GDI's mobile command ship, (for part 2) Options

[Lightstorm]

split we'll open this up again when we begin part 2
- Team Black

@lightstorm: there is no kodiak. it got shot down in FS, remember? a new mobile command center will be ok, but you should think of a new name.
and since the mod was supposed to be split up into 2 parts (scrin vs scrin, and scrin vs earth) i dont think a GDI campaign should come BEFORE a scrin one.

What about Aurora? for the ships name?

This post has been edited by Team Black: May 29 2007, 05:48 PM

[ChielScape]

i was thinking about Gemini, myself actually. ive been liking it since the CoolerMaster GeminII CPU-cooler was announced.

This post has been edited by ChielScape: May 23 2007, 02:25 PM

[Lightstorm]

or the Arkangel

[Bittah Commander]

I was more thinking about a Latin name... Though the name is quite irrelevant at this stage (GDI doesn't even need to be considered yet).

[Team Black]

GDI likes to name thinks after animals -- is there a latin name for Eagle? What's the scientific name?

[vOi!king ship]

Many.

Eagle is Latin is Aquilis. Also, because Eagles were on each of the legions flags, called 'Aquilii', the person, carying the Legion flag was called Aquilifer. It was seen as a great loss and shame for the entire Roman world to loose an Aquilla.

So, you have several choices for the G.D.I. Command vessel. For Latin, Greek, Ancient Bulgarian or original names, contact me.

[ChielScape]

hmm. i think it might be good to know where kodiak came from first. wasnt it the bible? (like kane) if so, a biblical name is a must.

[Lightstorm]

Kodiak is an indian tribe as well as a bear and i think a region in Alaska

[Roani52]

i was thinking about Gemini, myself actually. ive been liking it since the CoolerMaster GeminII CPU-cooler was announced.

Chiel, you can also just normal say ur an overclocker... *sigh*

[Blacksilence]

lol xd i thought about exorall

[jadems]

How bout the 'Arapahoe', the Tribe of the Wind? That kinda fits in.

[ChielScape]

Chiel, you can also just normal say ur an overclocker... *sigh*

that would not contribute to this topic, however, having said what i did, i did provide a reason as to why i was thinking about the name Gemini.

Also: Kodiak
it was most likely named after the place kodiak, rather than the tribe or bear. It is, however, the case that the Apache combat helicopter was named after an indian tribe, so even though less likely, they are not to be excluded from the possibilities.
following the placenames:
Lancaster (also: a British World War II bomber)
Zamora

[Bittah Commander]

I know someone who lives in Lancaster and Morpher also lived there before he moved to Australia.

Anyway, has anyone considered not having a mobile command ship at all? I believe Westwood intentionally wanted to get rid of it in Firestorm.

[ChielScape]

depends on whether this is right after FS, or a while later.
Besides, we are not westwood. dont try to become westwood because you wont even get close. we wont know their true intentions without specifically asking them. (you could try that, but i wont guarantee succes)


the only "leaders" needed are the ones for voxelling, mapping, etc. with their only true objective being gathering all the work. "manager" would probably be a better word.
EDIT: i now noticed i actidentally wrote this in the wrong topic. blame it on me having multiple tabs open writing 3 things at a time.

This post has been edited by ChielScape: May 25 2007, 05:56 AM

[Team Black]

we wont know their true intentions without specifically asking them. (you could try that, but i wont guarantee succes)

or do we?

And yea, maybe a GDI command ship isn't a good idea. And yea Ishmael did mention something of why they got rid of the Kodiak...

[Lightstorm]

then there's the FS issue where in FS it suddenly quadrupled in size for no apparent reason. i'd be fun to have but if we include it then we should use a new design. (more high tech) I'm thinking of something like this:

[ChielScape]

thats because in TS they didnt scale it properly. that was the only way to make it a building. however, in FS they simply made it terrain, because it didnt need a health-bar.

[Bittah Commander]

That's the Odyssey from Stargate of I'm not mistaken. It does have a nice design, though if we include it, it needs to be yellow

Anyway, the purpose of a mobile command ship is for commander to be able to command his forces in any skirmish that's out of reach of the main base, the command center or whatever. Maybe after TS, GDI found a better way for a commander to command his forces in a skirmish, without needing to be nearby. For instance, GDI could have a network of satellites around the planet (which -since they are a network- are obviously connected to eachother), via which an oversight of the battlefield is given to the commander and radio signals are transferred. That way the commander can even be instructing units on the other side of the planet without needing to be there.

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

But the philadelphia is down. And a Satellite network seems to be much harder to install than a new sister ship of the kodiak, of which the technology is already available.
And of course a new kodiak command ship would look much better ingame, than an explanation for a not visible satellite network.
In addition, ionstorms still occur and would interrupt the satellite network.

To promote the command ship ideas
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Ok not GDI, more Protoss

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: May 25 2007, 01:07 PM

[Lightstorm]

that would be a better scrin ship. just tweak it and recolor it. it don't look too GDI

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

no, neither Scrin. It's too Starcraft'ish. It wasn't meant to be a serious idea for the GDI command ship. I just wanted to show this. Maybe someone gets some new ideas for the command ship while watching it.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: May 25 2007, 01:28 PM

[Tore]

Command & Conquer 3 the Protoss attack!

[Team Black]

make it a giant uber ship...

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[ChielScape]

that would be nice for something else, but what i think is best would be something that clearly resembles the Kodiak, yet looks more high-tech, perhaps armed. (would make a nice superweapon)

[Lightstorm]

thats why i posted the Daedalus, it looks pretty close i design, just more high tech. too bad DaTs is gone, he'd be good at this.

[daTSchikinhed]

Okay, so if anyone could get in contact with Muldrake and see if he still has the base voxel for the Daedalus that he did for Project Atlantis, it can be expanded from there. If not, then one of the older members could get in contact with the former "Christophski the Great" from TumSun.. He did a model for it and converted it to voxel.

Also, I vote for it to be called the Aurora for two reasons: One, it sounds like it should be named like that, and secondly, because of the Aurora Borealis. It's a beautiful event that fits for a beautiful ship. Gemini and some of the other mythical names I've seen seem more fitting for Nod.

[Lightstorm]

Okay, so if anyone could get in contact with Muldrake and see if he still has the base voxel for the Daedalus that he did for Project Atlantis, it can be expanded from there. If not, then one of the older members could get in contact with the former "Christophski the Great" from TumSun.. He did a model for it and converted it to voxel.

Also, I vote for it to be called the Aurora for two reasons: One, it sounds like it should be named like that, and secondly, because of the Aurora Borealis. It's a beautiful event that fits for a beautiful ship. Gemini and some of the other mythical names I've seen seem more fitting for Nod.

I will try and contact Muldrake

[ChielScape]

Okay, so if anyone could get in contact with Muldrake and see if he still has the base voxel for the Daedalus that he did for Project Atlantis, it can be expanded from there. If not, then one of the older members could get in contact with the former "Christophski the Great" from TumSun.. He did a model for it and converted it to voxel.

Also, I vote for it to be called the Aurora for two reasons: One, it sounds like it should be named like that, and secondly, because of the Aurora Borealis. It's a beautiful event that fits for a beautiful ship. Gemini and some of the other mythical names I've seen seem more fitting for Nod.

Aurora still makes ppl remember the nightmare called Generals

[Corsair]

Aurora still makes ppl remember the nightmare called Generals

Except people like me, who never played it

[ChielScape]

I envy you.