[Cavane]

Looks scary enough to stay the heck away from, that's for sure.  Overall, the effect is quite nice, and I could tell what it was supposed to be before reading the text of your post.  Nice work.

[Dave2040]

  WOOAAH! 

Please make an image in a wallpaper format.

[I_E_Maverick]

WOOAAH! 

Please make an image in a wallpaper format.

click on the image, then there you have your wallpaper

[Dave2040]

Hm... my resolution is 1280*1024 

[I_E_Maverick]

then do a black background and it will look like a widescreen frame

[IPAndrews]

If you're working on new stuff dude in between you rather nasty sounding revision, then BHX needs transports, shuttles, freighters, cargo pods, and sentry guns for every race. Many of these exist for many races. There are still gaps though that need filling. I might actually be able to throw some geometry your way for some of the simple stuff if you'd like. Can't texture to save my life though.

[I_E_Maverick]

new geo is up to come

also, IPAndrews made me aware of this baby, i converted it to max and want to finish it in the next time as well as several others, b4 maybe.

[aipz]

The Poseidon looks "khuul" 
So soon the EA will have a new ship type - starfighter carriers ...
One question though - when it comes to size, is this little monster something similar to an Omega or rather to Warlock?

[I_E_Maverick]

The Poseidon looks "khuul" 
So soon the EA will have a new ship type - starfighter carriers ...
One question though - when it comes to size, is this little monster something similar to an Omega or rather to Warlock?

i dont have any idea how big it is. as said i found it on ftp and just want to finish it. maybe anyone more into sizes knows how big it is...

[-Norbert-]

My best guess would be to base the size of the rotation section and simply assume, that those are equally long on both Poseidon and Omega.

[Sigma957]

Hah!! I textured that ages ago lol and i reckon it should be around the 2 km atleast.

[I_E_Maverick]

Hah!! I textured that ages ago lol and i reckon it should be around the 2 km atleast.

you textured this? wow, congratulations, i was very impressed by the textures on that ship, they look very good!
even when they miss glow- and shinemaps!

[Sigma957]

Thanks,yes did it when I was very inspired and very motivated.

[Slasher]

I'm so rusty on these ships these days; where in the B5 timeline does the Poseidon fit again?  I know it must be after the E-M War since it has the Omega-like rotating section, but beyond that... 

[I_E_Maverick]

i always thought this ship to be used in the earth minbari war and even before, but your point with the rotating section is a good one. the only thing against it is that we never saw any of these ships in the series which plays not long after the war.
are there any more information on the ship?

[Slasher]

I guess it's certainly possible the Poseidons were in circulation during the E-M War and just had the rotating section slapped on at a later date.  Or they could have simply preceded the Omegas with that design feature.  It also just occured to me we could infer they were put into production prior to the launching of the Warlocks.  I figure any new EA ship designs after 2261 would probably incorporate the new grav-propulsion technology, even if ships being produced after that date still relied on centrifugal motion for gravity.  Going on those somewhat hasty assumptions, maybe the Poseidon entered service sometime between 2249 and 2261?

I also remember during one of the Voice of the Resistance broadcasts (2261) that Ivanova addressed her message to "carrier groups" that could receive her signal.  At the time I thought she was referring to just another squadron of Omegas dedicated to fighter carrying/support, but maybe the carrier groups she mentioned are centered around a ship more dedicated to the role (the Poseidon). 

[Azrael15]

I think the Poseidon's are a much more recent design, not EMW.

Also, they also referred to the Agrippa and the Roanoke as an Earthforce carrier group.

[Trivial Psychic]

I'd say that the Posseidon and the Omega were probably designed about the same time.  With the Avenger clearly outcassed after the EMW, Earth Force would want something as new as possible to replace it.  With the Omega clearly the most advanced and promissing design on the books, its not surprising that they chose technology for that design as a basis for the new carrier design.  With a larger crew of fighterpilots and support personnel, as well as any flag officers and their staff, the extra pair of habitation modules are logical.  I'd also guess that there's about a 10 to 1 ratio of Omega class to Posseidon class ships in service.

[I_E_Maverick]

i found this on the net:
Given only to the most experienced Admirals to command, the Poseidon is the heart of any fleet and often acts as the flagship. Its sheer size grants a massive presence whenever it jumps in-system and though only a few have been built, they have already made themselves felt. A total of 16 Starfury flights are carried on board and the highly efficient launching bays can disgorge half of these in a single wave. The Poseidon, while weakly armoured, can withstand many hits before being crippled and is equipped with the most sophisticated Interceptor system within the Earth Alliance.

so, 16 furys are not that much, are they? i mean the omega can carry 36 if you believe wikipedia and b5 tech. so, where would be the sense to build a ship like that just a few years before the omega? all this speaks for the poseidon beeing an older ship i guess, maybe with a prototype rotating section.
also, that the ship is talked about as weakly armored and still being able to withstand a few hits tell me that it must be older as one minbari hit would crush such ships.

anyway, i guess we can say that the ship was used mostly before the minbari war and during, but not after. that would also explain why we never saw any of those ships during the series, we could tell that all were destroyed during the war and after the war the omega took its place.
what do you think of this?

[Azrael15]

This may sound insulting but, I_E_Maverick, is English your first language?

It says 16 Starfury flights which would mean squadrons or wings or something of that nature.

Why would a ship as big as the Poseidon (it's bigger then an OCD IIRC) which is designed to be a carrier carry less fighters then a battleship? An Omega, IIRC, carries 36 Starfuries which works out to three squadrons of twelve. A Poseidon would carry about 144 fighters.

'After the Earth-Minbari War, Alliance analysts noticed that one of the many reasons the Minbari were so easily able to defeat the Earth fleet was their superior carriers and their superior command/control abilities.  With this is mind, Alliance strategic planners began the Perseus Project.  The results of this project were the Omega Destroyer and the Poseidon Super Carrier.

The Poseidon is a huge fleet command ship that utilizes the most advanced command/control systems available to Earth. The modular fighter bay design is perhaps the most ingenious feature of this ship. Each squadron of fighters is housed in a separate bay. If this bay should be damaged in combat, it can be detached from the ship and a new bay put in its place, making repairs easy and fast. Since bay is a separate element, the ship can potentially launch 96 Thunderbolt fighters into combat very quickly'

Well, I was off a little. The Poseidon is a Carrier (CV) the Omega is a Battleship with fighters (BB).