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Ok so here's a rough shipset for the colonies from BSG, some creative liscence has to be taken with regards to the stations as they never were really shown in any detail. However almost all ship class both private and state can be done.

Changelog for version 0.5
Added Intersun class colony vessel
Added Colonial heavy 798 class passenger vessel
Added Colonial movers class small freighter
Added Majahual class medium freighter
Added Gemini class large freighter
Added Rising star class troop transport
Added new race.txt so that no other race uses this shipset

Changelog for version 0.3:

Added Raptor class exploration vessel
Added Defender class escort vessel
Added Tiger class frigate vessel
Added Gunstar class destroyer vessel
Added Valkyrie class cruiser vessel
Added Galactica class capital vessel

Extract to your chosen theme in "Matrix Games\Distant Worlds\Customization" and it will overwrite any race using the family 0 shipset.

Military forces from left to right & top to bottom.

Raptor (Explorer):The Raptor is usually operated by a crew of two (one pilot and one ECO), has synthetic gravity on board, and is controlled by means of a fly-by-wire system (Rapture). It is capable of atmospheric flight and is also equipped with a short-range FTL engine, allowing it to make short faster-than-light hops.

Defender (Escort):The "Defender" is an escort cruiser whose mission is to provide a "shield" for larger vessels, such as battlestars. Designed primarily for short-range missions, Defenders are prone to more rapid-than-normal crew rotations due to their high pressure environments.

Tiger (Frigate):During the "Thousand Yharn" war, the Tiger was the premier escort and attack capital ship of the human race. Unlike the impressive Colonial Battlestars, which were originally designed as little more than aircraft carriers, the Tiger class Destroyer was able to effectively engage is high speed ship-to-ship combat and protect the Battlestars in fleet opperation.

Gunstar (Destroyer):Originally designed to fulfill the role now occupied by the Battlestar, the Gunstar became too small for the needs of the Colonial military. It is still considered to be capable of commanding task forces and is a good stand-in when a Battlestar is unavailable.

Valkyrie (Cruiser):The Colonial Protector is the main line heavy cruiser of the Colonial fleet. A flexible design, the protector is used in many roles including fleet support, star exploration and system defense. These ships are often found escorting the larger ships or in command of smaller battlegroups. Originally designed for the protection of star systems and escort duties, they excell in performing quick strikes against Cylon outposts. Its complement of fighters in addition to it's impressive firepower makes the protector class vessels one of the most well rounded ships in the Colonial Fleet.

Galactica (Capital):The largest warship the Colonials field, battlestars perform the roles of both battleship and carrier. These immense craft are over a mile long and some have survived for 500 yahren or more. While the number of these vessels still operating is still a military secret, just a few of them in one place is an extremely formidable force. Base Star commanders think twice about attacking a battlestar without reinforcements.

Below the intersun ring liner being used as a colony ship.



Left to right & top to bottom:
Colonial movers (small freighter)
Colonial heavy 798 (passenger ship)
Majahual (medium freighter)

Edit: Reserved for bases & mines.

Nice job so far, I think you've emulated the BSG ships pretty well.

Nice, I love how they look because there are few ships that really stand out right now in game, I will definitely add these.

I played around with some of the scaling and fixed the blockiness of the BSG, I also added two more engine effects. It is a size 330 in the screenshot, however it should scale up nicely with more components. Sorry I mean no disrespect. [:)]