Should I or Shouldn't I?

[dogscoff]

Also, in that crappy film about the whales, I seem to remember the ship in question coming down into the atmosphere. Wings might be handy there, although I think in the real (ie not stat trek) future the idea of capital ships coming down for atmospheric travel is pretty ridiculous, at least until the technology gets so ridiculously advanced that things like air resistance and gravity could be almost completely nullified. Until then, stuff will be dragged up into orbit by space lifts or by specialised shuttles.

[Slick]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I also have the K'Vort, although it looks a lot like the B'Rel.

Playing some SFC3 on the side, have we?

Slick.

[Aloofi]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
As far as naval looking ships go, check out these ships: Pandoran Ship Set

Wow!
That is one of the coolest shipset yet!
Can I adopt it?
Where can I download it?
It says no download.......

[geoschmo]

I am not so sure wings on spaceships can be passed off as being for atmospheric travel. For a wing to generate any lift at all it's got to be a particular shape. Otherwise it's at best useless, and at worst could cause extra drag and make atmospheric flight less efficent and harder to control. The ships all seem to get around in the atmosphere using their thrusters to generate lift and directional control just fine, so the wings are likely just for ornament or for other reasons like the heat disipation already mentioned.

There's also the Treknobable explanations about needing certain shapes and placements of interior components to generate the right shape of warp bubble or something.

Geoschmo
I'm not an Aeronautical Engineer, but I play one in the forum.

[Slick]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

Geoschmo
I'm not an Aeronautical Engineer, but I play one in the forum.

Thought you were going to say "...but I slept in a Holiday Inn Last night."

Slick.

[dogscoff]

For a wing to generate any lift at all it's got to be a particular shape. Otherwise it's at best useless,

Maybe it's like a sycamore seed- so that when the engines fail the thing will spiral down through the atmosphere more graceful

[Atrocities]

Aloofi

Thanks for the complement on the ship set.

Right now the set is an exclusive set for the story I am working on, (Once Upon The Stars - OUTS)

I have not put the set up for download because I have to establish a few facts in the story before I can give the race its history and society information.

I am writing that now, and will be posting the latest chapter to the story by this weekend, (hopefully if I don't go riding.)

But if you want them that bad, I will be more than happy to send you the file. NO AI for the race yet, so you'll also have to adopt an AI.

[minipol]

Wow i like these new ships, very cool. And i don't think the pink background and green ships don't match. It's a nice combo. Cool!

[Aloofi]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Aloofi

But if you want them that bad, I will be more than happy to send you the file. NO AI for the race yet, so you'll also have to adopt an AI.

Yes, I just want the pics to use it as my race, if that is ok with you. It is not to put them in a mod or anything.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Slick:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I also have the K'Vort, although it looks a lot like the B'Rel.

Playing some SFC3 on the side, have we?

Slick.

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How does that fit in? Those ships were like that in the shows/movies, not just games. And besides, they were in BOTF long before SFC came out.

Originally posted by minipol:
Wow i like these new ships, very cool. And i don't think the pink background and green ships don't match. It's a nice combo. Cool!

I just hope that the backgrounds are not present in the release of the shipset.

[ March 04, 2003, 17:39: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]