Starchaser Class Starchaser Class

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R5D5, 2009-11-21

A while back, R5D5 put together a low-poly ship pack of Federation vessels based somewhere on the later side of the Lost Era. One of these ships was called the Starchaser; it has a massive deflector dish in front, a pair of quad torpedo launchers on the underside of the saucer, and a sort of graceful design which actually used its low-poly saucer as a design feature. R5D5's mod pack proved that low-poly and brand-new designs can be the same thing, and can look good doing it.

This new variant of the Starchaser goes in an altogether different direction. It carries a "hangar-pod" on the back of its engineering-hull and can build a scout-probe and four variants of fighters/scouts. Some of these birds were part of the original ship pack. Others are brand new and look the part.

New work from R5D5 is always a welcome thing. It might take a little time to get used to, since it looks awkward (it's not a through-deck carrier, for instance), but it works fairly well in stock A2 and just might be what your A2 mod has been looking for.

Cool


**************** Starchaser Carrier ***************
**************** and fighters ***************
**************** for Star Trek Armada 2 ***************

Poly-count: low (he,he)

Textures: alpha channel/light maps
Borg Textures: no
Wireframes: yes
Buildbuttons: yes
Adm.Pics: yes

Install instructions:
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<First BACKUP the files of your STAR TREK: ARMADA II game!>

Copy the ODF files into your ODF folder.
Copy the SOD files into the SOD folder.
Copy the TGA Files into the Textures/RGB folder.

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"Sprites"
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Open "gui_global.spr" and insert:

@reference=64
b_fedStChCar GBfedStChCar 0 0 64 64

@reference=128
b_fedProbeA GBfedprobeA 0 0 128 128
b_fsparrowBK GBfsparrowBK 0 0 128 128
b_fsparrowPF GBfsparrowPF 0 0 128 128
b_fsparrow2 GBfsparrow2 0 0 128 128
b_fsparrowM2 GBfsparrowM2 0 0 128 128


# Federation wireframes
@reference=128

fsparrow2w1 WFfsparrow2 0 0 128 128
fsparrowM2w1 WFfsparrowM2 0 0 128 128
fsparrowBKw1 WFfsparrowBK 0 0 128 128
fsparrowPFw1 WFfsparrowPF 0 0 128 128
fedProbeAw1 WFfedProbeA 0 0 128 128
fedStChCarw1 WFfedStChCar 0 0 128 128

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"techtree"
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Insert in "tech1":

fedProbeA.odf 1 fyard.odf // perimeter probe
fedStChCar.odf 1 fyard.odf // starchaser class (carrier)
fsparrow2.odf 0 // sparrow class scouts
fsparrowBK.odf 1 fresear2.odf // sparrow class scout (warp)
fsparrowPF.odf 1 fresear.odf // sparrow class recon-scout
fsparrowM2.odf 0 // sparrow class bombers

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Open "fulltech.tt" and insert the following lines:

fedProbeA.odf 0
fedStChCar.odf 0
fsparrow2.odf 0
fsparrowBK.odf 0
fsparrowPF.odf 0
fsparrowM2.odf 0

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"odf"
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Open odf--->stations--->"anystation" (e.g.: "fbase.odf" or "fyard.odf")
and insert:

buildItemX = "fedStChCar"

(replace X with a number)





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Credits:

Models created by me
textures by me
contact: the_r5d5(AT)web(DOT)de

Please feel free to use the models or parts of them in your mod (personal or as a release to
the comunity), just give me credits.

<USE AT YOUR OWN RISK><USE AT YOUR OWN RISK><USE AT YOUR OWN RISK><USE AT YOUR OWN RISK><USE AT YOUR OWN RISK>

Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION,
MAD DOC SOFTWARE, PARAMOUNT PICTURES OR CBS.
Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise are copyright by Paramount Pictures or CBS.

Version  Carrier Variant  Author  R5D5  Website  Website external 
Downloads  534  Size  2.96 MB  Created  2009-11-21 

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Comments  

#1 Terra_Inc 2009-11-22 04:41
I really liked the original Starchaser because it was so... unique. This is also a unique ship. The carrier pod doesn't look very aesthetic, but this makes the design even more interesting. I think I'll like this new ship. :-)
#2 MrIrksome 2009-11-24 13:34
The Description of this mod mentions the lost era. What is the lost era? I figured it meant the alternate reality made by the new movie but that ships warp nacelles don't match. I'm confused.
#3 Starblade. 2009-11-24 15:06
The period between Star Trek VI and The Next Generation was about seventy-five years' worth of time, known as the Lost Era in the fandom.

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#4 Terra_Inc 2009-11-26 02:10
An alternative description: Everything that happened between the launch of NCC-1701-B and the launch of NCC-1701-D. The most famous starship of this era would be the Ambassador, although many of the Excelsiors also served in this time .
#5 Chief_Chainsaw 2009-12-04 16:37
I LOVED the original Starchaser, it's one of the heavy-hitting rare vessels you desperately try to get in my game. And it's even more fun to use in STvsSW games. This carrier variant just makes the Starchaser family even more awesome! I love the little AWACs craft!
#6 RikerCZ 2011-06-23 05:40
It looks quite weird. Ship looks veery massive according to windows size, but on the other hand when you compare it with shuttles it should be smaller than miranda..
#7 Quarren_X 2011-07-26 21:16
I like that the ships setting was in the "Lost Era" for times I ahve pondered

"what could be" of that time period. As I am reading about this pack and it Vessel I have grown quite fond of her. Keep up the great work, I really enjoy original ideas and try to encourage them. The low poly and working with it, was Brilliant!

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