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Project info:      Title: Hiigaran Tulwar Patrol Frigate      Date: Spring 2005      Software: Lightwave, Photoshop, Maya      Responsibility: Design, model, UV, color map, specular map, importing into game engine      Statistics: 3528 triangles, 1024x512 color and specular map      Notes: This project was made for the Point Defense Systems mod for Relic's Homeworld 2.     This frigate was designed to patrol Hiigaran border worlds and the fringes of their new empire. Frequently operating in small packs of three, the Tulwar had to be capable of engaging practically any threat. Like all post-Vaygr-invasion vessels designed by the Hiigarans, the Tulwar is amply armed. The Tulwar sports four dual-mount light pulsars and two centerline dual-mount heavy ion cannons for direct engagement with enemies small and large. For standoff weaponry, the Tulwar also possesses two torpedo launchers and a five tube vertical mount missile launcher. When the Tulwar is attached to larger fleet operations, it can deploy its most fearsome weapon - a triple mount battery of rapid-fire heavy pulsars. While the heat output of the main gun requires a long recharge time, the damage it can wreak upon large vessels is hard to match. This frigate is often piloted like craft a fraction of its size, engaging in daring strafing runs to get the most use out of its heavy pulsar barrage. With their full complement of CIWS anti-missile weaponry, Tulwar patrols also serve as efficient fleet defenders. Unlike other frigates, the Tulwar is not built at a shipyard but summoned via hyperspace from its patrol on the fringes of known space.