just the ships from the plugins would even be awesome...borg cube the B-wing...the shuttle w/ 20 hell hounds launchers, 100 200mm railgun turrets, shields, cloak, multi jump organ and 1000 tons of free mass+ mass displacement...oooh what over the top plugins people made.

Orion Mining Barge
Armor: 50,000 (5,000 Shield 1,000/sec recharge)
Cargo Capacity: 500cu
Weapons: 4 Large, 4 Turrets
Mass: 60,000 kg
Length: 32m
Thrust: 600 N
Max Speed: 50 m/s
Spin Torque: 21.0 Nm
Turbo Max Speed: 140 m/s
Turbo Energy: 50/sec

This is a simple 3D model representation.


The bottom side of the beast is the same as the top minus the cockpit.

I like it...the "super Moth" or something. I could also see it being used as a missile boat...(keep the ports, increase the armor drop the speed and agility accordingly)

lol, it looks like a gym, it would rock in cargo capacity though. I love it!

Ditch the shields, double or maybe quadruple the cargo.

I love it, though, as it really fills the mining and shipping within protected space role we lack.

That's one way to go but it seems to draw ever so close to what I think you would so love to pop one day, especially in protected space. For the trader to be surprised and PO'd in a rather fat and vulnerable prize, a treat best served slightly sizzled.

i really dont feel like this contest is going any where...I really hope it does, but people just dont seem interested so im just submitting for fun.

if it does go anywhere and i actually win i'll just donate the prize money to the first 8 newbies i find.

anyways this one has no name yet,,,

when planets come out, it would make a nice water landing =)

thats a good point...I had not heard of being able to land on planets, though from time to time people have asked about it in suggestions.

"i really dont feel like this contest is going any where..."

None of the previous "design-a-ship" contests ever went anywhere, as was stated several times towards the beginning of the thread.

Neither will this one.

yeah but it give us something to do...i thought the game would do that, but theres only so much at this point.

Out of curiosity, I took a look back in forum history, and I don't think any of these contests have ever yielded a winner.

What the hell, I will post it. Me and laytorest are workin' on it.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8366/picture54ws0.png
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7876/picture55ml4.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7862/picture56ds9.png

The large port on the bottom [looks like two small] has been turned into a small in more recent [but not shown] versions.

Yup. We're still working on it, he's getting the textures, while I'm working on a new ship... It's a cap ship this time... I think you'll like em...

No clue how to do graphics or what the limitations for creation are, but have an idea for a completely different kind of ship for traders: The Spacebarge

For those who don't know exactly what a barge is relative to trading, it's the "engine" to a group of floating cargo platforms. So a Spacebarge would be pretty fast and powerful engine-wise but would be slower and slower as it took on mass from adding cargo platforms (bought separately).

It's defensive abilities would be limited: 2 large ports. It would also be best if if somehow it could be allowed to spin in the center of the platforms without needing to spin the entire set of cargo, allowing for aiming of guns rather than for turning.

It's extra "defense" is that all of those cargo platforms act as a shield. So a pirate would basically be opening cargo after cargo before actually getting to the engine. The perk to the pirate is that he doesn't have to destroy the entire ship to get something out of it. The downside is that to stop the ship he has to punch through the cargo to get to the engine.

Surbuis - Very creative! Your barge looks like a Wawa pedal!

ghool - Nice, except for the blatant raptor engine ripoff! Hehe. I like.

Ryan - looks like something Salomon or Rossignol might make, if they made spacecraft instead of skis. Neat, but what's the purpose of the ski-like things?

hmmm...you know I wasnt actually thinking of a purpose for them. I suppose they could be weapons? maybe just landing struts? we could do a new contest to decide what the purpose is.

oh...and I liked the "blatant raptor engine ripoff"

K,

For what it's worth...

Heavy fighter / Light cruiser:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1058/ayfazyk_011.jpg

Battlecruiser:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/227/ayfazyk_012.jpg

Modular transport - add/subtract modules for different versions:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/766/ayfazyk_013.jpg

3 ship classes bearing a family resemblance:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7426/ayfazyk_014.jpg
The middle one - cruiser class - callsign: "Fatboy" (1600 triangles)
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3397/fatboycruiserfg9.jpg

Side view of another modular transporter:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1911/ayfazyk_015.jpg
Now with 2nd pass 3d version (1400 polys - WIP)
http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ayfazyk0153d2pd2.jpg
Now with 3rd pass 3d version (c2100 polys - needs mats)
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/1743/atlas2qp1.jpg

Small freight lugger / Light cruiser:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1632/ayfazyk_016.jpg

Courier / Light freight:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6919/ayfazyk_017.jpg

Light fighter:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9849/ayfazyk_018.jpg
Now 3D (716 triangles):
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3666/mohawkhu9.jpg

Attack bot:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7830/ayfazyk_019.jpg

Another 3 ship classes bearing a family resemblance:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3752/ayfazyk_020.jpg

Cap Ship (side elevation!) with various escort ships:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7176/ayfazyk_021.jpg

let the flaming begin LOL

get a 3d modeler and whip those out.

lol, what, all of them?

Incidentally, what is the poly limit for Vendetta models?

I can model a little bit, but my experience of working for games is pretty close to zero.