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B.J.
Member # 858
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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.
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Cartman
Member # 256
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A robotic attack plane with more intelligence than the average Cylon, I trust. B)
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TSN
Member # 31
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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.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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Their grounded killbot support.
Robots are so twentieth century, though.
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B.J.
Member # 858
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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?
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