Elements of Discord

[Zalausai]

Spoiler!

This small fleet of ships is meant to oppose GATC's ships. I have taken the "Elements of Harmony" that the show praises and twisted them into something darker, more badass.

These are some of my finest ships so far.

Work in Progress

Elements of Harmony (Source)
Counterpart:
Elements of Discord (This Thread)

Element:

Generosity
Counterpart:
Avarice: A cargo / carrier type. It takes everything for itself, not caring who it affects. Usually found paired with Treachery to collect ill-gotten gains.

Avarice

HP: 500
Speed: 2
Turning: 1.1
AI Range: 350
Accel: 0.2
Light Violet Beam x 16
SAR Hailstorm x 2

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Honesty
Counterpart:
Deceit: An experimental vessel. It is actually much larger than it appears due to cloaking. It uses many smaller weapons to distract enemies from its main weapon, a hidden nuclear missile launcher.

Deceit

HP:
Speed:
Turning:
AI Range:
Accel:
Backstabber Nuclear Missile x 1
Laser Interceptor x 3
Heavy Green Beam Cannon x 2
Violet Rapid Fire Light Beam Cannon x 16


Kindness
Counterpart:
Cruelty: A battleship type. Its only purpose is to brutally destroy its enemy. "Leave no survivors". It uses the floating bodies from defeated ships as target practice for its point defenses.

Cruelty

HP: 1500
Speed: 1
Turning: 0.5
AI Range: 1000
Accel: 0.05

Harbinger Cannon x 4
Flak Cannon x
Heavy Red Rapid Fire Beam Cannon x 1
Flare Cannon x 3


Magic
Counterpart:
Disjunction: A Dreadnought type. It cuts down the functionality of other ships with a myriad of underhanded weapons.

Disjunction

HP: 1100
Speed: 1.25
Turning: 1.1
AI Range: 1000
Accel: 0.05

Disjunction EMP Shell Cannon x 1 (Synchronized Superheavy Violet Laser x 5)
Superheavy Violet Laser x 2
SAR Sandstorm (Modified to HV Missiles) x 4
Laser Interceptor x 2


Laughter
Counterpart:
Mourning: A cruel take on death. It uses engine radiation flow from its six appendges to power lasers mounted inside. Its main weapon is its "tears" that pour out of its three "eyes" and spread over the hull of an opponent, causing large amount of corrosive damage to unprotected hulls.

Mourning

HP: 750
Speed: 2
Turning: 1.25
AI Range: 750
Accel: 0.12

Superheavy Green Laser x 3
SAR Sandstorm x 2
Heavy Blue Beam Tentacle x 6


Loyalty
Counterpart:
Treachery: Poses as a friendly unit to gain the trust of others. When it is with others weaker than itself after gaining said trust, it reveals its true form and eliminates them.

HP: 750
Speed: 2.5
Turning: 1
AI Range: 600
Accel: 0.15

Medium Violet Tachyon Cannon x 2
Superheavy Blue Pulsar x 8
Heavy Blue Rapid Fire Laser Cannon x 6
Treacherous Laser Interceptor x 5


Friendship
Counterpart:
Emnity: Pure hatred and power composed into the massive hull of a supership. A marvel of combat engineering, it has more structural integrity in its weapons than its hull.

Emnity

HP: 2000
Speed: 0.75
Turning: 0.25
AI Range: 1000
Accel: 0.02
Superheavy Black Laser x 12
Heavy Blue Laser x 1
Medium Blue Laser x 12


Comments and critiques are both welcomed and encouraged.

EoD.zip

Contains 5/7
Avarice, Cruelty, Deceit, Mourning, and Treachery

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EoD.zip

v1.01
Contains all 7 ships.

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[STARSTRUCK]

Zalausai, you edgy motherfucker.

That aside, the two you've made are pretty good. Might want to work out the kinks in the Mourning's arms and possibly add some kind of jeb-end to the Cruelty, but it's otherwise fine.

[Lukasmah]

I really like Mourning. (Okay, that sounds weird. )

[Necrontyr1998]

I think the 'Cruelty' needs something added to it to make it more shapely, ATM it's a bit of a stick.

[Zalausai]

Thanks for the feedback.
I will be able to refine them all once I finish the seventh one.

Avarice is completed, but I won't be able to upload it until I get internet back at home on wednesday or thursday.

Mourning's arm "kinks" (if you are referring to the bumps on the "elbows") are simply the sprite. A different sprite would fix that. It is inspired by a black wedding veil that a widow wears. Each "arm" is articulated and drags behind the ship as it moves, so care in choosing another sprite will need to be considered.

Cruelty is inspired by a rusted engine block. It is the first one for this group that I made. Since the counterpart is based on a colorful children's cartoon, I had to choose something that is intended for adults and only adults. P0rn aside, the next best thing is huge hulking machinery. I have no idea on how to refine this one even though critique has been given. The best I can think of is make the front a little longer and bring it to a point.

Zalausai, you edgy motherfucker.

Although the counterpart is MLP, great care was chosen to find the most opposing word or idea for each character and assigning a style to it. I'm glad that it seems to have paid off.
I actually had to watch the show to learn these things.

The force that leads to the creation of the "Elements of Harmony" in MLP is Friendship. To make a counterpart, I have a few words to choose from. They are Vendetta, Enmity, and Strife. I am leaning towards Enmity, but am open to suggestions. If it is not on the list, it should be at least two syllables and should be intimidating or evil sounding.
GATC's ponies should shit themselves when their sensors report that "Flagship name here has been detected".

[Necrontyr1998]

I don't know wether you would want to use it for your main ship name but 'Requiem' is acctualy a Roman festival of the dead - kinda evil.

[Zalausai]

I already plan on using Requiem for the FS 06. I'm not really fond of reusing the same name twice.
It also isn't a counterpart to the word friendship. However, it is badass on its own.

[Necrontyr1998]

Just spittin' out some more ideas:

.Damnation
.Totenkopf (death's head, also the symbol for Hitler's secret police WWII)
.Fear
.Blood tear
.Exorcist
.Render soul

[GATC]

Cool looking ship! Can't wait to see the other (and if possible confront them in battle!)

suggestions

Malice
Grudge
Enmity

Design that use apparent mechanisms.






Random equine captain: Full power to shield and weapons, destroy this monstrosity! (Equestria is not fully "Peace and love" you know ^^)

[Zalausai]

A download will be made available after they are all completed and critiqued.

[Happycake]

Hm...I don't think this has been mentioned, but the two horn-like protrusions on the back of the "Cruelty" look awkward, especially since all the other sprites are integrated cleanly. Are they maneuvering thrusters, perhaps? Personally, I really like the design of the "Mourning" ship. However, I would recommend lightening the color of the middle thruster slightly. It seems too dark.

[Zalausai]

I will consider lightening Mourning's Center thruster. The revision may already have that done if I remember correctly. (All images will be updated when all ships are completed before the release).
I don't want to screw this up.

As for Cruelty, those are indeed small maneuvering thrusters. There are four in all. The other two are inset into the rear of the ship nearby (at right angles). I will inset them as well and see which looks better to me.

[Zalausai]

New things have arrived.

First, the arms on EoD Mourning have been revised.

Second, the EoD Treachery has arrived, with its very unstable shapeshifting background description.
It's creepier than I planned.


Third, EoD Avarice had arrived. Each of its eight arms are articulated in three points and sport twin cutting lasers.

Lastly, EoD Deceit has arrived. It will have an alternate version with alot of the section alphas set to 0 to mimic a combat cloaking system that reduced its apparent size.

[Doogie12]

The treachery is really cool. I also really like the deceit.
All of them are top notch quality, you've definately improved.

[Necrontyr1998]

Treachery hurts my brain!
I take it its weapons are just as mind-bending?