(Archive) New Release: Spearhead Frigate!

Oh My GAWD! an UPDATE!


OK, I've been teasing ye lot for a while now and I know people were especially looking forward to this one, so here it is in all its glory.

The Spearhead is a relatively small capital ship who's single purpose is the hunt and destruction of large capital ships. Basically it's one flying fusion cannon, the devastating weapon that made its debut on the SBCR Warrior and now went into line production.

Update 2008-09-06: I made a minor tweak to the Spearhead's SHP-file, increasing both armor and shield values.

[Me from the future]: Yeah well, renamed that one, too! It's now called a Firelance-class Monitor.


Re Release by DTM


He's been far from anything XWA for a while, but now he's back with a vengeance. DTM has recently released his updated version of the Rand Ecliptic, the very starship on which Rebel mortyr Biggs Darklighter served bbefore joining the Alliance. You can get his from DTM's website, MTD Industries.

Guide to Atmospheric Backdrops

When it comes to atmospheric backdrops for XWA, one name stands out above all: Frakel aka. Dodonna, who is also working on several backdrops for the Blue Phantom Project has recently released his Guide to Atmospheric Backdrops, a very detailed and comprehensive tutorial on how to make and add full 360° atmospheric backdrops to a mission. It also includes a sample mission. The tutorial is kindly hosted at the XWAU Homepage. Thanks mate!

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