Imperial ship ID? (Updated with new pics, 1/2)

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 01:43am

Okay, can't get screenshots at the present juncture (damn, I hate lab computers) so click here (trailer for an upcoming fanfilm series; well worth downloading just for its own coolness anyway). At 1:15 there are two Star Destroyers and two slightly smaller wedge ships with only two primary engines. The shot only shows the ships' sterns, and only for a few seconds. Am I looking at Victory class vessels here? I almost want to say the smaller ones are Interdictors, but I can't see the gravity well projectors (but that could just be the camera angle). Anybody know?

Edit: New shot of both the ship in here and yet another one, which I can only assume is the Relentless herself.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-28 01:51am

I don't know what they are, but they don't look like Victories.

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2005-04-28 01:54am

Their bridge towers are too similar to the Imperator design for them to be Interdictors. And I think I only see one bulge, if any, underneath.

They do have a distinctive gap in the hull on the very bottom and rear, between the engines. Is that reminiscent of any known designs?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-28 01:58am

I skimmed through SWTC's visual catelogue and found nothing, at least nothing smaller than an ISD.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 01:58am

They might have just made something up, but I'd like to think it's in some tech manual somewhere rather than just pulled out of their ass. Given how devoted they must be to Star Wars geekdom to have worked on this project for free with on-location shots since 1999, I find it unlikely that they'd make a gaffe like that with the special effects.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-04-28 07:20am

Looks fanmade, though like you said, they could've pulled it from somewhere. I can tell it's not a Victory, though (no wings, KDY-style tower and sensors {though the globes are elliptoid}). Engines are too big, and it seems to have a pair of outriggers under the engines. They're more easily visible in the one to the lower right, but I don't know what they are.

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2005-04-28 07:40am

Could this be the Imperiator mark III????

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 10:46am

Admiral Drason wrote:Could this be the Imperiator mark III????

I seriously doubt that the more advanced model would get significantly smaller.

Besides, in order to be considered the same class, I would think they'd have to have the same basic frame, which that definitely does not.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2005-04-28 10:53am

Fan-design, no doubt.

Not bad, though.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 11:04am

You know, the series is about the crew of the Relentless, which they termed a heavy carrier. This could be it.

Also, the smaller ships are burning their engines harder than the Star Destroyers. Probably not relevant, but thought I'd point it out.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2005-04-28 11:48am

That video just made me laugh.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 12:01pm

Robert Walper wrote:That video just made me laugh.

Same guys who made Troops.

000 · Post by **000** » 2005-04-28 01:45pm

Definitely fan-made.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 01:48pm

Right, then. Definitely not a bad job of it, though. I suppose we'll wait for the relevant part of the fanfilm to come out, which could be anywhere from three days from now until January next year.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-28 01:49pm

They should have done something a bit more with the tower, in my opinion.

Kartr_Kana · Post by **Kartr_Kana** » 2005-04-28 01:59pm

It is before the Republic class time wise, but could they have based it on that? Concepually atleast?

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2005-04-28 03:18pm

I love how they give the Stormtrooper a sword in the film.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2005-04-28 03:20pm

Goddamn that video was cool.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 03:44pm

The Original Nex wrote:I love how they give the Stormtrooper a sword in the film.

Blades are useful things to have in environments with thick undergrowth. Perhaps he was deploying to a jungle? *Shrug*

Rightous Fist Of Heaven · Post by **Rightous Fist Of Heaven** » 2005-04-28 04:23pm

Damn, that was pretty friggin cool. May 1st they claim they are releasing the first chapter, I shall be waiting with great interest.

ds615 · Post by **ds615** » 2005-04-28 08:34pm

If the new TV show is half that good, I'll be a happy man.

Star-Blighter · Post by **Star-Blighter** » 2005-04-28 10:24pm

That. Was fucking awsome.

Really fucking awsome.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-28 11:15pm

ds615 wrote:If the new TV show is half that good, I'll be a happy man.

It should be good; they've been working on it for six years.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-04-29 07:57am

The face of the stern looks like it's fucking Johnny 5.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-05-02 05:47pm

Another shot of the two-engined ship, along with a bigass thing that I can only guess is the Relentless.