[ShadowWolf_IH]

If i am not mistaken the Name galileo was the name of the science vessel in Silent Threat.  It was the name of a ship, but not a class, and this is after that ship got destroyed, so unless my memory is faulty (i am getting up there in years), the name should be fine.  Of course i would think that, i picked the name.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Thorn

Uh.. where?

If the pics were brighter and I could see more of the model(it would be better zoomed in or anything), I would be able to tell you exactly. The two textures sorrounding the nameplate from both sides on the first picture are probably from JK2 or JKA. I do not know if I recognise them correctly.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by ShadowWolf_IH
If i am not mistaken the Name galileo was the name of the science vessel in Silent Threat.  It was the name of a ship, but not a class, and this is after that ship got destroyed, so unless my memory is faulty (i am getting up there in years), the name should be fine.  Of course i would think that, i picked the name.

That was Einstein.

AFAIK Galileo was never used for a ship class.  However Ulysses is used in FS1 and FS2, and Odysseus is used in TVWP.  Odyssey isn't used that I know of.

[TopAce]

Odyssey is a class of fighter, if you that is what you are thinking about.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

You're right Goober.  I remember now.  I could almost swear that therte was a vessel in one of the games called galileo, not as a class, but as a ship name.

[aldo_14]

Odysseus is the Roman form of Ulysses IIRC.

Just a stupid little titbit, that.....

[TrashMan]

Gallileo? Yeah, I did a science vessel with that name:


But it's only a name. Use any name you like and if someone tries to bug you over it, kick that troll in the butt...


B.t.w. - great textures. Can I have them?

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by Solatar
No man!! It needs a bunch of uber-huge beam cannons to protect it's awesomeness from the SHiVans!!!

joking of course....it's excellent, but on a slightly related note: is it armed at all? Big weapons are a no-no, but even the Faustus had weapons capable of destroying..asteroids.

Ok, ok, i´ll arm it with a slingshot and a couple of squirt guns!!



Honestly, i might consider give it a couple of lasers, but that´s all. No FLAKs, no beams, no missiles, nothing else. It´s a science

[Trivial Psychic]

I would give it primarily defensive weaponry, basically to shoot down bombs or light fighters... low dammage but rapid fire.  Great model BTW!

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Trivial Psychic
I would give it primarily defensive weaponry, basically to shoot down bombs or light fighters... low dammage but rapid fire.  Great model BTW!

a few subach turrets, and some minor flak would suffice in this case.

[Liberator]

It's still a GTVA naval vessel though, so it's at least got to have adequate defensive armament, maybe 8 low-medium flak cannons arranged to give a full sphere of coverage and maybe 2 AAA beam cannons(1 top, 1 bottom) and maybe a couple of pulse lasers.

and please tell me the panels rotate(maybe counter-rotate)...

All in all, awesomeness.

[Trivial Psychic]

Originally posted by Liberator
and please tell me the panels rotate(maybe counter-rotate)...

I think he already said that the pannels are stationary, but there is a rotating section at the mid-point.  Those "arm" things on the top and bottom that connect on at the mid-point, rotate.

[Ace]

Flails and subachs would work well for defense. (subachs for torpedoes, flails to rip through shields and disorient) Then maybe a top and bottom AAA beam.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Who says it is GTVA?

[Swamp_Thing]

I´ve got a teaser for you!!






She looks soooooooo so fine, with that rotating gravity drive, and radar dish...

 There´s just one thing, when i see it in the tech database, she appears waaaay far away, small as an ant. How do i set the camera closer?

[Lynx]

Too much smoothing hurts Lynx's eyes.

This ship should be largely facetted.

[phreak]

Theres a $Closeup Pos: field in the table entry, located between the flags and subsystem info (so its near the end).  Set the 3rd number to about 1.5 times its radius.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Thank you phreak i have wondered about that.  so longest of the dimensions times 1.5 does the trick.  awesome.

[phreak]

as a general guideline.  tweaking may be necessary

[mitac]

Sweeeeeet!