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XRaiderV1 — Colonial class Battlestar Ares
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Published: 2008-01-04 11:07:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 4721; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 357
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Description
Credits:Original CGI image by: Charles Oines
original Hephaestus class frame by: 50stone
Colonial Class battlestar by: XRaiderV1
this frame built deliberately using as few parts as possible, making this unique in being built almost exclusively from parts available in the original frame.
Historical notes:
an exceptionally old ship, the Ares had been consigned to the mothballs fleet after decades in service in the reserve fleet, her notable record includes several engagements in the first cylon war.
towards the final years of the twelve colonies, several expeditions were launched to locate and colonize new worlds, and the Ares was chosen to lead one such expedition, chosen for her near legendary endurance in battle, and refitted with modern equipment, all contact was lost several months after her expedition departed colonial space.
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It sorta looks like the Galactica from the original Series.
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that was kind of the intent.
I also wanted to show how an older ship might look.
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did it get destroyed by the cylons like the others?
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she's MIA, presumed lost with all hands.
that does not mean she's been confirmed destroyed, just assumed lost.
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shes in fact an older battlestar, her main weaponry, on the other hand is modern.
only reason her hull wasnt updated is due to the fact that her battle plate is denser than even the Galactica's battle plate is.
and thank you for the complements, shes pretty much as original as I can get(still cant do a ship completely from scratch to save my life).
I wanted a ship that had more curves than angles, something that could move fast, fight hard and be even harder to take out, so this is where those criteria took me.
and, for the record, what I wouldn't give for email notifications!
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looks fairly longer, slimmer, and MUCH more modern than the Galactica. =o and I like the head-section. X3;
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