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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #45 on: June 07, 2017, 03:26:14 PM »

On-topic: I find nomadic_leader's arguments re: Mudskipper convincing, and on that basis would like to change my vote from Hound to Kite (A).

The Mudskipper is great, mind you!  But even in Mk. II form, it's not combat-useful.  The Kite, by contrast, is a wonderful wingman, escort craft, and cheap way to get a trainee officer on the field, making it useful from game start until it eventually gets killed thirty-some character levels later.
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #46 on: June 07, 2017, 03:27:27 PM »

Kite and Gemini for not strictly combat, but still good supports!

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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #47 on: June 07, 2017, 06:40:50 PM »

Language, please.

Eh, whatever.. yet another harmless term to avoid typing on this forum, gotcha. :-\

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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #48 on: June 07, 2017, 07:58:29 PM »

The thread isn't about icon of starsector, but mascot. What is a mascot?

A mascot is not a champion. Achilles was not the mascot of the greeks. Agamemnon was not the mascot either. They would have been disgusted at the notion.

This is a mascot:


 They are a goofy sidekick that mostly emphasize good qualities by counterexample, not example.

Onslaught is not your mascot.

You are mascot of the onslaught.

OTTO IS AN ONSLAUGHT! GO ORANGE!

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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #49 on: June 07, 2017, 08:28:02 PM »

The kite is also a good choice since it serves so many roles in the game and it's everywhere.

 Mudskipper has the edge for adorable awkwardness though.
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #50 on: June 07, 2017, 11:10:06 PM »

IMO the Venture portrays the spirit of independence and combat. Basically Starsector.
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #51 on: June 08, 2017, 08:07:13 AM »

The Venture met its demise when it got lowered to Burn 7 and slapped with civvie-grade hull. The death knell was the recent removal of its proper flight deck.

Sustained Burn helped to mitigate the low Burn but alas, the ship will never recover the position it once held... (;_;)7 /salute
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #52 on: June 08, 2017, 09:20:19 AM »

Wow. I didn't expect all this. I also advise keeping the discussions on a Harrison Ford level.
If he wouldn't say it in Star Wars or Indiana Jones (Not counting Crystal Skull), don't say it here.

Also, +1 for Hound.
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #53 on: June 08, 2017, 11:48:07 AM »

I have vague plans in the future to commission the drawing of a poster featuring an XIV Eagle and a _A hound & kite flying in formation through a thick nebula with the distinctive engine trails of SO-bearing ships tailing the group through the cloud coverage
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #54 on: June 09, 2017, 10:03:45 AM »

I have vague plans in the future to commission the drawing of a poster featuring an XIV Eagle and a _A hound & kite flying in formation through a thick nebula with the distinctive engine trails of SO-bearing ships tailing the group through the cloud coverage

Instead, commission a drawing of an anthropomorphized mudskipper with googly eyes and legs doing a jig.
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #55 on: June 09, 2017, 01:06:13 PM »

Instead, commission a drawing of an anthropomorphized mudskipper with googly eyes and legs doing a jig.
Now I can't unsee that.  What have you done?
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Re: (Un)Official Starsector Mascot Ship(s?)
« Reply #56 on: June 09, 2017, 02:56:18 PM »

Indeed. :D

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Tbh, I don't know what ship should be a mascot as I barely or rarely fly stuff that's smaller than a destroyer and I "fly" large ships even more rarely aka next to zero. I tend to stick to destroyers and fast cruisers with nasty weaponry to drain opposing fleets from shields, armor, hullpoints and ships as this is working out the best for myself and if it isn't broken I won't be fixing it.
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