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Title: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Raven2001 on November 19, 2015, 08:49:15 am
No great descriptions yet again, but I figured I'd show y'all what I've been up to, and you all know what this is ;)

Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: General Battuta on November 19, 2015, 08:49:53 am
It's a super cool ship.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Cyborg17 on November 19, 2015, 11:50:35 am
Rule of Cool!  Love it!  :yes: :yes:
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 19, 2015, 03:18:18 pm
Oooh, nice.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: tomimaki on November 21, 2015, 06:11:00 pm
Cool gun  :drevil:
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 22, 2015, 02:09:42 am
and you all know what this is ;)
(http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/images/Gtdboreas.jpg) <- this? (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTD_Boreas)
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 22, 2015, 08:30:39 am
^ Actually my guess was a proper ship version of the meson cannon seen back in Derelict.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Raven2001 on November 22, 2015, 10:10:27 am
It's actually this:
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GTD Golgotha

A radical departure from traditional GTVA destroyer design, the Golgotha has been designed in the post-Capella age. As such it has been designed to take on the largest and most powerful Shivan destroyers and juggernauts and win. The Golgotha's main weapon is an experimental Meson cannon, harnessing immense power and focusing it into a cohesive energy beam many times more powerful than any conventional beam cannon. Somewhat faster and more heavily armoured than an Orion-class, the destroyer carries only two fighter squadrons (less than half of a normal complement). Nevertheless, with a suitable support fleet nothing can rival the Golgotha's destructive power. The crews of this vessel have not nicknamed it the 'giant killer' without good reason.


(http://ce.hard-light.net/bwo/images/intel/tech_golg.jpg)

(http://ce.hard-light.net/bwo/images/intel/tech_golg02.jpg)
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Droid803 on November 22, 2015, 12:57:03 pm
my guess was a proper ship version of the meson cannon seen back in Derelict.

That is 100% correct
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Nyctaeus on November 22, 2015, 04:51:22 pm
It's actually this:

*snip*
Meh, Boss. I don't believe You didn't get the joke :P

I love this ship. It's awesome :D!
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Mongoose on November 22, 2015, 06:17:52 pm
Meh I liked it better when it was a bunch of Elysiums (Elysia?) smooshed together.

(j/k kickass model)
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: CT27 on November 22, 2015, 09:20:13 pm
How do you think Sol will feel when this is combat deployed for the first time?  :eek2:
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Raven2001 on November 23, 2015, 05:43:26 am
Meh I liked it better when it was a bunch of Elysiums (Elysia?) smooshed together.

Actually, it was a Zephyrus and a Mjolnir, copulating :P

How do you think Sol will feel when this is combat deployed for the first time?  :eek2:

That's classified information.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: SF-Junky on November 27, 2015, 03:15:00 pm
Meh I liked it better when it was a bunch of Elysiums (Elysia?) smooshed together.
Actually, it was a Zephyrus and a Mjolnir, copulating :P
Actually, it was a Zephyrus and four Elysiums copulating in front of a Meson bomb. Those pigs! :nervous:
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: CT27 on December 02, 2015, 03:06:35 pm
Minor question:

Do you think the Golgotha should be classified as a dreadnought (GTDn Golgotha) instead of a destroyer?

Freespace Wiki says a dreadnought is a ship the size of a destroyer but with little fighterbay and primarily designed for capital ship combat.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: General Battuta on December 02, 2015, 03:13:58 pm
That's a fan-made designation, it doesn't really have any universal authority.
Title: Re: Meson Cannon, under construction
Post by: Raven2001 on December 02, 2015, 03:47:58 pm
That's a fan-made designation, it doesn't really have any universal authority.

Pretty much this. Not to mention that it's faster and more fluid to say "GTD" during dialogue than "GTDn" :D