Hmmm. Yeah, I can see that. Parts look like semi truck air dams, there are circular doo-dads where wheels would be, and the instrument cluster at the front looks something like a truck badge.
Out of boredom, I started fiddling around with my website, adding orthos, and sometimes touching up a few of the older ships.
As I was getting images ready, I started looking at one I liked, but never could get the engines right: post 155, Later I made a related ship post 1198 where I liked the engines much better. So I've adapted those engines for the shuttle. I like this better, but I may revisit it again in a few years.
Somewhere along the way the file for this was corrupted. Parts of the geometry rotated 90 degrees, while other parts didn't. I think I fixed everything, but...
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Tag: 0000 020061-0006094
Type: warship
Status: disabled
Location: Tennekis Blind
(Orion 003.21-25527.90)
Culture: Promised
Est. Age: 72 million years
Size: 2147 meters
Nickname: Tirade
As I was getting images ready, I started looking at one I liked, but never could get the engines right: post 155, Later I made a related ship post 1198 where I liked the engines much better. So I've adapted those engines for the shuttle. I like this better, but I may revisit it again in a few years.
Tag: 0000 007242-0028170
Type: Advanced Support Ship
Status: retired
Location: Singal/Peplinski Reach
(Orion 006.00-21497.40)
Culture: Grand Aggregate
Est. Age: 6.4 billion years
Size: 809m
Nickname: Caedere
Tag: 0000 008282-0043710
Type: orbital cargo ferry
Status: disabled
Location: Dastardly Corona
(Orion 001.02-20097.31)
Culture: Placid
Est. Age: 172 million years
Size: 71m
Nickname: Brave Little Toaster
(Also resembles a PEZ dispenser.)
Tag: 0000 000373-0112064
Type: Cruiser
Status: unknown
Location: Mosaic Cluster
(Orion 000.10-80012.22)
Culture: Tembir
Est. Age: 180 thousand years
Size: 1415 m
Nickname: Finial
Tag: 0000 418291-4473990
Type: Medium Defender
Status: mothballed
Location: Pryot Depot
(Orion 004..84+-14467.00)
Culture: Human (Deep Colony 17)
Est. Age: 92 years
Size: 894 meters
Nickname: Kladivo