StarBlazers Mod

[ragnarok_mr4]

Greetings! Here's a mod for WW with a StarBlazers (Space Battleship Yamato) Theme.

There are some new ships for the Terrans (EDF), a new enemy race (Gamilons) and a new heavy fleet carrier ship for the Garthans. There are also new weapons, shields and items in keeping with the StarBlazers universe.

The Queen Emeraldas is also in there, and the Captain Harlock's infamous ship - the Arcadia.

Some artwork included in the mod was adapted from images found on the net. All of the ship images were created by me based on designs found in the StarBlazers Fleet Battle System rulebooks.

[Ace_Garp]

Cheers!
Not played it yet, but I've added it to the Mod List Thread.
Never heard of Space Battleship Yamato, but it sounds interesting.
Anyone want to make a StarFleet mod?
(I mean the old Japanese puppet show, NOT Star Trek ;-)

[koppit]

the yamato .. i've heard of that from what, starcraft?
either way, i'm off to play your mod.
and yes, I would love to make a starfleet mod - replace the kawangi with borg!

[koppit]

wooo this is fun ! severely outmatch some opponents though

[ragnarok_mr4]

I'm glad you like it

The only races that can really stand up to the Terrans right now are the Gamilon Empire and the Garthans - and only at the most difficult settings at that. Next update will adjust the game balance by giving the other races more powerful ships and equipment as well.

[Singewulf]

A bit of background on Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato:
It was an early anime series that ran in Japan under the name Space Battleship Yamato and in America as Star Blazers. The spaceship was reconstructed from the wreck of the Japanese WW2 battleship 'Yamato' (it was renamed Argo in the American version).

The Yamato reference in Starcraft is the Yamato Cannon/Gun, which was an homage to the Wave Motion Gun on the Yamato in the show, an incredibly powerful cannon that fired from the front of the ship.