The RAND Corporation

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:19 pm

I used to be a member here, but then I left for a while, and forgot my password in the process, even then though, I mostly lurked and didn't post any of my designs.

So, I'm starting a thread for all of my designs since Crysis fried my good computer and I've got nothing better to do.

The RAND Corporation

<backstory under construction>

The America MKI:

The America is the RAND Corporation's command ship. It is in the very beginning of prototype development and probably won't be decent until its gone over at least one or two major redesigns.

Progress has started on the Command Bridge:

The forward plasma torpedo launcher is actually <insert name of futuristic very powerful bomb here> warhead launcher and is the ship's most powerful weapon, but has an extremely slow rate of fire.

Has anybody even thought of setting the minimum radius and the damage settings really high to make a nuke launcher out of the plasma charge thingy before?

EDIT: Latest progress, for more info read my latest post in this thread:

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:28 pm

Yep. Tried doing the nuke thing in one of my unposted ships.
Welcome back the the forums!
I have a problem with the size of your ship. Its to small to be a flagship.
Also, some of the colours are too dark, and there is quite a bit of repetition.
Some questions for you to answer-
Are the weapons modified?
Do you plan to up the size? If not, your other ships will have to be alot smaller considering the is your idea on the size of a flagship.
Are you planning to place any modules? If not, you would require alot more weapons.
Are you planning to add more weapons?

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:31 pm

bl3d4 wrote:Yep. Tried doing the nuke thing in one of my unposted ships.
Welcome back the the forums!
I have a problem with the size of your ship. Its to small to be a flagship.
Also, some of the colours are too dark, and there is quite a bit of repetition.
Some questions for you to answer-
Are the weapons modified?
Do you plan to up the size? If not, your other ships will have to be alot smaller considering the is your idea on the size of a flagship.
Are you planning to place any modules? If not, you would require alot more weapons.
Are you planning to add more weapons?

This is only The Command Bridge.

I'm hoping to make it bigger than that one Anna did a long while ago that stands unbeaten as the largest ship ever. Its going to tough doing it and not just spamming the same pattern over and over again.

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:35 pm

Good luck then. (BTW, Change the colour scheme ok?)

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:46 pm

bl3d4 wrote:Good luck then. (BTW, Change the colour scheme ok?)

Got any better ideas?

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:58 pm

Yup. Place the nuke closer to the core, give it a long range and a large firing arc. Set bullet speed to 200. Set Explosion Increase to zero,fuse variance to 0. The Minimum explosion is up to you. Set the deviation to 1 or somewhere around that value. Explosion colour is up to ou.

Then, test it on Nagaya or the Leviathan.

*KABOOM*

And there you have it.
*Yum, Nanz taste like chicken!*

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:04 pm

bl3d4 wrote:Yup. Place the nuke closer to the core, give it a long range and a large firing arc. Set bullet speed to 200. Set Explosion Increase to zero,fuse variance to 0. The Minimum explosion is up to you. Set the deviation to 1 or somewhere around that value. Explosion colour is up to ou.

Then, test it on Nagaya or the Leviathan.

*KABOOM*

And there you have it.
*Yum, Nanz taste like chicken!*

Lol. When I was asking for ideas I meant about the color scheme.

When this ship is finished, that will be close to the core :twisted:

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:06 pm

Oh...Sorry.
For me, I chose a black and yellow scheme, with a red outline.

Post by **Anna** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:07 pm

bl3d4, how does that have anything to do with his question, which was "got any better ideas for the colour scheme"? Oh, it doesn't. This is just bl3d4 posting worthless nonsense spam again. And so shortly after being unbanned for it.

I'd suggest Light Greys and assorted shades of Blue, personally. Maybe a mid-shade of grey and orange? I dunno, just throwing out some ideas. Looking fairly decent, so far, although it's cluttered in places. The rows of rounded sections on each side don't look good at all, though.

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:12 pm

Anna wrote:bl3d4, how does that have anything to do with his question, which was "got any better ideas for the colour scheme"? Oh, it doesn't. This is just bl3d4 posting worthless nonsense spam again. And so shortly after being unbanned for it.

I'd suggest Light Greys and assorted shades of Blue, personally. Maybe a mid-shade of grey and orange? I dunno, just throwing out some ideas. Looking fairly decent, so far, although it's cluttered in places. The rows of rounded sections on each side don't look good at all, though.

Yeah, maybe if I angle them differently...

Well, its 3 am here, so I'll try that in the afternoon.

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:15 pm

And it Progresses:

The fighter bays, some main deck guns and the prow have added:

I'm not going to bother coloring it until the actually functioning parts are finished.

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:52 pm

Comments Please! I don't want to have to quadruple post!

Prism Cannons, Auxilary Reactors(Powering the Cannons), More Guns, and The Weapon pod connecting struts have been completed:

ANOUNCEMENT

The multi-gigaton warhead launcher has been removed due to problems involving the bomb 'fizzling out'.

Research into this problem is being made on a terrestrial craft, the B-52G:

Post by **Aralonia** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:06 pm

B-52 doesn't have 767-400ER/777-200LR/773ER/787/747-8 style raked wingtips but it's damned smart to do so

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:15 pm

Aralonia wrote:B-52 doesn't have 767-400ER/777-200LR/773ER/787/747-8 style raked wingtips but it's damned smart to do so

I know, but it didn't look right without them. What do you think of the uber-ship?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:30 pm

Nice.