Google doesn't seem to know that word- what is/are a Merisst? BTW- searching through 1000 year old Polish legends and myths right now hoping to find a good name...
I completely made it up whilst posting. 
Well, looks like it's candidate #1 for the name so far...
Very nice looking, tho the stripes look a bit pixely
Fixed em a bit by making em a bit wider so FS can render them easier, but I'll think of something more maybe some time later...:
BTW - The Hussar has brand new secondaries: the short range Blunderbuss (modded Heat Seeking Tornado missile that shoots 1 missile at a time, a lot better than the original because countermeasures spoof only 1 per shot and, due to immediate locking it's usefull in dogfights) and the med/long range Arquebus (modded Aspect Seeking Trebuchet, it has 2x the damage of the Harpoon, 3km range and shoots 1 per 4 seconds).
Most missiles don't hit their targets during testing, but the MX-64 and Hornet missiles the Gorgon has makes it look crappy, rather than the uber fighter it should be. This means the Shivans shall get pwned without the use of overkill ships with overkill weapons, unless there's a balanced Shivan weapons pack I could use for further testing.
BTW point 2- In a 4 SF Gorgon vs 3 Hussar fight, the opposing forces are rather balanced. FYI- I'm an observer so it's 3x AI vs 4x Shivan AI. All tests are made on Extreme difficulty.
Are you going to create new sounds(flyby and such) for this new species?
I wish I knew how...
First I have to do a dozen models to have a species, than a dozen more textures...
then pof's, tbl's, balancing, and later I'll think about sounds.
So far I'm using stock sounds, but I'm mixing things up (like the muzzleflash made of ... oh well, I'll keep that a secret
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