Arahabaki-class Drillship

EriErin · Post by **EriErin** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:39 pm

Fully Armed Version

Blueprint-ish Thing, In Case Anybody Likes That Kinda Stuff

salanos · Post by **salanos** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:22 am

Oh I like that. Smooth curves.

I think the 'drill' could be a bit longer as it seems like the 'prongs' on the sides of the ship could end up colliding into stuff. Or shorten those.

gompasta · Post by **gompasta** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:44 am

A single character can describe this

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Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:54 am

The drill isn't conically twisted enough.

UNLESS that drill is an impact drill, a la jackhammer rather than spinny bore.

In that case, proceed.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:02 am

More importantly, How do you plan to have the drill cause damage? I see a driver in there, but driver shots are slow, and so wouldnt convey the true drill effect.
The way I would do it (not that I'm qualified) would be to put a beam weapon, probably a mining beam or scatter beam because they are small, and aim it facing backwards at the point of the drill. Then I would set its arc to the match the shape of the drill, ad add epic damage and continuous firing.
Alternately I might make it have a 1 degree arc but a deviation to match drill shape. I'll have to experiment.

EriErin · Post by **EriErin** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:15 am

UPDATE: Ship completed, drill completely redesigned

More importantly, How do you plan to have the drill cause damage? I see a driver in there, but driver shots are slow, and so wouldnt convey the true drill effect.
The way I would do it (not that I'm qualified) would be to put a beam weapon, probably a mining beam or scatter beam because they are small, and aim it facing backwards at the point of the drill. Then I would set its arc to the match the shape of the drill, ad add epic damage and continuous firing.
Alternately I might make it have a 1 degree arc but a deviation to match drill shape. I'll have to experiment.

Doesn't sound like a bad idea. I'll try it out.

Deltaflyer · Post by **Deltaflyer** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:21 am

Crediting CT, you could use the "lawnmower weapon" with a small range along the length of the drill making it so that when the drill "hits" the enemy ship, it activates.

Its on the first page of the advanced weapon techniques thread.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:36 am

laser lawnmowers are circles though, and wouldnt look great on a drill.
Circular saws, however...

Deltaflyer · Post by **Deltaflyer** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:45 am

So coulor them black.

Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:25 pm

This ship has remarkably improved. Especially the drill.

Billy Joe Bob · Post by **Billy Joe Bob** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:03 pm

I'm loving the drill effect on this ship. The whole ship fits together nicely too. By the way, did you happen to name this after the Arahabaki in Naval Ops Commander?

EriErin · Post by **EriErin** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:52 pm

UPDATE: It's fully armed now.

By the way, did you happen to name this after the Arahabaki in Naval Ops Commander?

Didn't expect someone to claim that cookie. Congratulations.

Kanosint · Post by **Kanosint** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:20 pm

Dear God o_O You're a MASTERFUL shipbuilder... Couldn't make it better myself, congrats.

Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:04 am

Blue prints are cool.

Can you show us how you did it?

Secrets of trade? I demand you PM!

Anty · Post by **Anty** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:25 am

the section 24 before the drill seems a little out of place with the rest of the ship