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Title: Whats the best looking ship ever?
Post by: Shadow_jdct on October 08, 2003, 09:23:25 pm
This includes movies, games, shows, etc.
I cant choose just 1, Id have to say GTF Ulysses, X-Wing or Pyro GX from Descent.
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Post by: mikhael on October 08, 2003, 09:28:55 pm
Obviously, it must be one of my designs. Or maybe Venom's. Either a Naga or Venom's Ezechial. :D
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Post by: Rictor on October 08, 2003, 10:04:54 pm
So many to choose from..I'll have to think about this for a while. For now, its the Atlantis from Unreal 2; man that ship was pretty freaking sweet.
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Post by: Turnsky on October 08, 2003, 10:10:23 pm
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Originally posted by Rictor
So many to choose from..I'll have to think about this for a while. For now, its the Atlantis from Unreal 2; man that ship was pretty freaking sweet.


ditto... mind you, the Hiigaran battlecruiser from HW2 is plenty cool too..:nod:

[OT] Rictor, Please Clean your PM inbox, and give me a Status on the Foxfire website, Thanks :) [/OT]
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Post by: Fury on October 08, 2003, 11:11:05 pm
Earth Alliance Omega class destroyer from Babylon 5. :lol:
Omega (http://www.b5tech.com/earthalliance/earthallianceshipsandvessels/earthcapships/omega/omegaviews.jpg)
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Post by: Krackers87 on October 08, 2003, 11:21:49 pm
Looks ikt the kiev...
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Post by: Ashrak on October 08, 2003, 11:41:27 pm
hmmmm id have to say either Prometheus or Dauntless :)


(http://www.trekmeshes.ch/thumbnails/promentheus.jpg)
(http://www.trekmeshes.ch/thumbnails/dauntlesslwo.jpg)
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Post by: Stunaep on October 09, 2003, 12:12:05 am
Either an ISA Whitestar or SJ Sathanas
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Post by: Liberator on October 09, 2003, 12:38:14 am
GTD Raynor, hands down.

Of course, I'm kind of partial to the Earth Directorate fighters as seen in Buck Rogers from back in the 80s.
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Post by: Descenterace on October 09, 2003, 01:13:47 am
1. Pyro-GX, from Descent 2,
2. Phoenix, from Descent 3,
3. Terran Battlecruiser, from StarCraft
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 01:39:41 am
the Arcadia, from the Harlock series.
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Post by: Bri_Dog on October 09, 2003, 02:13:29 am
EA Warlock
Minbari Sharlin
Ranger Whitestar
Enterprise NCC-1701-A
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Post by: Gloriano on October 09, 2003, 02:15:42 am
dark's Golgotha and many others:)
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Post by: karajorma on October 09, 2003, 04:09:20 am
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Earth Alliance Omega class destroyer from Babylon 5. :lol:


Gets my vote too. :yes:
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Post by: Setekh on October 09, 2003, 04:49:09 am
I've always had a soft spot for Dark's GTF Apollo Mk. II. :)
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Post by: delta_7890 on October 09, 2003, 06:22:49 am
http://www.konamijpn.com/products/zoe2/english/pic/chara_leo_vicviper.jpg

Two words: Vic Viper.
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 07:15:54 am
darn. that looks like my ezechiel, but better :doubt:
"throws himselfs from a bridge"
That said, that smells a lot like it can transform into a robot :p
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Post by: phreak on October 09, 2003, 08:55:21 am
AdPat and Nova Cruiser from IW2.
A bunch of the OTT ships
GTD Orion.  gives a nice sense of power
Vampire from WCP
Rheinland Battleship - FL
Rheinland Valkyrie
Bretonian Paladin. FL:New Universe mod
EA Starfury
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Post by: mikhael on October 09, 2003, 10:17:08 am
Wow. I feel kinda good that someone listed the Raynor. That was a great community project.

Venom, I know how you feel about the Vic Vyper. I never saw a picture of it from that angle before and it just happens to match up with a concept i threw together for a Terran/vasudan hybrid fighter a couple of months back, only, you know, the Vyper looks better. It does NOT transform by the way.

And Phreak's right: the Advanced PatCom is one of the lovelies ships ever to grace the Void in any medium.
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 09, 2003, 12:01:53 pm
my favouites (well, the ones I can think of)
Battle Star Galactica (and the Vipers)
Dropship from "Aliens"
the Ravana design drawing (FS2 credits)

plus about a million others I can't remember right now....
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 09, 2003, 12:17:11 pm
I've always liked the beautiful ugliness of the Somtaaw command ship.
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Post by: ZylonBane on October 09, 2003, 01:37:21 pm
The Pierson's Puppeteers General Products Hull #4.



What?
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Post by: karajorma on October 09, 2003, 01:42:23 pm
Why the #4? Admittedly it was only vulnerable to large amounts of antimatter but so were the #1-3
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Post by: delta_7890 on October 09, 2003, 02:27:28 pm
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Originally posted by Venom
darn. that looks like my ezechiel, but better :doubt:
"throws himselfs from a bridge"
That said, that smells a lot like it can transform into a robot :p


It can.  This is the Vic Viper from Zone of the Enders 2.  I'll grab a link here...

http://www.konamijpn.com/products/zoe2/english/leo.html

Edit: Mik, you're half wrong here.  The traditional Vic Viper does not transform.  However, for this game, the producers (working at Konami of course) decided to bring Vic Viper into play.  Not *the* Vic Viper, but rather a ship that was similar to the Vic Viper, and fit the story-line well enough.  It's really pretty damn cool.  It has the twin lasers, ripple laser, missiles, options, and the two-orb shield.  ^^;;;;
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Post by: Martinus on October 09, 2003, 02:43:45 pm
[color=66ff00]Phlosten paradise, USS dauntless, Enterprise A, silverfox fighter I designed :)
[/color]
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Post by: KARMA on October 09, 2003, 02:49:49 pm
tie fighter/interceptor (really a true original design)
arcadia(the green one)/yamato from leji matsumoto
klingon's battleships and enterprise A
battlestar galactica
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Post by: ZylonBane on October 09, 2003, 03:33:11 pm
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Originally posted by karajorma
Why the #4? Admittedly it was only vulnerable to large amounts of antimatter but so were the #1-3

Because the #1 and the #4 are the only perfectly spherical ones. And the #1 isn't an option because it's only the size of a basketball.
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Post by: Woolie Wool on October 09, 2003, 03:37:30 pm
1. GTF Apollo
2. GTF Ezechiel
3. Those triangular ships from Titan AE
4. EASD Nemesis
5. PVD Typhon
6. EAD Tereus
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 03:49:44 pm
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Originally posted by KARMA

arcadia(the green one) from leji matsumoto


my friend :D
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 09, 2003, 03:52:51 pm
At the mo, probably the Prometheus from SG-1.  Largely because I don;t watch much sci-fi (actually, that's the only one i watch :) ), and a;lso cos it has the chunky industrial aesthetic I like. :)

Also the carrier type ship from Aliens (Sulaco, I think) - though I don;t fully remember that one.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on October 09, 2003, 04:04:00 pm
I've got a serious weakness for the dropship from Aliens. I'm also fast developing a thing for S:AAB's UEF destroyers.
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 04:10:33 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I've got a serious weakness for the dropship from Aliens. I'm also fast developing a thing for S:AAB's UEF destroyers.


then you must see the ships from starship trooper: roughnecks, gonna love the ships ;)
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Post by: pyro-manic on October 09, 2003, 04:14:54 pm
The Sulaco is awesome. Somebody needs to mod that thing (me, if I can figure out GMax :D). Also, the GTD Orion - it just looks 'ard as nails. Ooh, and the tall thin mothership from homeworld (don't know the name, just looks cool). I don't watch sci-fi, mainly 'cos it's nearly all badly-acted crap, so I can't really comment on anything from the genre. Other cool stuff is the big-ass starship from Unreal 2 (the one that hits the star at the end), the Space Marine Battle Barge from BFGothic, and the Venom gunship from the PS1 game G-Police.
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Post by: Flaser on October 09, 2003, 04:27:10 pm
The YF-19 from Macross Pluss.

BTW all Veritech would be a joy to fly (if you managed to learn all the 52 different control devices :D )

(http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1911.jpg)

pics:
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1901.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1913.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1932.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1928.jpg
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 09, 2003, 04:28:08 pm
I actually had models (plastic kits) of the APC, Dropship and Suloco.
the Dropship in particular turned out quite nicely.

YF21 v YF19 , could never decide which one was better....:rolleyes:
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 04:30:11 pm
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Originally posted by Flaser
The YF-19 from Macross Pluss.

BTW all Veritech would be a joy to fly (if you managed to learn all the 52 different control devices :D )

(http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1911.jpg)

pics:
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1901.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1913.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1932.jpg
http://macrossplus.areaseven.net/yf1928.jpg


you know I've made the YF19 as a pof? :D
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Post by: magatsu1 on October 09, 2003, 04:33:18 pm
uh ! uh !
I want it!
I want it!
please!please!please!please!please!
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Post by: Falcon on October 09, 2003, 04:35:46 pm
Osiris
Sabre
Nomad Battleship:eek:
From Freelancer

the GTCv Deimos:)
and the SD Ravana:devil:
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 04:48:58 pm
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Originally posted by magatsu1
uh ! uh !
I want it!
I want it!
please!please!please!please!please!


nope :p
besides it has no lods, no debris, no thruster flame meshes, and isn't even smoothed; was my second FS2 pof ever, first one being...:
(http://www.swooh.com/premium/venom/variouspics/yf21.jpg)
:p ( funny how I could post the same ship twice during the same day, when I didn't have any reason to even think about it for two whole years :p )
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 09, 2003, 04:51:52 pm
The Deimos
the dropship-thingy from the Final Fantasy movie
The Perseus
And the F-15 and the A-10 :D
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Post by: Flipside on October 09, 2003, 05:03:31 pm
Gotta be cliche here and say

The Millenium Falcon, fastest hunk o junk in the galaxy ;)
That and the Gunstar from Last Starfighter.

Flipside :D
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Post by: kode on October 09, 2003, 05:09:15 pm
death thumb from thumb wars...
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Post by: Kamikaze on October 09, 2003, 05:52:24 pm
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g700000/g704702.jpg)
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h63000/h63433.jpg)

A sweet Japanese battleship, the Yamato. This thing was one of the biggest battleships ever (the other is its sister ship, the Musashi) with 18.1 inch guns. :D

For sci-fi, I quite like the Swordfish from Cowboy Bebop.

(http://www.ehobbyland.com/Bebop/Cowboy-SwordFish-IIa.jpg)
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Post by: Taristin on October 09, 2003, 07:55:18 pm
Anuket!
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Post by: mikhael on October 09, 2003, 08:35:40 pm
Sweet variable geometry Vic Vyper. Tres Sweet. :D


How could I forget the GUNSTAR?! Damn. :D
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Post by: J.F.K. on October 09, 2003, 10:13:09 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14
At the mo, probably the Prometheus from SG-1.  Largely because I don;t watch much sci-fi (actually, that's the only one i watch :) ), and a;lso cos it has the chunky industrial aesthetic I like. :)


The Prometheus is alright, but the Asgard mothership is just... serene, you gotta admit. :D

(http://www.gateworld.net/omnipedia/ships/a/graphics/asgardmothership.jpg)

Not to mention the O'neill!

(http://www.gateworld.net/omnipedia/ships/o/graphics/oneill.jpg)

Ahhh, I love Stargate. The season 6 finale and season 7 premiere just aired last night... damn. :yes:
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Post by: Descenterace on October 10, 2003, 03:34:56 am
My favourite plane has to be the B-1B 'Bone'.  Possibly one of the world's most deadly aircraft, if loaded correctly.

After all, it is capable of carrying air-to-air missiles... it just doesn't normally.
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Post by: Setekh on October 10, 2003, 03:52:14 am
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Originally posted by J.F.K.
Ahhh, I love Stargate. The season 6 finale and season 7 premiere just aired last night... damn. :yes:


Heheh, you got that right, Jack. You know, Anubis' mothership doesn't look too bad either. ;)
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Post by: Nico on October 10, 2003, 04:15:46 am
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Originally posted by Descenterace
My favourite plane has to be the B-1B 'Bone'.  Possibly one of the world's most deadly aircraft, if loaded correctly.

After all, it is capable of carrying air-to-air missiles... it just doesn't normally.


Isn't it B1B lancer?
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Post by: Setekh on October 10, 2003, 04:54:49 am
Bone is the colloquial, Lancer is the official designation. :)

http://www.sci.fi/~fta/b-1b.htm
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Post by: Turnsky on October 10, 2003, 05:00:13 am
(http://www.topcd.cz/hostile/jednotky/images/anateus.gif)
this one is pretty cool...


but you just can't ignore the classics..;)
(http://home.earthlink.net/~qstnmark/whopage/tardis.jpg)
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Post by: Sandwich on October 10, 2003, 05:00:30 am
Call me biased. :D
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Post by: Turnsky on October 10, 2003, 05:05:43 am
(http://employees.csbsju.edu/rsorensen/modelcitizen/gallery/sulaco4.jpg)

(http://dougd.hispeed.com/hres2520.jpg)
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 10, 2003, 05:34:00 am
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I've got a serious weakness for the dropship from Aliens.


Damn..forgot that one.  also on the subject of dropships (surely the coolest thing in sci-fi?), the military one from that final fnatsay movie.
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Post by: Charlotte on October 10, 2003, 07:44:03 am
Badger class Starfury is and will always be my favorite ship.
(http://www.b5tech.com/earthalliance/earthallianceshipsandvessels/earthfighters/glory/sa23e1.jpg)
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Post by: diamondgeezer on October 10, 2003, 08:07:46 am
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Originally posted by Flaser
BTW all Veritech would be a joy to fly (if you managed to learn all the 52 different control devices :D )

I flew one in X-Plane (not sure which, but it was red). I realised quite how *****ing it was when I found my self passing 400'000 feet and still accelerating. Killed myself on re-entry, natch :D

Oh, and
(http://www.lcusd.net/pcy/rockets_published/home.isscv.jpg)
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Post by: phreak on October 10, 2003, 09:08:15 am
a B1 flew at the cleveland air show a few years ago.  it did a nice flyby at mach .9
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Post by: Nico on October 10, 2003, 10:12:18 am
well I saw a B2 at le Bourget :)
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Post by: StratComm on October 10, 2003, 12:00:02 pm
Meh, I have a B2 fly over my house at low speed/low altitude every year.  Impressive in what they are, but not too much to look at.  I also like in a corridor used for flight training excercises, so I see all kinds of helicopters and planes flying around all the time.  I guess that makes me sort of unimpressed by the "I've seen..." response.

Oh, and the Sulako rocks :nod:
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Post by: Nico on October 10, 2003, 01:29:10 pm
well, there's as much to see as with any other planes. and yeah, I'm in an international military corridor too, so I get to see lots of planes and helos. Not that I stay at my windows all day long in hope I'll see some tiny black shape going by very fast :p
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Post by: Deepblue on October 10, 2003, 01:29:48 pm
(http://www.deepangel.com/assets/images/db_images/db_Wide271.jpg)
:D
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Post by: Woolie Wool on October 10, 2003, 01:32:03 pm
Bah, this is still the greatest ship ever except for the Apollo:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/maeglamor/OTT/ezechiel.jpg)
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Post by: Descenterace on October 10, 2003, 01:35:14 pm
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I have a B2 fly over my house at low speed/low altitude every year.


Yeah, the 'Beak' is pretty cool too.  I have to say that I like all three big bombers: the Bone, the Beak and the Buff.  They've all got fairly strong 'doomsday' connotations though, which is a pity.
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Post by: Gloriano on October 10, 2003, 01:48:21 pm
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Gloriano/2mppSDF1D.gif)

Macross Super Dimensional Fortress One (SDF-1)

one of my favorites
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Post by: Corhellion on October 10, 2003, 09:20:49 pm
Vaygr Destroyer from HW2.

It is one of the strangest and coolest looking ships ever.

And you can't put shame on the Vaygr Battle Cruiser!

...as you can possibly tell...I got HW2 last weekend, and haven't played anything else since...well...other than a few games of SC...

...btw...can anyone send me a saved game for the starting of mission 5? I can't beat M04...ticking me right the **** off...pardon my swearing...alot of people can back me up on this, Mission 4...is the devils mission...it can go well, and it can go wrong...terribly wrong...talk about 10 Assault frigs, and 15-20 Heavy Missile frigs...

...sorry for derailing the thread...tis late...

Cor
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Post by: Turnsky on October 10, 2003, 09:54:40 pm
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Originally posted by Corhellion
Vaygr Destroyer from HW2.

It is one of the strangest and coolest looking ships ever.

And you can't put shame on the Vaygr Battle Cruiser!

...as you can possibly tell...I got HW2 last weekend, and haven't played anything else since...well...other than a few games of SC...

...btw...can anyone send me a saved game for the starting of mission 5? I can't beat M04...ticking me right the **** off...pardon my swearing...alot of people can back me up on this, Mission 4...is the devils mission...it can go well, and it can go wrong...terribly wrong...talk about 10 Assault frigs, and 15-20 Heavy Missile frigs...

...sorry for derailing the thread...tis late...

Cor


Pulsar corvettes, and gunship squads, make short work of vagyr frigates..
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Post by: Ace on October 10, 2003, 10:25:23 pm
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Originally posted by Corhellion
Vaygr Destroyer from HW2.

It is one of the strangest and coolest looking ships ever.

And you can't put shame on the Vaygr Battle Cruiser!

...as you can possibly tell...I got HW2 last weekend, and haven't played anything else since...well...other than a few games of SC...

...btw...can anyone send me a saved game for the starting of mission 5? I can't beat M04...ticking me right the **** off...pardon my swearing...alot of people can back me up on this, Mission 4...is the devils mission...it can go well, and it can go wrong...terribly wrong...talk about 10 Assault frigs, and 15-20 Heavy Missile frigs...

...sorry for derailing the thread...tis late...

Cor


I do agree with the Vaygr destroyer being one of the more unique out of the standard space-opera fare of ships:
(http://well-of-souls.com/homeworld/hws/hw2/images/homeworld2_022103_003.jpg)

As for mission 4, Pulsars and Torpedo Frigates are your friend. Try to keep the enemy occupied with the Pulsars while you do a long-range bombardment on their shipyard. Using platforms as decoys also helps.
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Post by: Setekh on October 11, 2003, 01:34:55 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Call me biased. :D


Clay Amaunet? :p
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Post by: Sandwich on October 11, 2003, 05:11:27 am
Yep. :p