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The TSJ Icanus, the Terran Superjuggernaut. Am I the only one who thinks that having the Earth Alliance build a ridiculously big superjuggernaut is unrealistic? What do you think?

The Icanus rocks, it shouldn't be touched at all.
9 (52.9%)
Keep it the same, but make the Punisher a bit weaker, so the Gigas has a chance of winning.
2 (11.8%)
Tone it down, make it a little smaller , give it a few less hitpoints and make the armament a little less powerful.
1 (5.9%)
Make the Punisher's damage a little less insane and make the Icanus smaller, less protected and armed.
1 (5.9%)
Get rid of it and make up a better way to kill the Gigas.
3 (17.6%)
Keep it the same, but make it only 50% operational by the time the Gigas arrives.
1 (5.9%)

Total Members Voted: 17

Voting closed: November 06, 2006, 12:14:09 pm

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Offline Snail

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Re: Icanus
Reply #80 on: November 04, 2006, 03:17:08 pm
Sol, in my view, would have been sucked dry by the end of the Great War.
 

Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #81 on: November 04, 2006, 03:44:26 pm
The GTVA's fleet wasn't that large... besides, after 14 years they would be using raw materials from other systems.

Furthermore, do you honesty believe that about a half dozen destroyers would drain an entire planetary system of resources? It wouldn't even use up a tiny fraction of the asteroid belt most likely.
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Offline Goober5000

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Re: Icanus
Reply #82 on: November 04, 2006, 04:33:56 pm
Quote from: Woomeister on November 04, 2006, 04:12:49 am
Actually for the Melia I wanted to call it the Gaia, as it's the way back to Earth, but Venom wouldn't let me as he had recently made the Gaia for OTT :p

Well, OTT is defunct and Venom isn't here anymore, so what's to prevent you from changing the name now? :nervous:
 

Offline Woomeister

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Re: Icanus
Reply #83 on: November 04, 2006, 04:46:44 pm
Probably the fact we already released it as the Melia in R1, and it would probably confuse some people if the name was changed
 

Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: Icanus
Reply #84 on: November 06, 2006, 04:23:06 pm
As someone who hasn't played R1 ... can someone post a screenshot of what you're talking about ?
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Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #85 on: November 06, 2006, 05:34:47 pm
This leviathan:



It is something like 25 km from bow to stern. And that gigantic attachment to its side is the Punisher-class beam cannon, the EA's ultimate weapon.
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Offline spartan_0214

Re: Icanus
Reply #86 on: November 06, 2006, 09:07:25 pm
is it just me, or do all the EA ships look   uuuuuuuuugggggllllYYYYY!!!!?????


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Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #87 on: November 06, 2006, 09:14:28 pm
It's just you. :p

I like the EA textures.

And the blockier designs. After all, why the hell would you make a streamlined ship in a friction-less environment?
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Re: Icanus
Reply #88 on: November 07, 2006, 04:05:09 am
Quote from: LieutenantGeneralMobius on November 03, 2006, 05:23:34 pm
Maybe it's because of Tolkien,but I give so many importance on a warship's name. The Icanus should be the symbol of the Terran fleet in general,not only EA. Calling it with a nonsense name is unrealistic. we've called it Terra and we don't say that it's the best name possible,but it's a symbolic name. If the Terra goes down,the other Terra-the one you call Earth-is doomed. Incanus was one of the multiple names Gandalf had,but considering the other names I think you hardly know something about that.

What on earth are you waffling about - Gandalf?

Icaunus was the Gaulish Celtic spirit of the river Yonne.  It came from the same naming school as (amongst others) the earlier Segomo (Gaulish god of war/victory) and Rosmerta (goddess of fire, warmth and abundance).
 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Icanus
Reply #89 on: November 07, 2006, 04:58:03 am
So there................ :p


BTW i like the ship and the Textures,  its just if you drop the I and C...........Well you know :nervous:
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Re: Icanus
Reply #90 on: November 07, 2006, 05:47:28 am
Quote from: Colonol Dekker on November 07, 2006, 04:58:03 am
So there................ :p


BTW i like the ship and the Textures,  its just if you drop the I and C...........Well you know :nervous:

That's because it's been misspelt for some (I presume intentional) reason :)
 

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Re: Icanus
Reply #91 on: November 07, 2006, 05:49:45 am
Icanus does sound better than Icaunus, Like Hercules sounds harder than Herecles,

Anyhoo my opinion so far as the Uber gunbolted to a ship idea is cool,

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- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
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-Between the Ashes 2
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-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Re: Icanus
Reply #92 on: November 07, 2006, 11:48:45 am


A more up to date shot.
 

Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #93 on: November 07, 2006, 12:13:23 pm
I would have taken that style of pic rather than the tech room, but I forgot the key shortcut to take it to that view... :blah:
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Re: Icanus
Reply #94 on: November 07, 2006, 12:14:36 pm
F3 in the mainhall
 

Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #95 on: November 07, 2006, 12:16:59 pm
Oh yeah! Why do I forget stuff like this...
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Offline KappaWing

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Re: Icanus
Reply #96 on: November 07, 2006, 04:02:07 pm
You should really get rid of these:



Other than that it looks really nice
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Re: Icanus
Reply #97 on: November 07, 2006, 05:31:35 pm
You mean the textures that haven't been updated? Well I can't until they are updated.
 

Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: Icanus
Reply #98 on: November 07, 2006, 05:32:51 pm
I think he meant the "spikes" (for lack of anything else to call them) themselves. And I partially agree, what is the purpose of those protrusions?
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Re: Icanus
Reply #99 on: November 07, 2006, 05:53:22 pm
Well the foward most part marked there is one of the large railguns it now has.
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