u/Cajre_Tyrrel

Finally got around to painting the event exclusive Battlecruiser that I - on the advice of the fine folks at the Dropfleet discord - converted to a Cato pocket battleship.

Since they're already vaguely fish shaped, I've decided I'll go with that theme all the way and give them fishy liveries, too - maybe that doesn't combine as well with Covenant style names (this was supposed to be called Eternal Conviction), but I do like the end result all the same.

Edit: I wonder if I've made it recognizable enough - this was inspired by a real exotic fish, even if it's not 100% accurate to it.

Yes, I know it's classed as a Gunship, but hear me out.

I've always liked heavy fighters, questionably useful as they've been throughout the game's history, and when the news broke that there's gonna be a cool new Origin heavy I was excited for the ILW DefenseCon this year. I've spent a good chunk of 4.7 flying an in-game bought Guardian, and longer still on Vanguards and Scorpiuses before, so I was really looking forward to perhaps getting one "to keep". Finally I would have a cool heavy fighter in my hangar again!

Cut to Origin day and me finally giving it a test I quickly realized it's not really my cup of tea - sure, it flies like a heavy, but it's entirely too squishy, the interior is a bit 'meh'; all in all, cool but not something I'd use constantly. Disappointed by this, I noticed someone else posting here about people sleeping on the Redeemer - a ship I used to have way, way before it got reworked, or even before Pyro became a thing. And having rented it now during the Aegis day...

Man.

For how much drama there was when CIG "nerfed it to make way for Paladin", its current state feels awesome. Even solo, it's a competent brawler for PvE (alright pilot firepower, nothing amazing; downright great maneuverability for how much armor and shields it has), and when crewed it can chew through waves after waves of ships short of subcapitals and above.

Long story short, Chewie, we're home.

Now that the shades are in, all I need now is for CIG to add prosthetics into the game, and the cosplay would be complete.

And some vac-sealed headgear so I could actually play the game like that.