Thomas Marrone Profile picture
Sep 15, 2021 16 tweets 14 min read Read on X
Whooooo wants that giant thread of starships made and updated for the new @trekonlinegame REFLECTIONS release? 1/??? #startrek #gameart #gamedev
@trekonlinegame First up: the Andromeda Exploration Cruiser
The Bozeman-class Heavy Frigate is the Soyuz for today's modern sensibilities.
The Cabot-class Escort adds even more firepower to the Shran's compact frame.
The Concorde Command Battlecruiser is a powerful battlecruiser with impressive command and control capability, essential for any large fleet operation.
The Edison-Class Warship is a capable mid-range ship capable with more durability than other tactical ships of similar tonnage.
The Gagarin-Class Battlecruiser is a fast and powerful starship with versatile engineering systems.
The Pathfinder-class Long-Range Science Vessel sports modular cargo bays to accommodate a wide-range of mission parameters.
The Pegasus-class Heavy Cruiser is an Andromeda variant with a more tactical lean.
The Reliant-class Advanced Light Cruiser is quickly becoming the workhorse of Starfleet in the early 25th century.
The Scott Miracle-Worker Cruiser is a massive starship designed to facilitate a variety of engineering experiments in deep space.
The Shran-class Light Pilot Escort is a nimble but capable vanguard strike element and long-range commerce protection ship.
The Somerville-class Science Vessel has a variety of advanced scientific laboratories to facilitate astronomical, geological, and biological experiments.
The Sutherland-class Advanced Research Vessel has a large modular mission pod that can help it drastically adapt its operational profile to suit the mission at hand.
The U.S.S. Trailblazer is a Pathfinder-class starship that has been refit to serve as a deep-space exotic particle and radiation laboratory.
That's the thread! Between these ships and then making mirror versions of the same, a ton of effort went into updating Starfleet's look in @trekonlinegame for the 25th century. Hope you all enjoy them!

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Thomas Marrone

Thomas Marrone Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @thomasthecat

Oct 17
Also out today is the Lamarr-class (Voyager-A) Science Dreadnought! It is always an honor to bring a new "hero ship" to life in @trekonlinegame. This ship was modeled by Tobias Richter and brought into STO by @_Pundus_. It also has some cool support craft! 🧵 Image
Tobias modeled the Infinity Experimental Courier, which you can use in an ability attached to the Lamarr. @_Pundus_ did the intake on this cool ship as well! Image
And of course, let's not forget its hangar pets, the Mk II Nova Flyers! These guys were modeled by @_Pundus_ himself! Image
Read 4 tweets
Oct 17
I believe that today another remaster will go live in @trekonlinegame. This is the Horizon-class Science vessel, a remaster of one of the launch-era Olympic variants. Designed by @ScorpionDesign_, modeled by Tobias Richter, with intake by @_Pundus_ Image
This was @ScorpionDesign_'s first ship for STO and we definitely started them off with a challenge! While I had a lot of problems with the original Horizon's design, I knew we couldn't abandon the big glowing sphere, as that's central to the original ship's character. Image
As for the "era" to choose, I felt like the classic film (TMP-STVI) era made a lot of sense given the shape of the original Horizon's nacelles, and I also felt like that was the style that would support a big glass sphere structure most easily given its Art Deco influence. Image
Read 6 tweets
Jun 23
All I want from a 4x game is Stellaris but for people slightly dumber (like me)
So many things are abstracted in the name of simulation that the game design suffers. Jobs in Stellaris are a nightmare. War is a nightmare. Two core gameplay loops for 4x games - managing planets and managing conflict - are counter-intuitive to the game's core fantasy.
I remember reading a dev log back when jobs were introduced and the reasoning was that "the ruler of the empire shouldn't be assigning individual jobs" and yes, that's true, but that's what I *want* to do even if I *shouldn't* be doing it.
Read 9 tweets
Sep 15, 2023
I have this radical idea that when it comes to big IPs and franchises you can simultaneous "give people what they want" and also make good art. I don't think they have to be mutual exclusive.
There's a perception that people just want their cameos and soundbite callbacks and whatever. What people really want is a *feeling.* They want the new stuff to make them feel the same way they felt watching the old stuff - to reconnect them to that original joy or excitement.
Glup Shittos are fun but it's more about the core values of the story - friendship, competence, perseverance, mystery, wonder, whatever it was that activated our neurons the first time we watched something as a kid. Of course, that's different for everybody.
Read 18 tweets
Dec 16, 2022
The hyperspace ram is only useful in very specific tactical and strategic situations and it doesn’t break Star Wars canon at all send tweet
I’m gonna write a thread about this aren’t I
So, when discussing the planning and execution of warfare two broad terms to consider are "Strategy" and "Tactics". Strategy is the long game; national objectives and policy, resources and logistic across the entire theater, etc. Tactics is what happens moment to moment.
Read 24 tweets
Oct 24, 2022
Ok but consider ImageImageImageImage
Image
I feel like more people have liked this tweet than actually saw Master and Commander in theaters :p
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(