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Its going to be in R2. One of the missions calls for it.

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Its going to be in R2. One of the missions calls for it.

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Please tell me I get to be Minbari in that mission. Otherwise all my nightmares are going to have that thing in them.

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I like it

But I wonder, does it rotate like the Orion? It seems like it should, so it could best bring its weapons to bear, but I'm not sure that you can put a turret on a rotating subsystem (oh, wait, you did that on the Orion, didn't you? )

BTW, in the mission loading screen, are there turrets on the rotating piece on the Omega?

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I like it

But I wonder, does it rotate like the Orion? It seems like it should, so it could best bring its weapons to bear, but I'm not sure that you can put a turret on a rotating subsystem (oh, wait, you did that on the Orion, didn't you? )

BTW, in the mission loading screen, are there turrets on the rotating piece on the Omega?

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jc, turrets on the orion are on the non-moving central piece

so this thing cant rotate, doesnt mean it cant "align" though - possibly ?

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jc, turrets on the orion are on the non-moving central piece

so this thing cant rotate, doesnt mean it cant "align" though - possibly ?

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I'm not sure it should rotate.. having weapons all over it would mean it wouldn't have to.. and it's a minbari station, so rotation is unnecessary..
the weapon on the top could be some kinda massive minbari beam or something, which it would have to align to use..
I don't know much about that though.. I take it that's what the beamsabres in FS2 do..?

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I'm not sure it should rotate.. having weapons all over it would mean it wouldn't have to.. and it's a minbari station, so rotation is unnecessary..
the weapon on the top could be some kinda massive minbari beam or something, which it would have to align to use..
I don't know much about that though.. I take it that's what the beamsabres in FS2 do..?

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Minbari and gravitic drives and artificial gravity are like humans and grey hull plating

Theres no reason for this station not to be able to have its own artificial gravity.

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Minbari and gravitic drives and artificial gravity are like humans and grey hull plating

Theres no reason for this station not to be able to have its own artificial gravity.

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Err, I mean, it seems like it should have some slow rotation not for gravity but for rotating the turrets through a complete firing arc.

Or can you have turrets on a rotating subsystem? <- That's what I want to know.

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Err, I mean, it seems like it should have some slow rotation not for gravity but for rotating the turrets through a complete firing arc.

Or can you have turrets on a rotating subsystem? <- That's what I want to know.

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...Or can you have turrets on a rotating subsystem? <- That's what I want to know.

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Err, I mean, it seems like it should have some slow rotation not for gravity but for rotating the turrets through a complete firing arc.

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Err, I mean, it seems like it should have some slow rotation not for gravity but for rotating the turrets through a complete firing arc.

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Don't think this thing would have too much of a problem with firing arcs.. most turrets have about 180 degree arcs anyway..

those ones at either side can fire any direction apart from backwards (dah).. though some turrets FOVs need a bit of work

It would be nice if it could reposition itself to let fly with the top cannon, assuming the top cannon is a massive cannon of some kind.

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Don't think this thing would have too much of a problem with firing arcs.. most turrets have about 180 degree arcs anyway..

those ones at either side can fire any direction apart from backwards (dah).. though some turrets FOVs need a bit of work

It would be nice if it could reposition itself to let fly with the top cannon, assuming the top cannon is a massive cannon of some kind.

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Gee that does look good, can't wait to put the might of alpha1 against it

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