New Omega CC (S&P 40)

[Silvereye]

Looks to be a very useful ship to me.

 

[Greg Smith]

Even with plenty of initiative sinks, you don't always get to target the ship you want to shoot. And how frustrating is it when you do get to target it, but the minimum move takes you just too far to be able to turn onto your target? :x

 

[H]

Even with plenty of initiative sinks, you don't always get to target the ship you want to shoot. And how frustrating is it when you do get to target it, but the minimum move takes you just too far to be able to turn onto your target? :x

you can't have everything!
poop happens eh, thats the trials of Boresight. You never saw the omegas in the show accidentally overshoot did you!

 

[Tolwyn]

I like the new Command Omega. Now I have a reason to use it.

 

[meglos]

I agree now its well worth taking :twisted:

 

[Court Jester]

And now I have a proper use for my slightly modified "Crusade Era" Omega...

 

[CaptBavo]

I like it, i now have a good war choice with earth

 

[Calistan]

Has anyone purchased a Command Omega?

 

[prelude_to_war]

Nomad did, with a less than stellar review.

 

[locarno24]

Two slaps round the face with a wet fish are better than a Neroon.

But I do like the new command destroyer.

 

[H]

Has anyone purchased a Command Omega?

Nomad has, I don't think he was too impressed from the e-mail he sent me!

 

[Calistan]

The unanswered question is: Does the new Omega come with an axel?

 

[H]

according to Nomad, I believe No, it did not.

 

[Calistan]

I've sent an email into the sales group to find out if that is case..

 

[Chernobyl]

Let us all know what you find - I'm thinking of getting one of these myself.

Chernobyl

 

[prelude_to_war]

Someone who's actually put together should chime in but from what I remember, the axle on the Poseidon attached to the main hull and engine block via a thick '+' shape. No such shape exists on the Omega front or rear hulls to match up with that shape.

One could bore out a hole and cut off the segments on the axle with the + shape, but then the axle would be too short to insert into either Omega body segment. Alternatively, you could file off the + shape, but don't know how secure that would be since the axle is bearing so much weight.

If one is going to make the center part spin, you'd have to buy a brass rod, bore out the fore and aft body blocks to fit, cut to length and glue...

 

[Chernobyl]

on my poseidon, I cut the wheels off of the axle, drilled out the wheels of the shaft and had two brass rods (one hollow) inserted for a dry journal-type bearing.

Chern

 

[Calistan]

Is does not come with the axel. If we wanted one, then we would have to order it from mongoose.

 

[Nomad]

Someone who's actually put together should chime in but from what I remember, the axle on the Poseidon attached to the main hull and engine block via a thick '+' shape. No such shape exists on the Omega front or rear hulls to match up with that shape.

One could bore out a hole and cut off the segments on the axle with the + shape, but then the axle would be too short to insert into either Omega body segment. Alternatively, you could file off the + shape, but don't know how secure that would be since the axle is bearing so much weight.

If one is going to make the center part spin, you'd have to buy a brass rod, bore out the fore and aft body blocks to fit, cut to length and glue...

I was going to file off the '+' shaped plugs and rely on Araldite(tm) to hold the whole thing together.

I Araldited my first two Omega minis together, and have never been able to pull the blessed things apart to insert a steel rod to allow the spin hab to rotate. It's strong stuff.

Drilling out the ends of an Omega mini takes me about 30 min for each half, using a hand held pin vice. This gives a hole 7-8mm deep by 2mm diameter. I've done seven ships that way so far, but it's murder on the fingers.

The OCD mini I bought is still in its box, probably a month or so down the painting queue. I might see about sourcing the axle component from Mongoose separately, I think the mini looks much better with it.

The new stats look...interesting. Certainly a better way of getting a +2 initiative bonus than a Poseidon.

Still want the WARlock back, tho.

 

[prelude_to_war]

I used a drill and brass rods for my Omegas...easier on the hands (although I got strange looks from my wife).