To me DeepExploration is a severely terrible option. Why? Key word... Trial. I expect to be working longer than a mere 30 days on other projects. I'd rather circumvent Truespace altogether. Due to that UV issue you mentioned. Well if all else fails I could try installing my legit 3DS Max 7 but... well... as we all know the exporter isn't 100% reliable. I could try Collada then.
EDIT:
Some outline quick sketches I did for what I want to do to the Typhoon Cruiser and the brand new completely redesigned Hurricane Heavy Cruiser.
So big they couldn't fit on the paper.
Hurricane top, Typhoon Bottom. Hurricane is 6km long and Typhoon is 3. Hurricane now has beam turrets as opposed to solely plasma weaponry. Here is the OLD hurricane pic.
These ships DO have the engine pods. I didn't want them to obscure the bodies in the drawings. Special update on the Hurricane includes 8, not 4 engine pods. The thing is a gargantuan behemoth and needs more than 4
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The Hurricane was once solely a cap ship killer. It is now more multirole, having a large hangar and significant point defense mounts. It's main cap ship weapons are two twin barreled ion cannons, can kill anything smaller than a destroyer in a single salvo, forward slasher beams on the nose, and a good deal of heavy plasma cannons. I can't wait to make it.
The redesign is mostly to make the faction look more aggressive. These aren't your normal human faction. In many games humans are described as being very diplomatic or technologically innovative. This faction is a sort of antithesis of that, relatively retro but still highly advanced inside technology and a very aggressive stance towards others. Not really warlike but as the saying goes:
"We didn't start this war but we will end it."
This is the Homeworlder version:
"We didn't start this war but we will end it in the most brutal manner imaginable."
And I gotta deliver this style in visual means X_X. So yeah... I got my work cut out for myself.
