Pictures are coming, but meanwhile, I have very incomplete profiles for a bunch of ships. I think it's important to consider the personality when envisioning the girl...also, it can be quite entertaining to see what kind of character they end up being.
First, the STS family. And what a family they are...reminds me of watching Minami-ke.
OV-104 Atlantis
OV-101 Enterprise
STS SRBs
STS ET (SLWT)
These below still need a lot of work (help). The only one I really know through experience is DGIV, and yet somehow I can't come up with a clear personality for her. I guess her character is not nearly as exaggerated as the XR2. I'm pretty sure that if all the ships were in their own story, XR2 would be the protagonist.
Also, Mk II and G42 are not nearly done yet, let's see what we can come up with as they progress...
And note there are a bunch missing, because I have absolutely no idea about them. Help me! And feel fee to come up with some for "Heavy Metal", XR0, XR1, XR5, Shuttle-A, DG, DG-S...
Dragonfly
DGIV-2
XR2 Mk II
Help me out with these, Orbiter-Forum! I'm drawing for free here!
---------- Post added at 22:57 ---------- Previous post was at 21:03 ----------
New pics are in!
Forum killed the quality though...
Homage to SpaceShipTwo's Galaxy Girl:
Cleaned:
She can't stand up...
Cleaned for inking:
Unfortunately, I've been neglecting my Rotring technical pens in favour of Sumi brushes recently, and it seems they've disappeared on me. That's karmic redemption by inanimate object gods, I suppose. So no ink until I find them, or decide to use those cheaper Pilot office pens.
Anyway, for those who TL;DR'd on my last post, basically:
Need ideas for characters. Need Atlantis. Enterprise. Come to Udvar-Hazy Centre in VA. STS. XR5. DGIV. Dragonfly. Others. Moach what is your favourite movie. I'm drawing for free here. Help me Eirin!
First, the STS family. And what a family they are...reminds me of watching Minami-ke.
OV-104 Atlantis
- Needs help to achieve her goals- from both the shuttle stack and the LON shuttles
- She has her secrets...(classified missions)
- Gentle touch- slow and skillful movements with RMS ("Made in Canada"), checks for damage with OBSS (A small mirror)
- Strong for her size- although she doesn't look it, she is extremely heavy and can lift more than anyone around, even offering to help lift for others
- Actually cares about the laws of physics
- Worst fears: budget cuts, sitting on the pad during a thunderstorm, foam falling on her face, death somehow at high DynP, MMOD, and The Faking Hoaxer
- Favourite movie: Armageddon (for the lulz, any more?)
- Knows a lot of music (does anyone know what her first song was? Her first mission was STS-51-J and that was classified, I don't know if it even had wake-up calls.)
OV-101 Enterprise
- Dreams of spaceflight- liked to sit on the stack and pretend she could fly
- Liked rides on the 747 SCA and Approach/Landing Tests
- Thinks she is better than OK-TVA and OK-GLI, and thinks the STS is better than Energia-Buran (Wrong! IMO at least)
- Trek fan
- Favourite movies: Wrath of Khan, Moonraker (Any more? Other trek movies?)
- Fearless and naive; has seen no scary spaceflight experiences, no fear of budget cuts, favoured Orion and Constellation, and believes in the power of write-in campaigns
- In addition to believing in petitioning, she is also an patriotic American (she was almost named Constitution but renamed through a petition)
- Has softer and fairer skin than the operational orbiters, since she has never been through a reentry
- "I have a tailcone. Your argument is invalid."
- Now sits in the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Centre in Virginia. She's the main attraction next to Jetfire, and is happy being admired by wide-eyed kids who are like she once was (BTW, you should come visit us sometime).
STS SRBs
- Phoenix twins
- Energetic, youthful, and sometimes unpredictable, cannot be stopped
- Love to go fast; they enjoy skydiving, parachuting, and swimming
- [Right SRB] did feel guilty about loss of Challenger, but they're over that- now they always blame ET for everything
- High-maintenance- must always be clean
- Favoured Sidemount SDLV and Ares I
STS ET (SLWT)
- Always cold, even when she's not actually being refrigerated
- Constantly dieting to stay Super-Lightweight enough
- Guilty about loss of Columbia- the 3 remaining orbiters try to comfort her, but the SRBs don't help at all
- Wants her own engines- admired the Energia booster design, favoured DIRECT and Ares V
- They all tell her she looked pretty in white, but she insists, she's thinner in orange...
These below still need a lot of work (help). The only one I really know through experience is DGIV, and yet somehow I can't come up with a clear personality for her. I guess her character is not nearly as exaggerated as the XR2. I'm pretty sure that if all the ships were in their own story, XR2 would be the protagonist.
Also, Mk II and G42 are not nearly done yet, let's see what we can come up with as they progress...
And note there are a bunch missing, because I have absolutely no idea about them. Help me! And feel fee to come up with some for "Heavy Metal", XR0, XR1, XR5, Shuttle-A, DG, DG-S...
Dragonfly
- Lightweight but modest
- Holds trademark Attitude Ball
- Doesn't believe that the DG is the strongest (which is true)
- Actually cares about the laws of physics
- Likes to move stuff but doesn't like to be carried (she's too big!)
DGIV-2
- A bit cryptic (autopilot codes)
- Smarter, quieter, more sane, and less brutally powerful than XR1/DG
- Insists that the Arrow bay was made for her (not true)
- Less talkative than XR2 (but not exactly the quiet type...IDK, help me out here)
- Celebrates a bunch of holidays
- Seen in many different outfits (or at least colours)
- Selfless- puts the captain above all (EJECT!!!)
XR2 Mk II
- Younger sister but is more advanced and more powerful- causes Mk I's S Complex
- More streamlined and elegant than Mk I
- Can stand in her full-length heels, graceful landings with compressible gear
- Favourite movies: Stargate, Cool Hand Luke (Need different ones...)
- "I have a tailcone. Your argument is invalid.
- Helpful, offers to carry payloads
- Much more gentle reentry than even XR2 Mk II
- Accepts suggestions well
- Open and not secretive at all (open source)
- The odd one out, and the "new kid" (especially to XR2)
- Favourite movie: ...
Help me out with these, Orbiter-Forum! I'm drawing for free here!
---------- Post added at 22:57 ---------- Previous post was at 21:03 ----------
New pics are in!
Forum killed the quality though...
Homage to SpaceShipTwo's Galaxy Girl:
Cleaned:
She can't stand up...
Cleaned for inking:
Unfortunately, I've been neglecting my Rotring technical pens in favour of Sumi brushes recently, and it seems they've disappeared on me. That's karmic redemption by inanimate object gods, I suppose. So no ink until I find them, or decide to use those cheaper Pilot office pens.
Anyway, for those who TL;DR'd on my last post, basically:
Need ideas for characters. Need Atlantis. Enterprise. Come to Udvar-Hazy Centre in VA. STS. XR5. DGIV. Dragonfly. Others. Moach what is your favourite movie. I'm drawing for free here. Help me Eirin!