Artist's initial render of the Invictus

Yes, and much easier, not to mention cheaper, to build irl using straight lines, as well. Cost savings in hull used for weapons development.

Not what I was expecting at all. But it's easy to model and render straight lines and slab surfaces. 2/10 :(

Smart wombat

Thanks.

Abraham Madsen

I'll be aiming for the 10th October. :-)

Tefler

When should we look for the next chapter?

Abraham Madsen

Alisa said it looked like a shark so I imagined something completely different lol

Jim lynch

I had pictured more as a large Thrasher (<a href="https://interstellarprivateer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/official-thrasher-pic.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://interstellarprivateer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/official-thrasher-pic.jpg</a>)

Jedi Khan

I always pictured the Invictus as a large Dragoon without the gap in the front and with more guns. <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/b8/60/b6b860f05f6bba2313fe3911651c1576.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/b8/60/b6b860f05f6bba2313fe3911651c1576.jpg</a>

Yeah, I've asked him to make them bigger on the next iteration. The airlock was too large before too. :-)

Tefler

The cargo bay and hangar kind of look small doesn't it? (if those are what the openings in the flanks suggest they are)

It looks like a space ship, and then with engines strapped on the back of it. I like it,

Sindre Bjørnhjell

Hurricane for me lol

HiddenShadow

I always loved the Eve Online ships and considered the Gallente Brutix and Thorax as what the ship looked like. However, I didn't pay as much attention to the exact Invictus specs and don't remember if the hull was more curved or sharp.

Timtom12

Well...it is a futuristic space ship from a fictional story, so you just might be onto something there. :-p

Jedi Khan

I've asked him to angle the lower portion of the bow a bit and make it flush with the topdeck as well. You'll see the changes when he's rendered it again.

Tefler

I don't know It doesn't do it for me, it does not look real its more like something from a fantasy, but that is my personal opinion

William Wallace

I think I've used the phrase "four massive engines" quite a bit in the early chapters, particularly in the combat scenes. They all got replaced by Trankaran versions in chapter 53 and Dana added two more in the recent refit at Genthalas. :-)

Tefler

I like it as a beginning, perhaps a bit wider and deeper in bow portion but since there is no scale to draw on maybe it is wider than it looks. I think it would be rounder in Bow section (i.e. Shark like) to allow weapons hard points with more space for greater cooling. Too close more heat to get rid of.

Now I could be wrong but i don't ever remember any of the battle damage or descriptions talking about multiple engines its always been the engine took a hit and is offline not engine 1 and 2 are offline but 3 and 4 are good so we are at reduced speed until Dana can fix them.

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Jedi Khan

I've made a few tweaks and sent them over to the artist to take a look at. Thanks for your feedback everyone, you had similar thoughts to me. :-)

Tefler

please get it closer to how you see it in your mind.

As others I agree that it's a good start. The depth of the hull though is reminiscent of a 20th century ocean bound craft. My general picture was more along the lines of a cruiser version of a Star Wars Class Star Destroyer. FWIW.

It definitely has potential, I like it.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Trippy

morris ridgeway

retro thrusters needed, but other than that, "Shiny"

The way the Invictus was described initially Tefler, that it was akin to a shark being an angular predator. Maybe some grooving to promote that?

Forbsey

Look like the SDF-1

I was going to ask if it was the stretched version, since there are two "bay doors". But then it occurred to me that one would be the hanger, and the other the cargo doors. Got it... I think lol.

Muledrvr

I like it very much. I hope you do, too. I don’t like it for month’s worth of income yet, but it’s a great start.

Evan

Think how long it looks noe after it was lengthened. It reminds me of a speed boat.

Benj

The panels for the weapons are visible on the hull, but this is just a first render. I've given him a plan of the weapon locations for later. For the actual picture, I think it might be cool to see the weapons deployed.

Tefler

Yeah, pretty mich what I imagined. Good start!

CJ Mora

Yeah, it looks a bit like one of the republic cruisers from the Prequel Trilogy. That's actually accidental as I loathe the PT! :-)

Tefler

I know this is a rough concept draft. But I always pictured being able to see the armoured weapon ports. Shouldn't there be more slide away panels on the top deck. Or are they seamless

MJHSharkbait365

lol!

Tefler

Nice. I had thought that it was more boxy since no-one first seeing it thinks of it as a particularly agile way to get around the galaxy and I view the action in the stories more in term of a cube (no, not Borg even though Invictus has assimilated a lot of technology!). The stories have a lot of up-and-down orientation to them.

Mapper

The Invictus originally had 4 Mass Driver barrels, two on each side, one above the other. Or at least that's how I imagined it.

Jedi Khan

Correct me if I'm wrong but Tfed ships are suppose to be really blocky. I agree with you that it seems deep but that makes it less star wars like

ItWasn7Me

Shouldn't there be 2 raised sections running the length of the front of the ship for each barrel of the mass driver? Or do they stack in the single one?

ItWasn7Me

Somehow it seems a bit...deep...in the bow, if you know what I mean? Might need to taper off a bit more.

Jedi Khan

Looks very good. Especially as a 1st render.

It does, but the rendering above is for how the Invictus was when John bought it.

Jedi Khan

Very nice!

Brent

Very nice it kinda reminds me of some ships you see on star wars

Mark Hall

Nice, not gonna lie though for some reason it reminds me of a buttplug.

DeltaByte

Doesn't the Invictus have 6 engines now?

andrew finlayson

nice

Cool

Muledrvr