[CP5670]

I just realized that one of the weapons in my campaign had the same name as everyone's favorite administrator here:  

 

 

$b GTM $b MX-75 $b Thunder

We have also recieved a large shipment of the new MX-75 Thunder missile. The Thunder is a radical upgrade over the MX-64 Rockeye utilizing enhanced payload and guidance systems without a sacrifice in size. The Thunder can hit enemy fighters and bombers from as long as four kilometers away with pinpoint accuracy and test pilots have reported that the weapon is also quite effective in close-combat situations. Thunder missiles are being distributed among the $f Sekham's squadrons as we speak.

This was actually done before I came to HLP, so I hadn't thought of the coincidence until now.

[Fineus]

Hehe, I get everywhere I do  

[WMCoolmon]

  LOL, first Setekh is an AWACS, now Thunder is a missile. Carl, of course, has always been a Shivan...I don't want to think about the insurance rates for the average HLP mod...  

[Sandwich]

Just don't ask what a shrike is.    

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[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
Just don't ask what a shrike is.    

Have you read the Hyperion books?  

[Styxx]

Or the Honor Harrington books, though I tend to believe the one on the Hyperion ones is more of a badass, even though I didn't read them...

[Mad Bomber]

Shrike is also a gunship from "Darklight: Conflict" (which had very little plot despite its good-for-the-time graphics), and the main fighter class in Tribes 2.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Mad Bomber:
Shrike is also a gunship from "Darklight: Conflict" (which had very little plot despite its good-for-the-time graphics), and the main fighter class in Tribes 2.

darlight conflict had good lighning effects   and the ship slided a lot  

[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Styxx:
Or the Honor Harrington books, though I tend to believe the one on the Hyperion ones is more of a badass, even though I didn't read them...

Just slightly.  The whole 'seemingly invincible, able to distort time and teleport at will' thing tends to do that.  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Just slightly.  The whole 'seemingly invincible, able to distort time and teleport at will' thing tends to do that.    

hmmf, and in FS2, mister shrike prefers cruisers  
 

[WarpStar]

But Thunder, it looks like you can't aspect lock  

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[CP5670]

I fly Shrikes all the time in Tribes 2...    

hehe, the heat-seeking homing device is good enough not to require one though.   ( try it here: http://wind.prohosting.com/cp5670/PItest.zip  )

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[Zeronet]

 

Originally posted by WarpStar:
But Thunder, it looks like you can't aspect lock  

He is also destroyed all the time, being a ship is one thing but being a disposible missile is another.

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[Fineus]

Bah, just you people wait till the Aquilas done  

[Zeronet]

I wonder what my name would be used for  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Zeronet:
I wonder what my name would be used for  

Internet via AOL, but in the future, probably  

[The Avenger]

is that the tag C missile or is just my imagination?

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[Stryke 9]

Mine could be... let's see... a star destroyer named by an 8-year old to make it sound tough.  

[CP5670]

 

is that the tag C missile or is just my imagination?

Yeah that's where I got the image.   I have no experience whatsoever with 3D modeling and rending, so I figured I might as well the defaults.   The TAG-C was never used in the game and the CB graphic might therefore be a bit harder to recognize, but anyone could tell where I got the other two:

   
   

(yeah, it's a really cheap solution, but hopefully the mission quality will make up for it  )

 

a star destroyer named by an 8-year old to make it sound tough.

This just reminded me of something; a year or so ago I couldn't thnk of a name for a Shivan destroyer in my mission and asked my brother (he was 8 at the time) for a name to see what he could come up with. He thought for a while, and then came up with this utterly incredible name: the "SD Devastating Massive Killer" was ready to attack the GTVA!    

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[Vertigo1]

heheh, I can see it now.

Command: The SD Fluffy Bunny has entered Sirius!  
Command: We're sending in the *****slapper.  Please stand by.

 

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