I've got something different to put up here today...
So this is the JTSC Luna. You might be noticing something: it's not quite as good looking as other JTSC ships, but I have an explanation...
The Luna is built as an upgrade of one of my oldest ships.
The original ships was, at the time, the largest thing I had built. It had the best stats and was the only thing i could safely travel around in. This was many months before I began work towards my more current projects such as the Everest and Paris.
The original ship was named 'Apex' because I was under the impression that it was the best thing I had ever made. In combat it was unbeatable, it was fast, powerful and had loads of turrets, in fact too many turrets. See for yourself...
Yeah, very ugly. So by making the ship appearance more simple it has been made more attractive, although less combat efficient.
The main problems with the Apex were:
-horrid appearance
-pain in the arse to replace destroyed turrets
-Sd-BB missiles no longer working
-AMCs fire very slow and lack power
-no shield rechargers
-No clear distinguished function within a fleet
So to solve this the Luna was made. The Luna started out as a carrier version, with me trying to extend the hangar bay to cover the entire interior of the ship. This then lead to other things, I redesigned the front of the ship, ditched the turrets and after some time i found that the Luna was much more favourable to use than the Apex.
After the weapons update the Luna was left alone for a while. I made the Everest, did some other stuff and now I have updated the Luna to perform as a modern ship in my fleet.
It's primary role was classically, carrying all of the smaller ships around the place. The ship works well in the more social servers where you might want a mobile base to keep all of your special ships.
A large fat ship such as this carrying so many ships all alone meant it was easy prey for pirates. So to give it a better chance without leaving everything to the turrets the ship now features:
-Rapid fire AMCs with an explosive effect computer (Use in bursts, it causes lag)
-A damage beam weapon, could be used in conjunction with AMCs
-Much greater thrust
-Everest class medium turret
-JTSC point defence guns
-Increased shield capacity
-Large hangar bay door (Large enough for Paris class to fit)
This ship has always been a favourite of mine. Although it isn't that good it has a history.
It now works well as a support ship for larger vessels with it's explosive cannons as well as a carrier for fighters and small craft.
So this is the JTSC Luna. You might be noticing something: it's not quite as good looking as other JTSC ships, but I have an explanation...
The Luna is built as an upgrade of one of my oldest ships.
The original ships was, at the time, the largest thing I had built. It had the best stats and was the only thing i could safely travel around in. This was many months before I began work towards my more current projects such as the Everest and Paris.
The original ship was named 'Apex' because I was under the impression that it was the best thing I had ever made. In combat it was unbeatable, it was fast, powerful and had loads of turrets, in fact too many turrets. See for yourself...
Yeah, very ugly. So by making the ship appearance more simple it has been made more attractive, although less combat efficient.
The main problems with the Apex were:
-horrid appearance
-pain in the arse to replace destroyed turrets
-Sd-BB missiles no longer working
-AMCs fire very slow and lack power
-no shield rechargers
-No clear distinguished function within a fleet
So to solve this the Luna was made. The Luna started out as a carrier version, with me trying to extend the hangar bay to cover the entire interior of the ship. This then lead to other things, I redesigned the front of the ship, ditched the turrets and after some time i found that the Luna was much more favourable to use than the Apex.
After the weapons update the Luna was left alone for a while. I made the Everest, did some other stuff and now I have updated the Luna to perform as a modern ship in my fleet.
It's primary role was classically, carrying all of the smaller ships around the place. The ship works well in the more social servers where you might want a mobile base to keep all of your special ships.
A large fat ship such as this carrying so many ships all alone meant it was easy prey for pirates. So to give it a better chance without leaving everything to the turrets the ship now features:
-Rapid fire AMCs with an explosive effect computer (Use in bursts, it causes lag)
-A damage beam weapon, could be used in conjunction with AMCs
-Much greater thrust
-Everest class medium turret
-JTSC point defence guns
-Increased shield capacity
-Large hangar bay door (Large enough for Paris class to fit)
This ship has always been a favourite of mine. Although it isn't that good it has a history.
It now works well as a support ship for larger vessels with it's explosive cannons as well as a carrier for fighters and small craft.
