[Scotty]

Maybe just an the apple of discord?

[The E]

Seriously? Pentagon + Apple with strange text on a Yin Yang over Mars?
Maybe I just have no taste, but that just looks arcane.

It's supposed to be. It's a reference to this. It has the Mars in it because Eris is nominally stationed at Mars (Other destroyers have logos depicting their duty stations as well).
Also, I am a part-time discordian. ALL HAIL ERIS!

As for the Lion, that's the Churchill coat of arms.

[Shivan Hunter]

mmmkay

well, like Battuta reminded me before, simplicity ftw when it comes to logos like that. The font could use some work and the Sacred Chao really needs to be redone- for use in a logo like that, the pentagon and Apple of Discord should at least look similar, and given the simplicity of the rest of the logo, I'd get rid of the "kallisti" text (yes, I know it's on the actual Sacred Chao image... creative license etc).

[edit]: ninja'd by The_E

[The E]

Saying that the Apple and the Pentagon should be the same is kinda missing the point....

The text, however, that's something I'll probably lose for the finished version.

[Shivan Hunter]

Meh. All I know about the logo itself is what I could find after looking up the Greek text.

I'm looking at it from a graphic design standpoint- The pentagon is black outline, white fill. The apple has color to it. The apple stands out because everything else save for the planet is white on black (or transparent).

If there are any filters or textures applied to the text (the main logo text, not "kallisti"), applying the same effects to both the apple and pentagon should be enough to dispel the apparent weirdness.

Also, up the contrast on the planet- at the moment it looks like it has weird gray halo around it.

[The E]

Better this way?

[Angelus]

Much better.

[The E]

And the last one for now:

[General Battuta]

We'll be taking a look at the logos as we move forward, so don't take these as final.

[Snail]

Aliasing.

[NGTM-1R]

I'd honestly recommend a fleet logo for capital craft with individual ship embellishments to it rather than individual logos all around.

And also a similar level of artistic talent applied to each part. (The photorealistic Mars clashes heavily with the rest.)

[Dilmah G]

And also a similar level of artistic talent applied to each part. (The photorealistic Mars clashes heavily with the rest.)

I've made this point.
I believe the Eris' logo is undergoing some modifications.

[ShadowGorrath]

And the last one for now:

 

[General Battuta]

I'd honestly recommend a fleet logo for capital craft with individual ship embellishments to it rather than individual logos all around.

And also a similar level of artistic talent applied to each part. (The photorealistic Mars clashes heavily with the rest.)

Ideally we'd get something more iconic for most of these logos, and apply some alpha and weathering; these are early mock-ups for now.

[-Norbert-]

If the player get's transfered to a ship you could use the ships logo as a command briefing animation for the welcome message you usually get. You know the usual "Hello this is <Rank><shipcommanders name>  speaking. Welcome to the <shipname>".
Without the weathering of course 

[Mongoose]

Whatever happened to painting pin-up girls as ship logos?

[Scotty]

Do you have a format for the ship emblems?  I like the way the Vilnius plate is laid out, but I can see it getting distracting if each ship's plate looks completely different from the others (for example, the differences between the first Eris plate and the Churchill plate.).  Maybe I'm just weird like that.

[The E]

I think the Vilnius/Churchill layout will be what we're going with (It's my favourite, really).

[High Max]

;-)

[The E]

It's the official coat of arms of the city of Vilnius, the city that that particular cruiser was named for.