Archive for May, 2010

The Condor design was approved by the Imperial Union military as being used for resupply and troop transport.

Conroy Aerotech would soon develop a NextGen design entirely for the Army: the UC-78 Raven – soon followed by the UC-79 Albatross.

The Condor features no armament making it a very vulnerable target and requires constant fighter escort in frontline areas. It features a rear ramp system for exit and entry.

Unlike the Raven it does not feature the ability to lock on and cut into the hull of a ship for troop insertion.

Go to UC-76 Condor Page

Part 10 is finished and out on youtube, there are some upcoming action scenes which I had planned on putting in this part however, looks like I ran out of time – so the hope is that I’ll fit them into Part 11.

See Part 10 here.

Hogan served as an Ensign aboard the U.S.S. Hammer (SDD-1114) staring in 2294 and was progressively promoted through to a full Lieutenant.

Hogan was initially assigned as ship’s Mess Officer – a task he did not enjoy at all and was not his reason for heading to space, finally after a promotion he was able to wrangle a position as Hangar Bay Officer with the hopes of someday becoming an officer on the bridge or in one of the gunnery sections.

Hogan is an average officer – pressure is something that can get to him, however he is more than competent of handling himself in dire situations.

Go to Forrest Hogan’s Character Page

This week has seen Part 10 rise in progress to 67% complete, which means we’re over two-thirds done! One sad fact of this is I don’t think I’m going to fit as much into this part as I had hoped, with Scene 23b dragging on quite a bit – however each part is crucial so I can’t really cut anything out.

What I have put up on youtube just tonight is a little something I put together today, it’s a showreel really, showcasing my animations from across all the projects I have up on youtube.  It’s preceded by a short message from me saying thanks.

Not much gaming this week, but I suspect myself and my daughter will be attacking our saved game we have for Super Mario Wii tomorrow – wish us luck!

Well tonight shall be spent working on Part 10 so back to it!!

Stay tuned for more later.

Lew

The Box Car is primarily used in fleet actions – mostly against enemy cap ships sighted by smaller craft operating off a carrier. The Box Car carries five men, apart from the two pilots all other crew have multi-roles, all are gunners along with their other roles (Navigator/Bombardier/Flight Engineer).

The major complaint about the Box Car is its lack of armament, which means it constantly requires fighter escort to ensure a successful mission, however once at its target it is more than capable of taking down multiple enemy cap ships with a full bomb and torpedo load-out.

Go to B-144 Boxcar Profile Page

Ogilvy served under Lieutenant Ender for many of his years in the Army, he fought with him and Stewart during the Operation Hammer Fall: the invasion of Hoyle and again during Operation Red Dirt: the Invasion of Toyr’diablo.

Ogilvy’s carryall clipped the side of a mountain and crash landed, unfortunately Ogilvy did not survive the crash.

Ogilvy was in command of 2^nd Squad, 3^rd Platoon – the squad that took on Devers, Keller and Anderson.

Ogilvy was considered by all a very no-nonsense and competent NCO and leader.

Go to Malcolm Ogilvy’s Character Page

Again another very very productive week, Part 10 is off to a flying start already at 44% completed.

I’m am imagining that Part 10 will definitely be out this month , though I hate promising things as it seems whenever I do something goes wrong and causes massive delays.

In Part 10 we’re going to look further into Caine following his mission given to him in Part 3; and the problems facing both the survivors of the Hammer and of Devers’ unit.

In gaming news – last night one of my best friends from high-school and I had a epic nerd weekend – I packed up my comp and took it over to his place and we did LAN Grand Theft Auto 4 – what a massive amount of fun!

The co-op ability to cause mass carnage and monumental police chases made for an awesome gaming experience.

In stuff from the web – I have four words which have absolutely made my week: Angry – Video – Game – Nerd. Seriously this guy James Rolfe is hilarious – I suppose it’s funnier for me as I played these crappy NES games when I was growing up and had many a temper tantrum at them – so it’s great to see someone who’s funny – taking the piss out of all of them and their bad gaming designs.

So that’s it for now, work on Part 10 continues at a…shall we say: intense/until I burn out pace.

Stay tuned for more later.

Lew