Pallas Space Skiff
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:32 am
J+B suggested I make a space skiff or something so we could have epic ship-to-ship boarding action.
So I did.
Introducing the Pallas Space Skiff. It's essentially a floating space platform with engines attached to the back. This one is also armed with a double-barrel rail gun turret and two foreward-mounted laser cannons.
It also has a grappling hook and a rope so that the commandos on it can latch onto enemy ships and try to board them. The crew here is a pilot, 6 Assyrian Commandos, and 4 2nd-Type Assassin Droids (black visors) so this ship is ready to attack.
The sides and lower hull of the ship are essentially just armour plates everywhere. The ship isn't armed particularly heavily, but it's got enough armour to get close enough for the crew to assault the target.
There is also a rear deck. Down the hall is where the pilot is. The control panel on the main deck is only an auxiliary control console. It only comes online if the main one is destroyed. Or if the pilot gets killed the people up top can use it to override the lower one with a security code so that they still control the ship. There is also a boarding plank stowed in the corridor here to attack enemy ships. Since the ship is slow, the battle plan is essentially to let allied fighters distract enemy cannon fire until the skiff can get in close. Then they grapple an enemy ship and whatnot to pull in closer. Once close enough they either jump across the void or use the plank to climb onto the enemy ships hull, then they slice the crap out of it with laser blades. It's pretty straight-foreward but incredibly dangerous.
And finally, all of my Assyrian spacecraft lined up. The Pallas is 40 studs long so it's almost half a SHIP, but it's still not even 1/3 the length of the Sonks.
So I did.
Introducing the Pallas Space Skiff. It's essentially a floating space platform with engines attached to the back. This one is also armed with a double-barrel rail gun turret and two foreward-mounted laser cannons.
It also has a grappling hook and a rope so that the commandos on it can latch onto enemy ships and try to board them. The crew here is a pilot, 6 Assyrian Commandos, and 4 2nd-Type Assassin Droids (black visors) so this ship is ready to attack.
The sides and lower hull of the ship are essentially just armour plates everywhere. The ship isn't armed particularly heavily, but it's got enough armour to get close enough for the crew to assault the target.
There is also a rear deck. Down the hall is where the pilot is. The control panel on the main deck is only an auxiliary control console. It only comes online if the main one is destroyed. Or if the pilot gets killed the people up top can use it to override the lower one with a security code so that they still control the ship. There is also a boarding plank stowed in the corridor here to attack enemy ships. Since the ship is slow, the battle plan is essentially to let allied fighters distract enemy cannon fire until the skiff can get in close. Then they grapple an enemy ship and whatnot to pull in closer. Once close enough they either jump across the void or use the plank to climb onto the enemy ships hull, then they slice the crap out of it with laser blades. It's pretty straight-foreward but incredibly dangerous.
And finally, all of my Assyrian spacecraft lined up. The Pallas is 40 studs long so it's almost half a SHIP, but it's still not even 1/3 the length of the Sonks.
