Unknown Airship?

After looking through the official StarCraft 2 website and viewing the concept art, I found something that should make a good discussion. So I decided to look through the forums to post it and I was very surprised to find that no one really mentioned anything about this particular piece (I could be wrong though. 8)) Click here to see what I am talking about.

It was located in the artwork section and well I thought it must be a concept drawing for some new Terran airship? It could be possible, because it does not look like anything we have seen before. It is too small to be a dropship and looks just about right to be something in the offensive field. Perhaps it is a new Terran gunship? What do you guys think?

Also on the lower left corner, it says something but I cannot make it out clearly, I think it says CGIGE Concept

 

Looks like a futuristic helicopter. I think we saw it in the trailer....The (Sorry, it looks like it to me) Republic Gunship looking thing flying through the city.

 

I think everyone else just assumed that it was a new terran airship that may or may not be in the actual game (just like many things in StarCraft cinematics are not in the actual game) and everyone else just left it at that.

and it looks nothing like a republic gunship.

 

But why was it not discussed if "everyone else just assumed it was a new terran airship that may or may not be in the actual game"? There are topics about Snipers, Anti-Protoss shields, etc. etc. This thing surely deserves a spotlight !

 

it sure is sexy

 

looks like an ospery almost

 

I'd hit it.


It looks like a dropship to me...

 

Dropship? No.

It has strong similarities to the Aerial Hunter Killer from Terminator
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/AerialHunterKillerMain.jpg

And the UD-6 Talon from Battlefield 2142
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7851/bf2142talonvehicletm9.jpg


As for helicopters, it is most like a HIND with only one cockpit
http://www.doghouseanimations.com/wallpapers/DHA Hind.jpg

 

Oh they look like one of the futuristic air units in Empire Earth (Spectre AT or the Repaer Gunship), but I have no picture of it. If you have the game, then take a look at it.

 

holy shit, u played EE? amazing! well, yes it looks like spectre, reaper is more like ufo, but nice find lol!
probs its just a cool picture promo , but perhaps a new terran air unit concept?

 

pretty interesting. never thought of it though, thought it was a dropship.

 

That'll be cool if that's a new air unit. If I had to guess, that picture looks like an air to ground attack unit. eh just speculating.

haha I played EE prolly back in my early high school days. It's a lot of fun cause I love it when I'm at like 2 epochs ahead and own my opponents. I don't like EE2 that much cause it felt like playing Microsoft's Rise of Nations and it didn't feel like an EE-esque game that much. However, EE3 looks REALLY nice actually. Maybe I'll give that a try.

 

mmh what can it be i tought i was a drop ship to..

 

I always thought that it was a Dropship.
But after careful inspection, I don't think it is anymore.

Perhaps, it is the new Terran Bomber that everyone is waiting for?

 

What the Terran Grizzly?


It seems to be inspired from the Orca fighter in the Command and Conquer series, maybe it's a replacement for the Valkyrie? Though it could be the bomber too...

 

Remember back in the days of BW beta that Valkyries used to be a Bomber?
Blizzard eventually scraped the idea. I think Blizzard are really intending to make a Bomber for the Terrans in SC2. Maybe that Bomber will be the Grizzlies.

 

dude where that come from? That looks neat!

Although it does not have the two rotors on the side of the unit.


EDIT: oh its from Ghost.. haha had to look it up myself

 

it might be a new fighting unit

 

yeah the orca, thats the other one I was thinking of.
http://www.conspiracyofnod.com/news/Orca.jpg
http://images.ea.com/eagames/official/cc_firstdecade/Orca/GDI_Orca.jpg

 

It would be way to abusive it was in SC2, a flying bunker with rockets.