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Title: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 17, 2008, 02:45:38 pm
Let's see how much success this gets...

I made a picture to be used in End War. Solve the puzzle and it will be revealed. (In case anyone wonders: Yes, I had too much 162)
If anyone can figure out what ship this is, the next piece will be posted. After you found 8 pieces, I will post the entire picture.

Let's start off with an easy one:

(http://i39.tinypic.com/dwxwtc.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 17, 2008, 03:32:52 pm
The two front beams of a ravana or sathanas?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: blowfish on December 17, 2008, 04:15:57 pm
I'd say Sath.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 18, 2008, 12:15:49 am
Probably a Sath. No sure though.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 18, 2008, 06:38:48 am
Almost definitely a Sath I'd say.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 18, 2008, 12:31:47 pm
Indeed, a Sath.

This one isn't too hard either:

(http://i40.tinypic.com/f20mqq.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: blowfish on December 18, 2008, 12:57:06 pm
Tauret? :nervous:
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Retsof on December 18, 2008, 09:01:45 pm
OOH! OOH!  Its a Seraphim!
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 19, 2008, 12:42:28 am
I'll place my bets on a Seraphim.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: ShadowGorrath on December 19, 2008, 12:58:42 am
Hahaha :p

Not even close
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 19, 2008, 03:32:48 am
Tauret or Mara.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 19, 2008, 04:45:06 am
Think bigger :P
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 19, 2008, 04:53:40 am
Rakshasa or Typhon
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on December 19, 2008, 04:44:42 pm
Uh...the thing from that modeldump that I converted that day all that time ago?
But then it wouldn't be 'not too hard'.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: ShadowGorrath on December 19, 2008, 05:25:57 pm
Wrong :P

Now you're starting to think too big.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Retsof on December 19, 2008, 09:16:38 pm
Lilith/Cain?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 20, 2008, 09:28:07 am
- The picture is not recoloured
- The model was made by :v:
- Pay special attention to the light in the centre.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 20, 2008, 10:34:18 am
It looks an awful lot like a Seraphim... Or a Tauret... Or... Another... Ship... Thing...

EDIT - SHIVAN COMM NODE!!?!?!?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 20, 2008, 05:48:02 pm
Still either Tauret or Seraphim, but more like a Seraphim.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 20, 2008, 06:05:03 pm
No, FSF told me personally it's a Shivan Comm Node.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: ShadowGorrath on December 20, 2008, 06:15:19 pm
No, FSF told me personally it's a Shivan Comm Node.

If he did, then you just signed FSF's death warrant  :p
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 20, 2008, 07:04:31 pm
Oh, so that's what it is . . . seems obvious when you know the answer. 
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 21, 2008, 02:16:31 am
The light in the centre seems to have done the trick for Snail. He guessed right in the ED IRC.

Next one:

(http://i41.tinypic.com/2hf2qv9.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 21, 2008, 08:37:32 am
If he did, then you just signed FSF's death warrant  :p
Nah, I guessed Shivan Comm Node (I was thinking of the central light) and he said that I got it right.

(http://i41.tinypic.com/2hf2qv9.gif)
Ass end of the Lucifer?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 21, 2008, 02:08:33 pm
Nope.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 21, 2008, 03:00:04 pm
Ass end of Cain or Lilith?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 21, 2008, 03:01:19 pm
Nope.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 21, 2008, 03:13:10 pm
Front end of Lucifer, Lilith or Cain?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 21, 2008, 05:22:42 pm
Just front end of the Lucifer? 
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 22, 2008, 01:58:54 am
None of these either :P
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 22, 2008, 03:46:50 am
Hattie?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 22, 2008, 05:53:46 am
Fine, we'll do this the hard way.

Ulysses.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 22, 2008, 08:50:59 am
Seems Shivan-ish.

Manticore/Basilisk?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 22, 2008, 11:21:19 am
Snail, that's gonna take you a while. (That's a hint :P )

No Hattie, Manticore or Basilisk.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 22, 2008, 11:31:43 am
Hades?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Aardwolf on December 22, 2008, 02:48:37 pm
Space Hunk?

Why are the images so tiny!?!? I remember there was a "what mission are these screenshots from" thread where they were garbled, but not tiny. That was actually fun.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 22, 2008, 07:51:35 pm
Scorpion?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 23, 2008, 08:51:40 am
None of these ships.

The images are full-size as they appear in the actual picture. I could make them bigger, but it wouldn't help you much.

And indeed, Stormkeeper, it's Shivan.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 23, 2008, 09:13:52 am
:wtf:

Not a Belial, is it?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 23, 2008, 09:42:44 am
No. It's bigger than that.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 23, 2008, 10:23:51 am
Snail, that's gonna take you a while. (That's a hint :P )
Fine then. We'll do this the other way. But it's still the hard way.

Volition Bravos.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 23, 2008, 10:39:39 am
/me facepalms

You killed them before the "Apocalypse" came...
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 23, 2008, 11:08:04 am
Demon?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 23, 2008, 01:01:53 pm
OK, I'll stop with the stupid systematic thing.

Mephisto?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 23, 2008, 02:22:09 pm
No Demon, no Mephisto. Although that's getting closer.

It's not that Apocalypse; you have to be into FS a bit to know it. SG told me, I didn't know it either.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 23, 2008, 02:43:52 pm
Asmodeus?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 23, 2008, 05:54:21 pm
Dis?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 23, 2008, 06:24:59 pm
Cain? Lilith?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 23, 2008, 07:15:48 pm
Okay, now this is just getting to stabbing at shadows.  :nervous:
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: ShadowGorrath on December 23, 2008, 07:20:26 pm
Heh. Good luck with guessing the right thing at this rate.

But FSF's hint should have given it all away. And when he said Apocalypse, he didn't mean the mission. :p
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Retsof on December 23, 2008, 08:50:31 pm
I dunno, Sathanas?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 24, 2008, 08:58:09 am
But FSF's hint should have given it all away. And when he said Apocalypse, he didn't mean the mission. :p
What other Apocalypses are there?



edit -

is it the Rahu?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 24, 2008, 09:43:35 am
Indeed, it's the front end of the Rahu. Hard to recognize without the rotating thing, isn't it?
As for the Apocalypse:

Quote from: FSWiki
The SJ Sathanas was originally named Apocalypse. If you look at your event log after completing A Monster in the Mist, you can still see a goal named "Scan Apocalypse Subsystems".

The next picture was so easy that I had to do some tricks to it. It's still not hard, though.

(http://i40.tinypic.com/11qgtc2.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 24, 2008, 09:45:38 am
Yeah, I thought Apocalypse when ShadowGorrath mentioned it was a name (and just for the record, I did know that little bit of trivia).


And, Demon.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 24, 2008, 09:46:45 am
Hell, that was a quick response.

No, it's not a Demon.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 24, 2008, 09:47:36 am
Moloch
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 24, 2008, 09:57:50 am
Yes. I won't be posting more than 1 picture per day though :P
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 24, 2008, 09:59:40 am
Yes. I won't be posting more than 1 picture per day though :P
Why? :(
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on December 24, 2008, 02:49:20 pm
Cause it kinda ruins the fun when the whole thing gets finished in a single day?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hades on December 24, 2008, 03:37:42 pm
Hm, looks like the Vasudan AWACs ship... GVA Setekh.

EDIT: I see the Moloch in the picture.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 24, 2008, 03:46:59 pm
No, it IS a Moloch. FSF has confirmed it.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 24, 2008, 07:17:55 pm
Definitely a Moloch.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 25, 2008, 02:40:35 am
Indeed, a Moloch. Merry Christmas, guys :D

(http://i43.tinypic.com/20hol10.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 25, 2008, 03:17:41 am
Ravana perhaps?

Merry Christmas to you too, FreeSpaceFreak.  :)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 25, 2008, 07:03:26 am
Indeed, a Moloch. Merry Christmas, guys :D

(http://i43.tinypic.com/20hol10.gif)
Azrael.

If it is, too f'ing easy.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on December 25, 2008, 09:44:59 am
Or basilisk.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on December 25, 2008, 12:42:30 pm
Its an Azrael, I'm pretty sure.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 25, 2008, 04:22:06 pm
Hmm, I think I see the Azrael now. Okay, Azrael.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 25, 2008, 05:01:40 pm
Almost definitely an Azrael I'd have to say.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 26, 2008, 02:21:15 am
Indeed. Seems like the Azrael is better known than the Rahu here :P

(http://i39.tinypic.com/21ky1e1.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 26, 2008, 08:38:47 am
WTF is that? :wtf:

One of those grooves on the Sathanas?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 26, 2008, 09:44:29 am
Ravana?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on December 26, 2008, 12:05:00 pm
Its a space hunk?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 26, 2008, 08:15:13 pm
It's Shivan . . . Sathanas maybe?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 27, 2008, 03:52:36 am
Ravana?
:eek2: Yes, one of the top spikes of the Ravana. Was it that easy?

Anyhow, more easy stuff:

(http://i44.tinypic.com/2duh47b.gif)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 27, 2008, 08:13:54 am
:eek2: Yes, one of the top spikes of the Ravana. Was it that easy?
Nope. I just somehow didn't think you'd put the Sath up since you mentioned it earlier in the thread, and I didn't think that End War would feature Saths.

Rakshasa?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 27, 2008, 10:20:37 am
Nope. As for the Saths: they will (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58453.msg1179505.html#msg1179505) be in.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 28, 2008, 09:20:23 am
Nope. As for the Saths: they will (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58453.msg1179505.html#msg1179505) be in.
Guess they must've slipped my mind.

Looks Shivan. Nahema?



Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 28, 2008, 10:30:33 am
Shivan yes, Nahema no. It's bigger.

Come on people. After this you'll get the big pic. I know that makes seven, not eight, but who cares. Think of it as the home stretch :P
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 28, 2008, 06:48:13 pm
Nephilim? One of the turrets maybe.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 28, 2008, 09:20:22 pm
... Wouldn't be a Demon, would it?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: aurora_energy on December 29, 2008, 01:59:05 am
Reminds me of one of those retarded shivan gas miners which name excapes me.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 29, 2008, 12:29:46 pm
Reminds me of one of those retarded shivan gas miners which name excapes me.
Rahu? We've already had that but I doubt he'd repeat it.


Is it a Taurvi?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 29, 2008, 01:51:49 pm
None of these.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: eliex on December 29, 2008, 10:39:26 pm
A Cain/Lilith? Near the engines perhaps?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 30, 2008, 01:58:12 pm
Looks a bit like the Sath's engines.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 30, 2008, 02:47:42 pm
And we have a winner: Indeed, Snail, it's the Sath's bottom :)

The picture itself is probably a bit of an anticlimax, but you've deserved it nonetheless. Will be (in better quality) in End War, if we get it working ;)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/rjme4x.jpg)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on December 30, 2008, 02:52:53 pm
Wooooow. Shivan homeworld, eh? Can't wait to blow that ****er up...


Was there any 3D rendering involved?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Retsof on December 30, 2008, 07:06:09 pm
Is that Ravana crashed?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 31, 2008, 09:27:26 am
Shivan homeworld indeed. Landscape made in Terragen, ships are from screenshots.

The Ravana isn't crashed, it's landed. I'll leave the explanation to ShadowGorrath on that one :)
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 31, 2008, 09:53:35 am
That many Saths kinda scares me.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: blowfish on December 31, 2008, 10:04:14 am
And EIGHTY doesn't? :wtf:
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 31, 2008, 10:52:26 am
Well, I couldn't target them on sensors and kinda far away too so ......
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on December 31, 2008, 11:58:34 am
There are...
Six Gas Miners
Five Juggernauts
Four Corvettes
Three Transports
Two Comm Nodes
and a Ravana.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Hellstryker on January 04, 2009, 07:43:37 am
I'm starting to wonder if we should just scrap TotT right now. What a damn shame.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Aardwolf on January 04, 2009, 07:55:46 am
And a partridge in a pear tree.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on January 05, 2009, 05:26:45 am
I'm starting to wonder if we should just scrap TotT right now. What a damn shame.
:confused:

And a partridge in a pear tree.
:wtf:
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on January 05, 2009, 08:58:27 am
This...
There are...
Six Gas Miners
Five Juggernauts
Four Corvettes
Three Transports
Two Comm Nodes
and a Ravana.
... and this ...
And a partridge in a pear tree.
Go together.

I'm starting to wonder if we should just scrap TotT right now. What a damn shame.
C-c-c-c-c-combo breaker!!
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on January 05, 2009, 01:54:40 pm
Ah... And hey, don't scrap TotT. The FS universe is in dire need of a new species. Evidence: the number of retextured-Nightmare races :P
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: ShadowGorrath on January 05, 2009, 03:49:19 pm
I'm starting to wonder if we should just scrap TotT right now. What a damn shame.

[joking]Scrap it and give us the content :D[/joking]

Ah... And hey, don't scrap TotT. The FS universe is in dire need of a new species. Evidence: the number of retextured-Nightmare races :P

 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on January 05, 2009, 06:19:00 pm
Evidence: the number of retextured-Nightmare races :P
What are you talking about? There's only one that anyone knows of as of this point in time, if that. Shhh...
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Stormkeeper on January 05, 2009, 08:08:31 pm
Oh? What's that?
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Snail on January 09, 2009, 12:40:53 pm
Aldo was making some HTL nightmares.

Then he went a bit wrong in the head and deleted them.
Title: Re: Lair of the Gods
Post by: Droid803 on January 09, 2009, 05:33:08 pm
Yeah, there's the nice NF Banshee with the semitransparent membrane, but no HTL Nightmare Caps.