Must Get Back To Work Here (August 11, 2012)

[Dundradal]

One of the most iconic moments in Action Stations is the final communications between TCS Yorkshire and the remains of the Confederation force. The young executive officer of the Yorkshire, already heavily damaged from the attack on the Kilrathi fleet, gives the order to slow the ship down and draw in the Kilrathi. Doing so will buy much needed time for the other Confederation ships to flee the system and fight another day.

To honor the TCS Yorkshire and the rallying cry she created, NinjaLA has created a fantastic piece of art. He's rendered the final moments of the Yorkshire's battle against three Kilrathi battlewagons. Yorkshire was lost in the fight, but not before taking one Kilrathi battlewagon with her and heavily damaging another.

"Take as many of the bastards with you as you can, Yorkshire," she said, her voice harsh and cold.

"Most certainly will," Yorkshire replied. "Must get back to work here. This is Yorkshire. Long live the Confederation."

The image snapped off. Strange, "Long live the Confederation." Two days ago such a line would have seemed like a bad line from a vid, now the words nearly moved him to tears.

Ninja has really outdone himself this year. Those battlewagons look great!

The image is available in four sizes: 800x603, 1280x965, 1920x1448 and a massive 4431x3341.

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Original update published on August 11, 2012

 

[KrisV]

Incredible work!

 

[NinjaLA]

Thanks, Kris! I put a fair bit of time into making this one look neat.. and I get to re-use those designs for an even bigger project in the next few weeks!

 

[Farbourne]

I'm not super familiar with Action Stations and that timeframe. Is there any "official" art of material that tells us what the Yorkshire looked like, or is NinjaLA's picture above purely his conception as an artist?

 

[Dundradal]

Not unless you count the cover art for AS. From S*S we know that the Yorkshire was most likely a Texas-class BB, but that's it.

So the above is Ninja's conception of the Yorkshire's final battle.

 

[Deathsnake]

And we now from Fleet Action that the Confed has still a few Battleships in their fleet. I like the style of the Yorkshire. Similar to the Gettysburg Class I used in Enigma Just need to change the back of the ship and add some turrets...Maybe..

 

[NinjaLA]

keep in mind the bottom deck is also bristling with turrets.. just pretty hard to see from that angle.