NationStates Jolt Archive

The Capsule Corporation has a growing need for a small ground attack dropship. We want it to fulfill the roles:

Attacking GravShips and Structures
Transporting a small number of troops short distances
Minor ability against Mecha and Armors
Minor ability against Fighters
Heavy Armor
Smaller than 30m long, 15m wide, 5m high.

Anyone have any ideas? I will draw the piture myself, but I had something like the Republic Gunship from Star Wars: Clone Wars in my mind.

I Already have some weapons chosen too, but what I need is a shape, or a basic design... i'm not good with that. Any suggestions?

EDIT: A design I made, any good?
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ds3.jpg
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ds3.gif

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ccsig.jpg (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=69082)

CC Technology:

Vehicles and Vessels (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=69082&highlight=)
Farad Technology (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64664)
Chlorophusion Technology (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66190)
LiquidMetal^2 Armor Technology (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74364&highlight=)
Chloro-Borg Technology (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74141&highlight=)
FTL Technologies (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1882087#1882087)

bump!

Please help me! I don't want to have to resort to copying star wars! LOL

How about this?
http://invisionfree.com/forums/Corporate_Islands/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=321
http://invisionfree.com/forums/Corporate_Islands/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=322

Pics... approve? Yes/No?

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ds3.jpg
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ds3.gif

Well, aside from the superbly annoying download time caused by the complete unnecessity of the second pic...

I'd say pretty good. I like the wingtip cannons, personally. I just opened my own fleet thread, (two ships thus far wahaha!). If you're looking to sell these ever...

*ahem*

*wink**wink**nod**nod*

Couldn't hurt to have a discount... for... no ... apparent reason...

lol thanks, just drew it. It kinda just came to me ;) half-inspired by the dropships from AOTC. Anyway, the first pic is 50k... the second is only 18...

Comments from the Imperial Military Analyst, Colonel Rhyst.

The ships themselves look good, though it is cheaper for the Imperial Triumverate to produce our own ships.

All things aside this is another excellent example of Capsule Corps Efficiency and Quality, setting a curve that our Design firms must stay ahead of.

Comments from the Imperial Military Analyst, Colonel Rhyst.

The ships themselves look good, though it is cheaper for the Imperial Triumverate to produce our own ships.

All things aside this is another excellent example of Capsule Corps Efficiency and Quality, setting a curve that our Design firms must stay ahead of.I'm... honored :)

ooc: Well I as a player admire the fact you use your own design s as opposed to the rampant use of images from Sci Fi series. Theres more nations in this game running around with Super star destroyers and what not its dis-gass-ting. Then theres the added bonus that your ships actually look good.

Unfortunately there is Imperial Legislation intact that we cannot buy ships from non-allied nations. Imperial Legislation can only be changed by the next Monarch unless a crisis develops per Imperial Tradition.

ooc: Well I as a player admire the fact you use your own design s as opposed to the rampant use of images from Sci Fi series. Theres more nations in this game running around with Super star destroyers and what not its dis-gass-ting. Then theres the added bonus that your ships actually look good.

Unfortunately there is Imperial Legislation intact that we cannot buy ships from non-allied nations. Imperial Legislation can only be changed by the next Monarch unless a crisis develops per Imperial Tradition.

Yeh... I refused to post my space fleet until I had a web page. Now I have one... god I love 3D studio Max... *cry*

Once again, a nice design. I'd like to see what statistics on this turn out to be.

The stats are pretty simple, exactly what is inferred in the model.

The Mahonri Moriancumer-Class Attack Dropship
"MC" for short

Role: Troop Transport, Mecha Transport, Anti-GravShip, Anti-Structure, Anti-Artillery, and MedEvac.
Length: 27 meters
Height: 7.5 meters
Wingspan: 17 meters
Crew: 1 Pilot, 2 Gunners, 1 Basic AI (Complementary)
Powerplant: Chlorophusion control chamber, 2 Plasma Engines under each wing (4 total) for forward movement, 2 Heavy Plasma Engines in wingtips (4 total) for Vertical thrust, Countless Ion-Drive Reaction-Control Trhusters, a basic repulsorlift drive for assist in landing and takeoff.
FTL Drives: None
Inertia Nullifiers: Yes
Docking Capabilities: Fits easily inside the bay of a Tachyon-Class Corvette.
Cargo Space: 17m x 5m x 6m, or configured to carry up to 50 Troops tightly packed.
Weapons: 2 Torpedo tubes, 6 Heavy Plasma-bolt cannons (forward-fire only, fire linked or fire alternate) for basic assault, and 4 Turret-Mounted Farad Beam Weapons for precision striking.
Defenses: A thick LiquidMetal^2 Armor, and a Xanthal Type III shield.
Atmosphere Capable: Yes. Landing Capable: Yes.
Re-Entry Capable: Yes.
Price: 210 million

Do these stats look good?

*nods* they look good indeed, do troops stand, or are there seats in the cargo area? By my calculations, if you cram troops in knee to knee *good for delivery, not good for disembarkment* you can fit up to 68 men in there with weapons, or 34 men with weapons and 2 small vehicles *FAV, Jeeps.* But, I could be off so don't take my word on it. All in all a hellufa design, unforutnaly too small for my mass troop deployments, and too large for my tactical deployments so I won't need any of this variant, however should you designe a larger one for dropping tanks and larger divisions of infantry with APCs into a LZ, hot or not, I'll be your first customer.

CC, on a totally different note, how long have you had that design of your flagship? I saw it in an early thread of yours...

I had that from another RPG I played, similar to this. I tried to bring it out as a newbie, but no one would let me lol