The Freighter: One very ugly ship

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Check out the illustration of it here:

http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/mods/index.html

It looks pretty cool top-down like in the game. Side on though, ugly, ugly, ugly.
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I submit for your consideration the following: Cargo carriers are traditionally ugly. It's simple economics, really. If you can cram more stuff into it by making it ugly, ugly it will be.
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I'm ambivalent about it myself.
I always thought the old freighter was very good-looking (and I wish it would come back, even as a different ship) and I've always thought the Wolfen was kind of ugly. But then again I have been known to show odd tastes in design.
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I can accept that an optimum design for a freighter will probably be ugly. I'm just saying that the freighter is uglier than I thought it was :wink:

The Wolfen is a pretty funky looking craft, but my favourite is the Sapphire Yacht.
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I, too, like the Sapphire's design much more than the other playerships.
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Periculi wrote:I, too, like the Sapphire's design much more than the other playerships.
I'll stiick with my Aurora Class Warship or the Aquilas Cruiser.


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OddBob wrote:I always thought the old freighter was very good-looking (and I wish it would come back, even as a different ship)....
Here, here! I'm thinking about resurrecting it in a mod. Miss the old tug but it would be nice to see it return as ya stated.
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FAD wrote:
OddBob wrote:I always thought the old freighter was very good-looking (and I wish it would come back, even as a different ship)....
Here, here! I'm thinking about resurrecting it in a mod. Miss the old tug but it would be nice to see it return as ya stated.

I have a 90% finished mod with the origonal frieghter. Let me know
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Lettin' ya know.
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FAD wrote:Lettin' ya know.
Ok, :)

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Freighters are always my favorite, besides Missle Frigates. Make a cargo Frigate with the capability to add tons of weaponry :D

Seriously though, that is pretty ħ§ ugly.
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Charon Mass of Goo wrote:Freighters are always my favorite, besides Missle Frigates. Make a cargo Frigate with the capability to add tons of weaponry :D

Seriously though, that is pretty ħ§ ugly.

Its slow...
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Ttech wrote:
Charon Mass of Goo wrote:Freighters are always my favorite, besides Missle Frigates. Make a cargo Frigate with the capability to add tons of weaponry :D

Seriously though, that is pretty ħ§ ugly.

Its slow...
good point...
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Charon Mass of Goo wrote:
Ttech wrote:
Charon Mass of Goo wrote:Freighters are always my favorite, besides Missle Frigates. Make a cargo Frigate with the capability to add tons of weaponry :D

Seriously though, that is pretty ħ§ ugly.

Its slow...
good point...

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but its a great starting ship, and you can get that engine upgrade. not to mention it has great cargo capacity.
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