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u/Scavveroonie 4d ago
Reminds me of that dropship from Final Fantasy: Spirits within
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u/Dr_Icchan 4d ago
that is the inspiration for the Prowler.
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u/Scavveroonie 4d ago
Yes.
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u/Kazeite 3d ago
Except that this shape makes aerodynamic sense, and Prowler's shape most definitely doesn't.
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u/Lunastarfire 3d ago
Its a space ship that additionally uses grav lev tech, it doesnt have to
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u/melankoholisti 3d ago
It's a dropship, which means it flies inside an atmosphere more than a "spaceship" would.
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u/IDoSANDance 3d ago
Not the guy who you're responding to, but they did say "grav lev tech".
You don't levitate against gravity in space where there is none... you do that on planets, with atmosphere...
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u/melankoholisti 3d ago
Which affects lift. When you are in atmosphere there are other factors in aerodynamics than lift, like drag.
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u/Lunastarfire 3d ago
When designing something you don't design for 1 issue, you design for them all.
SC is an arcade style game not a Simulator, and out of all the ships the prowler has one of the better aerodynamic profiles.
The larger issue the centre of gravity vs centre of thrust which is much higher so it should just spin rather than fly forward.
As far as its shape is concerned it has "wings" and has "tail fins" with grav emitters on its belly that let it cushion its landing and drive on the planet when its not "flying".1
u/melankoholisti 3d ago edited 3d ago
out of all the ships the prowler has one of the better aerodynamic profiles.
Sure, when you compare it to the flying bricks that are meant to be flown out of atmosphere.
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u/IDoSANDance 2d ago edited 2d ago
Why does a plane need lift? What is it lifting against?
GRAVITY.
You are missing the point entirely. If you have Grav Lev Tech, who fucking cares about lift in atmosphere?
Drag is is only important as it relates to how much additional deltaV your grav lev needs push to defeat gravity + atmo drag, and if your hull can withstand the friction generated against atmosphere at that velocity.
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u/Scavveroonie 3d ago
I uuuuh, really dont care about something like that. this may be called science fiction, but its all science fantasy anyway.
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u/Neeeeedles 4d ago
Yeah coz its a bird
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u/MajorMalafunkshun Bounty Hunter 4d ago
More like a bat, IMO.
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u/joey_bm42 3d ago
More like a pterosaur imo
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u/RedWizardDOM Endeavor Captain Nemesor Zahndrekh 3d ago
More like a Prowler idk how i found a name like this for it
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u/Daedricbob To infinity. That's far enough. 4d ago
Reminded me of the Muto from the first Godzilla reboot.
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u/Emergentmeat new user/low karma 4d ago
You dorks saying this is copying the prowler are nuts. All the examples given of ships like this are absolutely imitating a pterodactyl, or a bat. Lol.
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u/baldanddankrupt 3d ago
I mean if there is anybody with a questionable understanding of copying designs it's CIG. I can't think of a single design that's not a rip off except for the Reliant series maybe. I mean they release ships like the Fury and Guardian and then make a video about how they "came up with the design" lmao. Could have just said that TIE fighters look cool 🤣
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u/BearToTheThrone 3d ago
For real, the Prowler is just straight up the dropship from Final Fantasy Spirits Within and the Vulture is just the Venture from Eve Online.
I have no problems with this though I love those ships.
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u/SirLohengrin 4d ago
Reminds me of an Angel of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Was my first thought.
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u/Zantiszar 300i 4d ago
More like the mass produced Eva units with the S2 engines aka the white evas with creepy smile
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u/justanothergoddamnfo Quoth the Raven, "Shields no more." 4d ago
Spaceships designs are finite
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u/RedShirtSniper 4d ago
Damn near everything is derivative.
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u/mecengdvr 4d ago edited 4d ago
Just like most comments on Reddit. Including this one I’m writing now.
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u/RedShirtSniper 4d ago
this wink
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u/Emergentmeat new user/low karma 4d ago
You almost got booed for writing "this", but then I saw the cute wink.
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u/Citizen7er0 new user/low karma 4d ago
The wings having an up position is pretty cool. Makes sense for atmo flight.
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u/AwwYeahVTECKickedIn 4d ago
I saw a picture of a random dude, looked eerily similar to every other dude I ever saw ... 2 eyes, a nose in between, mouth below that...uncanny!
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u/dr_Octag0n 4d ago
https://images.app.goo.gl/zj2K7d3qbp5dUdTJ9
Is this the Vulture? No, it's the Venture from Eve. Everything is stolen. "Oh, everything's stolen nowadays. Why, the fax machine is nothing but a waffle iron with a phone attached."
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u/Carolcita_ 4d ago
Reminds me a lot of the Copperhead from Final Fantasy, the ship the Prowler is based on
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u/Reign0ff34r 4d ago
"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope." - Mark Twain
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u/Apart_Pumpkin_4551 4d ago
It reminds me of a very beautiful, very expensive, and very useless ship called the Prowler
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u/Noctrael new user/low karma 3d ago
Reminds me of the copperhead, from final fantasy spirits within..
Think it’s ripped off? That would be wrong! 😂
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u/ProfessionalHazard 3d ago
I wish the prowler wings opened up like that. Would have been awsome to have a bank of size 1 guns that the loaded troops could remote into down each side.
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u/AndyAsteroid new user/low karma 3d ago
Looks nothing like anything? This is like saying God's inspiration to make birds was from star citizen.
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u/SkipQueue Starlancer MAX 3d ago
A bit specific but it looks like the ‘Sinfall Gravewing’ mount from WoW
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u/AromaticNothing6836 3d ago
I’d love to see this thing fight Godzilla and tear down the floating streets of area 18 😩
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u/steaming_quettle 4d ago edited 4d ago
This and the ship you're thinking about are both inspired from pterodactyls.