Howard Day has been hard at work on Pioneer too. He's settled on the basic configuration for the cockpit of their Hydra gunship. It's a fairly large area that almost seems like a small capship's bridge. If you're having trouble envisioning the layout from the pictures provided, Howard has created a helpful Quicktime VR 3D mock up here. Like many similar sized ships, there's room for a pilot and copilot. Pioneer will allow you to fill the second seat with an AI character that can plot courses, monitor things like jump fuel and handle the controls when the pilot mans a turret.
It took a bit of fiddling before I got it into a layout I liked - there were numerous versions that sucked. Anyhow, you can see the basic controls, and general size reference thanks to the biped dummies. The back wall and it's doors are not yet designed and placed. All that's left on the modelling side beside the doors are bits and pieces of tech-widgets. It's currently at 4500 polies (without the bipeds) and the goal is 8000-9000.
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