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Ragnarok, I will try and make a few of those for you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Just a test that did not work out. I was trying to overlay a transparent hull over a solid one. I can do it but the effect leaves a lot to be desired.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...-something.PNG

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Well, it looks nice.

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Whatever happened to the "Rag Tag Fleet" we were all going to contribute a ship to? Did that ever get made into a formal shipset?

[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif[/img][img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif[/img]

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I think a few of us tried but it really got no where. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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I have updated the Shadow Fleet. Hopefully by tomorrow the set will be completed. All I need to do now is set up the Ai and EMP files.

I know that the Race Portrait is a bit weak, but hey I invite anyone to make a better one. Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaassssssseeeeeeeee.

Infantry
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...owinfantry.PNG

Troop Small
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...dowtroopsm.PNG

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Don't worry about the race pic - we'll all just grab a pic of the real Shadows off the web and make our own adjustments. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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The Shadow Fleet v1.0

To View Race Click HERE

From what we have been able to gather we know that the Shadow race is one of the First Ones. They are an incredibly old race who at one time were dedicated to peaceful exploration of space. But over the millennium they began to adopt the theories of chaos and began to wage an ugly repetitive 1,000 year war with other races in the galaxy. They believed that through chaos, change would come. That races would evolve, and become more. This philosophy of chaos led to war after war every 1,000 years or so. Eventually only the great cataclysmic brought chaos to the Shadows chaos campaign. Now that travel through the stars is once again possible the Shadows have reemerged to once again bring chaos to the galaxy.

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Great shipset, beautiful!!!! i'm starting a game as shadows now!

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some more info on the shadows:

"The Shadows" (a name given to them by the younger races, as their true name - at ten thousand letters - is unpronounceable) are the most ancient of the surviving First Ones, the second to gain sentience in the Galaxy. For more than a million years, the Shadows warred with the remaining First Ones, and suffered their greatest defeat ten thousand years ago. One thousand years ago the Shadows returned, and were barely defeated by the Vorlons and the younger races, led by the Minbari with the help of Valen. They dispersed throughout the galaxy, waiting for an opportunity to come back into power. The Shadows' overriding philosophy is chaos. They believe in the survival of the fittest, in that only through chaos and war do "stronger" civilizations reach their maximum potential; this belief stands in high contrast to the Vorlon's belief in slow but guided progress - though both races use external manipulation to achieve their goals. Their adopted homeworld is Z'ha'dum. Their physical appearance is vaguely insectoid, though this may be an encounter suit. Additionally, their advanced understanding of the nature of matter allows them to "phase," making them visible only to obscure bandwidths of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The Shadows are believed to be the first to discover and manipulate Hyperspace. Their technology, like the Vorlons, is organic, and they use sentient beings as CPUs for their ships - resultantly, telepaths can interfere with or destroy their technology. True to their "Shadow" name, they utilize associate races and slaves, known as Thralls, to guide races to chaos and war, without being seen themselves.