[Sandwich]

I've started work on a new ship concept, if you could call it a ship...

I'd been bothered by the Arcadia's purposeless hexagonal hole smack in the center. It's, well... purposeless.   I'd also been bothered by the lack of upgraded weaponry on the station from it's FS1 weapons. So I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone.

I'm making an add-on unit for the Arcadia. It is about 1.5km long. It slides nicely into the hexagonal hole from either side. It will have a docking port at the end so that it can dock with another of it's kind from the other end of the hole. It can be flown through by a fighter. It has an internal reactor core to provide power for it's weaponry. It has anemic engines to move into place and "dock" with the Arcadia (there aren't any real docking points in the hole, but it's center is situated at 0,0,0, which makes scripting things easy). It is armed with 7 heavy beams, 6 AAA's, 9 flak and 3 missile launchers. And it needs a name. {/dramatic voice}

Anyways, as soon as it's textured I'll post a render for y'all.  

EDIT: Spelling...

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[This message has been edited by sandwich (edited 08-26-2001).]

[Thorn]

heres a few..
Minerva
Aurvandil
Ragnarok
Acheron
Actaeon
Agamemnon
Daedalus
Rhadamanthus

theyre greek/norse names (mostly greek)
you can get the backgrounds for the names here: http://www.nameandfame.com/greek.html

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[Nico]

that's a great idea   if you could make that when the addon is in position, it looks like top half spheres (domes) on each side of the station (where there should have been that hole before), that would look neat  

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
Acheron
Actaeon
Agamemnon
Daedalus

Those ones have been taken   But I'd go with Calvary (you know what it means, Sandwich  ). GTI Calvary.

Damn that's a good idea. I wanna see it bad.  

[Sandwich]

I'll post pics soon, but for now just think of a 1.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 km tube (with more detail than your standard tube, of course... ) with a hexagonal cross-section. It has to be long so that the 360 degree weaponry doesn't interfere with the landing platform on the Arcadia. It sticks out beyond that.

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[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
I'll post pics soon, but for now just think of a 1.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 km tube (with more detail than your standard tube, of course...   ) with a hexagonal cross-section. It has to be long so that the 360 degree weaponry doesn't interfere with the landing platform on the Arcadia. It sticks out beyond that.

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More Detailed Than Your Average Tube™!![/b]

 

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
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More Detailed Than Your Average Tube™!!

 

LOL!!! That TM is great - adds just the rright amount of spice.  



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[Red5]

 For names how about!!!!!!

 SLOT FILLER

 

[LAW ENFORCER]

nar resere that for something more drmatic!

you need 'Temp_model_4'

[Sandwich]

lol - for the testing I've been calling it "add-on".  

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[Darkage]

brain damage tonight not good

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[Mad Bomber]

Hmm. Here's a thought.

GTI Eurus.  

Eurus = east wind, the least used of the 4 winds in greek mythology

might not have the symbolism your looking for but its a name  

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Mad Bomber:
Hmm. Here's a thought.

GTI Eurus.  

Eurus = east wind, the least used of the 4 winds in greek mythology

might not have the symbolism your looking for but its a name  

Ummm.... uhhhh.... errrr... yeah...  



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[LAW ENFORCER]

The GTSL (Slot Filler) Polo!

[Anaz]

How about the GTSA (Station Add-onn) Mark 01. Lacks imagination, but could be first in a series of station add-ons (extend the life of the arcadia, cool.
Some other add-ons could be:
Factory (ships or otherwise)
Extra dock points
Fighter bays (I'm sorry, but that tiny little fighterbay doesn't do justice to an instalation)
Extra cargo space/ living quarters

[Sandwich]

Yeah, I'm thinking something along those lines, Analazon. Maybe the GTExD (GT Extension - Defense). That way you'd have others like the GTExF (fighter/bombers), GTExC (cargo), GTExM (medical), GTExR (research), GTExE (engines - for relocating Arcadias), GTExY (Yard - shipyard for constructing (up to corvette class?)), GTExG (Gas refinery - a docking point for gas miners, or a gas miner in itself for stations inside nebulae), GTExB/GTExO/GTExN (blocakde/offense/node - a weaponry platform with all firepower concentrated towards one choke point), GTExS (Shielding for stations in close orbit of stars - think like the Star Wars books' shieldships - huge umbrellas).

That's about all I can think of for now.     I suggest anyone with free time (yeah, right!   ) should claim one of these and start making it!

By the way, I discovered some semi-bad news. The Arcadia does not have point 0,0,0 in the center of it's hexagonal hole. So what I propose to do is this: these add-ons should still be built around the 0,0,0 notion, but for missions where the add-on will have to "dock" with the Arcadia, we can figure out exactly where to position the Arcadia so that the hole is at 0,0,0.

Ummm, what else? For the add-on I'm doing, I'm using mainly textures from the installation, for continuity. You don't have to, of course, but it'd be nice. Also, if at all possible, the add-ons should have a passageway through their middles to fly through. Mine is hexagonal, and if someone can tell me how to measure the distance between two point in TS, I'll tell you what the radius is. Another thing - remember that the haxagonal extension that slips into the hole should only go in half way, as it will be able to connect with another extension from the other side of the station.

Let's get this ball rolling, people!

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[This message has been edited by sandwich (edited 08-29-2001).]

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
Yeah, I'm thinking something along those lines, Analazon. Maybe the GTExD (GT Extension - Defense). That way you'd have others like the GTExF (fighter/bombers), GTExC (cargo), GTExM (medical), GTExR (research), GTExE (engines - for relocating Arcadias), GTExY (Yard - shipyard for constructing (up to corvette class?)), GTExG (Gas refinery - a docking point for gas miners, or a gas miner in itself for stations inside nebulae), GTExB/GTExO/GTExN (blocakde/offense/node - a weaponry platform with all firepower concentrated towards one choke point), GTExS (Shielding for stations in close orbit of stars - think like the Star Wars books' shieldships - huge umbrellas).

That's about all I can think of for now.     I suggest anyone with free time (yeah, right!     ) should claim one of these and start making it!

By the way, I discovered some semi-bad news. The Arcadia does not have point 0,0,0 in the center of it's hexagonal hole. So what I propose to do is this: these add-ons should still be built around the 0,0,0 notion, but for missions where the add-on will have to "dock" with the Arcadia, we can figure out exactly where to position the Arcadia so that the hole is at 0,0,0.

Ummm, what else? For the add-on I'm doing, I'm using mainly textures from the installation, for continuity. You don't have to, of course, but it'd be nice. Also, if at all possible, the add-ons should have a passageway through their middles to fly through. Mine is hexagonal, and if someone can tell me how to measure the distance between two point in TS, I'll tell you what the radius is. Another thing - remember that the haxagonal extension that slips into the hole should only go in half way, as it will be able to connect with another extension from the other side of the station.

Let's get this ball rolling, people!

Well, for now, I can't really model one of these, but to be honest I am REALLY interested by the concept, for my campaign. I believe that the GTA, even 100 years later, won't rash dozens of arcadias, and will rather update the ld design. Your idea is exactly what those updatesq could be.
So just know that' I'm really looking forward this  

[Setekh]

It's modular design. Extends the life of anything by allowing smaller components to be modified and added on around a defined chassis. Very useful  

[Anaz]

Cool, somebody liked my idea, thats a first!

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Analazon:
Cool, somebody liked my idea, thats a first!

Well, you've only given us 17 posts to like so far...    

Now: I bow before the l33tness of the Community™. I can and have modeled and textured this thing; what it needs is someone to give it debris, LODs, and paths. Any takers?  


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