Community Event / Creation Asp Explorer - reimagined

[Winterwalker]

If it's treading on toes to make it an Asp (and I STILL hope you're sending these designs into FD) .. and ships are named for snakes .. how about the "Rat" .. Not a diss on the design, which I really like, at all. Maybe not a pretty name or one that you'd ask for, on first sight .. would it grow on you? I personally would, want a Rat.

 

[PsychoFish]

It doesn't look like an Asp at all, but the design is really good!! I'd call it an Arrowhead or something like that. It does look a little bit more like a fighter than an explorer though.

 

[Geraldine]

I do like your work Zaptruder, especially your Imperial Courier.
As for your version of the Asp, it's nice! Also, here is another that uses its more traditional shape for it's remake from the Pioneer mod Genesia.

Spoiler

 

[Caput Mortis]

Nice Asp!


On the naming though despite obvious exceptions they have tended to go for Herpetological references (Snakes) so that would mean names like
Boa
Mamba
Keelback
Taipan
Cottonmouth
Moccasin
Bushmaster
Boomslang
Copperhead

To name a few

 

[MarcusAurelius]

I'm starting to warm to the name the Moray Killboat. Where the manufacturers decided to embrace the legacy of the Starboat and go all out into a warship.

Performance profile is based off the Asp - 150 tons (or 1.5 times the size of a Cobra MKIII), faster ship with capacity for more equipment and better shielding.

But whatever the case is, I'd agree with the sentiment... the game needs a series of Whoa I want that ships in each class/category - ships that you trade up from and then ships that you keep because they're just that cool.

Any chance of seeing designs for other future big ships? Or ships that have no been reimagined yet? I think trying to reimagine ships that have already been done is intriguing but won't have the desired effect of changing or influencing the developers minds.

I think however ships that are still yet to make it into the game, have a greater chance of getting the developers attention. Or give them an aha moment, when pondering design features for the future.

Given your flair for bringing sleeker designs to life. I wonder how a reimagined Turner Class ship would look like from Elite. I think its one of those ships that are quintessentially Elite in every possible way. And has a very unmistakably shape to it.

Here are some images of ingame as well as other renditions. Hope to see your clever hand tweak this one and receive some Zaptruder magic to it. Cheers.

 

[Jypson]

I decided to redesign the Asp Explorer.

http://i.imgur.com/MM5sZuP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tLyyH7u.png
http://i.imgur.com/CofumWK.png
http://i.imgur.com/EO1onX0.png
http://i.imgur.com/sumNziz.png
http://i.imgur.com/xmV69EG.png
http://i.imgur.com/7HXyA9v.png
http://i.imgur.com/WUATUK9.png

(whistle) Another great re-design! Really digging the engine layout.

 

[Kingtutuk]

Cant understand why they have to have cockpits instead of bridges, Nice art by all contributors.

 

[Alien]

Any chance of seeing designs for other future big ships? Or ships that have no been reimagined yet? I think trying to reimagine ships that have already been done is intriguing but won't have the desired effect of changing or influencing the developers minds.

I think however ships that are still yet to make it into the game, have a greater chance of getting the developers attention. Or give them an aha moment, when pondering design features for the future.

Given your flair for bringing sleeker designs to life. I wonder how a reimagined Turner Class ship would look like from Elite. I think its one of those ships that are quintessentially Elite in every possible way. And has a very unmistakably shape to it.

Here are some images of ingame as well as other renditions. Hope to see your clever hand tweak this one and receive some Zaptruder magic to it. Cheers.

The Argent's Quest was a horrible ship in FFE. I would rather it stay in FFE. We don't need any ships with a wagging tail.