Federation Commander

[cnuzzi]

I am helping Paul with creating ship definitions for FCOL. I have recently submitted the following ships to him, so they will be showing up on FCOL soon.

Hydran Lancer-X
Tholian DDX
Gorn BDX
Fed DWX
Fed DE
Fed VT (Corvette)
Klingon BT7 Battle Tug
Klingon D7W CCH

[Steve Cole]

Good work, Chris!

We have recently resumed a system whereby Chris is sent a steady flow of new ships and he gets them to Paul in game form. For better or worse, ADB is capable of sending ships to Chris faster than he can process them, but we make sure he never lacks for something else to do.

If anyone wants a specific FC ship added to FCOL then email me and I'll add it to the list.

If anybody wants a specific SFB ship converted to FC let me know and I'll do it when I can (I do about two new ships per three months) and the system makes sure ships added to FC in the newletter get to Chris pretty quick.

If you want a whole new ship created for SFU and added to all of our games, well, that's a taller order but it has been known to happen, just not in a real time response. I am currently cooking a new ship that was proposed a year ago and hope to have it in a newsletter in the next few months.
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

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From 4/23/21:
I have submitted the following ships to Paul, so they will be available in the FCOL client soon:

Federation DWE
Federation DWL
Federation FBD
Federation FFL
Gorn BFF
ISC LBT
Klingon RKL (Romulan Sparrowhawk conversion)
Romulan KC7R

Going forward, I will post here and on the SFBOL/FCOL Facebook group every Friday with a list of the ships I have sent in that week.

[cnuzzi]

From 4/30/21:
The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week and will be available in FCOL soon:

Federation BCP Battlecruiser
Federation Scout
Romulan KF5W
Romulan KWR (Squadron only; Fleet scale forthcoming)
Romulan Seahawk
Tholian PDW

[cnuzzi]

Great news! Sebastian Palozzi has joined the effort to expand the FCOL ship library. From now on, when I post the weekly list, it will reflect our joint efforts.

The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week. Most are available in the client as of today.

Wyn CF
Wyn CWE
ISC CF
ISC CE
Federation NEC
Kzinti MEC
Tholian CWE
Hydran Monarch BB
Hydran NEC
Romulan KWR (Fleet Scale)
Seltorian BBL
Seltorian DNL
Seltorian DDX
Lyran JGP
Lyran TGT
Lyran MP FF
LDR JGP
LDR TGT
LDR MP FF
Vudar CAF
Vudar CWE
Orion BC
Orion BCH
Prime Corvette
Large Q-Ship
Small Q-Ship

[Steve Cole]

25 and a half ships in one week. You guys are doing good!
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

[cnuzzi]

I don't know that we'll be able to do that every week - many of those were the "lost" ships that were already done, but forgotten on Sebastian's old laptop's hard drive.

[cnuzzi]

The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week and will be available in FCOL soon:

Federation DNW
Federation NSC
Federation LTT
Gorn HDS
Kzinti MTT
Klingon WB10
Hydran Pegasus
Tholian DDS
Orion CS
Frax CWL
Frax CWE
Heavy Freighter/Lg Ore Carrier
Space Amoeba
Jupiter Killer (500-point Planet Killer)

[Steve Cole]

14 ships is still 2 per day, Impressive!
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

[Steve Cole]

Allow me to add a review of how FedCom cards get to Chris. (I understand that he explained what he does with them on the chat last night. Sorry I couldn't be there.)

First, there is the EPS/Freehand version used in FedCom. It gets cloned into a special FC folder.

The cloned card is then stripped of things FCOL doesn't need and rearranged into the FCOL/EPS version. This is retained on the hard disk permanently so if I have to do the card over for some reason this is where I go. Sometimes I do two ships a day, sometimes I do several at a time then don't do any to this step for a while.

The FCOL/EPS version is then exported to JPG at 300dpi and called FCOL300. Sometimes I do two ships a day, sometimes I do several at a time then don't do any to this step for a while.

The FCOL300 version is then opened in Photoshop and resized (Sometimes I do two ships a day, sometimes I do several at a time then don't do any to this step for a while), meaning that the FCOL300 version is destroyed. In the old days I resized to 80dpi but lately Chris has asked me to send image 1100 pixels high no matter what the dpi is. This version is then put into a "ready to go" folder and every day I send Chris and Paul two ships from the "ready to go" folder.

Sometimes Chris finds I made a mistake or asks me to make some other change. Those fixes are made when I have time.
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

[cnuzzi]

The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week and will be available in FCOL soon:

ISC BB
Lyran BB
Lyran LTT
Lyran POL
Lyran DWE
LDR BB
LDR LTT
LDR POL
Gorn HDT
Hydran LTT
WYN Aux-BC
WYN CWE
Seltorian BBL
Tholian POL

[Steve Cole]

14 ships sounds good!
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

[cnuzzi]

The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week and will be available in FCOL soon:

Lyran TGT
Lyran LTT
Lyran CAL
Lyran CWS
Lyran Gunboat
LDR TGT
LDR CC
LDR CWS
Gorn DNC
Gorn DNT
ISC DLT
ISC DNL
ISC Gunboat
Vudar BCH
Kzinti DWS
Kzinti Needle Gunboat
Klingon DWL
Klingon B-10 Boom
Klingon G1 Gunboat
Hydran NSC
Hydran Harrier Gunboat

Note that all ships from my previous posts have been added to the library and are available for play now on FCOL.

[Steve Cole]

Impressive work!
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The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander

[cnuzzi]

The following ships have been submitted to Paul this week and will be available in FCOL soon:

Federation Commando CL
Federation Mustang Interceptor
Klingon B10T Emergency BB
Klingon B8 BB
Klingon H1 Interceptor
Romulan K4R
Romulan KF5GR
Romulan Decurion Interceptor
Gorn HCD
Gorn 5-Bubble DN
Lyran CAL
Tholian PDC
Tholian Crown of Tholia BB
Orion DWX
ISC DNH
WYN PBB
Vudar CDW
Frax CWG
General Lg Freighter
General Commercial Platform
General Lg Aux-Cruiser
North Polar Santa's Sleigh