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Re: New ships under development

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Hi all - I thought that I would post a picture of a Python style trader ship that I am developing for future release. As usual any suggestions or comments are welcome.

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Also the Chimera Gunship should be ready for release in the near future - EDIT the Chimera is now available for download (See the link in my signature strip below).

EDIT - This ship has been named a Serpent Class Cruiser and it has now been released - See the link in my signature strip.
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Shipbuilder wrote:
Hi all - I thought that I would post a picture of a Python style trader ship that I am developing for future release. As usual any suggestions or comments are welcome.

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Also the Chimera Gunship should be ready for release in the near future.
OOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

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I want one of them in my Ooniverse!

No, I want two... no three ... no four .... no loads of them!
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I want one of them in my Ooniverse!

No, I want two... no three ... no four .... no loads of them!
Glad you like the look of it DredgerMan. I'd better get them in to mass production then :D
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Nice one! I suspect with all those engines it might be a tad faster than a Python? :wink:
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Shipbuilder wrote:
I want one of them in my Ooniverse!

No, I want two... no three ... no four .... no loads of them!
Glad you like the look of it DredgerMan. I'd better get them in to mass production then :D
That would be nice, thank you. :)

I like the bridge section, if it is a bridge, that is. It hints of the bridge of an Imperial Star Destroyer. :P But seeing the number of engines in the back, and relating that to an overall size it looks like a biggun and I assume we are not talking about a 'measly' 100kT of cargo space here?

Either way, if you need my help, SB, I would love to participate even if it was as a simple tester. (Seeing the struggles I still have with getting my head around the js structures it might very well be the only way I could assist. :( )
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That does look really nice. I would also love it to be part of my 'verse!

P.S - first post, hello everyone!
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Shipbuilder wrote:
Hi all - I thought that I would post a picture of a Python style trader ship that I am developing for future release.
Looks really good, Shipbuilder. And dangerous.
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Bobba_Zelios wrote:

P.S - first post, hello everyone!
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Welcome to the forum Bobba.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.
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Nice one! I suspect with all those engines it might be a tad faster than a Python?
Hi Smivs I've not really thought about the specifications yet other than to have in mind that this ship would be a based on a modernised version of a python style ship.

My thoughts would be for a ship perhaps somewhere between a python and anaconda in size but with some performance enhancements and additional cargo capacity compared to a python.
I like the bridge section, if it is a bridge
It is indeed intended to be a bridge DredgerMan.
I would love to participate even if it was as a simple tester
I want to get the Chimera Gunship released before I get too distracted with other ships however once this is done I will be looking for a few testers. I'll PM you with a link when in a position to do so.

Also if you are interested I may look to produce the ship with a variety of textures for different roles i.e. perhaps separate textures for a trader ship, pirate ship etc. If you know your way around a graphics software package you could have a look at this.
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Shipbuilder wrote:
Hi all - I thought that I would post a picture of a Python style trader ship that I am developing for future release. As usual any suggestions or comments are welcome.
Also the Chimera Gunship should be ready for release in the near future.
A very nice ship-design indeed! :D

How big is the hull in comparison to the hull of the python?

(I have designed a python-like ship myself, the Coluber Blue Racer, but I think I will enlarge the model a little bit in the next release of the .oxp because I think it has to bee a little bigger than the python to house the necessary engines. The Blue Racer is significantly faster than a Python.)

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Captain Beatnik - I’ve just had a look at your Wiki Page for the Coluber Blue Racer. It looks a good ship and a great Wiki page. :wink:

To be honest I haven't decided on the cargo capacity other than it being larger than a python's capacity.
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Latest teaser shots of a prototype Chimera Gunship during pre-release testing.

There are a few areas of dodgy texturing to be finished but it is well on the way to being completed.

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Oh that's pretty. WANT.
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Hi all - I thought that I would post a picture of a Python style trader ship that I am developing for future release. As usual any suggestions or comments are welcome.

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