It still should'nt move.

If one moves, they all move.  However it should be called repositioning.  Say you find a phase lane needs protection, you can reposition it, at a cost though.  But they shouldn't be able to freely move like the Vasari's does.

That's why they should add an anti-structure cruiser for the Vasari.  And what I meant is that all Starbases cannot move.  However you can pay a repositioning fee to move them. During this time they would be at half DPS until they are up and running again.  And it would be a slow move.  Doubt those things could go fast.  The animation for this would be, small 'tug boats' coming out of their glowing thingy and pulling it.

-Phalnax

I think the Vasari starbase looks fine...

Except for that little empty space between the ball and the rest of it... It really needs some sort of particle effect or something... or maybe just the missing segment of hull, because it just seems... silly, somehow. Although I suppose if you look closely on the Vasari Hangars, they have non-connected pieces too.

Oh, and what IS that ball on the bottom? What's it supposed to be? Is it the engines or something?

And props to the weird swirly lights inside, they look tight... but wtf are they?

Oh, and the Vasari's pulse shots seem to come out of the dark lines that separate the segments of the starbase... I'm guessing they were going for a "phaser capacitor" style like you see on the Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation (the big dark rings on the saucer section and on the main section's belly, and in a couple other smaller places).

What gets me is... When you look at the Vasari Phase Missile upgrades? They say they upgrade all star bases... Erm, how? I haven't seen my Orkulus firing any phase missiles. But it should, imo.

Ever hungry for more Vasari fluff,

-Itharus

That explains it.

Actually, I like the 'concept art' version of the starbase a lot more than the final version... the concept art version (you sometimes see it on the loading screens) looks cool!

The gap gets an effect when you use the debris sucker that looks OK, but personally I'd prefer something going all the time with debris sucker just 'punching it up'.

What I'm not that satisfied with is the Advent sb. Not in regard to texture- I think it has the best texture from the three- but about its overall shape: It looks somewhat unfinished, like it's missing something. Maybe with more radical visible upgrades...

I like it too.

It's just aqua little dots, but they can do better. Give us guns!! And lots of em. Please

-Phalnax

That would be soooooo cool.

I agree.

According to the concept art, it is a fusion engine/habititable zone (think colony pods).

The only bad thing about the Orkulas is that you can't see where the plasma pulse bullets and phase missiles come out of. I'd like to see little holes or something. Guns sticking out would be ugly.

There should be noticeable differances in appearance when you upgrade a SB.

According to the original concept art, the bottom is the civilian section of the SB, where the colony pods go and presumably where the trade ships dock. It also houses some sort of energy reactor. The top section, on the other hand, is the military part, where the commanders are and all the gunners and technicians.

I think they might be nanobots doin their thang. just a theory tho.

After the third weapons upgrade, the starbase gets phase missiles

And i definitely think they need to do SOMETHING about the middle break. either get it to look like it does in the concept art, all shredded and stuff,  or put some funky light tendrils in there or something like they have in the top hole thingy.