Civilian/Corporation escorts

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Update: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTdYOrF4O4

Okay, just because I'm not around doesn't mean I haven't forgotten about you guys. In fact, I have a lot more time now to do productive stuff like building models for Disco. There was a thread a while back where I said I'd make a few reskinned Eagles for the House Corporations to use, I went a bit further with it and made these. They're meant to be mostly for the much-unloved house corporations to use as escorts as alternatives to military ships. They also offer a ship for those small-time revolutionary groups like Xenos, Gaians etc. to use without worrying about making them entire exclusive ship lines and stuff. They're a multi-purpose ship, really.

CTL -6000 "Condor" Liberty-Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

The CTL-6000 was originally developed by Universal Shipping in collaboration with Deep Space engineering as an escort vessel due to the increase of pirate activity in Liberty and the independent worlds. The blue-prints were brought out by Ageria Technologies, who began to mass-produce the ship as a Liberty-Civilian vessel. However, during mass production several of these ships have fallen into the hands of Libertys many activists, anarchists and Xenos, who see the ship as a patriotic symbol to their House.

CTB -6000 "Harrier" Bretonian-Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

Following in the foot-steps of the Condor, the CTB-6000 was developed by the BMM as a Bretonian-Civilian vessel and marketed towards the general public as an exploration vessel. The ship quite popular and widely used as an escort ship by Bretonias many corporations, offering a lighter alternative to the B-907A at the cost of some armour and fire power. Unfortunately many of these ships have fallen into the hands of Gaian terrorists.

CTK -6000 "Nightjar" Kusari-Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

The CTK-6000 offers a slightly heavier alternative to the Kusari J shipline, sacrificing some of its speed and size for more armour and fire power. Kishiro designed the CTK as a blend of Civilian and Kusari technology, and the result was a ship both versatile and graceful on the battlefield, and has become a popular ship for Kusari Corporate escorts and some of Kusaris underground organisations. However the Kusari Naval Forces and Blood Dragons have both opted to stay with their more traditional vessels.

CTR -6000 "Shrike" Rhienland-Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

The CTR-6000 is a brutal ship designed by Daumann to escort Rhienlands supply convoys deep into enemy territory. The Shrike is known as The Butcher by its enemies for the brutal grace on the battlefield that this masterfully engineered ship delivers. Although it is a cheaper alternative to the 90-ARKM-N9, the CTR-6000 is not a popular choice for the Rhienland Military and is more commonly seen in the hands of corporate escorts and the occasional pirate.

There's still a few technical issues with the models that I'm working out. They're having a model-swapping issue that's got me stumped, so I'm practically remaking the ships again to try and fix it. The rear wings on the Kusari ship appear purple in-game, the render doesn't show it's true colours. The Rhienland one could do with a good re-texture as well, I got really lazy with it because Rhienland textures are tricky to work with.
The most bizzare problem I've come across with these ships is the Kusari ship swapping models with the Gallic Tradelane model I made, it's not fun flying as a tradelane with no engine, since you can't see anything or go any where xD

Any way, now I'll be off, have fun arguing and stuff about these ships. I miss you, Disco!

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