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UFO Carrier
BTAxis:
Yeah, this adequately deals with the gripes I had. Really nice ship, and I'd love to have this as the carrier. Once it is textured.
Incidentally, what you decribe (detachable components, laboratories, etc) makes is sound more like a mothership than a carrier. The carrier's ONLY role is to FTL UFO's from the mothership to the combat theater and back, so that stuff will not be included in the craft's description. It could have its own wing of fighter UFOs or even attack drones or something, though. Something to provide minimal protection in space, just enough to allow it to fulfill its role as a carrier.
RaXaR:
--- Quote from: "BTAxis" ---Incidentally, what you decribe (detachable components, laboratories, etc) makes is sound more like a mothership than a carrier. The carrier's ONLY role is to FTL UFO's from the mothership to the combat theater and back, so that stuff will not be included in the craft's description. It could have its own wing of fighter UFOs or even attack drones or something, though. Something to provide minimal protection in space, just enough to allow it to fulfill its role as a carrier.
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Cool, no detachments then .. I'll let you guys decide what (if anything) to do with it. :) Mothership ... hmm, has one been made yet? Or can I try for that as well?
BTAxis:
--- Quote from: "RaXaR" ---Mothership ... hmm, has one been made yet? Or can I try for that as well?
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You're more than welcome to. Here's a little info:
The mothership is very, very big. About as big as a small planet. It wasn't made that big in one go, rather it expanded as it traveled through the galaxy. All the aliens live on the mothership; it has no place to call home because it *is* home.
While the mothership is mobile, it travels extremely slowly. It mainly achieves displacement by FTL jumps. So while it is mobile, it is not designed for mobility (so engines aren't featured too heavily).
At the time UFO:AI takes place, the mothership is equipped with a for-all-means-and-purposes impenetrable energy shield.
Oh by the way. About those side panels on your carrier model, I personally consider them a part of the FTL drive system (something along the lines of focusing or stabilizing the wormhole). I haven't discussed this with anyone yet (read: with Winter), so that's just an idea I'm throwing up here, nothing definitive. But perhaps you could include variants of them on the mothership.
Mattn:
wait wait - the mothership should not be available as a model - but as a map
RaXaR:
--- Quote from: "Mattn" ---wait wait - the mothership should not be available as a model - but as a map
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would it be okay if I made a mothership that would never be used in the game at all, maybe only for a pic in the ending? ... it would effectively then be a mother-less-ship :D
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