[Hades]

I thought it was, no ? Where did that ship come from then ?

It is not. Steve-O created it, and it has heavy Babylon 5 influences as does his Karuna.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, Steve-O ship. You think Diaspora would've used that many textures?

[MatthTheGeek]

How would I know ? I've never have a look at a Diaspora's pof.

Anyway, I could have sworn... I guess I have a couple of fried memory cores in that headz.

[General Battuta]

Well a good rule of thumb is that Diaspora has never released any of its ships.

[Darius]

There's been some comparisons between the Sanctus and Bolitho in the past...might have been where the association came from

[starlord]

I think the old upanishad was closer to diaspora...

[-Sara-]

Well, as long as the UEF Ansarii isn't a black-matte Colonial Viper (which in turn still looks like an X-Wing to me), it's good with me.

[Commander Zane]

The Viper or the Ansarii (F-19) looks like an X-Wing?

[-Sara-]

The Viper or the Ansarii (F-19) looks like an X-Wing?

TOS Vipers do.

[The E]

wat

No.

Vipers have a vague resemblance to the F-16. The F-19 never existed; it was just a piece of concept art showing some guys impression of what the F-117 Nighthawk looked like, before it was officially unveiled. The Ainsaari model is based on that concept art.

[-Sara-]

wat

No.

Vipers have a vague resemblance to the F-16. The F-19 never existed; it was just a piece of concept art showing some guys impression of what the F-117 Nighthawk looked like, before it was officially unveiled. The Ainsaari model is based on that concept art.

I just meant to reply on the original comments that some of the ships looked like Diaspora ships. To which I commented that it's all fine as long as the Ansarii is not a Viper (which it is not). Yea I know the resemblance of the F-19 and the Ansarii.

[Dragon]

"Some Guy" you're talking about is noone other than Tom Clancy.
F-117 was so secret that people with better connections than Clancy were fooled by this (quite reasonable considering the Blackbird) depiction.
Even Lockheed employees who didn't had clearence for Have Blue (F-117 predecessor) had to go into a windowless mess hall when it's tests took place.
US Government did a great job misleading people about F-117.

[-Norbert-]

[...]Steve-O created it, and it has heavy Babylon 5 influences as does his Karuna.

The Karuna in undeniable, but the Sanctus doesn't look much like a Babylon 5 ship. While it is pretty similar in armament and role to the Olympus corvette (railguns, plasma based pulse turrets and missiles - only the burst flak stands out), it's looks are very different from any B5 ship I remember. It does however have a resamblance to the destroyer of the Noah faction from "Nexus - The Jupiter Incident".

[Commander Zane]

It's like a blend of the EA Shuttle and the AoG Avenger Carrier, filled with spikes.

[Hades]

Actually, there's some pretty striking similarities, mostly in the way of the engines and their configuration.

[-Norbert-]

Okay, maybe the engines look alike, but it's still looking more like the Noah destroyers than this lovly little flying brick.

[Hades]

...A little, small bit, I guess, but otherwise? Not seeing it.

[SpardaSon21]

Try them in a silhouette view from either the top or the side.

[Pred the Penguin]

The bridge, nose spike, and a slimmer but similar profile to the Sanctus is what I see.

[SF-Junky]

While playing bp2 again (Sometimes I start to think about suing you for making me addicted) during the past days, I wrote down a whole number of expressions of which I couldn't find out what they mean:

Collateral Damage:
1. FrigRon
2. TacArt Bravo
3. Ecliptic North
4. EMCON

Post Meridian:
1. Calling the Shots (well, you can take that from the context, but...)
2. Master Arm
3. BFM Advantage
4. G-Loc

For the Wrong Reasons
1. RSP
2. EOD Team
3. SAR

Darkest Hour
1. ACM
2. Load Sabot
3. Triage Casualties

The Plunder
1. CQB/HVBO

Delenda Est
1. Maader Ho

What does all that stuff mean? Worth to mention that most of it appears during your time with the Solaris. Seems like the Wargods would prefer simple language.