Ships of the United Imperial Interstellar Federation of C...

DeathsHands · Post by **DeathsHands** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:15 pm

Nice ships, but the faction name..... by god it's long. UIIFCTA?

(You can pronounce it youu-iff-kah).

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:37 pm

I'm presuming the supertanker idea was copied from ArcaneDude?

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:26 pm

I do recognize those pods, yes. In fact I recognize them really well. That's because they're my design and idea. It's not a big deal, but I would like being asked whether it's okay, or just being given credit for using my idea.

Nice tanker, though.

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:52 am

Gah sorry about that. I wasn't thinking properly (I should have put the credits up at the start). Well, its there now. If I forgot anyone for anything, feel free to tell me...these ships were basically built by combining ideas from other people though.

On another note, the first post has also been updated with two new ships: Vortex-class Logistics Craft (Superfreighter Version) and Monsoon-class Battlecarrier. Hopefully I didn't forget anyone for these...

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:59 am

Meh, t's okay. Thanks for giving credit.

Bad Boy · Post by **Bad Boy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:50 am

The tankers are nice, as is the carrier. It's good to see you moving away from the chainship, and creating more of your own ships from start to finish. Also, I like how you're making them more and more asymmetrical, who knows, maybe you'll bring asymmetry and asymmetrical fleets back.

Koross · Post by **Koross** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:20 am

Nice tankers and freighter ships. It seems alot of people are making those.

Someone should make a competition on non offensively armed civilian ships that should be judged by aesthetics and function. Probably have a section amount limit. Anyway, just brain farting.

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:44 am

I made a few changes to the ships, but I didn't update the pictures:
- All ships now have doodads
- Aegis generators for shielded beam mounts moved inside
- Calculated thruster stats so that destroying all thrusters will leave a totally immobile ship

And the download is available HERE

Exethalion · Post by **Exethalion** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:45 am

The assymetry is nice, and the tanker and freighter are friggin awesome.

Atherealprime · Post by **Atherealprime** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:42 am

To make a great ship is something but to make a great fleet is awesome. =)

Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:53 am

So...

Why aren't your ships named in a similarly ridiculous fashion like their fleet and faction?

Also, I think you're the first designer I've seen to create asymmetrical ships that are of such exquisite quality. Most people attempting asymmetrical ships tend to lose an edge or suffer a bit, even if they made excellent symmetrical ones. Words of praise to you, for spearheading a new standard for this field of ship design.

Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:59 am

You need to see the Homeworld style ships someone made a long while back, they're amazing.

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:18 am

Thanks, but yeah, Spoot Knight is right. There were some Homeworld-style ships a while back, and they were much more awesome in the asymmetry than mine.

As to why my ships aren't named ridiculously, it took me a while to come up with the faction name and didn't want to spend so long on each ship. Also, I wanted the ships to seem a bit serious (if I made a bunch of cores with guns on them, I'd probably adopt a more ridiculous naming scheme).

ColMirage · Post by **ColMirage** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:18 pm

Freaking awesome. Keep it up !

Nevindar · Post by **Nevindar** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:22 pm

Intresting fleet name, cool various designs, good weapons placement, information for everything and lots of sfx. Good work.