[AndrewofDoom]

This is one of the ships that was mentioned in WoD1 a few times, but Spoon seems to be preoccupied with making other models amongst other things. So, I decided to take this into my own hands and model it myself. Armed with what little canon information there is of it (it's implied to not only be rather big and durable, but also rather important as well) and some idea of what ships that aren't carriers are designed in between the T-C War and the Hierarchy War (Focused forward firepower, though I remember Spoon saying something about the Knight having some pretty decent broadside power as well), I finally decided to get off my ass and model the Knight.

So, some pics of what I've got so far:





For a size comparison, the LSF Crusader is there which is ~714 meters. I'm thinking the Knight will be 1,000-1300 meters long. I hope people are happy to see this, though someone's gonna say it looks phallic. But, considering 4 of the 6 current LSF capital ships looks rather...suggestive themselves, I don't think its design is all that out of place.

[Dragon]

Looks awesome, can't wait to see it finished.
I wonder what Spoon has to say about this design. 

[Droid803]

lol super cockship

inb4 the thing about how it can **** entire star systems

[NGTM-1R]

You know, if you put bow doors on the beam again there better be a cutscene of them opening, because I almost didn't know they did that in WoD1 either.

[Droid803]

make it an iris-style beam door
i wonder if fso would like that

[Jellyfish]

There better be beam doors, lest people confuse that for a fighterbay.
Awesome job, Andrew!

[Destiny]

Hmm...it is a pretty good model, but...something seems off. The shape of the vessel, perhaps. Maybe the bow/front half of the ship should be...well...'sharpened' a bit or something. It's a bit too round, but that's my opinion. Hope you work good on the superstructure! Make the slopes more gentle too!

[AndrewofDoom]

Hmm...it is a pretty good model, but...something seems off. The shape of the vessel, perhaps. Maybe the bow/front half of the ship should be...well...'sharpened' a bit or something. It's a bit too round, but that's my opinion. Hope you work good on the superstructure! Make the slopes more gentle too!

I came to the same conclusion. The model was a bit round for an LSF ship, especially on sides. So I flattened it out there. Along that, I've taken in Axem's input he gave me and made the ship a lot smaller. Probably going to be no longer than 1,000 meters long now.




I really think it looks a lot better now. Oh, Droid, I'll think about adding an iris door, but you're going to be helping me then. =p

Now, I'm debating with myself whether I should or should not give this thing a small fighterbay (well, four fighterbays since it's quadralaterally symmetrical), but I want to keep as a battleship. Should I just do it or leave them without fighterbays?

[NGTM-1R]

Depends. Is there an LSF fleet carrier in the works?

[AndrewofDoom]

Depends. Is there an LSF fleet carrier in the works?

There's the Champion, which is pictured in the middle of the three ships, but that's around the same size as the GA.

[Destiny]

Hmm, that's an awesome update...although the 'mouth' of the ship looks kinda odd and you might wanna do something to make it 'blend' into the hull better for the beam cannon.

Well if it's a battleship, you could give it a small fighterbay or two. Unless you're mounting some forward-facing beam cannons or stuff on the 'wing stubs', you could put the fighterbays there, maybe for two fighters each.

Oh, maybe add some wings to it. I've come to learn that sometimes when you put wings on something, it looks better. I don't think you'd have to make the wings too long, unless you wanna mount VLSes on it.

[Droid803]

Depends. Is there an LSF fleet carrier in the works?

Isn't the GA basically a fleet carrier.
It's mostly hangar anyway.

[Hades]

Like I said on IRC, you really need to clean up the mesh, there's a ton of redundant faces on the model.

[Destiny]

Depends. Is there an LSF fleet carrier in the works?

Isn't the GA basically a fleet carrier.
It's mostly hangar anyway.

Guardian Angels aren't deployed to the entire LSF, only the graduating classes of the Academy. I wonder what the new GA's designation-name is.

[Dragon]

Knight was said to be an LSF battleship, I'd advice to keep it without fighterbays and make it slightly longer, because battleships start at 1001m+.
1100m would most likely work best.

[starlord]

isn't the crusader in that cathegory?

Also, will we get to witness that cordi battleship mentionned in WoD 1?

[-Norbert-]

How about putting missile launchers on the "wings"? Something like the Skirmisher has at the front.

[NGTM-1R]

There's the Champion, which is pictured in the middle of the three ships, but that's around the same size as the GA.

In that case I vote fighterbays, but small ones. Sufficient hanger space for organic escort, like a Karuna.

[Dragon]

This may be a good idea, but then, I'll suggest to add only two instead of four (despite symetry, this can be done).

[Ravenholme]

lol super cockship

inb4 the thing about how it can **** entire star systems

Ah, you mean that excession line I keep throwing around?

Ulver laughed. 'It looks,' she snorted, 'like a dildo!'
'That's appropriate,' Churt lyne said. 'Armed, it can **** solar systems.'

^ That?

And looks awesome AoD, I hope you end up making some of the other ships that got mentioned but were never modelled.