handling slightly better than a moth is probably reasonable, provided the mass and thrust are such that adding weapons will have only a minor influence.

just found an image of the defiant and thought I'd link it for everyone.

http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/lw-gallery/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=11

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http://www.evula.org/virtualgoo/vendetta/assault_craft_mosaic.jpg

I whipped this up for the informal competition on the General forum. This thread came to mind while I was working on it. Basically there's a pilot with control over two guns, and two gunners with turrets.

I knew I was making it a Serco gunboat, and turned to the other Serco designs for inspiration. I liked the drooping nose and tail because it makes it resemble a carrion bird, the dual cockpits were inspired by the Mil-24 Hind, which has an otherworldly appearance, although the nose turret was inspired by the PBY-6 Catalina flying boat, and the forward swept wings are homages to the Vulture already in Vendetta.

So in game, this is probably double the length of the Prometheus?...

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that's a decent looking ship Pidgeon

cp, don't you think it looks a tad bit fragile ?

I'm a fan of the Homeworld2 Corvette chasis. http://www.homeworld2.com/img/gallery/large/screen_5.jpg

renegade: it sacrifices being somewhat fragile for having extremely large turret arcs.

rogue: I suppose that I could start to whip up something similar after finishing my Japanese homework tonight.