100's of hours in ED and didnt realize something so obvious till now
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Yes the ships are named after animals on purpose (Eagle is obviously not a snake) ... but many of you may not know that the Cobra MkIII is shaped like it is, not to resemble a snake, but if you take a sphere, slice the top off of it, and cut that in half, you get the Cobra MkIII shape in wire frame form. The Sidewinder, Anaconda, Boa and Viper were simple triangle shapes in the original Elite.
As for whether the current designs were purposefully done to resemble snakes, I don't know, but I am sure the original designs in 1984, weren't done to resemble snakes, but more because they were simple shapes that could fit in the 22kb David & Ian had to work with.
As for whether the current designs were purposefully done to resemble snakes, I don't know, but I am sure the original designs in 1984, weren't done to resemble snakes, but more because they were simple shapes that could fit in the 22kb David & Ian had to work with.
Errr......
I haven't figured out the Hauler yet
It looks very close to the space shuttle, which hauls stuff into space...but yea compared to the Delacy ships it doesn't reflect its name in looks..
I think Alien's is the most likely explanation ... any resemblance to snake heads is coincidental .... unless form follows function ..... i.e. snakes are hunter killers, after all.
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To the people who don't agree the cobra resembles the snake;
Have you seen the ship from the top/front? It has teeth on the canopy for DB's sake and glowing radiators for eyes. Also its sensor panel is shaped like an open cobra mouth with the throttle and heat meters making up the flaring hood. I'd say the entire sensor display holographics were designed around the cobra cockpit.
Asp is commonly used to refer to the Egyptian Asp or Cobra, famous suicide device of choice of Cleopatra. The Lakon Asp models clearly resemble an African cobra head with its hood flared out. Perhaps because the game already had cobra class ships and it would be weird to call the other class 'Lakon Cobra' or 'Lakon Egyptian Asp' they went with Lakon Asp.
There are more than one type of snake called diamondback. The most common type has a really wide head with pointy brows over it's eyes. While not immediately resembling a snake head as the other ships do, it you describe the shape of a diamondback model ship from the front, you'll see it will be similar to how you would describe the snake's head from the front also.
Almost everyone agrees on the shapes of python, anaconda and fdl resembling their respective snake counterparts but I would say the Adder resembles a space shuttle and even more (to me) a panel van while retaining vaguely the general contours of a generic snake head.
Have you seen the ship from the top/front? It has teeth on the canopy for DB's sake and glowing radiators for eyes. Also its sensor panel is shaped like an open cobra mouth with the throttle and heat meters making up the flaring hood. I'd say the entire sensor display holographics were designed around the cobra cockpit.
Asp is commonly used to refer to the Egyptian Asp or Cobra, famous suicide device of choice of Cleopatra. The Lakon Asp models clearly resemble an African cobra head with its hood flared out. Perhaps because the game already had cobra class ships and it would be weird to call the other class 'Lakon Cobra' or 'Lakon Egyptian Asp' they went with Lakon Asp.
There are more than one type of snake called diamondback. The most common type has a really wide head with pointy brows over it's eyes. While not immediately resembling a snake head as the other ships do, it you describe the shape of a diamondback model ship from the front, you'll see it will be similar to how you would describe the snake's head from the front also.
Almost everyone agrees on the shapes of python, anaconda and fdl resembling their respective snake counterparts but I would say the Adder resembles a space shuttle and even more (to me) a panel van while retaining vaguely the general contours of a generic snake head.
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I'm actually fairly certain you're wrong.
On which account? Like wrong entirely? I think you don't agree with me on the account of the asp.
Egyptian asp:
Asp ship:
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I can certainly see the Python in the... Erm... Python.
I had a pet Royal once, too!
I had a pet Royal once, too!
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Well that did occur to me quite a while back, but consider that although I too am not an 'expert' on snakes, I do know that an adder and viper are the same snake... Do the ships look the same?
There is not a lot of difference in the Elite ships in general. A lot of them are wedges.
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