What happened to my Horizon?

chastity1337

I have long had and loved an Olympic class Science Vessel, of the Horizon variant. I just love that clear "fish bowl" saucer. But when I came back today I found my lovely clear fish bowl is now covered with a fugly triangular lattice of some sort. What happened, and how do I get the clear one back?

I went to the ship tailor at ESD and looked at all the options, but the clear one is gone. What happened?

Deeply unhappy in Buenos Aires...

baddmoonrizin

It was remastered.

https://x.com/thomasthecat/status/1846982138585141292

davefenestrator

It's a shame when an old skin is removed, since there might be someone who prefers it even though the new one is better-but-different

phoenixc

The old forcefield bubble was a lot better than the silly glass sphere. The forcefield made some sense if they are doing experiments that could be dangerous because they could switch off the field, that is not possible with physical glass (or transparent aluminum, which is a kind of clear sapphire sheet).

protoneous

chastity1337 wrote: »

I have long had and loved an Olympic class Science Vessel, of the Horizon variant. I just love that clear "fish bowl" saucer. But when I came back today I found my lovely clear fish bowl is now covered with a fugly triangular lattice of some sort. What happened, and how do I get the clear one back?

I went to the ship tailor at ESD and looked at all the options, but the clear one is gone. What happened?

That fish bowl saucer was one of my all time favorites. The new version makes it look like an old stained glass window. Didn't Scotty give the formula for transparent alumimum to a 20th century engineer almost 40 years ago in ST IV ?

jonsills

phoenixc#0738 wrote: »

The old forcefield bubble was a lot better than the silly glass sphere. The forcefield made some sense if they are doing experiments that could be dangerous because they could switch off the field, that is not possible with physical glass (or transparent aluminum, which is a kind of clear sapphire sheet).

Then again, if there's a power issue, suddenly all the people working in that area are evacuated into space without suits. Not an ideal solution.

phoenixc

jonsills wrote: »

phoenixc#0738 wrote: »

The old forcefield bubble was a lot better than the silly glass sphere. The forcefield made some sense if they are doing experiments that could be dangerous because they could switch off the field, that is not possible with physical glass (or transparent aluminum, which is a kind of clear sapphire sheet).

Then again, if there's a power issue, suddenly all the people working in that area are evacuated into space without suits. Not an ideal solution.

If there ever are people working in that section. It had no decks or anything besides the "apple core" running through the middle of the field bubble. My guess is that the scientists would be in that core section manipulating things from there.

tribbulater

Add another vote for the looks of the old blue forcefield bubble. It was a truly unique look in the game. Even with much better ships to fly I would still take out my Horizon where possible just to see it fly. I kitbashed it with a different main hull and pylons, can't recall the specific mix atm, but a beautiful ship.

thay8472

Yeah I miss the forcefield bubble too.

chastity1337

So there is no way to get the old one back?

My heart is broken. That was my favorite ship. I had a fleet retrofit with all the upgrades, it had stats to match a T6, and it looked so beautifully clean. I'm dying here.