revisions of the AI ships

[Jinx]

now that one addresses mostly the players who have access to the AI core ships ( cruiser / drone )

the old ships - while fulfilling their job fairly well - might not be up to the mesh standards anymore ( or maybe they are - actually, i don t know, cause i don t fly them )

so - here are two revisisons ( mesh only so far )






top one is the drone - bottom one is the cruiser. - both models are still based on the "harvester" concepts ( being precursers of the later fully biological nomad ships ) - so their general look - while being organic looking - is still fully mechanical. ( not even really cybernetic )

the green orb in the center of the drone is the propulsion system - as shown in several concept studies before ( by myself and other modellers )

the cruiser does not have such a visible propulsion system - but features two thruster slits ( i don t think you can see them well on the rear view ) - anyway.... the cruiser is based on something like an "organic version of jules verne" - stuff... meaning that its some sort of mechanical automaton. ( gears, pipes and stuff )

the fighter / drone is most sophisticated looking. - with the large energy source / propulsion system and only three shells for protection it features only sensor equipment at the nose and thats about it.

both ships have no real "hold" anymore - so they are MUCH more skeletal looking than now - underlining the idea that there is no life on those ships.



now - because those ships are organic looking - they feature MUCH smoother surfaces than most human ships - hence, they have more polygons ( nahh, don t worry, nothing past the 8k ) - but AI core ships are rather rare anyway - so it doesn t matter much ( and they got no NPCs )

since they originate from gammu ( or around there at least ) - they are also meant to show certain similarities to zoner designs - ( but its actually the other way round ... zoner ships show similarities to those ) - the long tails, the rounded hulls etc.



now - i wouldn t wanne mess with the RP of the AIs - so the question goes to the AI players - are those model replacements appreciated / don t mess with your RP... or would you rather like to keep the old ones. - statwise / hitbox wise / weaponhardpoint wise - there won t be a change anyway - so its PURELY cosmetic.

edit: since i got complaints about the "white" background last time - these images use a transparent background - but i left the shadow for a little more contrast.

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