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Captain Kwok · #1 December 20th, 2001, 05:17 AM

Keep up the good work!

I still think you should move the middle 'prong' back and make some sort of torpedo/missile launcher or deflector dish thing...

Puke · #2 December 20th, 2001, 05:51 AM

very cool. but i have to make one remark, please dont be offended:

i know they appear in all sorts of clasic sci-fi work, but i have to ask.. turbines in space? sure, sure, for that matter, why conning towers and wings. but turbines? must be to propel the ship thru the 'ether.'

i remember some William Gibson comment about a pLastic raygun he had as a kid. seems it was equipped with a ram-rod. no doubt for unclogging stuck-on globs of fussion power.

Puke · #3 December 20th, 2001, 05:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:

After looking at it myself, I'd go for the latter. If it were a single shaft it'd be one thing. But as it is, I don't see the problem. Your wife must be really thrilled by the rockets on the pads at NASA, Geo.

sorry to jump on the bandwaggon late, but i had to get my snide comment in:

what, you only have one?

Suicide Junkie · #4 December 20th, 2001, 06:07 AM

quote:
i know they appear in all sorts of clasic sci-fi work, but i have to ask.. turbines in space? sure, sure, for that matter, why conning towers and wings. but turbines? must be to propel the ship thru the 'ether.'

They could easily be multi-armed centrifuges for an extremely high artifical G-Force. Virtual G's used in a tractor/repulsor beam, or maybe a WMG? Those kind of things you'd need to keep on the outside anyways.

The wings are so you can bank left, then turn right, catching the enemy by surprise

The tower could be for the sensitive equipment/supplies/etc that need to be kept isolated from the main hull for security or safety reasons.

[ 20 December 2001: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]

Puke · #5 December 20th, 2001, 06:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
The wings are so you can bank left, then turn right, catching the enemy by surprise

HA! got me to laugh out loud on that one!

Val · #6 December 20th, 2001, 03:40 PM

The tower could also be used as a tempting target to draw enemy fire away from the more important body of the ship.

Maybe the fans are like hydrogen scoops that take in fuel for the engines.

Can't top SJs use for wings though...

geoschmo · #7 December 20th, 2001, 04:19 PM

Well, I hate to state the obvious here, but perhaps the turbines don't do anything in space. The ship could be designed to land on planets as well as fly through space and the turbines are for atmospheric flight. Using your ion engines for atmospheric flight would not be very polite to the planetary inhabitants, or terribly efficent if I understand how they are supposed to work.

And I have a suggestion for anyone working on submissions for my contest. I kind of like the Generic Race pics that come with the game. Something in that vein would be well received. But not that bleached aluminium coloring. A new colring and texture would be appreciated.

Geoschmo