[Jump]

There has been much concern lately over the apparent lack of evidence that would indicate that Octavius has survived the Evolution of Jumpgate. We have seen Solrain ships and stations. We even named the Solrain ship Halcyon. We have witnessed the magnificent splendor of Quantar Core and sited one of their vessels. We have seen beacons and all sorts of other technological wonders. But nowhere have we witnessed any evidence of the Octavius faction. Until now that is.

Our spy's have returned after a perilous mission to find such evidence. That mission was not in vain. We at Joystick Required are proud to reveal this evidence of Octavius to you today. We hope you enjoy it. We will have another pic to show you tomorrow so stay tuned.

If you wish to see a larger image simply click the attachment at the bottom of this post.

Makes you want to play Jumpgate Evolution now so you can shoot one eh?

[Injustice]

If Scorch had a sense of humor he would've showed us the Oct trash hauler (assuming this isn't the Oct trash hauler...) and continued to keep the baby eaters in an uproar

[Radi]

Or (C)Raptor 2.0.

[Wild_Bill]

Man, did you look at those gun mounts? It might BE (C)Raptor 2.0! Looks like a spinal turret and a chin turret, four gun mounts on the wings, and four more on the little cannard wings. I love this ship! Or then again, some of those "gun mounts" might be missiles. I don't care! I just am ready for it to BE here already!

[Tritian]

hmm, only 11 gun mounts? Looks good, but might need more firepower. This might be a shuttle or something. =)

Seriously though, I think some of those spikey things on the wings and nose are probably missile slots. Looks good, although I was hoping the octs ships would be pitch black with a starry texture. =)

[feldman]

looks like perma mounted mining lasers on 2 slots, damn the quants did win.....

[Radi]

lol

Plz Scorch make it happen. We will never hear end of it from Octs.

[dahalb]

That looks very cool. Can't wait to see it rendered.

[-Vortex-]

hmm... it is not.. dark enough.. really.. as Octavius being the warrior faction I oppose anything friendly being seen on Octavius ships. Pitchblack with stars might be a little exaggerated ^^ but a lot of red and dark red with some black and yellow in between like it was in Jumpgate Classic would suit my expectations a lot better :-). This thing is just to friendly :-).
I like the edgy look though and hope it is kept throughout Octavian designs. It would be nice to set a contrast to more roundish designs for Solrain and especially Quantar. I d love to see some old designs return refurbished, too though. I d love a nix that is just a little edgier than before. This design here would make a nice heavy fighter in my eyes.
And one final thing. Weapons mounted below wings look extremely bad in an science fiction space sim to me. The reason isn t really logical.. but hey. The last time weapons were mounted like this was somewhere around WW I. After that they were allways mounted inside the hull for aerdoynamic reasons, of course. That s why it looks outdated. I d prefer being able to tell what kind of gun is mounted by the muzzle of the gun being visible in its mounting hole or slightly coming out of it.
In space aerodynamics don t mean to much normally, but the dancer engine also includes a drastic speed decrease when the engine is turned off, so the space in Jumpgate is not as void as normal space would be. In addition mounting guns outside the hull makes them more prone to damage.

[vorlon31]

YAY THAT MOFO'S MOSTLY WHITE!!!

Sweet, no more hiding in your exploitative dark painted ships!

Ha! Join the dayglow brigade like the rest of us!

[Injustice]

Originally Posted by -Vortex-

hmm... it is not.. dark enough.. really.. as Octavius being the warrior faction I oppose anything friendly being seen on Octavius ships. Pitchblack with stars might be a little exaggerated ^^ but a lot of red and dark red with some black and yellow in between like it was in Jumpgate Classic would suit my expectations a lot better :-). This thing is just to friendly :-).
I like the edgy look though and hope it is kept throughout Octavian designs. It would be nice to set a contrast to more roundish designs for Solrain and especially Quantar. I d love to see some old designs return refurbished, too though. I d love a nix that is just a little edgier than before. This design here would make a nice heavy fighter in my eyes.
And one final thing. Weapons mounted below wings look extremely bad in an science fiction space sim to me. The reason isn t really logical.. but hey. The last time weapons were mounted like this was somewhere around WW I. After that they were allways mounted inside the hull for aerdoynamic reasons, of course. That s why it looks outdated. I d prefer being able to tell what kind of gun is mounted by the muzzle of the gun being visible in its mounting hole or slightly coming out of it.
In space aerodynamics don t mean to much normally, but the dancer engine also includes a drastic speed decrease when the engine is turned off, so the space in Jumpgate is not as void as normal space would be. In addition mounting guns outside the hull makes them more prone to damage.

I take it you've never seen Star Wars.

[Karash]

11 Guns looks good to me.

I like the ship too.