body shell

[Guest Blackhammer]

So im cruising thru gammullan space,keeping the local insurgency and the odd gammullan under boot when on my radar screen i notice a green blip.GREEN? since when? im three jumps from the nearest military base(Wraith).My military brethern are rarely seen out this far,so who was this brave soul? i was excited! they didnt send a paltry fighter the but a full blown BATTLECRUISER exactly like mine! now were cooking!Closer inspection,however,revealed a cruel hoax. it was a battlecruiser without its bridge portion(terran/military/bodyshell)it was chilling to see this headless BC monstrosity under SAD orders chasing after a fighter and doing nothing(It apparently had no missiles or blasters).

Has anyone else seen this ghastly sight?

perhaps i'll find the bridge elsewhere.

a feature hitherto not disscussed?(search revealed nothing)

im running the latest patch 2.09(God bless you Derek)and mappak with NO cheats. didnt know exactly where to post this,just curious really.

Now if youll excuse me ,i have an insurgency to squash...

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" I find your lack of faith...disturbing..."

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[SpcFX]

Actually what you saw "I think" was the BC Foreshell. The bodyshell should have been destroyed upon seperation. Usually the Foreshell makes a b-line for the nearest safe heaven.

[Guest Blackhammer]

foreshell huh? no,it looked and read as a body shell,

well this is interesting,so what caused that to happen?is that what the evac feature for the battlecruiser looks like? some unfortunate had to bail?

i thought all we had were shuttles.

can it be manually initiated like in star trek? if so ?(which i dont suppose it is)that would be most useful.

well ive got the thing tractored and taking it back to the wraith for further study.

[Supreme Cmdr]

spcfx is correct. That came from another BC that ejected in order to avoid destruction, pretty much the same thing that happens to your ship when you eject. If they don't find a friendly station to go to, then will keep flying around until they find one. It is just coincidental that you happened to see it on your radar screen.

btw, the description on radar would have read bc fore shell. Anyone with access to the GBS, can look on line #200 of OBJECTS.SCR and see the model used during separation.

[Guest Blackhammer]

guess you had to be there,all i know is it looked like a headless cockroach.

[Guest Den Dee]

Next time u see it Black, take a picture :-)

/ctrl-G/ to use the camera

[Guest Blackhammer]

actually i have.(you know i had to save that "kodac moment".)

[Guest]

Post it! I'de like to see this headless battlecruiser... =)

[Guest Blackhammer]

well i got the pics of said BODYSHELL but i cant figure out how to post it,help!

[Ben Zwycky]

Well, what we usually do when we want to post pics is upload them to a webpage and post the link to them here. If you haven't got any webspace, there are loads of places to get some for free.

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"Nakonec pravda vitezi" (in the end the truth wins)

[Guest Den Dee]

email them to me - [email protected]

i'll post them. altho...smth tells me u WON'T send those.... prove me wrong, please :-)

[SpacePhish]

Hey I happened to come across these lines while adventuring in GBS

quote:

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# Ejected Mk2 Battlecruiser fore & body shell

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CLASS BCBODY:BCBODY.3DC{}

CLASS BCPOD:BCPOD.3DC{}

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Notice it says body and body shell

also

quote:

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BCBODY.3DC,body shell,SAc,(PRYATVGE)

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notice body shell after BCBODY.3dc, that's what's going to appear in you CVD.

Also here is something cool, SAc means

Appears in radar space mode, Appears in radar air mode, and it's under the craft radar mask.

PRYATVGE stands for.

the object call pitch P,

the object can row R,

the object can yaw Y,

the object can fly A,

the object can move in XYZ T,

the object velocty diffs from orientation V,

the object affected by gravity, NYI G,

the object has propulsion system E,

Isn't GBS wonderful!!

I'm pissed, I still haven't left yet , okay later ya'll.

[Guest Blackhammer]

you should have those pics DenDee,let me know otherwise.

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[Bandus]

Blackhammer, can you send me those pictures too please?

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[Guest Blackhammer]

there ya go bandus,

all other request can be emailed to me.

thx!

[Guest Den Dee]

Here they are!!

sorry, dont remember that UBB to make 'em links... still, here goes:

Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Pic4

Sorry for not showing up often enough... if anyone here plays SMAC: " Sunspot activity on Alfa Prime! Communications might be spotty..."

:-) Den Dee

P.S. omg...this DOES look horryfying.... when not being towed, actually....

P.P.S. WOW, it makes them links automatically! thx forum designers :-)

[This message has been edited by Den Dee (edited 03-22-2000).]

[Guest]

That is frigin' cool...

[Supreme Cmdr]

Den Dee, you need to convert those to JPG format and then re-upload. This way, they can be viewed in the browser without having to download them. When u are done, simply edit the post and change the file extension.

[Ben Zwycky]

*pokes body shell with long stick at arms length*

"ewww- its all slimy!"

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ISS Fleet Recruiting Officer

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