UPL Space Fleet

[Nevindar]

The "United Power League" Space fleet
I've finally figured out the basics again, with this new version of BSF.
So, here I am again with some ships loosley based on the ships from the Star-Craft mod "Legacy of the Confederacy". This is the second remix of the first design I came up with.

UPL "Figther":

Armor Rating: Low
Weaponry: Light
Speed: Fast
Info: The UPL fighter is the main strike craft of the UPL space navy.
Fast and Agile, its used in squads to defend the bigger ships in the fleet
and draw fire from the enemy.

UPL "Ligth Defense Platform"

Armor Rating: Medium
Weaponry: Medium
Speed: Super-Slow
Info: Armed with a Energy Bolt Turret and a Longrange missile battery, the UPL Light Defense Platform is the First and last line of defense against threats towards UPL colony worlds and stations.

UPL "Battlecruiser"

Armor Rating: High
Weaponry: Heavy
Speed: Slow
Info: Heavily armed with several batteries of energy cannons, missile batteries and turrets. The UPL Battlecruiser is the Pinnacle of UPL space engineering. It can handle its own against almost any pirate or spacial threats (like asteroids or outdated space crafts).

UPL "Carrier"

Armor Rating: Very High
Weaponry: Medium
Speed: Slow
Info: Based on the UPL Battlecruiser designs, the UPL carrier carries up to
six UPL standard figthers into battle. The UPL Carriers is also the biggest spacecraft in the UPL fleet and only about 7 of them exsists today, often commanded by veterans.

Parenting example on the Battlecruiser:


So, any comments on how to improve the designs and so?

Download:
http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... UPL_v1.rar

[Slayer0019]

They look good. My only comments are that the Carrier doesn't look just base off the battlecruiser, but more like the battlecruiser with just a different front.


The other thing that really bothered me for some reason is the sudden, massive jump from fighter to capital ship, with nothing in between. It would be like if all our navy had was patrol boats and carriers.

[Nevindar]

Im thinking about redesigning the Carrier and perhaps add a Frigate class ship.

[Venator]

Pretty solid on all fronts - if you changed up the rear end of the carrier, it'd be a fine ship. Those nose is great, it's just chop-shopped onto an existing rear hull.

[Krishach]

I'd use a different shade of red, darker, to match the gray, or make the gray lighter. Given the number of darker gray fleets, I'd lighten the gray and use shading for more depth. You've already got highlights going with the gray, but because the red is so bright, they get lost, so just lighten everything, and add more highlights on the raised section.

[DoomBringer]

Leave the carrier it looks fine, besides it could be a battlecruiser variant.

[Wicky_42]

I'd like to see more of the carrier chassis changed from the BC - I understand it's a variant n all, but it just seems a little bit too similar - where's the space for housing and servicing the fighters? A bit of bulk somewhere would help define it as its own ship. Also, not a fan of the trailing bits at the front - I can't really visualise them realistically as I can with the rest of the ship :/

Other than those carrier criticisms, I like the fleet so far

[SHAD0Wdump]

If you'd notice,on the battle-cruiser,the front armor plates are parents to bits behind them,this would result in those bits going whenever the plates do,which to me seems wrong.

Basically,I'd rework the front of the battle-cruiser for possibly better parenting.

[Nevindar]

Oh, I didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll try and correct it.
I am also in the progress of re-modding the Carrier a bit.