Hey all!

I would like to use this topic to show off what we got going internally with the Rebirth mod development. I’ll post all our stuff from other social media here, but feel free to follow us on any to see smaller updates as well. You can find all our pages via the moddb description: http://www.moddb.com/mods/hw2rebirth

So, concept art below!

Sketch by myname1z4xs. The ship currently is unnamed, but its role will be largely the same as that of the defense field frigate, except this will be a capital ship. The range of the defense field will be fairly large and it will probably last a while longer than the frigate equivalents, giving the capital ship fleets some handy cover.





This mostly circular capital ship(inspired by Complex’s Vortex) is designed to target anything that resembles the design of a Vaygr Battlecruiser (frontal mounted weaponry). As an evolution to the Hiigaran arsenal, the Flank Cruiser is a ruthless response to such capital ships thanks to its high speed, and corvette-like flight behavior (it circles its target). Thanks to that, missiles will only hit it with a delay, which gives the Battlecruiser class Ion Cannons enough time to finish opposing ships off. In pairs, the Flank cruisers are extremely effective.

Sketch by myname1z4xs. Follow him on deviantart if you like his work: http://myname1z4xs.deviantart.com/

We also have a couple of not yet textured models to show.

Hiigaran Heavy Fighter, made from scratch by PurpleKalamar. It’s a multi-role ship, but very expensive. Its main weapon is the same as that of the interceptor’s(but stronger), and it also carries anti-capital ship torpedoes. The hull is designed in a way that clearly shows the sturdiness of the ship, making the missiles carried seem realistic. While the heavy fighter won’t be extremely fast, it will excel in quickly sniping capital ships when sent out in large groups, while also offering escort potential.

Hiigaran Support Cruiser, also made from scratch by PurpleKalamar. It will be armed with a few Anti-Missile turrets, and potentially have EMP capabilities or a large scale defense field - we’re not fully decided yet on this.

Hiigaran Fleet Carrier, also made by PurpleKalamar. This ship will be most likely our most iconic creation, as it will be featured in our single player campaign. (Save me from our lead writer’s wrath, this tease shall not go unpunished). Armed with BC class Ion Cannons, Pulsar Turrets it will be far from defenseless, but it will only be able to build fighters and corvettes. 3 Module slots, no RU drop off. As you can imagine, this is calling for carrier escorts in a campaign-like fleet. Where could we be taking this?

Hiigaran Battleship by PurpleKalamar. More guns than a BC. Need I say more? Yes I do. It will have an active ability that will transfer engine power to weapons.

Vaygr Dreadnought by PurpleKalamar. Has a reverse-engineered phase cannon. As a rushed project, that really didn’t go so well, and the ship does damage to itself while firing. The beam really hits hard, though.

Please let us know what you think. We realize that these are mainly capital ships - we’ll be adding quite a variety of ships, but right now this is all we have to show. I promise there will be ship additions for other classes too - we’re discussing internally whether to “upgrade” the looks of ships that are made by other mod teams and that we acquired permissions for usage for, or whether to go for more original content. Public input on that would be appreciated as well.