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Description Captained by the famed pirate The Duchess and the de facto flagship of the League of Silence underworld criminal organization, the 8th Deadly Sin is considered the most powerful starship ever known to have sailed under a pirate flag. It appears to be the front end of one of the Terran Protectorate's powerful Armstrong-class heavy cruisers and the rear section of a Pulsar commercial cruiser, giving it heavy firepower, ample speed and the fighter-carrying capacity of an escort carrier. Its dilapidated appearance is a bit of a mystery for a couple of reasons. First, The Duchess is known to be an absolute diva who loathes to wear the same outfit twice, so why would she fawn over a ship that looks like it came off the scrapyard? Second, where in the hell did she get something as powerful as an Armstrong heavy cruiser, and why hasn't the Terran Protectorate sent a fleet after her just on general principle alone?
The Duchess has only commented that the 8th Deadly Sin was salvage from where the Stellar Navy shouldn't have been, hinting that any attempt by the military to come after her will lead to her dropping some damaging secrets. Still, she restricts her pirating to the Free Colonies, the Xintrin Merchant Guild, and the Empire of Many Suns, where the Stellar Navy has no jurisdiction.

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miha9000 [2013-09-19 10:10:18 +0000 UTC]

added to 3D concepts in Sci-fi Archives Β sci-fi-archives.deviantart.com…

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Misfit-KotLD [2013-09-18 13:47:36 +0000 UTC]

So, according to Evagrius, this ship is lazy. Yes, the original deadly sins were eight and included lazy and sloth.Β 


Is that an Imperial Consortium-built ship flying in this fleet?

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ILJackson In reply to Misfit-KotLD [2013-09-18 14:50:41 +0000 UTC]

No, I think you mean the one at the bottom? That's Occam's Razor, another of The Nine's ships.Β 


The one at the top is a Commando Corvette named Charlene, also captained by one of The Nine. The fighters are all jackjumpers.

(I thought sloth was one of the seven:Β Β wrath ,Β greed ,Β sloth ,Β pride ,Β lust ,Β envy , andΒ gluttony . I'd hate to think Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood got it wrong....)


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mrc0006 In reply to ILJackson [2013-09-19 00:47:03 +0000 UTC]

Wouldn't it make some sense though? Whether intentional or not... You said it yourself, it looks like a piece of scrap... Perhaps it's just that The Dutchess is too lazy to invest in repairs. Or... That could be a clever ploy, in and of itself.

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ILJackson In reply to mrc0006 [2013-09-19 03:59:00 +0000 UTC]

Most reports indicate that the ship functions extremely well, and there are rumors of crewmen being spaced because their instrument panel failed the "white glove" test.....

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mrc0006 In reply to ILJackson [2013-09-19 10:04:40 +0000 UTC]

Sheesh. She makes the term "hardcore bitch" sound like a compliment.

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ILJackson In reply to mrc0006 [2013-09-19 11:12:35 +0000 UTC]

I've always described her as the spiritual love child of Paris Hilton and General Patton.

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mrc0006 In reply to ILJackson [2013-09-19 12:04:08 +0000 UTC]

Hardcore. Bitch.

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Misfit-KotLD In reply to ILJackson [2013-09-18 15:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Originally penned by Evagrius, a desert ascetic, the deadly sins were eight and included lazy. That list did not last long, though.


Yes, I got to use what I learned in my class on mystics. Go me!


And I see Occam's Razor now. The coloration threw me off.

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ILJackson In reply to Misfit-KotLD [2013-09-18 15:46:38 +0000 UTC]

It also has wingshields like the Imperial Consortium ships. I figured that since the IC ships were considered more advanced, they'd have an influence on some human designs during peacetime. Also, I knew the design was going to be associated mainly with a villian character so having it slightly resemble the structure of other villains seemed like a good idea.

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Misfit-KotLD In reply to ILJackson [2013-09-18 20:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh, good. I'm not crazy.

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devduck01 [2013-09-18 13:06:18 +0000 UTC]

Pirate today, ruler of her own small Empire tomorrow?


She has a powerful ship there, a good foundation to build on

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