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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
No, that wouldn't be an issue at all. It's actually more practical, cause that way the bridge won't be breached from the top.

 
Re: Carrack class light cruiser
A bridge on the lower decks seems a little out of place, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief, definitely better than the huge windshield, good job.
Actually, it would make the most sense to have the bridge burried deep within the ship. Most modern warships have their Combat Information Centres below deck or in very well armoured sections. The traditional bridge is simply used to steer the ship.

Starship bridges would technically have no need for windows so it wouldn't need to be on the outside of the hull.

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Most likely there would be multiple bridges or command centers.  One might be up top with a view just in case of loss of instruments but the main one would most likely be in a secure area. 
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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
The bridge should obviously protrude from one of the ship's diagonals. Duh.

 

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You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

The enemy gate is down!

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

The enemy gate is down!

The mineshaft's exit is down, then left, then right a bit, then back up, then a 180 turn, then right again, back down some more, then... (in Descent that is)
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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

The enemy gate is down!

The mineshaft's exit is down, then left, then right a bit, then back up, then a 180 turn, then right again, back down some more, then... (in Descent that is)

Or was that up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, select, start?

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

The enemy gate is down!

The mineshaft's exit is down, then left, then right a bit, then back up, then a 180 turn, then right again, back down some more, then... (in Descent that is)

Or was that up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, select, start?

No it was Down, Up, Left, Left, A, Right, Down.  Or A, B, A, C, A, B, B.

Hopefully we get an update soon so we can stop this derailing.
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Nuclear1:  Jesus Christ zack you're a little too hamyurger for HLP right now...
iamzack:  i dont have hamynerge i just want ptatoc hips D:
redsniper:  Platonic hips?!
iamzack:  lays

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
You don't need it to be on top. Cause there is no up or down in space. =/

The enemy gate is down!

The mineshaft's exit is down, then left, then right a bit, then back up, then a 180 turn, then right again, back down some more, then... (in Descent that is)

Or was that up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, select, start?

No it was Down, Up, Left, Left, A, Right, Down.  Or A, B, A, C, A, B, B.

Hopefully we get an update soon so we can stop this derailing.

Seriously.  Eventually we're gonna run out of geeky inside joke/references.

Anyways, I think it was north, west, south, west.

 
Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Sorry guys, won't be an update for a while. Painting portfolios are coming soon and work is piling up in my other classes. There might be a new update in a month or two.

 
Re: Carrack class light cruiser
On the above tangent: I'm rolling on the floor now, and i have this wierd excited feeling in my gut now that i've stopped. I just finished the original and now i'm in the middle of Ender in Exile.

Ok, no more on that subject.



We also need green for CorSec, though i don't know if they use Carracks.
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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
On the above tangent: I'm rolling on the floor now, and i have this wierd excited feeling in my gut now that i've stopped. I just finished the original and now i'm in the middle of Ender in Exile.

Ok, no more on that subject.



We also need green for CorSec, though i don't know if they use Carracks.
they can if you want them to...

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
On the above tangent: I'm rolling on the floor now, and i have this wierd excited feeling in my gut now that i've stopped. I just finished the original and now i'm in the middle of Ender in Exile.

I knew someone on these boards was bound to get that reference.  If you haven't read Bean's saga yet do yourself a favor and read them.  Now.

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Ah right, that was in Ender's Shadow wasn't it.  Almost forgot about that.
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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Here's an update:

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Yet another model that's probably close to placeholder status and being done in Max.  It'd be great if this were in game within the week, but for a ship like this we would need to be settling on the turret configuration as well, unless we just put it in game for show for now.
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redsniper:  Platonic hips?!
iamzack:  lays

 

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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
...unless we just put it in game for show for now...

I prefer that.
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Re: Carrack class light cruiser
Also I meant to ask, what's that big turret looking thing off to the side?
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redsniper:  Platonic hips?!
iamzack:  lays

 
Re: Carrack class light cruiser
The large turret hovering to port is just a big version of the turrets. I don't know if we're standardizing turrets or what. Originally it was the Heavy Turbolaser turret, but now I'm thinking they can be the ion cannons. They're about four metres in length, so they're not very big for anti cap-ship weapons. I'm planning to make the turbolasers similar to the blob turrets found on the Deimos; just raised holes in the ship.

I think this is pretty much what the model is going to be. If there are any concerns or suggestions, speak your piece. If everyone is okay, then I'll begin texturing.

Here's the final model:



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