start to rotate, the tips accelerate faster than the center. [image] Start rotating too fast and Sonic gets turned into mashed Sonic. Rotate slow enough that sonic survives and the carrier might not be too fun to play. With the magical technology of inertial dampeners the mashing can be stopped, but still that's a pretty powerful inertial dampener. It could be made to feel better by creating a stumpy carrier. [image] Personally, long I find lo…