Great looking ship. R+ for posting it and the lore
What sort of design would you like for Alliance ships?
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Great looking ship. R+ for posting it and the lore
Problem: we're in 3022, or something like that.
I'm not sure, I want to wait like 230 years for ships... *grins*
Problem: we're in 3022, or something like that.
I'm not sure, I want to wait like 230 years for ships... *grins*
Close. We're in 3302, five decades on.
Problem: we're in 3022, or something like that.
I'm not sure, I want to wait like 230 years for ships... *grins*
Thought it was 3302? :S
a mix between the empire and feds, basicalyl thhe more edgy style of the feds instead the round Empire one, but still some shorter versions of the pods the Empire has. A bit a more sharp edged kind of the keelback by styles.
design wise, the clipper and cutter come rather close to it.
design wise, the clipper and cutter come rather close to it.
Really loving this thread. I especially like some of the more industrial design ideas and the idea of asymmetry. Having said that I wonder if the reason don't have Alliance stuff right now is that they're going to be intimately linked to the thargoid storyline and their ships will appear as that evolves. So I wonder if there will be a strong organic component to the ships where thargoid tech is blended with the utilitarian industrial Alliance tech. Something like this maybe:
Or they could even end up looking like Starbug:
Another cool option would be that in order to save cost, weight and improve speed the alliance don't bother with armour on their ships (just big shields) and instead have lots of exposed equipment and cargo racks, like this:
or this:
Or they could even end up looking like Starbug:
Another cool option would be that in order to save cost, weight and improve speed the alliance don't bother with armour on their ships (just big shields) and instead have lots of exposed equipment and cargo racks, like this:
or this:
I would give one of these things a donation of 1t food. it looks like the place where the you end up when everythign went wrong in your Life.
That's... a pretty good description of the main characters on Red Dwarf, yeah
Something like the Teladi or Borons of the X-series.
If I remember correctly, the Alliance shipyards had direct ties to Thargoid technology through a deal struck with non-hostile Thargoid factions, according to lore at least. I could be wrong so I'd need one of the old salts to correct me there.
If that is indeed the case... well, who knows what they would look like. Whatever it is, I hope they're sexy.
Thinking about this a bit more, I reckon Alliance ships should be focused on defence roles rather than the attack roles that Federation ships get or the multi-purpose Empire ships.
The Alliance fleet is drawn from the system defence forces of individual members, these forces have little need for long-range travel or transport capacity. They should be specialised for intercept and interdiction and for holding positions against sustained attack.
So I'd guess specialist alliance ships would be a set of fast, short-range fighter-class ships similar to the Viper and then a set of low-manoeuvrability large ships with high shields and hull but multiple smaller hard points to provide blockade cover over bases and convoys.
The Alliance fleet is drawn from the system defence forces of individual members, these forces have little need for long-range travel or transport capacity. They should be specialised for intercept and interdiction and for holding positions against sustained attack.
So I'd guess specialist alliance ships would be a set of fast, short-range fighter-class ships similar to the Viper and then a set of low-manoeuvrability large ships with high shields and hull but multiple smaller hard points to provide blockade cover over bases and convoys.
