A very Special unit request....

[BadKharma]

Yup, I already have a basic model but it is far from ready yet. Here is a small preview:

Very interesting looking unit there.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

That looks cool....

 

[Flamand]

Small update, just to show I'm still at it...

 

[Quinzy]

very nice flamand! looks great!

 

[Spacer One]

wow...that is very interesting...

ancient/medival aircraft...hmmm...now how to implement?

 

[Stormrage]

I hope all that gold is just paint, or that baby has one m-fing strong engine! And some m-fing snakes in it too!

 

[Flamand]

Snake power, I like that...

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Choosing how it will attack could be a challenge. Give it one machine gun attack Flamand of the others youll probably will do, that way I can use it as a UU for the Toltecs replacing the Fighter...lol

 

[Flamand]

I had a better idea, the base for it is already in the model...

 

[Stormrage]

A flying Drilla-Killa?

 

[Blue Monkey]

OK, I apologize if it irritates anyone, but I consider this a legitimate bump because I would like to use this as an early vimana craft in my Bharata mod.

So, Flamand, is this still in the works?

 

[Blue Monkey]

Speaking of which ...

 

[Flamand]

I could pick it up again...

 

[flamescreen]

That'd be nice.
Apparently ancient craft used Red Quicksilver? at least said so in the Mahabharata. And there was a beautiful wooden craft that looks like a bird in some book, could have been Berlitz's Lost civilizations? As it was only wooden and lacked an obvious engine, could be called a glider and therefore used by some civ in their ancient form, without having to explain too much as in this one(which looks awesome btw).

It would rock to see the wooden one too.
Maybe I'll post a pic if I can dig it up. Feel free to do so anyone, if you know what I'm talking about.

 

[CornPlanter]

I'd find a use for this unit too. Once I made a small mod designed according to all those pseudoscience theories; just for myself. "In order to build Pyramids, a city must have UFO strategic resource in it's box" and so on

 

[SG-17]

Flamand, The soil found around (and in) the 10,000 year old ruins in N. India contained a layer of Heavy Iodine and whatever else is the result of splitting U-235, and these elements never occurr in nature. in addition, the layer of radioactive soil was spread over the area much like the fallout from the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.... While a sustained fission reaction is difficult to achieve, an uncontrolled reaction involving U-235 is quite simple... All one needs is enough U-235.

but in order to get enough U-235 you would need a cyclotron (i think thats it).

that craft looks like the ones described by Plato and the one in Disney's Atlantis, but nothing like Stargate Atlantis (maybe this was a predocessor to the Puddlejumper .)

 

[Blue Monkey]

but in order to get enough U-235 you would need a cyclotron (i think thats it).

Cyclotron not required for concentration of fissionable material. Probably a sharp Greek or Egyptian could have figured out something interesting related to metallurgy was going on if they had reason to mine there at the right time.

 

[SG-17]

ah, i see, but you would still need one to produce weapons grade U-235

 

[Blue Monkey]

ah, i see, but you would still need one to produce weapons grade U-235

If we accept that the Astras (weapons) described in the Mahabharata are physical instruments, then it follows that means existed for their manufacture. The natural reactor at Oklo demonstrates in principle that means other those used currently may be feasible.

Which is a fancy way of saying When can we have our pretty golden vimana?

 

[Moosezilla]

They say the Iridium layer surrounding central amerika is a result of an asteroid.
And of course the Trade routes are evidenced by cocaine in mummies. Oh and who is to say theories about deflection of near earth objects couldn't be used to make those pesky Dinocivs extinct?