which GMG whale...? your choice

[Jinx]

So, sooner or later, we will have to do the final update and get rid of the placeholders, too eventually.

Here are the current candidates you can vote on - they are very different from one another. - but before you vote, you should be aware of the history of the ship. - Well, not exactly the history of the ship itself but what it stands for.

The GMG Whale "Kujira" is a venerable GMG design that is meant to be fairly old and unique. It is meant to be very compact, very "easy" to manouver around - while still offering a huge cargo capacity.

It is so good that back in the days, the Zoners copied it.

But if we compare it to the Zoner Whale, the GMG whale is meant to be a little bit smaller in capacity - while being even easier to fly.


so - here are the options: ( 2 of them were already shown, but now it is time to vote )

This one is more like a gas miner platform. It is meant to embody the idea that the Whale is not "much" more than tanks and engines on a minimalist superstructure. - the ship is about the size of the Zoner whale, - slightly flatter and very little longer.

This one is the most conservative option. It is no candidate to win a contest of creativity - but it follows the known shape. However - in terms of lore, it is probably the one ship that fits the idea of "the ship that Zoners copied" - the best.
It is shorter than the Zoner Whale, a little taller and feels more compact.

This ship is the most progressive one. It is a ship that would rather be a "mk2" - not a retcon of the old Whale, but essentially - a "new" ship that GMG deploys INSTEAD of the old Whale ...due to its radically different design.

However it follows the design lines of the smaller ships - being long, pointy and slim - with a similar tank setup as the freighter.
This ship is a good deal longer than the current whale, but of course needle thin compared to that - and so it is very easy to fly ( a bit like a large version of the camara freighter )



design-wise - i like the 3rd option the most - but that one would progress the GMG shipline to the next level - and i am not sure if ppl like that, - it often seems ppl like their old stuff more than new.

so thats what you guys vote on - the winner is being uploaded. - simple majority poll. There is also the option to leave the placeholder - but there is no option to go back to the star wars model!. - there is no option for other modellers designs, because we do not have any.

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