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What are those pods that appear on Ishiman cruisers, heavy cruisers, assault transports and engineer pods?

As far as I can see there are a few possibilities:

Superlight Drives: They are reminiscent of Star Treks' Warp Nacelles. This theory is dashed on the rocks as assault transports and engineer pods do not have Superlight Drives.

Shield Generators/Projectors: There are none visible in bigger ships becaus the pods leak radiaton and ontl larger ships have room for suitable insulation. Fighters do not have shields. Against this is that engineer pods are meant to be unmanned and therefore do not need protection from radiation. Against this is that the radiation interferes with the engineer pods' AI.

Gyroscopes: For manuverobility. Ships without the pods are (a) Large enough to be able to rely on their shielding/escots to keep them alive until the enemy is destroyed. ( Older and use less advanced technology. © Newer and use more advanced technology. (d) They have internal gyros. But what about fighters. Do they have internal gyros? Not likely if engineer pods have them.

Sublight drives: NO the splash screen clearly shows an orange thing on the back of an Ishiman heavy cruiser.

Weapons pods: No the cruisers weapons are all shown in the briefing picture. The blue half-circle is the F-pulse reactor and the two orange bits at the side are the PK beams.


Does anyone else have any other ideas or can anyone read Ishiman script and decipher the 'labels' at the side.

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Grand Fleet Admiral Slathkill, Supreme Commander I.M.A. Fleet

i always thought they were sublight drives, but i guess not....

there probably there for asthetic purposes, considering ares ISN'T real.

[this is Slug talking]

They're PK-beam cannons

[/Slug]

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just take my post, and imagine everything is speeled right.
nickel count: 8

[This message has been edited by Slug (edited 01-12-2001).]

Oh no! Slug is possessing multiple people!

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--Joolzman5, that guy with the red spikey hair whose presence never fails to suddenly kill Mag Steelglass

im guessing he did that so he didnt have to post unreg scince hes not at his computer... or not, i dont know...

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just take my post, and imagine everything is speeled right.
nickel count: 8

Just something I noticed by coincidence (at first):

If you look at the Ishiman cruiser (ID 1001) and the Ishiman Gunship (ID 1020), then you can look at the main labels on each. If you were to assume that they were "Cruiser" and "Gunship," the Rs on cruiser check out and the Ss check out between them. However, the Us don't. Then take out the Gaitori cruiser (ID 1038). The second "word" is the same as the second "word" in the Ishiman cruiser. Therefore it is even more likely it is cruiser. Then, you can see the first word has seven letters. G-A-I-T-O-R-I. Whose G checks out with the Ish. Gunship. Please wait an hour while I continue to extend my findings... If I find anything, I'll post a new topic.

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-Pallas Athene of Dysian Beta, Obish Consensus Representative
-Nieru Dast, {M}ilitia Aeriane
-Danae Vernius
"Cheaters don't really win, and winners don't really cheat. Unless you're talking politics." -Durandal

[Deleeted]

-reg

[This message has been edited by Regulus (edited 01-21-2001).]

Oopsie, it is trodden. Go to the Briefing Room, and select Ishiman lettering. Scroll down, and you'll see a little cheatsheet. Too bad. In addition to S/T, there's also B/J and F/V.

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-Pallas Athene of Dysian Beta, Obish Consensus Representative
-Nieru Dast, {M}ilitia Aeriane
-Danae Vernius
"Cheaters don't really win, and winners don't really cheat. Unless you're talking politics." -Durandal