[Hades]

(thanks to Esarai for the render, though the smoothing messed up during conversion)

I made this during the Medusa late in development, it was originally going to be a civilian shuttle but it turned into a full transport, it's both space and atmospheric capable, and uses a VTOL system similar to the Serenity of Firefly.

Shape's not totally done and detail is not even close.

Thoughts? Size is not decided yet, probaby around Chronos size if anything though.

[Snail]

Cool.

[Mobius]

Cool indeed. Keep it up!

[Colonol Dekker]

Will the thruster pods be animated / align for docking manouvres.

[Hades]

**** if I know



did a bit for the front, thoughts?

[Rodo]

Maybe:
Adding "steps" on the front, to break with the smoothing.

Also adding some kind of support legs on the bottom, for landing purposes, and an upper flap for atmospheric stability while in descend

[Kusanagi]

Making the pods rotate for landing should be easy enough for docking...the problem comes from shifting the thruster points which I think isn't possible ATM.

Looks boss, Hades!

[Dragon]

It's impossible to shift thruster points, you could fake them with glowpoints, but it won't be the same.

[Enioch]

It is, possible, though, to forsake thruster points and go straight to thruster cones, like the ones Diaspora is using.

If they're modeled in as subsystems and parented to the rotating 'engine pod' subsystem, they'd rotate with it as well.

Food for thought.

[Mobius]

I'd like to see a command bridge on the front.

[Nohiki]

Or an AAA  beam dish / flak cannons. None of the transports i've seen could really defend itself against single wing.

[Hades]

I'd like to see a command bridge on the front.

It's that thing at the top of the front, just haven't finished it

Or an AAA  beam dish / flak cannons. None of the transports i've seen could really defend itself against single wing.

I'll decide the armament later but it will definitely be able to defend itself, at the very least somewhat.

[Mobius]

Sure, Nohiki, but let's not exaggerate. A transport is nearly defenseless by definition.

This one could have many weapons to look quite frightening, but said weapons would have limited effectiveness in combat. Just think about a few blob turrets - cool, but not capable of saving the day.

[Nohiki]

yeah, but two blobs on a big hunk of steel like argo is just ridiculous I meant something like satis or slightly better.

[Mobius]

Yeah, the Satis is a perfect example of armed (but not too much) small vessel.

[Hades]

[Snail]

Looking good.

[Nohiki]

Whoa, w8. Is it me or is the ship class wrong? Cargo pods -> Freighter IMHO.

[Hades]

Finished the bridge

I originally called it a transport because its original role was meant to be a shuttle, or at least that's how the idea started.

[Droid803]

Whoa, w8. Is it me or is the ship class wrong? Cargo pods -> Freighter IMHO.

We have freighters without cargo pod -> Satis.
We can have transport with  cargo pods!

Then they could just switch designations like they should >.>