Federation Commander

I like the power abosrber panel texture and the effect when it's being hit. Are the red and green lights under the Fed (CX?) saucer meant to be equivalent to navigation lights? If so, they're the wrong way around - if not, ignore this comment.

Love the action shots. Poor NCL (or DW).....

Glad to see more Gorns getting cover time too!

OGOPTIMUS wrote:Love the action shots. Poor NCL (or DW).....

Glad to see more Gorns getting over time too!

But they never seem to be doing much except flying around. Where's the plasma launch or phaser fire?

Yeah, its always the NCLs that take it in the teeth.

mjwest wrote:Yeah, its always the NCLs that take it in the teeth.

Is the NCL is the Red Shirt of Fed Com?

Lol, well they were built as expendable attrition units, so in that respect I suppose it's no more than you would expect...

Not exactly your first choice of captaincy during wartime...

Starfury wrote:

mjwest wrote:Yeah, its always the NCLs that take it in the teeth.

Is the NCL is the Red Shirt of Fed Com?

Well, ALL war cruisers are like this, especially in fleet battles. They have the punch of a cruiser that can be mission killed by a fleet strike.

It is just that the NCL has always been my favorite ship in the SFU. It is always a shame to see those beauty shots of the ship get all covered up by those explosion graphics.

mjwest wrote:It is always a shame to see those beauty shots of the ship get all covered up by those explosion graphics.

That's true, especially after so much time is put into making a model of the ship in question, just to have it covered in fire and flames as another poor NCL bites the dust...

And another one's gone, and another one's gone...

...Another one bites the dust...

Good call on that one

Davec_24 wrote:I like the power abosrber panel texture and the effect when it's being hit. Are the red and green lights under the Fed (CX?) saucer meant to be equivalent to navigation lights? If so, they're the wrong way around - if not, ignore this comment.

They are nav lights. At least on the schematics they are, anyway. But still the artwork is first class as always, and I feel really adds to the value of ADB product lines.

Well spotted, Dave. Not part of an aviation family are you, perchance?

Kang wrote:Not part of an aviation family are you, perchance?

Not at all... Ships have navigation lights too, of course, but then they are pretty much done the same as they are in aircraft. Having them the wrong way around could be rather dangerous with a ship or plane, though with a starship, the distances involved are so great that navigation lights are probably fairly superfluous anyway...

Adam: Please fix the lights and re-send the cover.