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The use of the Talarca Cruiser as a stand-in for a middle class Colonial ship goes back 4 months now to the creation of [CR] The ship has appeared in [CR] faction status post since day one, and it appears in ours even now (ours was basically copied from theirs with a few adjustments.)

Some background on the Colonial Gunstar:

Actor Richard Hatch, the one who played Apollo in the original series and who plays Tom Zarek in the new series was developing a continuance series for 20 years before the new series was produced. He also wrote a number of novels based on the original series. Amongst various proposals and stories there is reference to a cruiser/destroyer class vessel that is used in the Colonial Military, it goes under various names, Sparady class, Lemuria class, and Gunstar in some circles.





Say WOW, that sure does look like a Talarca doesn't it? Just take off the Talarca's tail fins and boom there you go. Well thats what we said. No consideration for the Blood Dragon relationship was made in selecting this ship for our faction. I don't think that fact makes this ship any less valid for our RP. From reading the Talarca info card I would say that the mod creator new that the Talarca really doesn't look like something the Blood Dragons would design, which is why theres a note included about it being an 'alien' design. Well, we are those Aliens!

Now, even with all that. I would be willing to drop both the Talarca AND the Taidan bomber if the mod creator would add the Colonial Raptor as a bomber and put it on a Zoner FP. But since our request for a ship has been ignored by Igiss in both the forum and in PM I don't see that happening very soon if at all. Strange though, considering we are among the largest and most active factions on the server now.