[terran_emperor]

What does? What is this mysterious "IT" that has antenae? The omega and its variations or the Karuna?

[tinfoil]

Omega-X Advanced.

[Droid803]

Don't they ALL have antennae?

[terran_emperor]

All the omega-destroyer variants have antenae...but the omega-x (Ship Class) Advanced-Destroyer (Ship Type) also has shadow-spikes on it.

Here's a better picture of the Omega-X also from Wolf's shipyard



Could someone please post a starbord-side or port-side shot of the Karuna? so we can actually see the comparison

[Darius]

Main difference is that the rotating section is pushed back towards the engines. This leaves the whole front end as hangar space if you need it.

[colecampbell666]

But essentially the same ship.

[tinfoil]

I still think it looks like one damn cool giant cockroach

[ShadowGorrath]

Don't compare the Karuna to those B5 ships. The Karuna is too cool to be really compared to them.

[colecampbell666]

It's the same ship.

[ShadowGorrath]

No. . . The Karuna is Steve-O's Federal Forces frigate. It's very good looking. See the model for yourselves - totally different from the B5 ships.

[colecampbell666]

I know. Look at how similar they are. It's the same ship.

(for those of you (ShadowGorrath) who don't get what I'm saying, the Karuna is obviously heavily based on the Omega)

[blowfish]

It is heavily based on the Omega, but it is NOT the same ship

[terran_emperor]

Yes...Totally different...As were the Earth Navy capitals from Colony Wars: Vengence   Yet the Navy capitals would not look out of place in the B5 universe...I suspect that they may have had the same designers or the designers were b5 fans.

Also many of the terran capitals from FS1/2 look like theyd fit into the b5 universe quite well.

The Karuna looks like a next-generation vessel from the Post-Drakh invasion...I suspect Steve-O is a B5 fan because the Karuna clearly is heavily inspired by the omega destroyer and the Oracle or Sagittarius cruiser

 (These last 2 are canon ships that never appeared in the series. They were part of the ships designed for the cancelled B5Wars game and was later inculded in the B5 RPG. According to what ive heard, the ships that were designed for B5Wars ARE Canon)

lets take a closer look at that \/


Sagitarius cruiser                                              Oracle Cruiser

See the similarity between the Karuna and both ships. All that left to do is add the Omega's Antenae complex to the front and the the Rotating section between the oracle/sagittarius bridge section (The part with the raised area near the back) and the engines and you are essentially left with the Karuna

[Droid803]

Hrm, then the Karuna is a bastard child of the Oracle and Omega?
Doesn't matter though. It still looks cool.

[ShadowGorrath]

To me, those B5 ships look. . . Not good enough. No offense to the ones who made the models of them, or the ones who designed them originaly. We need to ask the fella who made the original Karuna. Steve-O IIRC ?

[terran_emperor]

Yes...ask Steve-O
Steve-O must explain.

---off thopic challenge---
Cookie to anyone who knows what TV series i ripped off those lines from.
Further cookie to the person who gets the story
Another cookie to whomever knows whick episode of that story
Bonus cookie if you can identify the characters

[colecampbell666]

So it's fiction?

1. The Bible.
2. The one where Jesus dies.
3. The part where he dies.
4. Jesus and some Roman guy.

[Commander Zane]

To me, those B5 ships look. . . Not good enough. No offense to the ones who made the models of them, or the ones who designed them originaly. We need to ask the fella who made the original Karuna. Steve-O IIRC ?

That's Minbari War-era ships for you.
Except the Hyperion.

[ShadowGorrath]

The Federal Forces Frigate Hyperion. . . Not Babylon5 universe, as far as I know.

Oh well, forget it. . . The Hyperion ( Karuna in BP ) is a much better looking ship than any Babylon5 ship. I could only assume that it was inspired by them.

[terran_emperor]

I think its safe to say SG is not a B5 fan
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@colecampbell666

So it's fiction?

1. The Bible.

  nicely done man
Love that...It fiction ergo, the bible 

Nice try but...

Oh so very wrong...Tell you guys what i'll provide a few hints.

1) Its from an old British TV series Very well known in the UK
2) The actual visual footage is now lost but the audio still exists and has been released on CD
3) Original dialogue went --> "Ask the Emperor" "the Emperor must explain"
4) 1x10^100 (Not a hint to the tv series but a hint how to make the search easy)

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BTW Darius, is it alright if i use the UE and new GTVA ship classes in a campaign i'm working on?

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To me, those B5 ships look. . . Not good enough. No offense to the ones who made the models of them, or the ones who designed them originaly. We need to ask the fella who made the original Karuna. Steve-O IIRC ?

That's Minbari War-era ships for you.
Except the Hyperion.

Actually oracle is pre-Dilgar war in service from 2216-sometime 2248-2266, and the sagittarius was introduced in 2230 but was retired  before 2248