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Old July 19th, 2002, 10:08 PM
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My only complaint is that they don't look very much like the Gorn ships I remember from Star Fleet Battles. I remember them using saucers affixed to a single central beam-shaped structure.

Having said that, the shipset looks pretty good, and I assume they'll be heavy seeker (well, plasma torpedo) Users like the Gorn from Star Trek/SFB...
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Old July 19th, 2002, 10:12 PM

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Great! I love the Gorn and always played them when playing Star Fleet Battles (1 and 2). I agree with Tsaarx that while these ships don't look like those in SFB, they are damn nice and will serve very nicely!

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Very very nice, I like this set a lot.

But not Gorn. If I use them, I'll change the race pic and name ... please don't take offense, Atrocities, by the rant immediately following ...

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I really, really wish people making Trek shipsets using the races from Star Fleet Battles would do some research about said race as it appears in Star Fleet Battles.

The SFB official site can be found --> HERE <--

For examples of EVERY race's ship design look-and-feel, you can go --> HERE <-- for the Tournament Cruiser SSD's (Tournament Cruisers are all balanced to be fair fights for each otehr, barring the interaction fo specific systems from each race; SSD = Ship's System Display, a record keeping device largely for tracking damage to shields and internal systems). These ships are held to be fairly representative of the strengths and weaknesses of each race; I or another SFB veteran on the Boards can answer questions about what each system (often listed only with arcane abbreviations) does, and so on.

Scattered throughout the Starfleet Universe site, by the by, is a lot of artwork depicting various ships from the assorted races of the SFB setting.

Finally, several instances of Gorn ships (as SFB Miniatures) can be found --> HERE <--

It would really REALLY make me happy if folks who want to make such-and-such Star Trek race would make sure that the Race Portrait and Name are not the ONLY things which connect their creation (often otherwise QUITE nice, such as in this case) with the actual Trek race ... especially since there are usually more ship variants in SFB for ONE race, than could be accomodated in any THREE SE4 shipsets ... !
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Atrocities ... it's a gorgeous shipset, and one I will use myself, fairly often in fact. But ... it's most assuredly not a proper Gorn shipset, I'm sorry to say.
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I really, really wish people making Trek shipsets using the races from Star Fleet Battles would do some research about said race as it appears in Star Fleet Battles.

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Atrocities ... it's a gorgeous shipset, and one I will use myself, fairly often in fact. But ... it's most assuredly not a proper Gorn shipset, I'm sorry to say.
Uh, dude. Take a pill, really. Where exactly does Atrocities claim this is a Gorn shipset based on Star Fleet Battles? Maybe I'm dense, but I don't see it anywhere. And unless he did, then your rant is not only a bit excessive, but totally uncalled for.

Star Fleet Battles, while a great resource, is not the sum total and canon of the Star Trek universe.

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Oh well...what can you do? It is very difficult to create an entire 3D modelled shipset from scratch and few people have the time or skill to put it together (some 40 odd ships + crap). DOGA is an easy to use program that comes with a set of parts in which to mash together and build a fleet. While I don't personally care for the program...it still takes some creativity and skill to put a set together.

What's the point?

So the Gorn ships are not the same as the ones in StarFleet battles - fine. It's not official canon so to speak anyway. I'd rather have at least a decent looking shipset than none.
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Actually, it would be smarter to go to the Online store, here: http://www.starfleetstore.com/MERCHANT2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=S&Categ ory_Code=M to see the pewter miniatures if you want to duplicate the SFB ship designs.

But really, does it matter if this Gorn set is not just like SFB? Who said SFB was cannon? Did a Gorn ship ever appear in the actual Trek series or movies? I don't think so. Which means the race is open to interpretation.

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Wasn't there a Gorn ship in the episode where Kirk and the Gorn captain fought? Or did we not ever get to see it?
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