snefroe Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 this topic more or less started in the pod review thread, but i guess it belongs to this part of the forum. this is my pod family. i created the first one almost immediately after getting the first blue pod 2 years back, but since then the family has grown to about 50 pods. the grey pod is mock-up of the real thing. it was created by the company to promote the pod project to all sorts of potential clients like the army. It was later on given to me, it was supposed to go on static display at the airport of Europbase 2005, but it ended up at my place after the cancellation of the Eurobase project... it never flew, obviously... the first production version was the blue type in the background. that one was originally designed as a maintenance ship for large space ships, buildings and structures. after all, every structure needs repairs during long missions. they can't just turn back to the shipping yard whenever they are damaged... Space Command almost immediately ordered a 1000 ships, and the private sector followed quickly. Construction companies saw the ship as an easy way to transport heavy materials like bars and bricks to higher construction platforms, governments bought the pod to replace old fire trucks with large ladders... Soon the tourist industry asked for a "light-version" of the pod. people would simply use the pod for sightseeing the city, business men would be able to rent one at the airport, instead of calling a taxi... the result is the blue pod in the middle. it doesn't have hardpoints for all sorts of equipement, nor does it have complicated avionics, it just brings one person from one place to another without the mess of traffic jams, noise,... Then the company decided to expand the family to even more specialised pods. The millitairy finally got the aggressive red "stinger" pods: they're small space ships with lasers and rockets. they're very easy to use, you don't have to have large base facilities, the parts are compatible with the other versions,... the large blue one is a small transport ship. they're responsable for local logistics, they supply small, isolated groups of people, especially when rough terrain prohibits other ways of transport... you also don't have to be a well trained and experienced pilot, the pods aren't difficult to control and the engines aren't particularly powerful. it's easier than driving a car... pods in other colors just refer to different assignments, different jobs... the green pods are normally used for environmental/geological tasks; white refers to science; yellow is general purpose; orange pods are experimental craft,... Quote
jmenomeno Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Snefroe, pretty cool stuff you have here - I am impressed with the thought put not into the building, but also in the background information. You made them something like a VW Beetle that is very modular. Nice work! Joe Quote
snefroe Posted January 13, 2006 Author Posted January 13, 2006 Snefroe,pretty cool stuff you have here - I am impressed with the thought put not into the building, but also in the background information. You made them something like a VW Beetle that is very modular. Nice work! Joe thanks! i try to create stories behind the things i build. i think it's fun! :oD Quote
KimT Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Awesome work Sne. I still think You should post some pics in the x-pods thread - so that we may "conserve" them. I'm whipping together some small models myself and I am definately going to post them there. I intended that thread to be the review and show my MOCs thread. I like that You've added a story behind the models - it puts them in a special perspective when viewed. I couldn,t help myself looking for signs of their functions. Could You possibly post more pics - where we get closeups of the different types? KimT Quote
SuvieD Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Beautiful Sne! :) I would interested in seeing your black pod and it's functions. Quote
snefroe Posted January 16, 2006 Author Posted January 16, 2006 the black pods are part of the secret service's fleet. obviously, they are involved in all sorts of special operations, unfortunately i haven't been able to get permission to take a picture of one of them... yet... However, i expect to have a photo in about two weeks time... ;) Quote
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