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CRMcNeill
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| Sutehp wrote: | Ooh, WEG stats for ships like the Profundity? I await them with baited breath.  |
Don't let it get too baited; we're not there quite yet,
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CRMcNeill
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So, as part of the fractalsponge project, I've come across a ship of his called the Mu-Class Shuttle. It's very cool looking, smaller than the Lambda, with a folding wing design that fits well on ships without the overhead height needed for a Lambda.
It also looks nothing like WEG's version of the Mu-Class Shuttle, which actually looks almost exactly like the Lambda-Class Shuttle.
What I'm thinking of doing is folding the two known Mu-Class variants into the Lambda, so it has Utility Transport, VIP Transport and Long-Range Scout variants.
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Bren
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| I like the Fractal Sponge shuttle for a smaller shuttle, but I'm not loving the line drawing of the Mu though. |
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CRMcNeill
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| Bren wrote: | | I like the Fractal Sponge shuttle for a smaller shuttle, but I'm not loving the line drawing of the Mu though. |
Definitely. It's like someone got lazy and just used the Lambda's line drawing with just enough change to make it look different.
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Bren
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| Different, but ugly. Or should that be butt ugly? |
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I kinda like it. Definitely looks Imperial.
Though, to be honest, I am a fan of smaller ships, especially when it comes to shuttles and transports.
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CRMcNeill
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| Bren wrote: | | Different, but ugly. Or should that be butt ugly? |
| jmanski wrote: | I kinda like it. Definitely looks Imperial.
Though, to be honest, I am a fan of smaller ships, especially when it comes to shuttles and transports. |
I try not to think of it as "ugly" so much as a badly drawn Lambda. Picture the Lambda shuttle, but missing the center fin in place of a dorsal comm-scan package.
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Bren
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| That's definitely a kinder, gentler way to look at the drawing. |
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | I try not to think of it as "ugly" so much as a badly drawn Lambda. Picture the Lambda shuttle, but missing the center fin in place of a dorsal comm-scan package. |
That's how I've always thought of WEG's Mu-class shuttle, basically a Lambda remake with a dorsal comm-scan package if an Imperial flag officer has to issue high-priority orders while in transit between capital ships or planets. Or even as an escape vehicle to get the flag officer evacuated from a damaged or destroyed flagship so that he can resume command of an ongoing battle on a different capital ship.
Of course, high-priority targets such as the Mu-class are going to be escorted up the wazoo if that flag officer or any other superior officers issuing the transit order are even remotely competent....
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CRMcNeill
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| Sutehp wrote: | That's how I've always thought of WEG's Mu-class shuttle, basically a Lambda remake with a dorsal comm-scan package if an Imperial flag officer has to issue high-priority orders while in transit between capital ships or planets. Or even as an escape vehicle to get the flag officer evacuated from a damaged or destroyed flagship so that he can resume command of an ongoing battle on a different capital ship.
Of course, high-priority targets such as the Mu-class are going to be escorted up the wazoo if that flag officer or any other superior officers issuing the transit order are even remotely competent.... |
I'd fold that mission profile into the broader overall ship type of a scout/courier. It can do everything you're thinking, and more, but at the expense of transport capacity (less passengers and cargo space).
The more normal version of the Lambda would be a utility transport, and the much more rare VIP variant would sacrifice carrying capacity for stronger hull and better shields.
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Okay, as promised, I just went back and updated the Lambda-Class by folding the various versions of the Mu-Class into it. Now the main model is a Utility Transport, with VIP Transport and Scout/Courier variants. For the purposes of what we see on the screen, Vader and the Emperor's shuttles were VIP Transports, the Tydirium was a Utility Transport, and the funky line-drawing version from the Scouts book is the Scout/Courier.
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