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Offline TrashMan

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Fixed...there was a extra v in hte name...
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Offline Raptor

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Just to let you all know, here's my two upgunned cruisers.  Thanks to Hades Combine:

EDIT: Link removed.  New one will be posted later.

They were based on VA's tweaked HTL Fenris, so I have not included his textures.  Just the new stuff needed.

« Last Edit: July 20, 2006, 05:56:27 am by Raptor »
...There ought to be something surreal about a Zoid offering romantic advice...and yet there is not. It seems perfectly normal that the Liger is giving Bit advice on relationships, and it shouldn't, but it does. Dangit man, you've confused me again.[/I]
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Offline Solatar

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Download Failed.

 
I am liking all this fun stuff :3

 

Offline Raptor

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Download Failed.

Argh, sorry my fault.  Name error.

Fixed now.  Use new above link.
...There ought to be something surreal about a Zoid offering romantic advice...and yet there is not. It seems perfectly normal that the Liger is giving Bit advice on relationships, and it shouldn't, but it does. Dangit man, you've confused me again.[/I]
NGTM-R review of one of the chapters in my fanfic story :D Story is here! -> 'Ancient Legacies'

 

Offline Solatar

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Cool...downloaded. I'll play with them when I get home from work.

 

Offline Harbinger of DOOM

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Dang, you rock.
This stuff ain't leavin' my Freespace2 folder for sure. ;)
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Offline Solatar

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Can you include the textures? I've found VA's textured ones, but I still can't get all the textures to show.

 

Offline FireCrack

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Personaly, i've always wished capships made better use of missiles, they always seemed lacking in that area....
actualy, mabye not.
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Offline Raptor

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Personaly, i've always wished capships made better use of missiles, they always seemed lacking in that area....

Why?  Missiles take up space, lots of it if you want an effective amount for in battles, and they can be shot down, have low time-to-target counts, material costs, the simple risk of storing a lot of high explosives just beneath your own hull...

Not to mention the whole idea of firing missiles in space, where there is no air for them to adjust their aim ;)

Quote from: Solatar
Can you include the textures? I've found VA's textured ones, but I still can't get all the textures to show.

I could, but then the download would become very large.  Large enough that Hades Combine refuses to accept it... :(
...There ought to be something surreal about a Zoid offering romantic advice...and yet there is not. It seems perfectly normal that the Liger is giving Bit advice on relationships, and it shouldn't, but it does. Dangit man, you've confused me again.[/I]
NGTM-R review of one of the chapters in my fanfic story :D Story is here! -> 'Ancient Legacies'

 

Offline Solatar

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Hmm...Well, I'll try renaming a bunch of stuff then. :)

 
Personaly, i've always wished capships made better use of missiles, they always seemed lacking in that area....

Why?  Missiles take up space, lots of it if you want an effective amount for in battles, and they can be shot down, have low time-to-target counts, material costs, the simple risk of storing a lot of high explosives just beneath your own hull...

Not to mention the whole idea of firing missiles in space, where there is no air for them to adjust their aim ;)

Quote from: Solatar
Can you include the textures? I've found VA's textured ones, but I still can't get all the textures to show.

I could, but then the download would become very large.  Large enough that Hades Combine refuses to accept it... :(

Missile capacity? MISSILE CAPACITY? These capships are HUGE!!! I would think that missiles wouldnt be hard to store in a mere Fenris :X
No air for them to adjust their aim? If the Apollo spacecraft can adjust its trajectory, a missile in the year 2367 would surely be able to.

 

Offline FireCrack

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^Yeah, realisticaly missiles are the most practical weapons in space... some would go so far as to say the only practical space weapons...
actualy, mabye not.
"When ink and pen in hands of men Inscribe your form, bipedal P They draw an altar on which God has slaughtered all stability, no eyes could ever soak in all the places you anoint, and yet to see you all at once we only need the point. Flirting with infinity, your geometric progeny that fit inside you oh so tight with triangles that feel so right."
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 59230781640628620899862803482534211706...
"Your ever-constant homily says flaw is discipline, the patron saint of imperfection frees us from our sin. And if our transcendental lift shall find a final floor, then Man will know the death of God where wonder was before."

 
Of course. There are some cases where all the lasers in the galaxy cannot make up for a good guided missile ramming itself up a tailpipe. It was proven in Star Trek VI, when Spock and McCoy hot-wired a photon torpedo to track the engine exhaust of a cloaked Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Therefore, I fully welcome the idea of slamming hundreds more little blob and missile launchers on existing ships and rebalancing them :X Might redefine the very notion of "being caught in the crossfire" during capship combat, LOL

 

Offline WMCoolmon

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It was proven in Star Trek VI

I hesitate to call a deus ex machina plot device working in one movie as "proof" that missiles are the only good space weapons...
-C

 

Offline Raptor

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My last comment, about the lack of air for guidance, was intended to be humorus.

Yes, in certain situations missiles can be the best weapon, but I still disagree that in an era of plasma cannons and high energy lasers (the beam cannons), that missiles are really effective.

Another flaw I forget to add is that they can be shot down (with a good enough targeting system).  Sure, you might be able to do the same to a cloud of plasma...

Basically, lets all agree to disagree, hmm?
...There ought to be something surreal about a Zoid offering romantic advice...and yet there is not. It seems perfectly normal that the Liger is giving Bit advice on relationships, and it shouldn't, but it does. Dangit man, you've confused me again.[/I]
NGTM-R review of one of the chapters in my fanfic story :D Story is here! -> 'Ancient Legacies'

 

Offline Xeandra

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Actually a ball of plasma would be easier to evade/shoot down then a missile, after all, unlike a missile, it has a strait trajectory. Even todays missiles(at least some) change their heading all the time in order to awoid being shot.

 

Offline Getter Robo G

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Question, how would you shoot down plasma? Wouldn't most weapons pass through it or get destroyed while it may still has enough energy/momemtum to get to the target? (not as up on my plasma as I should be..)

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Question, how would you shoot down plasma? Wouldn't most weapons pass through it or get destroyed while it may still has enough energy/momemtum to get to the target? (not as up on my plasma as I should be..)

A spring-powered giant liquid nitro ice cube mortar launcher. Plasma is hot. Therefore, nitro + ice + plasma = cool. Therefore, Ice + plasma = no more plasma! Right? XD

 

Offline Harbinger of DOOM

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Just to let you all know, here's my two upgunned cruisers.  Thanks to Hades Combine:

http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=download_file&ide=231&file=RCruisers.rar

They were based on VA's tweaked HTL Fenris, so I have not included his textures.  Just the new stuff needed.


Where do I get his tweaked fenris?
I've searched for it, but no dice.....
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