How I would do a WC1 and WC2 Mod
Okay, here are my ideas.
Okay first of all, the WC2 fighters would have to be resized... They're insanely small for WC Standards and don't fit in against the rest of the WC Universe.
The Excalibur, for example was brand-new and 32-meters long.
Not to mention the Wraith was 35 meters long in WCArmada, and only 16 in WC Academy.
I've devised scaling systems to equalize the fighters up with one another (WC2)...
Ferret: 16.26 meters
Epee: 19.76 meters
Rapier: 24 meters (same as WC1)
and of course the Wraith: 25.5 meters
Sabre: 27 meters
Broadsword: 36 meters
I'm still working on the Kilrathi Fighters...
The bulk of the work would be basically to re-work the WC2 Capships to make them look respectable.
The Gilgamesh would look basically the same. Except thicker (top to bottom). I would also remove the fins, and add vents to the top and bottom. I would designate the cones on the front and back of the wing-like structures thrust reversers for slowing down, and auxiliary-engines in the rear. The conning-tower would extend through the bottom of the ship also. Just like on the Talahassee.
The AMG on the ship would be shaped more like the WC4 one. The ship would have a WC3-paint-job. The flanks of the ships would be blue, with the tops of the ships gray. The sides of the intakes would be blue. The Auxiliary engines would be silver at their nozzles. The intakes' face would be dark red.
The AMG's arrangement would be the same... one on the top front, the other on the bottom-front.
The Waterloo-class would be a scaled-up WC1-Exeter with Gilgamesh-Class characteristics. The wings would be narrower at the ends than at the root, but would still be thick at their tips. The two rectangle-blocks would be the ships twin-flight-decks...
The area in between the two blocks would be the main engines... all eight of them. They would be round and cylindrical like the Vesuvius' engines. (What's the texture for the Vesuvius' nozzles... I don't have that round-engine texture)
The area just behind the leading edges of each of the wings would house several intakes along the span.
About 2/3 of the way back (behind the middle of the ship) would lie the main intakes for the ship, and a small one in the front. In the middle of the ship would be a series of reverse engines (the blue-things)... except they wouldn't be blue, they'd be gray (they're off-line most of the time).
The bridge would be right behind the intakes, and would be shaped similar to those found on the Talahassee-Class.
The AMG's (4-in total) would be arranged 2 on the top front, and two on the bottom front... or perhaps they'd be arranged in a different fasion depending on the way they're arranged on the WC2-Waterloo-Class...
The Confederation-Class would keep it's octogonal-shaped bow-and prong, and vertical-fins. The thing that would be different would be that it's lateral-fins... the ones on either side of the vertical-ones, would be reversed in direction, moved to the middle of the ship, and turned into a trapezoidal shape, which would be more highly-swept in the back then in the front.
The ship would have wings like the Bracher from WCM, except they would be larger, and thicker. The sides of the ship wouldn't be so squarish like in WC2, but would be somewhat tapered like the WC3 Victory's sides...
The ship would be somewhat thicker in the mid-section from top-to-bottom, and would shorten up by the time they reach the bow. They would also narrow-down right behind the wings and reach the same width as the bow by the time they reach the position of the vertical-fins, and then narrow down to nothing as they reach the backs of the fins (right before they reach the engines.)
The flight-decks would run straight through either wing, entering at the rear, and exiting at the front, with a connecting area between the two bays. The conning-tower would be located at the thickest area of the fueslage (from top-to-bottom), the tower would run straight through the ship (not really, but there would be a tower on the top, and one at the bottom, like most WC3 ships).
The fins, ventral... the two that are on the underside of the ship: would be removed. They serve no purpose...
The Vertical fins which carry the engines would stay, and would remain unchanged, except a slight-sleekening for asthetics purposes, would contain their original engine arrangement (three top, small, 1 in the middle, large, and 2 medium sized engines bottom).
The nozzles would instead of being round, would be squarish, with rounded edges to make the fin look "fuller" and thicker.
The reversers would be located on the middle of the ship, just forward of the bridge where the fuselage shortens down in a set of 3 (like on all confed-capships) on the top. On the bottom they would be in the same spot, but would be split into two... two on either side (they would be slightly smaller), and would be split to accomodate the phase-transit cannon. To avoid-frying it when during the reverse-thruster firings.
The vents would be located on the leading edges of the fins, just like on the WC2 Concordia, and another just ahead of the turret, on the first 1/4 of the ships length, or 1/3rd. There would be six vents in two rows (3 across, in front of another 3). On the bottom, there would be two on each side to accomodate the phase-transit-cannon.
The prongs would be right where they are supposed to be... On the front of the ship.
The Confederation's Colors would be as follows...
Blue on the sides, the tops of the prongs would be yellow and red diagonal-lines. The sides and base of them would be silver gray.
The vents would be dark-gray but vent like... the ones on the front would be reddish like the dragon's intakes... except darker, more like a dimmer glow.
The guns would be like the WC4 ones, and they would be arranged as follows (AMG's). The first one on either side of the prongs... the second one would be on either side of the wings... and the other at the rear.
One would be at the front top (where that large gunning thingie is), and the other would be on the underside, just in between the main-vertical-fins.
-Concordia
Okay, here are my ideas.
Okay first of all, the WC2 fighters would have to be resized... They're insanely small for WC Standards and don't fit in against the rest of the WC Universe.
The Excalibur, for example was brand-new and 32-meters long.
Not to mention the Wraith was 35 meters long in WCArmada, and only 16 in WC Academy.
I've devised scaling systems to equalize the fighters up with one another (WC2)...
Ferret: 16.26 meters
Epee: 19.76 meters
Rapier: 24 meters (same as WC1)
and of course the Wraith: 25.5 meters
Sabre: 27 meters
Broadsword: 36 meters
I'm still working on the Kilrathi Fighters...
The bulk of the work would be basically to re-work the WC2 Capships to make them look respectable.
The Gilgamesh would look basically the same. Except thicker (top to bottom). I would also remove the fins, and add vents to the top and bottom. I would designate the cones on the front and back of the wing-like structures thrust reversers for slowing down, and auxiliary-engines in the rear. The conning-tower would extend through the bottom of the ship also. Just like on the Talahassee.
The AMG on the ship would be shaped more like the WC4 one. The ship would have a WC3-paint-job. The flanks of the ships would be blue, with the tops of the ships gray. The sides of the intakes would be blue. The Auxiliary engines would be silver at their nozzles. The intakes' face would be dark red.
The AMG's arrangement would be the same... one on the top front, the other on the bottom-front.
The Waterloo-class would be a scaled-up WC1-Exeter with Gilgamesh-Class characteristics. The wings would be narrower at the ends than at the root, but would still be thick at their tips. The two rectangle-blocks would be the ships twin-flight-decks...
The area in between the two blocks would be the main engines... all eight of them. They would be round and cylindrical like the Vesuvius' engines. (What's the texture for the Vesuvius' nozzles... I don't have that round-engine texture)
The area just behind the leading edges of each of the wings would house several intakes along the span.
About 2/3 of the way back (behind the middle of the ship) would lie the main intakes for the ship, and a small one in the front. In the middle of the ship would be a series of reverse engines (the blue-things)... except they wouldn't be blue, they'd be gray (they're off-line most of the time).
The bridge would be right behind the intakes, and would be shaped similar to those found on the Talahassee-Class.
The AMG's (4-in total) would be arranged 2 on the top front, and two on the bottom front... or perhaps they'd be arranged in a different fasion depending on the way they're arranged on the WC2-Waterloo-Class...
The Confederation-Class would keep it's octogonal-shaped bow-and prong, and vertical-fins. The thing that would be different would be that it's lateral-fins... the ones on either side of the vertical-ones, would be reversed in direction, moved to the middle of the ship, and turned into a trapezoidal shape, which would be more highly-swept in the back then in the front.
The ship would have wings like the Bracher from WCM, except they would be larger, and thicker. The sides of the ship wouldn't be so squarish like in WC2, but would be somewhat tapered like the WC3 Victory's sides...
The ship would be somewhat thicker in the mid-section from top-to-bottom, and would shorten up by the time they reach the bow. They would also narrow-down right behind the wings and reach the same width as the bow by the time they reach the position of the vertical-fins, and then narrow down to nothing as they reach the backs of the fins (right before they reach the engines.)
The flight-decks would run straight through either wing, entering at the rear, and exiting at the front, with a connecting area between the two bays. The conning-tower would be located at the thickest area of the fueslage (from top-to-bottom), the tower would run straight through the ship (not really, but there would be a tower on the top, and one at the bottom, like most WC3 ships).
The fins, ventral... the two that are on the underside of the ship: would be removed. They serve no purpose...
The Vertical fins which carry the engines would stay, and would remain unchanged, except a slight-sleekening for asthetics purposes, would contain their original engine arrangement (three top, small, 1 in the middle, large, and 2 medium sized engines bottom).
The nozzles would instead of being round, would be squarish, with rounded edges to make the fin look "fuller" and thicker.
The reversers would be located on the middle of the ship, just forward of the bridge where the fuselage shortens down in a set of 3 (like on all confed-capships) on the top. On the bottom they would be in the same spot, but would be split into two... two on either side (they would be slightly smaller), and would be split to accomodate the phase-transit cannon. To avoid-frying it when during the reverse-thruster firings.
The vents would be located on the leading edges of the fins, just like on the WC2 Concordia, and another just ahead of the turret, on the first 1/4 of the ships length, or 1/3rd. There would be six vents in two rows (3 across, in front of another 3). On the bottom, there would be two on each side to accomodate the phase-transit-cannon.
The prongs would be right where they are supposed to be... On the front of the ship.
The Confederation's Colors would be as follows...
Blue on the sides, the tops of the prongs would be yellow and red diagonal-lines. The sides and base of them would be silver gray.
The vents would be dark-gray but vent like... the ones on the front would be reddish like the dragon's intakes... except darker, more like a dimmer glow.
The guns would be like the WC4 ones, and they would be arranged as follows (AMG's). The first one on either side of the prongs... the second one would be on either side of the wings... and the other at the rear.
One would be at the front top (where that large gunning thingie is), and the other would be on the underside, just in between the main-vertical-fins.
-Concordia