Apollo class Liberty heavy carrier

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Whilst I have to say I think your modeling skills are l33t, presonally, I don't like it all that much. The fore looks exactly the same as a Battleship, as does the stern. I like the Osiris-style square thingies (I seriously have no ID what they're called) on the top, but that's it.

I'm assuming the open space with the landing-stlye yellow stripes is the hangar, so I have to just say, in RP, that it isn't exactly the best design- it's like just blowing off half of the hull-plating to let your enemies shoot in. Fighters coming on, going in, or simply having landed could easily get obliderated. OORP, I don't really mind all that much about it, because I don't even know if we can dock with carriers anyway!

Personally, I like our current Carrier model better. It's a good model, granted, but I like the current one better. Reminds me of the Galactica.

To the first point about certain parts looking similar or identical to the battleship.
This -is- a Liberty Carrier, of course it would have similar structure design to the Battleship, namely the Axe-Head and the Engine.

To the second point about the open-ended docking port... You ever watch Star Wars, or play Battlefront?
You can't shoot into the hangars there due to a shield-like "screen" covering the otherwise entirely open hangar. Remember, Freelancer is set in the age of shields. Not present-day "Point-Click-Hit" styled shooting where as long as you hit -Something-, you can do damage.

As for the "square thingies" infront of the bridge, i'd compare them best to... Arches, nothing special, mainly an aesthetic feature to me.

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All that aside, the current model doesnt exactly scream Liberty as a tri-hulled black-box.
As for the choice to remodel a specific ship....As far as I'm concerned that decision lies with the designer of the ship. So I don't see why everyones trying to act like they have any control whatsoever over what someone chose to do.