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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Check out one of Boeing's recent publicity photos of the X-45C mockup:
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/x-45/images/DVD-883-1.html

So is it just me, or is anyone else getting a strong Cylon vibe from this because of the purple light? It would certainly fit the bill, since this is essentially a robotic attack plane.

B.J.

Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :

A robotic attack plane with more intelligence than the average Cylon, I trust. B)

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Why does it have a purple light in the "cockpit" and an orange light underneath. Not to borrow from neighboring threads, but, if I didn't know better, I'd think someone was trying to rice it out.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Their grounded killbot support.

Robots are so twentieth century, though.

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Why does it have the lights? Dramatic effect. In this case, it's really no different than using a smoke generator and lasers during a rollout. Except that this is much quicker and easier.

This might be easy for me to find out, but I'm curious if the photographer first tried a red light in the inlet.

Also, I'm now waiting on that first anthropomorphic cartoon of an unmanned fighter. Do you think the artist would put eyes on it or just a red "eye" going back and forth? [Big Grin]