[WarpStar]

This is a destroyer for Independence War 2 when the SDK is released. Anyone have any suggestions for improvements and such?

 

Thanks.

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[wEvil]

its' a nice peice of concept sketching.

why a deuterium shield on the front though?



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[WarpStar]

Thanks dude!  It's a deuterium screen.  It collects materials for the Fusion Reactors.



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[wEvil]

the density of hydrogen alone in space isnt high enough for that, sadly.

But who cares, its fiction  

when do we get to see the model?

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[WarpStar]

Once someone wants to do it.  I'm not too good at modelling  

The screen would be for something like the Efreet.

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[Eishtmo]

 

Originally posted by wEvil:
The density of hydrogen alone in space isnt high enough for that, sadly.

For something that small, perhaps.  But if you use a Bussard Ram Scoop (which uses magnetic fields), the density of hydrogen is more than high enough.

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[Shrike]

Doubtful.  Interstellar H gas is about one atom per cubic meter.  That means you'll have to vaccum up some 10^14 cubic kilometers of vaccum just to get one kilo of Hydrogen gas.  Granted you'll have better densities in a solar system, but still, not enough to make it worthwhile unless you're going at C-fractional velocity.

[NeoHunter]

The name "Neptune-class" is copyright of NeoHunter. Hehehe.......nah. Just joking. Just that it shares the same name as my not so good looking cruiser.



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[WarpStar]

Heheh, sorry.  It's only the first name I came up with.

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[Crazy_Ivan80]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Doubtful.  Interstellar H gas is about one atom per cubic meter.  That means you'll have to vaccum up some 10^14 cubic kilometers of vaccum just to get one kilo of Hydrogen gas.  Granted you'll have better densities in a solar system, but still, not enough to make it worthwhile unless you're going at C-fractional velocity.

but the ram scoops are supposed to BIG

[Setekh]

You drew that? Hot damn, that's sweet! Can't wait for someone to model it.  

[WarpStar]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
You drew that? Hot damn, that's sweet! Can't wait for someone to model it.  

Hehehe, yeah.    Thanks man.  Maybe someone with good modelling skillz will take it up  



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[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Crazy_Ivan80:
but the ram scoops are supposed to BIG

I'd say so.  To get more hydrogen than you're burning, you'd need scoops the size of a bloody orbital, for something the mass of a GTVA capital ship.

[Fulgrymm]

Nice pic. Reminds me of a Battletech WarShip, but better.

 

Originally posted by Crazy_Ivan80:
but the ram scoops are supposed to BIG

Only the magnetic field needs to be really big; it's not really necessary for the actual scoop to be physically large (though it does help).

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[Vertigo1]

 

Originally posted by Crazy_Ivan80:
but the ram scoops are supposed to BIG

The size of the Ramscoops won't do squat if there isn't enough hydrogen around to collect to keep the drives burning.

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[WarpStar]

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys!  The next one is going to be a tug-class ship, one of the workhorses of shipbuilding  

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[Fineus]

So lots of dock ports are the order of the day  

[NeoHunter]

Not to mention shipyards and freighters.

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[WarpStar]

Yea, great thing about the Flux Engine, multiple docking ports  

There's plenty of shipyard and freighter models already in the game, but look for some possible new ones  

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[CODEDOG ND]

erm, it isn't too complex and I've been getting the hang of UV mapping, so I'll give it a shot.  
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