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Post by Cmdr. Wombat »

*Bump*

And this?

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Yes, he is trying to dock...
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Ouch! :shock:

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Post by Selezen »

"Station Control to Ixian Freighter. For the last time, your ship will not fit in the docking bay! Abort docking!"

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Post by Odo987 »

Looks like a reenactment of the old urban legend.
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Post by lex_talionis »

heh, nice pic! i've seen one of them come out the docking bay, and instantly explode. there were a few ships just come out - traders+ecorts - and the battle cruiser just appeared right outside the bay, right on top of the existing ships. boom - no cruiser, no ships either.

gave me a bit of a shock! damn thing nearly hit me :shock:
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Post by stevesims »

:-)

Obviously it's a bit dumb that these large ships are launching from, and attempting to dock at, space stations.

However these large ships have to get built somewhere. Maybe we should see some large space-dock places at high tech level planets where the large ships and carriers get built. They could be secondary stations - and potentially they could offer some special ship enhancements not generally available at main space stations, such as military shields, to suitably qualified pilots.
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Post by JensAyton »

Something like this? ;-)

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Post by Cmdr Monte »

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Finally, the origins of all those rumours about the Ixian Navy are revealled.

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Post by Mirad Grameron »

I could model a something along the lines of a dry dock, but someone else would have to texture it, and put lights on it and stuff. Maybe ship construction docks should be placed near asteroid fields, so that it's easier for them to get the materials they need to build ships. This could affect pirates of course.
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This is an in-game screenshot, not some model I made up. The colours of the screenshot are off for some reason, so you might have dificulties recognizing the objects for what they are...
This is a clumping toghether of cargopods in a tractor-field, happened after a collision with a ship. In the background you see three GalCops racing to a trouble spot....
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Bizarre!
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Post by aegidian »

Cool - :idea: looks just like how a super cluster of gemstones should be when you mine it from an asteroid. :idea:
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Post by Star Gazer »

uh oh...looks like there's something brewing here... :wink:
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Post by Draco_Caeles »

Anybody fancy brewing up a way to get shiny new cargopods into the game? ;)

I still haven't managed to find a reliable method :(
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Post by Kriken Overlord »

I am trying to make a Federatoin Starship from Star Trek into Oolite, but I can only do it if dry-docks or large docks exist. Please tell me so I can cnotinue/abort work.
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