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The Oldest [Shivan] Ship in Freespace

SF Basilisk
6 (15.8%)
SB Shaitan
13 (34.2%)
SF Scorpion
9 (23.7%)
SD Lucifer
8 (21.1%)
SFr Asmodeus
1 (2.6%)
SFr Mephisto
1 (2.6%)

Total Members Voted: 38

Voting closed: March 21, 2002, 07:16:37 pm

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Offline Rampage

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The Oldest Shivan Craft
What is the oldest Shivan craft ever designed by Volition?  Post comments below.

 

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Offline Blue Lion

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I'd guess the Basilisk, cause it's probably the worst fighter

 
I think the Shaitan, it looks like such an odd departure from the normal Shivan design features.

 

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Ashema, no possitive attributes at all.  Has to be the oldest and least developed

 

Offline Alikchi

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The Shaitan, I always think of it as just about ready to be "phased out" of the Shivan fleet, then they throw it into the fire instead..
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Either the Scorpion or Shaitan, since they were the first Shivan ships officially encountered by GTA forces and were both phased out in FS2.

 

Offline Stunaep

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I'll say the Shaitan, as... well the Scorpion matches Apollo quite well, but the Shaitan. I take down a wing of shaitans in an unshielded Anubis. I think [V] had no idea of the gameplay issues, when the developed that thing. :headz:
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Offline Bobboau

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I think the manticore may have been the earliest ship being developed, if you look at the maps, Manticore and Basilisk still have a little green on them
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Offline Ulundel

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I think the manticore may have been the earliest ship being developed, if you look at the maps, Manticore and Basilisk still have a little green on them


Shaitan :headz:

 

Offline Darkage

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No, The Manticore is older, it was alos first encountert in the FS1 intro cut scene, as you can see in LT Ash his flashbacks of the Manticore chasing him...So Manticore it is.
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Offline Stunaep

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No, The Manticore is older, it was alos first encountert in the FS1 intro cut scene, as you can see in LT Ash his flashbacks of the Manticore chasing him...So Manticore it is.


Dammit, this actually makes sense.

All right, you've convinced me. Its the Manticore.
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Just becuase the Manticore is the first ship seen in the game dosent make it the oldest Shivan craft.

 

Offline Stunaep

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No, but the cut-scene were one of the first things [V] did in FS1.
Like the Apollo was first supposed to be (perhaps) a two-seated bomber.
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Offline Setekh

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Just becuase the Manticore is the first ship seen in the game dosent make it the oldest Shivan craft.


Indeed... the Shivans were around >8000 years before FS1...
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Offline Bobboau

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I thought this was suposed to be a poll on wich shivan fighter\bomber was the first one for V to get done with and have working in game, not wich one has been killing things for the largest strech of time in the FS universe
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Offline Blue Lion

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That's why I said Basilisk, general purpose fighter, nothing too special

 

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I voted Lucy as it's sort of the 'Big Bad Guy', and it's good to make up your big baddy first. Could be wrong though.
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Offline Nico

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I vote for nothing, coz how the hell could you know which shivan ship is first? if a dude from another planet lands on earth, will he wonder if the F22 or the S37 is the first plane? lol, He would be surprised to see the plane of the Wright brothers :p
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Offline Setekh

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the first pnae?


I'd be surprised to see the first PNAE too... :D
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