[crizza]

Yeah, its sexy.
Will it get more turrets?

[The E]

Yes, I'll add a few point defense guns.

EDIT:

Here's a few more renders:

[InfinitySquared]

Ooh. Tiny PD is tiny.

[crizza]

Uh, now I realized how big thos big turrets are^^
Will the side mounted Gauss cannons be actually able to turn/rotate?

[InfinitySquared]

Well, in the Phobos they could only rotate along their vertical axis (which is relative to their mount point). The E might want to make them stationary, or have them as complete turrets.

[crizza]

This would really be an improvement, since they could engage an enemy while not pointing towards them.

[The E]

I don't think they'll be able to rotate a full 360 degrees on their bases. About 30 to 45 degrees of elevation and maybe 210 degrees of rotation should be good.

[-Norbert-]

If those container-like structures a bit behind the middle are rotating (they certainly look like they are supposed to rotate to me), then a full 360° wouldn't make much sense anyway.
With those nice big guns, I'd wish Freespace could handle the barrels compressing with each shot to compensate for the recoil.

[crizza]

I'm looking forward to this beast, so please finish it The E...and no, I don't want to encourage you to work faster^^

[Scotty]

With those nice big guns, I'd wish Freespace could handle the barrels compressing with each shot to compensate for the recoil.

Seems like that'd just be a turret animation, and unless that's magnitudes more difficult than I imagine it being, wouldn't be impossible.

[The E]

Problem is that that's a translational movement. FSO's animation code only does rotational movement, and while you can hack it so that it looks like translational movement by placing the model centerpoint way off in the distance, that has the unfortunate sideeffect of messing with the model's bounding box.

[The E]

Okay, finally got the main guns mapped. To celebrate, here's the preliminary tech description for it:

"The UEFg Phobos was designed in response to the Frigate 25 requirements issued by the UEF Navy in 2380. The requirements called for a replacement of the Karuna design, using the latest and greatest in naval shipbuilding advances. Taking clues from the Narayana class, the Phobos uses a dual grav drive in order to power its massive ion drive. Its main weaponry are the dual Sunflare Grasers, the first anticapital energy weapon system deployed on a UEF vessel. Secondary armament consists of 16 Pilum missile launchers, equipped to fire the new Kestrel multi-purpose missile, as well as 8 dual mass driver turrets, based on the venerable Varunastra design. Point defense is still under development, but at least 15 Khatvanga turrets will be used.
In a radical departure from the Karuna and Narayana designs, the Phobos class has no integral fighter bay, as it is designed to be paired with the proposed Deimos class Carrier."

[crizza]

I like it

So, the "nose" will not get any other forward mounted weapons?

[-Norbert-]

I'm not so sure about the names. Phobos and Deimos are both already used by the GTVA. While in-universe it would still make sense, if the names were chosen before contact was re-established, it would be a bit confusing for us players.

[Droid803]

I like it

So, the "nose" will not get any other forward mounted weapons?

Those two honking railguns (or rather, Sunflare Gamma Ray Lasers) on the sides not enough forward weapons for you? XD

[pecenipicek]

E, please tell me what the **** is going on here? http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5720/phobosmid.jpg

misplaced vertices somewhere on it or what? AO is not supposed to **** up that bad usually.

[The E]

I am not entirely certain. I will check it out.

[InfinitySquared]

I think the blame on that may lie safely on me. DX

[The E]

Nope, it was my bad. I made a few noobie mistakes while unwrapping that part, which given that it was the first piece I did isn't surprising.

[crizza]

I like it

So, the "nose" will not get any other forward mounted weapons?

Those two honking railguns (or rather, Sunflare Gamma Ray Lasers) on the sides not enough forward weapons for you? XD

Well...
I can't quite explain it, the nose looks rather...naked, considering almost every other UEF capship has..."nose guns", no offense towards The E intended.