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That game, as well as now ported over to Bridge Commander (which is better than you lot generally seemed to think of it). It could use a texture overhaul, and I'd have been willing to do it, too. Only, they were encoded as 3DS NIF files. *grr*
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Yes, she's an Armada 2 ship. I don't have the game, but, yes, I seem to recall that her special ability is Shield Enhancement. I don't know where the equipment is housed that supposedly does this, nor do I know what it looks like. And since it's not anything we have ever heard of before on the show, Ill just assume it's a function of the slightly larger than normal deflector dish
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Or you could write it off as one of the outrageous capabilities that was wedged into the game to make the whole thing more appealing to the uneducated masses who don't really know anything about Treknology.
I don't recall many of the specifics anymore, but I remember when the first version of "Armada" came out, I was appalled at how they depicted some of the combat strategies, at least on the websites. (I've never played the game, though.) I understand they wanted to diversify things a little bit for "more interesting gameplay," but I still think there could be some other way to make things fun without trampling over canon.
Ah, well. Since "Armada" was marketed for the masses more than any other game, IMO, I guess it's okay to make a few compromises. It's a business, after all -- for better or worse.
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You should do a cutaway one of an original ship (maybe a smaller movie era one or something). Only one question, though - why is your captain only a lieutenant commander?
BTW, I really like that bridge design. You mind if I take a shot at modeling it? If you could draw an isometric view of it (just a quick sketch) so I can see how you wanted the walls and that tactical console to look, it'd really help alot.
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I'm not touching the cutaway scene, man. My perspective drawing skillz aren't near good enough to do that. I'd give myself an anuerism trying to make everything line up... I think for now I'll stick with near-correct exterior shots and schematics
I don't really have any updates to share, either... I've been loaded with actual paying work lately and haven't had a chance to work on her. I'm still trying to work out the hull paneling for the main shot of the ship exterior.
I'll try and whip you up a sketch of the bridge. Actually... I need to go back and look at the bridge drawing to try and remember what I had in mind... Stupid, work-riddled brain...
Oh, and the CO is a Lt.Commander because I figure smaller ships on routine duties like cargo transport are probably skippered by lower ranking officers. We don't have alot of canon to back this up, but there has been a precedent (as in the case of Dax commanding the Defiant for several combat stints), plus the USN does it... so I figure it's possible.
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Ok... I'm trying to work on the hull plating for the Aegian... can anyone direct me to any good pictures that show some detail of the hull plating on the Sovvie? I'm assuming they'll be similar since the designs are clearly similar...
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You're just doing that to make me build another model! Curse you!
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Well... no... not really. With the picture being that big, it's going to need some detail there or it will look quite empty. But feel free to build another if you like. The first one was sweet.
The Encyclopedia top view has the colors & general lines as well, & if you look over on Starship Modeler, I know that someone puts out decals with all the paneling & ish.
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