"The
'Red Race' isn't a seperate race - the reason they don't
match up with the current textures on the Hiigaran or Vaygr
ships is that they're an earlier texture job - you'll see
them again, later, I'm sure in their full glory. As to
whether they're Hiigaran or Vaygr ... well. The V should be
a clue..." - Morgan Jaffit, Designer
Though
barely visible in the print version of this PC
Gamer screenshot, these
craft were identified in the caption as corvettes. In the
subsequently released source images for these screenshots, they
can now be clearly seen. The engines
have a vertical rather than horizontal configuration,
Kushan-style, which would eventually turn out to be a
standard Vaygr configuration.
We
have since seen a variety of Vaygr corvettes based on this
hull. These "standard" corvettes, which don't have
much in the way of visible weaponry, haven't been seen since
these early 2002 shots. It is likely that they are not in
the final version of the game. These may have been early
versions of the Laser Corvette.
There
is no official information on this ship.
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