Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:11 am
The shadow crab and I
Well, here I am cruising around between missions in SP in my brand new shadow crab disintegrating everything in sight - literally taking out entire hostile formations on their first run towards me. It's like stealing candy from kids. I just love the fat purple obliterating ray that I'm spraypainting my way between the stars with..
And then I get to Hovis. Lemme tell you - racing with a shadow crab is not a pretty sight. Apart from looking cool, is there a reason for having 500 foot spikes attached to this ship? Hovis is upset because I've put dents in every single race gate (I also took out his weapon platforms after one particularly ugly round of gate-smashing). Did the original designer perhaps ever consider making the damn spikes retractable?? I mean, all the space stations are upset too because I leave them looking like a Swiss cheese after docking.
Last but not least, and I don't want to sound unappreciative here, but what's up with the 12 inch cabin height ? You have room for 7 miles of spikes but can't fit a proper cabin in this ship ? I'm getting a cramp from lying flat with my head turned 90 degrees to the left and can hardly breath. And I haven't even considered trying to squeeze into the little boy's room yet..
Oh well, got a good deal for a Vorlon vegetable on New London, and the ship trader said he was gonna repurpose my shadow crab into a ferris wheel for the local amusement park. Or maybe plant a new continent. He was still debating with himself when I took off for the races..
And then I get to Hovis. Lemme tell you - racing with a shadow crab is not a pretty sight. Apart from looking cool, is there a reason for having 500 foot spikes attached to this ship? Hovis is upset because I've put dents in every single race gate (I also took out his weapon platforms after one particularly ugly round of gate-smashing). Did the original designer perhaps ever consider making the damn spikes retractable?? I mean, all the space stations are upset too because I leave them looking like a Swiss cheese after docking.
Last but not least, and I don't want to sound unappreciative here, but what's up with the 12 inch cabin height ? You have room for 7 miles of spikes but can't fit a proper cabin in this ship ? I'm getting a cramp from lying flat with my head turned 90 degrees to the left and can hardly breath. And I haven't even considered trying to squeeze into the little boy's room yet..
Oh well, got a good deal for a Vorlon vegetable on New London, and the ship trader said he was gonna repurpose my shadow crab into a ferris wheel for the local amusement park. Or maybe plant a new continent. He was still debating with himself when I took off for the races..