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[GunRunner]

I just picked up the Serenity Comic and it looks like we need to add another planet/moon, 'Constance'.

I'll post some details once I get a chance to re-read it tonight.

[PointyHairedJedi]

On a side note, is it any good? I've been considering getting it, if I can.

[GunRunner]

@PHJ: Its good but short (I guess all comics are) Its worth the $3, if you can find it- I was lucky to get the Jayne and Inara covers (Mal sold out in my city)

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Reread it and here are a few observations. It a Planet not a moon. There is a refinery located near a river that is uses for power (via a water wheel like on a mill) and has a water tower. ). There is a Church where Book preaches a little. There is a bank with lots of cash (The crew try to rob it and fail and get chased by everyone in town (except a little old lady who seems happy the bank is being robbed).

[PointyHairedJedi]

Sounds interesting.

The new interface, whilst it looks cool, doesn't seem to quite fit, BTW.

[Lindley]

The interface is a work-in-progress. For one thing, we've figured out that circular radar screens don't seem to be possible.

Once it's finalized, it'll be easy enough to make all the stuff fit correctly.

[GunRunner]

I seem to remember circular radar screen in the Star Fleet Adventures TC.

[Lindley]

Well, I'll see if I can convince someone to tell me how its done, but there's no obvious setting in NovaTools to do it.

[GunRunner]

Just picked up issue #2 (Kaylee on the cover looks so cute) looks like we got another Planet. "Sturges" the site of a major battle (Talking Midway-ish, turning point, slaugher here) in the Civil War. I don't know if the planet is still inhabited but I doubt it. I'll write a description text for the plug tonight.

It also shows some new ships that would be good for modeling.

Very good comic BTW.

[GunRunner]

Sturges is the site of one of the most devastating battles of the Civil War ranking above even Serenity Valley in body count. Here the entire Independence 3rd Fleet along with the majority of Carrier Task Forces 21 & 37 were ambushed by the Alliance Navy. The planeside garrison manned by the Independence 7th Infantry Brigade* was stormed by division of Alliance Marines with heavy air support. The battle lasted only a few hours and left the Independence routed from the sector.

*Mal’s Unit

[Lindley]

I've uploaded new versions of the archive and several individual files.

The most significant changes are, of course, in Firefly Ships. That now has everything except the two most recent ships you gave me, with engine glows added.

Test it out a bit, let me know if any of the ships feels wrong somehow (axis in the wrong place, etc).

If you need more money, adding Nova Data 1 back into the mix should give you all the standard Nova missions, which work on a much higher pay-scale than the mod's missions.

[Lindley]

Just uploaded new versions of Firefly Interface.rez (fixed sidebar) and Firefly Ships.rez. Didn't update the archives this time.

The Reaver ships are temporarily buyable for testing purposes----check out their glows. I tried something a little more extreme with them, and I'm curious as to whether it worked.

[Lindley]

Oops. In order to buy the Reaver ships, you need to give some planet (like Osiris) a special tech of 50.

[GunRunner]

Wow those glows are just fantastic! And you rendered the Reaver ships great, the Frigate looks scary as hell.

BTW the quote is "If they take the ship..." no 'if they board'.

[Lindley]

Yeah, I learned a few things about rendering as I went, and put it all to use with those.

If it wouldn't add another 2-3 days on, I'd go back and re-render some of the other ships to look better.

[Lindley]

I'm uploading new versions of several files and the archives. They should be up in 30 minutes at most. Plus, I finally updated the Readme file a bit.

I haven't gotten most of the interface updated yet. That'll be next. Incidentally, it occurs to me that I'm almost not using shields at all----I'm giving all ships extremely low shields, not much more than a space-dust deflector. Armor is the primary thing. So if you reexamine the sidebar any more, combining those two status bars wouldn't be a bad thing.