(Archive) Sovereign-class Battlecruiser Released!

I finished an important part of my in-progress Executor today. And along with that, I even have a new toy for you guys.


Introduced in our Battlethreads over at the XWA Upgrade Forums the Sovereign is the latest pride of the ESS navy.

The sovereign is the first of a new class of heavy ESS battlecruisers. Derrived from the successful Dominance-class the Sovereign has shifted its focus from holding capacity to combatability, moving closer to the role of a battleship, rather than a fleet carrier.

The huge ventral docking complex, which made up a large portion of its predecessor’s bow section, has been removed and replaced by a solid and fully armored bow like other battlecruisers and dreadnaughts of this design, leaving only a couple of smaller launch bays along the bow's center line. Along with the increased armor and weaponry the installation of a pair of fusion cannons provides a considerable boost in firepower.

But Ha! I'm not done with you yet!

Re-Release: Black Scorpion 1&2 v1.3!

From the various re-releases this is the one I've been looking forward to the most.

I received some feedback that, with the numerous large windows the Scorpion looks rather like a fighter than a yacht - and thus far smaller than it actually is. With the new version I have removed the large panoramic window and instead added some ore hull plating to the outside plus more consoles to the inside.

It's been done for the Black Scorpion 1 for quite a while now, now, with a bit more free time, I have also adapted it to the Black Scorpion 2. Here I also updated the cockpit textures getting rid of that strane blueish tone. The screens are still red XD

Website updates

I made some tweaks to this website itself, namely the picture-heavy pages. Adding proper thumbnails to each images the loading speed and overall browsing performance should now be greatly increased.

[Me from the future]: Ah yes, there was this time when bandwith was a problem ...

Apart from that I added a sort-of journal feature to the Workbench page showing the progress I'm making on the various WIPs.

[Me from the future]: Myeah, removed that section recently, too much of a mess to maintain.

New OPT by DTM

DTM has been busy as usual. This time he's presenting us with the Clone Wars Y-Wing from the CW animated series. Based on models and Textures from Darksaber's Y-Wing this great piece of OPTing magic is a must-have to complete your Clone Wars experience. Go to MTD Industries and get it, now!

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