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Auxilirae - EVE Contestby ~Auxilirae

Contests / 2010 / EVE Online Contest

-Ship submission for the EVE contest-

This was a collaborative project between a 3D artist Wesley Knee [link] and a concept artist Terry Maranda [link]

-Here's a little bit of back story to our ship -

Following the successful release of the Outer Ring Excavations [ORE] resource extraction vessel, Primae. ORE has further developed a new innovative and supporting sub-class of the Primae vessel to aid in the transportation and excavation of highly volatile resources that may harm the much larger and much more expensive primary vessel. This new additional space ship is aptly named the Auxilirae.

The Auxilirae (116m) is a lightly armed transport vessel dependent upon the Primae (854m) to ferry dangerous resources under the protection of it's larger escort. Carrying resources within eighteen different containers the Auxilirae has the ability to discharge the volatile contents at a moments notice to hinder any chance of explosive damage, be it from opposing vessels, hazardous environments or chemical imbalance. As well as resource transportation the Auxilirae is equipped with a controlled magnetic grapple to seize nearby mineral-rich asteroids for the Primae to extract and process.

Although the Auxilirae is for purely industrial use it is noted that on more than one occasion explosive chemical resources were purposefully expelled onto a rival vessel with disastrously effectual results.

Thanks to the DA community and be sure to check out our turret details!
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!Asterlane Oct 19, 2010

I dont want to ruin your day.. but you signed it... The rules seem to imply no signatures.. no watermarks.. fix it in a hurry if you can..

~Auxilirae Oct 19, 2010

Thanks for the head's up! done and done

~TranquilRuins Oct 13, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Nice work! An ORE ship I can actually enjoy looking at for extended periods of time while killing asteroids

~Auxilirae Oct 16, 2010

Thanks TranquilRuins, killing asteroids shouldn't be left to the ugly box-ships

~Tehniq Oct 13, 2010

This is the first and only design I add to favourites from the EVE competition. The amount of work this required and the result are astonishing. It probably won't win because it doesn't fit EVE as well as other ships, but this is a winner in every other aspect. Congrats!

~Auxilirae Oct 13, 2010

Well thanks for the kind words, it was a lot of work and I appreciate the favourite...but I'll challenge you on it fitting into the EVE universe. [link] showcase's the Primae and I may be wrong but I feel our Auxilirae can fit right alongside this ORE behemoth and have a rightful spot in EVE.

~Tehniq Oct 13, 2010

Well, I have been playing EVE for about 2 years now and and while I fly mainly combat ships I do know a bit about industrials. First, no EVE ship (not even the combat ones) comes equiped with a weapon; the ones that can use weapons have turret slots which can accommodate various turrets, none of which being a flack cannon.
Second, as far as I know there are no restrictions on what a ship can transport, apart from the volume of the cargo. So it does not matter if you want to carry slaves, diplomats, VIPs, drugs, expensive materials, exotic dancers, frozen food or dangerous resources, as long as it can fit inside your cargo bay you can transport it. This means that there is no need for specialized cargo ships.
I could be wrong, as I said, I don't fly industrials, so here is an article explaining how they work and what categories they fall into: [link]
Don't get me wrong, like I said, I love the idea and the design, it's just that either the ship has to be modified to fit EVE, or EVE has to be modified to create a purpose for the ship. That being said, I wish the developers would like the design enough to determine them to change some of the game rules, I just don't see them taking this step.

~Auxilirae Oct 13, 2010

Hey! Thanks again for the critique, I do hope they would consider that merely as a place to put a turret (or mining laser) perhaps. The main idea behind the flak cannon was that we wanted this vessle to have some defensive weaponry and we thought that the flak cannon would be interesting. Since it's a ship competition I didn't think they would take the turret concept too seriously, as we do have smaller "smiling" turrets that for sure don't fit the universe but perhaps other attachments could go there too.

Also we specified the cargo containers to be for hazardous materials, for just a little back story. I'd imagine you could transport anything. In fact the origional idea of this ship was to be a prisoner transport vessle, and then we modified it a bit.

Anyways I definitely appreciate the comments and hope they take that stuff under consideration. Definitely seeing that this is the first and only ship you've added to your favorites has pretty much given me a perminent grin

~Tehniq Oct 13, 2010

It sounds like you guys did your research (not that the model didn't pretty much show that anyway) and I hope you will be rewarded for that and for the rest of your work on this design.
On as side note this inspired me to take a shot at a industrial ship myself, seems like it could be fun making one.
I definitely wouldn't mind losing to you (not that I hope to win anyway). Best of luck!

~Chavito34 Oct 13, 2010

Wow!!! the best is how the legs of the cannon go out... I must to view 3 times!!!

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