Aegis Idris Frigate

[Minted]

Im hoping they allow it to land on certain locations. I think they can make both landing and docking in space extremely cool.

[LloydM]

As long as they find a space for it in the VFG hangar I'll be happy.

[CODENAME: レイブン]

Hmmm.....How customizable will the Idris-P be?. 

 

Will it be like EvE Online, where all weapons have to be the same?, or can I mix and match for different situations?.

[LloydM]

It can be upgraded to the M version with the Railgun, STS turret and extra powerplant but I think it also has an extra turret over the M.

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@LloydM Thanx for the info, I would like to know. If I could have ship-to-ship guns (Idris-to-Idris) and Anti-Fighter guns aswell?. In EvE you can't do that, you have to have the same weapon load outs for that ship.

 

I would like to mix it up and be bale to hold my own in a ship-to-ship while taking out the fighters that are incoming (Gladiators, Hornets, Mustangs and etc.).

Edited February 9, 2015 by CODENAME: カラス

[LloydM]

I'm pretty sure thats possible @. The Idris-P has a load of turrets. The front turret is ship-to-ship as is the railgun. All the others are standard anti-fighter turrets. I'm pretty sure there are like 7 anti-fighter turrets as standard with the front one being upgradeable.

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@LloydM You just made my day.....-Blows the dust of his Idrid-P-

[Jeff Rubicon]

Seeming that the idris gained 100+m i think its a safe bet that it will receive even more guns

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@Jeff Rubicon I hope so, so if it's bigger.....can we have a third power plant room or if not. What about additional armor for the ship?.

[Jeff Rubicon]

i doubt they will add a 3rd power unit the reasoning for the m for having two is one is dedicated to the rail gun and the other is for ship use, as for more armour its a bigger ship so you get more armour i guess

 

Its a frigate class now not a corvette

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@Jeff Rubicon Yeah true

 

You have shields with upgrades for them, so why not have upgrades for the Hull/Armour

 

Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. It is most effective in protecting against shaped charges and specially hardened long rod penetrators. The most common type is explosive reactive armour (ERA), but variants include self-limiting explosive reactive armour (SLERA), non-energetic reactive armour (NERA), non-explosive reactive armour (NxRA), and electric reactive armour. Unlike ERA and SLERA, NERA and NxRA modules can withstand multiple hits, but a second hit in exactly the same location will still penetrate.

Edited February 9, 2015 by CODENAME: カラス

[LloydM]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did add that. With the depth they went into for shields I'm guessing they might add all sorts of armour modifications. Only problem is that might require extra modelling/texturing.

[Jeff Rubicon]

Yea that would be cool but there are a lot of variety in weapons making it hard to choose a specific type of armour type i.e lasers, ballistics , railguns and missles & torps.

[CyberianK]

Yea that would be cool but there are a lot of variety in weapons making it hard to choose a specific type of armour type i.e lasers, ballistics , railguns and missles & torps.

agree that is hopefully the means to atually achieving the wanted rock/paper/scissors situation

[LloydM]

I just hope whatever they do it makes more of a difference than the recent shield releases because I'm not seeing much improvement with the size 4 shield on my SH in AC.

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@LloydM Agree

[VoA]

This may have been posted before - but direct from artist - maybe bigger / higher resolution:

 

[LloydM]

Looks good. I'm glad they reworked the interior to be more than one long central corridor. 

[CyberianK]

like the picture...

is this just random style concept or do the rooms 001-003 actually fit to a part of the ship?

[Olrodkeir]

That is the brig - 001-003 are the holding cells

[CyberianK]

That is the brig - 001-003 are the holding cells

thanks next time I should read the text

 

like my Idris more and more

 

but I don't need cells I'll just put cargo or torpedoes in there

[CODENAME: レイブン]

@VoA That Pic +42

[IAmRocketMan]

Hey guys! Sorry to jump in late, but I figured I'd share. The original Jump Point magazine from when they announced the corvette to frigate status change has tons of information about it that I didn't see anywhere else. Like the Idris has a dedicated armory and Pilot's briefing room. There are crawlspaces running below several of the corridors for engineers to go into for repairs. (Or for boarders to sneak around in) And lastly, the new Idris actually has 2 separate hangars. There is the main flight deck for fighters, and a smaller bay at the bottom of the ship for launching a support shuttle that comes with it. It can be used either as a transport/rescue ship, or as a cargo hauler.

 

Here is the link for those interested. It's totally worth a read if you haven't seen it.

 

That said, it also claims that that the Idris can only carry two Hornets, which is definitely out of date. 

[CODENAME: レイブン]

Hey guys! Sorry to jump in late, but I figured I'd share. The original Jump Point magazine from when they announced the corvette to frigate status change has tons of information about it that I didn't see anywhere else. Like the Idris has a dedicated armory and Pilot's briefing room. There are crawlspaces running below several of the corridors for engineers to go into for repairs. (Or for boarders to sneak around in) And lastly, the new Idris actually has 2 separate hangars. There is the main flight deck for fighters, and a smaller bay at the bottom of the ship for launching a support shuttle that comes with it. It can be used either as a transport/rescue ship, or as a cargo hauler.

 

Here is the link for those interested. It's totally worth a read if you haven't seen it.

 

That said, it also claims that that the Idris can only carry two Hornets, which is definitely out of date. 

[LloydM]

The designers working on it at foundry 42 said it can hold 4 hornets (or similar) landed automatically. You can actually fit more in if you land manually and stack them up.