\nPassenger Yacht<\/p>\n
Length 34 M Originally designed as a passenger liner and luxury yacht for well-heeled space travelers, the Appolina is widely recognized as a status symbol of Terran design. The vessel’s comfortable accommodations remain popular with affluent spacers, and the Appolina is also the official vessel of the Terran Diplomatic Corp. <\/p>\n Christened with a feminine form of Apollo, the name Appolina is commonly associated with healing and the bearing of light. For these reasons, the Appolina maintains a rarefied prestige not often found among interstellar space craft.<\/p>\n Appolinas are also commonly found serving as medical ships. The Appolina’s role as a medical ship began during the Double Epidemics on Molos III when overcrowded hospital ships were forced to turn away both human and vanouri victims. A small fleet of Appolinas were quickly re-purposed for medical duties and the vessels performed well in this new role.<\/p>\n From a game design perspective, the Appolina began as a wedge-shaped ship typical of the Galactic Imperium. While experimenting with this design, a very unique shape emerged after refining the mesh and rounding the edges.<\/p>\n The primary model depicted in these images is rendered with a mesh of 17K triangles, while models with 11K and 7K triangles still maintain the graphic fidelity. Ultimately, the ship’s smooth skin relies on a 3D modelling technique known as smooth shading. The final two renders depict experiments with glossy and metallic shading.<\/p>\n
\nWidth 23.5 M
\nHeight: 8.3 M<\/p>\n![\"An](\"http:\/\/decisionpointgames.com\/devblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/appolina_render_txtr_4a.png\")
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