[blowfish]

Hmm ... just had a thought.  Are those little six-engined things in this screenshot the GTT Corsair?  They seem to be about the same size, and appear to have the same engine configuration.

[Akalabeth Angel]

Hmm ... just had a thought.  Are those little six-engined things in this screenshot the GTT Corsair?  They seem to be about the same size, and appear to have the same engine configuration.

       Maybe it's that fighter used in Transcend that looks like a DS9 runabout.

[DarthWang]

The Kelpie?

[Akalabeth Angel]

The Kelpie?

    Yeah something like that. It's got a buttload of engines on the back anyway. Not sure if it's 6 or 8. So it could fit that screenshot.

[blowfish]

The Kelpie?

    Yeah something like that. It's got a buttload of engines on the back anyway. Not sure if it's 6 or 8. So it could fit that screenshot.

But they're not in the right configuration.  The Kelpie has several engines of various sizes.  The ships in the screenshot appear to have all of their engines the same size, positioned with four like the Elysium and two off to the sides and forward a bit, and they are all roughly the same size.  Besides, they look too big to be fighters.  I stand by my guess that is the Corsair.

[eliex]

Probably Darius changed it slightly to fit his faction.

[Droid803]

I don't think its the Kelpie.
The Kelpie's a fighter. All the UEF Fighters are revealed already.

I'm more likely to bet its a Corsair, as there's not small transport for the UEF revealed yet. All then have is the Upanishad, which is cruiser sized.

[Darius]

Very perceptive They are Corsairs.

Though I'm not sure that mission is going to be in the campaign now, since I lost all of it it was a nice mission too. Ah well. The next one will be even better.

[blowfish]

Though I'm not sure that mission is going to be in the campaign now, since I lost all of it it was a nice mission too. Ah well. The next one will be even better.

Judging by the caption, it looked like an interesting twist in the plot...

[Titan]

bloodthirsty earthers... hmmm..

[Akalabeth Angel]

      So are most (if not all) of the UEF fighters Steve-O's creations? Or are there a few designs in there we haven't seen yet? (or, had the chance to play with, rather than seen)

[blowfish]

      So are most (if not all) of the UEF fighters Steve-O's creations? Or are there a few designs in there we haven't seen yet? (or, had the chance to play with, rather than seen)

All the fighters/bombers we've seen so far are by Steve-O.  Beyond that, only Darius knows

[blowfish]

OK.  On the advice of Stormkeeper, I am asking this question in this thread:

Will there be any new GTVA ships in BP:WiH?

[Darius]

If the story calls for new ships, then sure.

[blowfish]

If the story calls for new ships, then sure.

Well, does it?

[Stormkeeper]

I would think so. Though probably not .

[Aardwolf]

You wouldn't need too much of an excuse to add a supporting vessel or two.

Probably something small, like an auxilliary freighter/transport, science vessel (although it'd be odd having a science vessel on the front lines), or the like. A new fighter or bomber wouldn't be too hard to justify, either.

Edit: or a support ship, to replace the Hygeia...

Another Edit: Will the UEF have their own support ship, too? Maybe something with 1 or 2 turrets, that'd be a nice change.

[ShadowGorrath]

Support ships shouldn't have any armament. The only reason they can carry so much ammo in such a small place is cause they don't need no weapon systems and etc. I think it was stated so by canon, but I could be wrong I guess.

[Aardwolf]

Aye, but it wouldn't be too hard to make a slightly large support ship (still about the same size, though), and add maybe a Terran Turret or Terran Turret Weak to it (or whatever the faction uses)...

Anyway, I think giving the UEF its own support ship is something that ought to be done (unless Darius has something better in mind), and turrets or no turrets should be secondary to that.

Also, for a real-life comparison, present-day refueling ships are somewhat larger than fighters, not smaller or equal size like the support ships in FreeSpace.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Do note, however, that the GTS Centaur of FS1 is still the smallest Terran support ship to date.

If the UEF has its own support ship, it may probably be a heavily modified version of the Centaur.