WOW! Nice!

I think those are defensive measures. I've seen them in other shots, always around planets.

but wow... AWESOME!!!

Its not the one firing lol, Its being fired on. Anyways nice Screen!

Those are space elevators. They haul goods from the planet into orbit and vice-versa.   

  

I was wondering what you meant, but then there I see it! Could it really be? Theres definitely some grey clouds that are not background sprites ,though the yellow flashes seem a bit too yellow for a wormhole splash..might be wrong 

Very nice. Makes you wonder what's just off-screen.

no, sorry if i was misunderstood i wasn't talking about that thing above the ship. i was referring to orientation of the camera taking the screen shot everything appears to be pointed up an to the left not level to the camera.

hey look, theres a storm headed towards my girlfriends pad. i need to call her up and tell her to put the chikens in the barn and close up all the windows and shelter up. LoL! oh man, wouldn't be neat to have a realtime weathering phenomena accuring on your home planet? i mean like for instant like tsunami events or major earthquakes and or sun burst from the solars sun flares . that would really rock

hey look, theres a storm headed towards my girlfriends pad. i need to call her up and tell her to put the chikens in the barn and close up all the windows and shelter up. LoL! oh man, wouldn't be neat to have a realtime weathering phenomena accuring on your home planet? i mean like for instant like tsunami events or major earthquakes and or sun burst from the solars sun flares . that would really rock -

where the hell did this come from...

Earth?

I think the weapon effects are getting better, judging by the rather large beam in the screenshot. Not sure what the deal is with that flare right above the beam though. Didn't notice the shield until someone pointed it out, either.

The capital ship (that's being fired on) probably hadn't gone through any changes since the last screenshot (at least, not to my knowledge), but it's good as is. Can't make out any of the other ships.

Judgeing by the orientation (of ships in all the shots so far), I must sadly conclude that the ships reorientate themselves.

The background is, as always, exceptional.

Lighting is still poor though; I would like to see a large lens flare effect or similar when looking into that sun. Not sure why but the light on the capital ships seem reversed. The capital ship infront seems to be illuminated on the side that is not facing the sun.

You guys still got some work to do.

PS. I also think the planets look a little flat, but those are hard to create in and of themselves.

Nothing wrong with ships reorientating themselves imo , id throw a bit of realism out of the window anyday just to make it easier on the brain to orientate yourself with whats going on.

hey look, theres a storm headed towards my girlfriends pad. i need to call her up and tell her to put the chikens in the barn and close up all the windows and shelter up. LoL! oh man, wouldn't be neat to have a realtime weathering phenomena accuring on your home planet? i mean like for instant like tsunami events or major earthquakes and or sun burst from the solars sun flares . that would really rock - where the hell did this come from...

who know's maybe one of those sattelites above earths atmosphere.