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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 06, 2001, 08:39:00 am
My 3rd contest entry, and I'm dipping back into the Freespace universe   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Top
  (http://koti.mbnet.fi/jabu/trintop.jpg)  

Side
  (http://koti.mbnet.fi/jabu/trinside.jpg)  

Front
  (http://koti.mbnet.fi/jabu/trinfront.jpg)  

Perspective
  (http://koti.mbnet.fi/jabu/trinpersp.jpg)  

Polys: 750
Maps: 9
Created in Blender and textured in TrueSpace, using Freespace2 textures with some modifications in PSP6.

A very heavy destroyer, almost Superdestroyer-class. It's 3100 meters long and armed with 1 superbeam, 2 BFGreen, 3 BGreen and 3 TerSlash beams, with 5 AAAf beams and 10 flak turrets.

The downside is that it's reactor and weapons take so much space that it can only house 1 squadron of fighters, so it requires a support destroyer or a carrier nearby constantly.

Three were originally built, the GTD Trinity, GTD Warlock and GTD Treblinka (I'm not sure about the spelling, an infamous concentration camp).

EDIT. fixed some spelling mistakes.

[This message has been edited by Jabu (edited 05-06-2001).]
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: NeoHunter on May 06, 2001, 10:12:00 am
What is everybody suddenly "equipping" their ships with super beam cannons? Must have something to do with the Golgotha(sp?) right?

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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 06, 2001, 11:00:00 am
Storyline purposes  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Fury on May 06, 2001, 01:42:00 pm
Good job Jabu.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Wondering where are all WhiteStar like ships?
Small, very fast, very maneuverable and enough firepower. Excellent in packs.
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Ace on May 06, 2001, 01:45:00 pm
Not bad, but I would make it a cruiser class vessel with slashing weapons as opposed to the cliche' "main beam cannon."

If you have this ship working, perhaps you could send over such a resized version to me if you'll let me use it in an upcoming project. (but with a re-name, different plot line, etc.)

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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 06, 2001, 02:52:00 pm
If you want.

But I'm still using this version for something I'm working on. For story purposes  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Ace on May 06, 2001, 04:15:00 pm
Ohh... I want  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: IceFire on May 06, 2001, 04:25:00 pm
I guess Kellan and I started a trend  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 06, 2001, 04:35:00 pm
It's got a pretty high poly count for a cruiser, especially if I stick some more turrets on it.

And I haven't got it in FS2 yet, I may actually have to remodel it completely because of those pesty inverted faces (that are actually the right way round when I render it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif))
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Sushi on May 06, 2001, 08:27:00 pm
Excellent work. Although I would love to see a new Battleship class that focused on having lots of slash beams-maybe a bit more powerful than the current ones, but seeing a 2.8K long destroyer opening up with five or six slash beams at a target it was broadside to would be sweet.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Setekh on May 07, 2001, 05:29:00 am
I think some smaller ships, like fighters and bombers, are in order.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 07, 2001, 05:57:00 am
I suck at fighters. Every time I try to make a fighter/bomber it ends up looking like a cap ship anyway   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Oh, and I hate slash beams.

Hmm... that reminds me... better get to work on that carrier  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Unidan on May 07, 2001, 02:23:00 pm
Ya know, before I saw it as a Super Class ship I thought it was a civilian cruise ship. If you shrink it down, take off the beam turrets. Put on three regular turrets and one missle bank on each side. Or just use your origional idea.
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Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Jabu on May 08, 2001, 07:31:00 am
So now I have an order for a superdestroyer, a cruiser and a civilian cruise ship all based on the same design.

Any more?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Max Sterling on May 08, 2001, 09:33:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by NeoHunter:
What is everybody suddenly "equipping" their ships with super beam cannons? Must have something to do with the Golgotha(sp?) right?


Nah. They just want to be like...
 (http://robotechlan.com/freespace2/screenshot/battle9.jpg)

THE SDF-1's Main Gun!



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Hi.
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Shrike on May 08, 2001, 09:49:00 pm
Bzzt.
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: Starwing on May 09, 2001, 12:34:00 am
Super-beams? That remembers me of the TDD Majestic I made. Uhm, Steak?
Title: Contest Entry: GTD Trinity
Post by: aldo_14 on May 25, 2001, 09:33:00 am
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