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They all look rather cool.... Are these ones going to be escort-sized frigates (rather than cruiser-sized)?
Like the Panthera Heavy Frigate this beast is about 52mm long. IIRC the Imperial Light Cruiser was about 75mm long, so we're still escort size here.
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I was vacillating between preferring one to the others, but I kept being unable to decide—they all have attractive qualities (to me, at least). I suppose there could be variants, if they were small (à la GW's old blisters)?
I was thinking of doing that, so to have both variants available. The thing however is that it would increase printing and casting costs, thus also forcing VGM to charge more for it. Whilst that in itself perhaps isn't such a problem, I wonder if the market is big enough for modular Lance Frigates, and if it's really necessary to have a modular kit for such a ship. Now that could of course be a totally different story when dealing with cruisers and what not...
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On the chin Gatling gun on the bomber: for me, I think so long as the mount is relatively 'aerodynamic' looking, I would like it. If it pokes out too abruptly, I think it would spoil the look. Suddenly, I do just wonder how it might work with a tank sponson mount... or even an under-slung titan gun (pulsar bombers away! Though maybe that's going too far
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Current plan is to give it an underslung gatling cannon, more akin to
this in size rather than the smaller ones more commonly used by the Novan Elites. It can take out lightly armoured aircraft as well vast amounts of infantry.