What ship is this? First Thargoid Encounter 3125

[Cosmo]

This is artwork of the First Thargoid Encounter in 3125. Is this a Cobra Mk II? The cockpit window is different than the Mk III. The ship in the top right corner looks like a Thargoid Scout.

 

[rootsrat]

This is artwork of the First Thargoid Encounter in 3125. Is this a Cobra Mk II? The cockpit window is different than the Mk III. The ship in the top right corner looks like a Thargoid Scout.

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Looks like Cobra Mk1.

 

[shadowhand]

Yes, that's a Cobra Mk III. The overall shape of the ship has been the same for centuries, but details have changed over time. The original Cobra Mk III really mostly resembled a wireframe without textures...

 

[Tifu]

This is artwork of the First Thargoid Encounter in 3125. Is this a Cobra Mk II? The cockpit window is different than the Mk III. The ship in the top right corner looks like a Thargoid Scout.

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I think it's the mk1 - according to lore the mk2 never got past the prototype stage.

"Three years later the third prototype was launched. The initial trials were a success, but the inherent flaws began to show over the next couple of years of testing and the ship was ultimately scrapped in 2990.

Paynou, Prossett and Salem went bankrupt four years later, despite strong sales of the Cobra MKI. At first the company was incorporated into Faulcon deLacy, who used some of the ideas of the MKII Project to improve the tried and tested MKI.

source: https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Cobra_MkII

 

[thistle]

The mk 1 in Elite had stubby ends rather than the wing shape, that image looks like the Mk111 shape.

 

[thistle]

Spoiler

 

[Neilski]

Spoiler

Hmm, I wonder why the Krait is facing to the right, unlike all of the others...

 

[Riverside]

Looks like Cobra Mk1.

Nope