What tickles your fancy? Milennium Falcon or a giant worm? AT-ATs were my fave when I was a kid.
I quite fancy one of these too...
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Good choice, Cov. I really liked the look/feel of the Ebon Hawk. I must've beat the game 6 times on Xbox, so it also had a homey feel for me.
I also like the Outrider, which belonged to Dash Rendar (Shadows of the Empire novel and N64 game):
Guess I'm just a fan of the YT series/Millennium Falcon style. Interesting that they're usually heavily modified freighters. Go freighters!
I also like the Outrider, which belonged to Dash Rendar (Shadows of the Empire novel and N64 game):
Guess I'm just a fan of the YT series/Millennium Falcon style. Interesting that they're usually heavily modified freighters. Go freighters!
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Jaunting, from Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. Who needs a spaceship when you can just think yourself to where you need to be? 
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Ooh! How could I be on a Donaldson forum and forget Trumpet? Or even, assuming I could hire a crew that wouldn't annoy the hell out me, Captain's Fancy.
Was Shadows of the Empire any good? I heard mixed opinions on it. If I were, for instance, perusing some used N64 games and spotted Shadows at a bargain price, would it be worth a play?Lord Foul wrote:I also like the Outrider, which belonged to Dash Rendar (Shadows of the Empire novel and N64 game)
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It's definitely a launch game. It was fun when you had nothing else to play in 1996, waiting for such heavy hitters as GoldenEye, Ocarina of Time, etc.CovenantJr wrote: Was Shadows of the Empire any good? I heard mixed opinions on it. If I were, for instance, perusing some used N64 games and spotted Shadows at a bargain price, would it be worth a play?
Nowadays though? Mostly average, clunky third-person shooting. Parts of it were memorable--especially the beginning battle on Hoth, but I think you'd be far better off with Rogue Squadron. That's a late-life N64 title that pretty much refines the space combat in Shadows. Very fun stuff.
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And for those times you need to wipe out a planet or two....
Personal runabout....
And for those times you need to wipe out a planet or two....
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SULACO
Measurements based on the length of 385 metres given in the ‘Aliens Colonial Marines Technical Manual’.
USS Sulaco
Conestoga Class Starship
The USS Sulaco en route to Acheron - 2179
LENGTH – 385 m (1263.1’)
WIDTH – 50 m (164’)
HEIGHT – 85 m (278.9’)
SPEED - 1.762 light years per sidereal day
We don’t see very much of the Sulaco internally. The main deck houses the hypersleep chamber, and locker room. It is not unreasonable to assume that the showers and galley are adjacent to the hypersleep chamber. It is also not unreasonable to assume that these are all on the same deck as the hangar bay. Adjacent to the hangar bay are equipment bays containing powerloaders, armaments and supplies for the dropships and APCs (missiles and supplies are only loaded into the dropships and APC immediately prior to a mission). The hangar bay has at least two airlocks. Also directly adjacent to the hangar bay is a ready room for the troops. This room contains all the marines weapons and equipment, plus lockers containing the marines personal effects.
If all the above rooms are on the one deck, then this deck is located on the underside of the ship, due to the dropships being ‘dropped’ out of a lower airlock.
The Sulaco is an almost completely automated troop transport. It only requires one synthetic Executive Officer to perform basic navigation duties such as orbital insertion.
If we use the Nostromo ‘4 metres per deck rule’, we would have to deduct 30 metres from the height to compensate for the lower comms antenna, plus make allowances for extra hull plating, we would have approximately 12 decks.
Rough calculations suggest a FTL speed of 694,681,166,666.667 KMH (or 11,578,019,444.444 KM/Min). Based on a distance of 37 light years (11.35 parsecs) to Zeta 2 Reticuli and 3 weeks travel time. Calculations are open to conjecture.
Measurements based on the length of 385 metres given in the ‘Aliens Colonial Marines Technical Manual’.
USS Sulaco
Conestoga Class Starship
The USS Sulaco en route to Acheron - 2179
LENGTH – 385 m (1263.1’)
WIDTH – 50 m (164’)
HEIGHT – 85 m (278.9’)
SPEED - 1.762 light years per sidereal day
We don’t see very much of the Sulaco internally. The main deck houses the hypersleep chamber, and locker room. It is not unreasonable to assume that the showers and galley are adjacent to the hypersleep chamber. It is also not unreasonable to assume that these are all on the same deck as the hangar bay. Adjacent to the hangar bay are equipment bays containing powerloaders, armaments and supplies for the dropships and APCs (missiles and supplies are only loaded into the dropships and APC immediately prior to a mission). The hangar bay has at least two airlocks. Also directly adjacent to the hangar bay is a ready room for the troops. This room contains all the marines weapons and equipment, plus lockers containing the marines personal effects.
If all the above rooms are on the one deck, then this deck is located on the underside of the ship, due to the dropships being ‘dropped’ out of a lower airlock.
The Sulaco is an almost completely automated troop transport. It only requires one synthetic Executive Officer to perform basic navigation duties such as orbital insertion.
If we use the Nostromo ‘4 metres per deck rule’, we would have to deduct 30 metres from the height to compensate for the lower comms antenna, plus make allowances for extra hull plating, we would have approximately 12 decks.
Rough calculations suggest a FTL speed of 694,681,166,666.667 KMH (or 11,578,019,444.444 KM/Min). Based on a distance of 37 light years (11.35 parsecs) to Zeta 2 Reticuli and 3 weeks travel time. Calculations are open to conjecture.
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I really liked the Voidhawks, though I think I'd make a better Blackhawk captain. It sure would be an awesome way to cross the galaxy though; no pesky g-forces to worry about, instantaneous, trouble free wormhole jumps. I liked the Adamist ships in Night's Dawn too, in ever aspect except one: they were all perfectly spherical. Logical or not, I just couldn't get on board with a whole bunch of ships that are just plain round. I want individuality!Avatar wrote:Nice.
Always liked Hamilton's VoidHawks.
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My absolute favourite futuristic mode of transport though, is those tubes they use to get around New New York in Futurama. How awesome would that be for your daily commute?
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They are awesome.Nav wrote:My absolute favourite futuristic mode of transport though, is
those tubes they use to get around New New York in Futurama. How awesome would that be for your daily commute?
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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but i want my own firefly