So, whats that round "hole" on front of that destroyer (that blue glowing thing)? A tube for anti capship missiles or some sort of plasma gun???
LOAF said:These documents were created by John "Captain Johnny" Guentzel around the time of Wing Commander Secret Ops (he was lead designer on that project). The were prototypes for a project he wanted to develop - a complete "Joan's Fighting Ships" for the Wing Commander universe. Since they were never actually published, they aren't "official" (but you can bet anyone telling a future history of the Plunkett for some reason will *probably* refer to them).
If I recall from another conversation with LOAF the Murphy was not - as is implied in this thread - create for WCSO, but instead was a separate creation that just happened to fill a need they had at the time.
So...keep in mind when you're interpreting the model, it wasn't really created with any part of it fulfilling any particular part of the Wing Commander Universe.
Also, I think there is a reference in WCP that the Capship missles are somewhat outdated at this time? I think this question has been asked and answered before somewhere.
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Well, it's not like they found it on the side of the road and stuck it in the game--it was created by Wing Commander artist Sean Murphy, who designed the Midway herself (with which it shares a bridge!) among other things.
But yeah, the original plan was to reuse the then-unnamed destroyer and cruiser from Wing Commander III and IV for Secret Ops... the Murphy (and Plunkett) were separate projects that ended up being too cool not to include.
I think this reference is actually in Wing Commander III, for which the damn things were created in the first place. Victory Streak claims that capship missile racks are on "older" ships. They're one of those weapons that fans got a little /too/ excited about since they make such a big bang...
The Midway does fire 'training missiles' in WCP... and, IIRC, the Nephilim have their own brand of capship missiles in WCSO that would obviously not share any evolutionary history with those used by Confed/Kilrah.
... the tube could also be for launching fighters!
The Midway does fire 'training missiles' in WCP... and, IIRC, the Nephilim have their own brand of capship missiles in WCSO that would obviously not share any evolutionary history with those used by Confed/Kilrah.
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