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"An interceptor patrol flying over the TrapWorld Dyrammin (Beta Crucis 1), close to the planet's terminator. The patrols are meant to deter wealthy, young and bored adventurers from attempting to land upon the surface. Dyrammin is considered a guaranteed loss after only 8 days surface time for even a well-prepared, professional combat outfit. The individuals who evade the patrols and avoid forced evacuation by the planetary oversight company never last this long. Evacuation is very much worth the oversight company's while, since violators of the orbital sanction are often very well insured and financially protected."

A work in progress to exhibit the interceptor model, following a request. The "interceptor" (supposed to be ~60 metres long) was one of the first meshes I made. Prior to that I stuck with POVRay's other geometric primitives. I'd like do the model all over again, because it doesn't hold up very well this close to the camera, and the textures are lacking, but I have other meshes to finish first. In the meantime I'm hoping to get one good image out of it as is.

Problems at the moment - the lights on the ships and the planet don't match (the same setup that makes the planet look OK only rimlights the ships), and I feel the composition's a bit wrong (I flipped the planet horizontally to get the lighting to agree a bit more). Not sure if I'll keep the starfield as is.

Description
"An interceptor patrol flying over the TrapWorld Dyrammin (Beta Crucis 1), close to the planet's terminator. The patrols are meant to deter wealthy, young and bored adventurers from attempting to land upon the surface. Dyrammin is considered a guaranteed loss after only 8 days surface time for even a well-prepared, professional combat outfit. The individuals who evade the patrols and avoid forced evacuation by the planetary oversight company never last this long. Evacuation is very much worth the oversight company's while, since violators of the orbital sanction are often very well insured and financially protected."

A work in progress to exhibit the interceptor model, following a request. The "interceptor" (supposed to be ~60 metres long) was one of the first meshes I made. Prior to that I stuck with POVRay's other geometric primitives. I'd like do the model all over again, because it doesn't hold up very well this close to the camera, and the textures are lacking, but I have other meshes to finish first. In the meantime I'm hoping to get one good image out of it as is.

Problems at the moment - the lights on the ships and the planet don't match (the same setup that makes the planet look OK only rimlights the ships), and I feel the composition's a bit wrong (I flipped the planet horizontally to get the lighting to agree a bit more). Not sure if I'll keep the starfield as is.