[AndrewofDoom]

Updated 5/19/2011

Still old TE Prototype release.

Okay, so I've gotten the stuff set in such a way that I may just throw out another release.

This is actually a very early prototype of the mod I'm making, tentatively called Terran Epiphany.

What's new?

• TABLES
• New ships: Maverick Space Superiority Fighter, Opotos Controlship

WARNING
I just want you to know that the current balance of the ships and weapons is a bit...iffy right now. Tech descriptions need to be replaced too. However, the speeds at which the capships are moving is very much intentional. I've always wanted a mod where the capships would run the same range of speeds as the fighters do, thus creating a whole new dynamic. I did this because there's yet to be a mod where the capships are the same exact speed as you. Yes, there's mods where the capships are fast,  but none that you have a  chance to lose a race to a capship.

"So, Andrew, what's the point of fighters then?"

Fighters are still more maneuverable than capships in terms of acceleration and turning, and there's quite a few more fighters than there are capships. Capships are also easier targets to hit and just bait to get swarmed by fighter wings.

That's enough of that spiel, though. Go try it out if you want.

ORIGINAL POST:


So, here it is, a lost episode of WoD. The ever so weird Ketrans. It was an idea I've very roughly had for a long time, but WoD really inspired me to really get them together as a solid idea. Though, at the beginning, my ideas were rubbish and more than many times I had to go back to the drawing board and basically start over from scratch. Development started before completion of the first Wings of Dawn and got pretty far with them, to the point that they were referenced in WoD1 as seen here as a classical cargo joke. In the end, though, Spoon and I came to the agreement that as the plot for WoD2 finally started to solidify into something more concrete, the Ketrans really didn't have any purpose in the plot and that for them to be seen would distill the main plotline (What's the said plot you ask? Not telling!).

But, then I saw the model that is going to be released here all the time. It kept screaming to me "Put me in game! Put me in game!", and then I was compelled to finish it, and here it is:









DOWNLOAD: Get it here! ... Or here
FSMods Mirror: Here

I've only included the model and textures right now, because the tables right now for it are messy and unbalanced and overall its weapons are just really ports of stuff that's really old and needs to be updated. If people really badly want to see it armed and tabled properly, I'll work something together and release it then.

CREDITS:

Original concept design by AndrewofDoom
Model by Axem
UV Mapping by Droid803 (hull) and AndrewofDoom (turrets)
Textures by AndrewofDoom
POF conversion by Droid803
Final touch ups by AndrewofDoom

KCSL Kama Interceptor



Credits:
Original concept by Thaeris
Model by AndrewofDoom with POF conversion by Droid803

Download: Here


If people really get interested in this, I may just talk about them and what else was done for them (Who sadly never got finished like this did). =o

[Nyctaeus]

Textures are of course AWFUL , but I understeand this is WoD, in WoD feeling. In WoD everything is colorfull, so this is good work . I like design of the ship, can we use them [after retexturing] in standard FS? And could you release those awesome planets too? ;D

[Droid803]

can we use them [after retexturing] in standard FS?

of course!

[NGTM-1R]

Textures are of course AWFUL , but I understeand this is WoD, in WoD feeling.

Actually, this is textured very differently. It looks like somebody cel-shaded...

[AndrewofDoom]

Textures are of course AWFUL , but I understeand this is WoD, in WoD feeling. In WoD everything is colorfull, so this is good work . I like design of the ship, can we use them [after retexturing] in standard FS? And could you release those awesome planets too? ;D

To be honest, though, I prefer more colorful ships anyway. Gets away from the grimdark stuff that everyone's into. then again, I did give it a little bit through it and switched from the original texture (which was the one included in the released) and made it look more like this:



I switched back because I like colorful ships. That, and the AO bake Droid made made it look less like the Ketrans used neon paint and used regular paint. But, I'm not really sure you'd want to use it as an FS ship, even after a retexture. It just doesn't feel like a GTVA ship at all, especially the front section.

Perhaps if Axem had when all the way to completion with this, then maaaybe it would work. (Excuse my bad art) Though, I kinda prefer what he did over what I did. =p

If you're curious, you can see the progress of the model worked out and how to changed pretty rapidly from the original concept. In any case, I won't stop you from using it, but still....

* AndrewofDoom can't imagine it with FreeSpace textures.

PS: the planets have already been released. They're in WoD1. =p

[Droid803]

Wait, you wanted the goddamn neon paint? D:
That's horrible. I was saying it looked better with the AO bake cause it didn't look silly!
No, its not that "we're all into grimdark", it's that you have some crazy notion that bright colors makes things better

[AndrewofDoom]

Wait, you wanted the goddamn neon paint? D:
That's horrible. I was saying it looked better with the AO bake cause it didn't look silly!
No, its not that "we're all into grimdark", it's that you have some crazy notion that bright colors makes things better

But but

It's all because Andrew is silly and likes silly things. 

[Droid803]

Silly andrew, Neon paint is for kids! (not spaceships!)

[AndrewofDoom]

Silly andrew, Neon paint is for kids! (not spaceships!)

Neon paint is the FUUUUUTUUUURRRRREEEEE! Do not deny it. You know it is. You you know it is. You know it is. You-

* AndrewofDoom faints unexpectedly.

[Rodo]

Well... me likes shinny neon ship.

But as I said before I seem to like everything around here, so my opinion is therefore void.

[NGTM-1R]

Swear I know that shape from somewhere...

[Ypoknons]

It's like a parade ground or a dress uniform for the ship

[AndrewofDoom]

Swear I know that shape from somewhere...

Probably the GTD Hecate. Most likely. The original design was inspired from that very ship.

[-Norbert-]

The shape is a bit reminisent to the A-LAWS battleships from Gundam 00 (Baikal-Class according to a gundam wiki, even though the name is never mentioned in the series or movie themselfs).

[Snail]

Are the Ketrans the evil space elves?

[ktistai228]

FreeSpaceMod-ified... damn that sounds bad:))

Here you go guys, a good solid link, http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.690

[SpardaSon21]

Are the Ketrans the evil space elves?

Evil space elves are grimdark.  There's no way they would build a vessel with neon paint.

[NGTM-1R]

Probably the GTD Hecate. Most likely. The original design was inspired from that very ship.

Actually, it's a refueling tanker from Dark Forces 2...

[AndrewofDoom]

Are the Ketrans the evil space elves?

Nope. Let me explain (as they would anyway because I want you to be scratchin yo headz ):

"I, the Ketrans, are an artificial species given the directive to keep the Father who made me out of Trouble. Father made me because he couldn't end his own desire to get into Trouble once he started to play with his toys. But, he still desired his toys to be played with so that Trouble would stay away from him, so he made the Ketrans, and he gave me training and the technology I would need to protect the Father from Trouble. On the other hand, as long as I met the required directive, Father didn't really care what I did. So, I explore the universe to see new things and new races. I also found that the Farther aren't the only example of people in Trouble. It were that I decided that I would also make sure no species gets into Trouble, because Trouble will always leave many, many hurt feelings."

Yes, that's how they speak. Can you make sense of it? =o

[General Battuta]

am i allowed to explain