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Re: A new ship (Ves-X)
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 16 Jul 2001 02:37:55 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joel Kuester writes:
> In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Your ship is the official winner of:
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> > The Coolest Ship Mark Has Seen In A Long Time Award.
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> > Dude.
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> awesome! do I get a .gif? hehe j/k
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> > Man, I wish I could hold that in my hands and just turn it over and over and
> > look at it. Jeez.
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> my door's always open to visiting AFOLs. The last time I held a fest for
> Milwaukee only Tim Courtney and his buddy Brandon showed up tho. It was
> great to meet them and see their cool space destroyer, but a little
> disappointing in that a lot more people promised to show.
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> > I really dig the cockpit. Not many spaceships have the cockpit on the bottom
> > like that. And the facets around the bubble are a nice touch as well. The
> > swivel-y front engines are excellent, and give the ship a feeling of speed
> > and maneuverability. Very sleek. You have also struck a nice blend of detail
> > and smoothness to the hull.
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> thanks! glad you like it... I was actually inspired to build a lot of
> detail greeblies into it after refreshing my memory of a few of your ships,
> namely the Bricru and the Cowboy Beebop inspired Frieghter.
> You may notice a little of Spike's Swordfish II in the Ves-X, also. I love
> the designs in that show to no end. Except for Jet's ship which is just
> ugly... but I think they wanted it to be so <shrug>.
I was going to say that it looks very "Cowboy-Behop-inspired" but didn't. I
didn't want to speak for you. Now that I know, even more kudos! Bebop rocks!
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> > I would like to see a photo of the boarding ramp angle, however, showing the
> > access to the interior. Also, what kind of ship is this? Personal transport
> > of some kind?
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> I actually had about 25 or pics of it that didn't turn out, so I will be
> re-taking them eventually. I had some pics of the lights inside the
> cockpit, the rear ramp, and the interior that just weren't postable.
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> I originally wanted it to be a dogfighter or light assault craft, but as I
> developed the tech in my storyline, the way battles work outmoded a craft
> like this for anything but transport. Right now it exists as the fastset
> shuttle used by the highest ranks of the I.F. (a special military force).
> For defense it has powerful energy shielding, glitter fog, E/M/G noise
> generators, and anti-projectile lasers.
I.F.? Like in _Ender's Game_?
Gonna build a Battle School? ;-)
Remember: the enemy's gate is DOWN! Sorry, I couldn't resist! ;-)
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> It is capable of 2 types of thrust, hyper-grav (the standard for most of my
> space ships), and M/A engines. The M/A are seldom used, and are backups in
> case the main engines fail.
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> cheers!
> Joel K
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/index.htm
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| (...) yeah, I thought after I finished building that the Ves-X looks like the mutant lovechild of the Swordfish II and the X-wing from Star Wars. (...) sorry, I have to admit ignornace. I have heard of Ender's Game, but haven't seen it/read it. I.F. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) awesome! do I get a .gif? hehe j/k (...) my door's always open to visiting AFOLs. The last time I held a fest for Milwaukee only Tim Courtney and his buddy Brandon showed up tho. It was great to meet them and see their cool space destroyer, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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