"bug" would be a good name, I would save "arrow" for a more fighter-ish, ship

there´s some like it to be put in the game

I decided to not put any external weapons in my ships, mostly because, the ships layout can be changed, the player can modify it´s weapons, or even do not install any weapon at all

besides, in the future I expect the ships to really show it´s actual loadout, this would be really cool

Wow...that looks sweet. Incarnate do you know when your gonna show it on the game? Cause my acc expires at 3PM on a SUnday :(

That ship really has a connection to the Raptor....and the...er...that other TPG ship...

okay :D

going once.....

..going twice...

...BUG!! :D

/me can't wait for high texture

I'm hugging the vision of the GeForce 7800 I'm going to get :D

Oh, and Bug sounds cool.

Excellent, Job, Luis! My hat is off to you!
Yeah it's no longer a bus...
BUG is ok although it has Hive connotations. How about "GUS" - General Use Shuttle or General Use Ship.. G.U.S.

GUS > BUS

Yeah, Leber and I think it should be the "GUS 9000"...

GUS 9000: HAL's got nothing on this ship from TPG Corp.

Man, I can't wait to hear new players' reactions once they gain a few levels. "Why does the bus (working title) look better than the rest of the ships? "

However, I think I like where things are going. I'm starting to envision a sort of spring cleaning of the game's shipyard. Everything gets upgraded/replaced to better mesh with the new design quality. Ship variety and overall differentiation increases, nations start to have their own variants (or complete redesigns) for everything etc.

Looking forward to it.

good point, greengeek

but, expect more ships to be introduced soon

just tell them the better looking hsips come with paid subscriptions......

*ships

And yeah, thats a great ploy, heh

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Sooo, when do we get you back in CLM Sarahanne? :)

hmm, I'll think about it.

Nice ship!

Now don't screw it up like the last one!

We love you Luis!

Holy.... nice lookin bus! *goes to stock up on EC-88's*

Lol, great design Luis, a round of applause, just wondering * will the other ships be redone, or revisited for touch ups soon?*

CrazySpence: screw it up? What do you mean?

He's probably referring to the fact that the Raptor is the 1337357 looking ship in the game, but only has mediocre stats. That shouldn't matter, since this is the new bus. But what about the variants (EC-98, EC-107, etc). Will they use the new model? Will there now be an EC-99 and an EC-108?

I'm going to drop in the new model and simultaneously replace all the more advanced variants. The EC-88 will still exist, but all other variants will use the '89 hull.

It probably will "feel" different from the '88, of course, since it has a different physics matrix due to a more elongated hull and so forth. But I'm not going to be changing any stats at all. We'll see how it works.

(higher res than we export for the game, but which we may make available in an optional Texture Pack for people with 256MB-512MB cards, somewhere down the road)

w00t! No kidding Inc master?

I just plopped a new comp online with a 512MB GeForce 7900 GTX... that'll be nice!

Yeah. It'll be a lot more noticable for things like.. the bumpmapped asteroids and stuff. The asteroids are really gorgeous with full-resolution textures. The capships would be that much cooler too though, as well.