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[Cody]

Nemesis is fine as a ship name, but not as the name of a class of ship.
I'd thought of Virago for your Viper.

[dertien]

To me, this is the old limited edition prototype used for "Ship shows" around the Ooniverse. That is before mass production requirements made the design more edgy and lumpy in order to reduce production costs.

Yep spot on, will make good content for my readme Gimi.

[dertien]

Nemesis is fine as a ship name, but not as the name of a class of ship.
I'd thought of Virago for your Viper.

Yeah, I see your point, well, I'll keep on reading, maybe we should just call it the "Cobra Elite".

I will keep the name Virago in mind for a future creation, but the Viper Raider is too much of a kitbash to give it such a resounding name.

[dertien]

Why not call it Cobra Prototype then, and make it better than Mk IV?

Performance slightly better than a standard Cobra Mk III, but some way off the Super Cobra would fit with my imagination.
Standard fittings would also be souped up a little (For marketing purposes).

Docking computer, beam laser, 4 missiles (fitted with), etc..

Sounds about right to me too. I'll count on you for the specs Gimi ? if that's okay with you. I'm always having trouble of what to put in a ship in the ways of gameplay balance.

[Cody]

If Gimi's going to do the specs, better call it the Grey Cobra.

[dertien]

If Gimi's going to do the specs, better call it the Grey Cobra.

... please elaborate ....?

Well, I could give it as a playtesting thingy to you since it's not a burden and will keep you off the siggies, and you could tweak the specs to make em more balanced ?

[Cody]

Sorry dertien, I should've said... links to another thread.

[DaddyHoggy]

As my previous suggestion went uncommented I will also offer up: Pallida

Reason: Naja pallida is the alternative name for the Red Spitting Cobra

Or taking that name and mixing it up a bit - you could have Paladin

[Cody]

Well, I could give it as a playtesting thingy to you since it's not a burden and will keep you off the siggies, and you could tweak the specs to make em more balanced ?

Heh... nothing will get me out of Rolling Thunder.

[dertien]

As my previous suggestion went uncommented I will also offer up: Pallida

Reason: Naja pallida is the alternative name for the Red Spitting Cobra

Or taking that name and mixing it up a bit - you could have Paladin

Yeah, sorry bout not commenting on the latin name... I found it a bit too... far fetched., But Paladin sounds good.

It reminds me of that senator from the Wing Commander games (III and IV) IIRC. Don't remember his real name, a scotsman I think.

Paladin sounds good.

[Cody]

Or the AC Cobra, which was a lovely sports car... but yeah, Paladin sounds good.

[Commander McLane]

Nemesis is fine as a ship name, but not as the name of a class of ship.

It's also  already taken.

[Commander McLane]

Paladin sounds good.

I guess Cmdr Wyvern  felt the same.

[CheeseRedux]

Naja

[Gimi]

Thank you for all the positive comments guys.. and DaddyHoggy, Give your wife a kiss from me.


In the Dark Wheel novella, in chapter Five, the Cobra that he stole with the help of Rafe and Elyssia from Starpilot Fleisher's mausoleum was called the 'Nemesis'. Sounds like a good candidate for starters.

Cobra Nemesis

or

Anoter one is Cobra Virago. Something not out of the novella, but a fitting name IMHO.

The fact that it was stolen from TOGY fits in with this being an early version (possibly prototype) of the ship. Agree with EV, Cobra Nemesis as a class does not fit into my Ooniverse. I would use something like Cobra Rex Regum (King of Kings) or Cobra Caesar as a play on King Cobra and the "fact" that, as a Prototype, they would want to show it off.

Edit: Another one I like is Cobra Imperator