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From: Jay Raney
Date: 21 Feb 2000 00:09:39
Message: <38B00387.35182B3E@usit.net>
Very cool,
H.E. Day's influence has been fruitful. I really like this. Actually I intended
my previous post to be a space ship, but ended up looking submarine-ish and
became an Aqua Pod. I'm particularly intrigued by good sci-fi models such as
this. Your texture maps are very effective. Looks great. Good name too.

Jay Raney


TonyB wrote:

> Here is my blob ship (note, I started long before Jay Rayney posted his Aqua
> Pod, so he wasn't my inspiration, it was H.E. Day himself who inspired me,
> just like in Jay's case).
>
> My ship is called the: Independant Reconnaissance and Investigation Drone,
> with Intelligence Abilities, or IRIDIA. I am open to better naming
> suggestions (using the acronym IRIDIA). I don't like the ending I've come up
> with too much.
>
> Anyway, this little drone has cost me several nights from (11PM-2:AM) and
> all the free moments during the day after that. I just finished it this
> afternoon. It is "dirty" from travelling through space, and can have an
> optional force-field (which would keep it clean from space debris, but waste
> too much power). It propells itself with the thrusters you can see as
> yellow-orange bands. There are thrusters on the back and front of the rear
> ring, and on the sides and underside. I think this provides all necessary
> movement. It is unmanned, and serves for exploration of unknown environments
> on newly discovered planets and satellites. The windows are for two cameras
> that show the operators the world they are exploring. I might add another
> camera to the front, but have not decided yet (it would probably subtract
> some coolness).
>
>  [Image]


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