First time I looked at this I thought it had something to do with Section 8 (for those that don't know: some game that was just released, sci-fi FPS), since the "bad guys" in that game are called "The Arm of Orion". The shield of this mod works pretty much identically like it does in that game, although unlike in Section 8, the shield here protects against attacks from all ranges (Section 8 shields only protect against long range attacks).

Anyways, nice mod so far, even though the gun is just an airburst MG with a small magazine. I like the actor, and the shield works nicely (kind of weak though, but perhaps that's because I field tested this guy against UniTec Zealotians)

Here's a VERY INCOMPLETE WIP sprite of the dropship.

I was just trying to get shapes and textures right; obviously I'm not completely done with shading and details. Also, this will be bulked up a bit with some attachable armour.

The current gun kills terrain, and I think it's bad consider that it is a fully automatic weapon.

Also, there should be a cheaper, 'standard-issue' gun for generic situations.

More dropship pics:

with armour


without armour

@The Decaying Soldat: I will make a slightly more standard gun when the time comes, but for now I'm doing more unique weapons.

Now it's getting sexy.

I'm hoping the part you labeled "Engine" will be an attachable that will blow up into a WTFBBQ explosion when destroyed.

Now THATS a dropship. I can't do anything but to quote someone else's reply.



I also like how it has the same color scheme as my Tac Nuke mod. Me like yellow and black.

You are right.
So cool, I wait for the spider-thing.
My sprites s**k compared to that.
I WANT TO HELP SOMEONE !!!
I think I become like Rawtoast.

Oh god, please don't, we already have one of him.

Looks nice, but the glow sprite is definitely Duh's from his bubble shield mod. Just saying.

But anyways, nice sprites, looks decent.

No it isn't... But that wouldn't matter anyway. All of the stuff I personally make (this excludes donated sprites and all) is released under a CC-BY-NC-SA license.

Oh. The glow part of it looks exactly like urs. O well my mistake.

With glowy circles, there aren't too many was to differentiate.

Are you serious?! I already said I haven't ripped anything, and I haven't even downloaded Duh's mod (no offense to him). Look at the shield in photoshop or gimp, and it'll be different. So stop throwing around these false accusations, people, this is the third time.

EDIT: I saw your second post, sorry. For other people who think I'm in some way copying, though, look before you leap.

Also, I'm still working on the mod but there's been a delay because I was sick for a few days.

Oh, and about the "orion arm" in the name, it's actually a reference to the part of the galaxy the Earth is in. Initially when I was brainstorming the concept of the mod, I decided to make it located in the more "civilized" part of the galaxy, so that the soldiers were not accustomed to rough frontier life. Of course, this would be when I actually wrote a backstory for this.

None taken, sir. Even so, if you wish to copy some of my stuff in the future, go right ahead.