Topic: WYN Downloads Available 30 Mar 2005 (Read 4560 times)

MajorRacal · « **on:** March 26, 2005, 04:32:45 pm »

Wyn CA

Wyn Starbase

markyd · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2005, 04:34:44 pm »

Looking good.... WYN? not sure what that stands for??

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2005, 07:32:05 pm »

Quote from: MarkyD on March 26, 2005, 04:34:44 pm

Looking good.... WYN? not sure what that stands for??

WYN is the race's name dude. Great work Major !!!!!!!!!
-MP

S33K100 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2005, 08:56:11 pm »

Actually it's not as they're not a race but a collection of races mainly Kzinti who fled to the WYN star cluster after losing a civil war with the ruling Kzinti Patriarch. They try to take the Kzinti empire again after the General War sparking another civil war.

Nice auxiliary ship and base BTW

FPF-Wanderer · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2005, 09:13:17 pm »

Wow, really nice, MR! Love to see some of the obscure races get a good treatment.

Quote from: MarkyD on March 26, 2005, 04:34:44 pm

Looking good.... WYN? not sure what that stands for??

As you know, SFC1 and 2 are based on Star Fleet Battles (SFB) made by Amarillo Design Bureau (ADB). The WYN are one of the races from that game.

Ask and you shall receive.

Straight from the SFB description...

The WYN Star Cluster stands as a huge (50 parsecs diameter) beacon at the crossroads of the Galaxy. Marking the point where the Klingon, Lyran, and Kzinti borders meet, the cluster itself was long considered uninhabitable. Surrounded by a dense cloud of hightly radioactive dust, it was assumed thhat the entire cluster was saturatedwith deadly radiation. For more than a century, no one tried to find out otherwise.

In Y116, the Kzinti Duke decided that he was the most qualified successor to the patriarchal throne. The fact that the current Patriarch was still very much alive was only a technicality. While the battles and intrigues that followed make an interesting study in Kzinti politics,the key point is that the Duke, known there after as the Usurper, came out on the losing end of a very bloody civil war.

Pursued by the victorious Patriarch, the Usurper led the ragged survivors of his fleet to the edge of the WYN Cluster and plunged directly into it; better to die than be taken prisoner. But the Usurper survied.

The radioactive clouds were discovered to be a relatively thin shell, but only by driving into them at warp 7 could even that brief exposure be tolerated. Given up for dead by his race, the Usurper secretly began constructing a society within the cluster.

Two decades later, an Orion pirate raider fleeing fro the Klingons also preferred the apparent suicide of the cluster to capture by the ISF. Captured instead by the Kzinti renegades, the pirate captain quickly (and gladly) came to terms. For the next 30 years the pirates (of the Cluster Cartel) supplied the WYN with the things it needed most: high-tech manufacturing equipment and population. By the time the Klingons discovered the existance of the WYN "race", some forty million sentient beings resided in the cluster on eight habitable planets. Kzinti renegades, Orion pirates, Lyran families on the losing end of their constant civil wars, and Klingon vassals formed the bulk of the population, but representatives (mostly escaped felons or mercenaries) from almost every known race were present.

The WYN position was perfect for defense for two reasons. First, any ship coming throught the radiation belts would be disoriented for a considerable period. Until the effects of the radiation wore off, attacking ships would suffer continuous computer and electronic malfuntions that drastically reduced their effectiveness in combat. The small WYN fleet, which would have been blasted to bits in high space, could easily handle intruders disoriented by the radiation.

The second reason for WYN defensive success was that none of the bordering races could afford to see the others gain control. The WYN Cluster was richer by far in rare minerals and metals than any other region of space. Time and again, Kzinti ships prevented the Klingo-Lyran alliance from overwhelming the cluster, and more than once Klingon or Lyran ships helped keep the Kzinti at bay.

The richness of the cluster supported a strong and growing economy. Trade with the Lyrans, Klingons, and Kzintis proceeded actively from Y159 through the General War. Trade with the WYN was conducted solely on their terms. A cargo ship filled with such things as computers, navigation equipment, spare parts, heavy ship's weapons, drones, and other items would be sent into the cluster under a robot pilot. The WYN fleet would intercept the craft, unload the cargo, and fill it with processed rhodium ore, dilithium crystals, fissionables, platinum, and other items for the return trip. Sometmes terms were arranged by sub-space, and rarely a trade representative would visit the WYN capital, but usually the exchange rates were set by the WYN. On more than one occasion, the conniving WYN would send out the ship at a point close enough to the Kzinti-Lyran or Kzinti-Klingon border to tempt the neighbors into fighting over it.

The one thing the WYN lacked was a shipyard capable of actually building ships (rather than just converting them). In Y160, the Orions constructed one within the cluster on the condition that it remain under Orion control. The arrangement involved the gift of a CR and several LR class ships (and a further gift of one LR per year) to the WYN's, but gave the Orions one shipyard relatively invulnerable to attack.

OlBuzzard · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2005, 10:54:38 pm »

I love that SB Major!

Magnum357 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2005, 11:30:38 pm »

Nice design concepts. I've noticed that some of the modelers on this site make some fine designs of SFB ships. I know Thull's designs and another modeler (can't remember his name) made some fine ISC ships, I just don't think anyone would be interested in my ships.

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2005, 03:41:36 am »

That's the best looking WYN AxBC yet. Really nice take on what is usually a pretty boring ship. It's a must have, when it's finished.

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but...

maybe you could bash the AxC and AxDN out of it? It should be really easy, i'd imagine.

markyd · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2005, 09:56:13 am »

cool thanks for the explanation

Chrystoff · « **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2005, 12:10:04 pm »

Hey, Major Racal, these are pretty cool! I'd definitely add them to my game.

MajorRacal · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2005, 08:08:15 pm »

Cupar class Aux Cruiser
http://majorracal.battleclinic.com/files/WynAxC.rar

Dunkeld class Aux Battlecruiser
http://majorracal.battleclinic.com/files/WynAxCA.rar

Gourock class Aux Dreadnaught
http://majorracal.battleclinic.com/files/WynAxDN.rar

The Starbase will join them tomorrow...

MajorRacal

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2005, 11:53:14 pm »

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

These are sweet, man.

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2005, 03:32:02 am »

Hey! Am I the only one that didn't get any model files in the AxC, just .bmps? ???

The other 2 are great, BTW.

MajorRacal · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2005, 07:45:57 am »

That seems odd Rod... the source folder definitely contains all the files including the brk.Mod etc...

Having said that, when I tried to use the links to check the d/l they weren't working a few moments ago, but I know they are OK. Perhaps it's a temporary glitch?

In any case, I'll forward the missing files to you just now (check your inbox now).

MajorRacal

markyd · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2005, 10:16:28 am »

Nice work MR

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2005, 03:20:14 pm »

I have the Wyn fleet retextured! I kept the damage textures, impulse engines and side windows the same but I changed the hull, warp engine and 'Deflector' textures from a retextured Juggernaught....

Here's some CV generated Beauty shots, I have yet to play them in game.

KF

MajorRacal · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2005, 03:31:04 pm »

You've done a good job with them KF!

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2005, 05:19:08 pm »

Thanks for the postive feedback guys.

Here's the alternate textures that work on all the Wyn ships by Major Racal.

Thanks again to Major Racal and to Fnordbear for bringing us his Freespace retexture of GhostFox's Juggernaught from SFB which inspired me.

KF

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2005, 12:48:14 pm »

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GhostFox's Juggernaught

I don't think I know that one. Could ya please post it for D/L ?
-MP

E_Look · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2005, 03:16:10 pm »

If I recall, John Stone has a reskin of that one two that used to be on his site.

FPF-Wanderer · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2005, 04:49:02 pm »

Quote from: ModelsPlease on April 03, 2005, 12:48:14 pm

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GhostFox's Juggernaught

I don't think I know that one. Could ya please post it for D/L ?
-MP

There's one at Fleetdock 13. Go to Archive 1 (Pre-2002), then go to Mosters, worlds, and Sound Files, it's the fourth model down.

Quote from: E_Look on April 03, 2005, 03:16:10 pm

If I recall, John Stone has a reskin of that one two that used to be on his site.

That he does, here.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2005, 06:00:13 pm »

Nope.

Here's what I mean:

D/l Link: http://www.battleclinic.com/docks/files/dist/index.php/file,3d0a22f683c602966e43a2d610ba4958.zip

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2005, 06:25:57 pm »

Ah yes I remember it now. Thanks guys.
-MP

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