#crimson skies

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North America, as seen in Crimson Skies

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Black Veil Brides - Crimson Skies

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Pssst @celticwolfie I drew your vampire boys >:]

bonus doodle of vampire moon AI giving me emotional whiplash and sacrificing me

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Crimson Skies (2000)

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@celticwolfie

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" Big guns! Fast planes! Gorgeous dames! "

NextGen Mgazine n69 - September, 2000.

[notsafetycop]

man, I love Crimson Skies! The planes! The airships! The open piracy of the rich!

I also get why it failed, there's only so much you can do with just planes, airships, and the open piracy of the rich

[sharkey-b]

pile of shame

[celticwolfie]

Chapter 7 is out!

Chapter summary:

Maybe Moon was right, maybe playing in the snow wasn't a good idea. You wake up to a fever and an upset stomach. At least things can go up from here.

Warning: there are mentions of the reader vomiting. No description of said vomit. Just the action. So please be careful.

Word count: 5, 297

[aurik-kal-durin]

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - DLC Aircraft Ideas

I know some people are gonna look at this and say "WTF man, Crimson Skies came out in 2003... it's not getting any new content!"

True. But there's always a possibility- however small- that the game could be re-released on modern consoles, or (God willing) get a full-blown remake. In which case, the devs could always add new planes.

The original PC game had 17 playable aircraft, most of which did not make it into the Xbox game. Only 2 planes, the Devastator and the Brigand, would ship with the game. 4 others would be added as DLC for online multiplayer only.

I picked out 7 aircraft from the original PC game that I would like to see added if Crimson Skies gets a remake, and outlined what class I think they should be, and what weapons they could have.

It'll probably never happen, but hey... I can dream. And remember, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge was one of the top 5 game on the OG Xbox Live, right alongside Halo 2 and Star Wars: Battlefront II. So I'd say it has a better chance of getting a remake than most.

Whittly & Douglas M210

Raven

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapon: Six Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: RF-Guided "Beeperless" Seeker Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 20 Rockets

A fast and agile fighter with six machine guns and highly accurate radio-guided Seeker Rockets that track targets aggressively. Seeker Rockets function like the Halo 2 Rocket Launcher; hold down the trigger to lock on to enemies, and release to fire.

The name of the Seeker Rocket is a reference to the "Beeper-Seeker" rocket from Crimson Skies lore. Whereas the Beeper-Seeker uses a two-stage system, firing a high-velocity "Beeper" rocket that emits a radio signal, followed up with a high-explosive "Seeker" rocket that homes in on that signal, these new rockets are able to track their targets without the need for a beeper unit; hence, "Beeperless".

Grumman E-1C

Avenger

Class: Dogfighter

Primary Weapon: Eight Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: "Detonator III" Incendiary Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 15 Rockets

Armed with more machine guns than any other plane in the game, along with a secondary rocket that sets enemy planes on fire for damage over time. So you get the best of the Devastator and the Bandito all in one plane.

Curtiss-Wright P2

Warhawk

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapon: Four Cannons

Secondary Weapon: XR-1 "Perforator" Railgun

Secondary Ammunition: 12 Railgun Shells

Another plane outfitted with the Brigand's fast firing cannons, plus a new secondary weapon in the form of the Railgun. Hold the trigger to charge up, and release to fire. Does more damage than the Tank Gun, but is harder to aim.

Hughes Aviation

Bloodhawk

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapon: Four Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: XL-1 "Lancer" Laser Cannon

Secondary Ammunition: 100 Battery Charge

The standout feature of the Bloodhawk is it's secondary laser, which is extremely accurate and has unlimited ammo, but has to recharge it's battery after firing for long periods of time. Ammo starts and 100 and counts down to 0 as you fire. The longer you fire, the longer it takes to fully recharge.

McDonnell S2B

Kestrel

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapon: Five Cannons

Secondary Weapon: Aerial Torpedoes

Secondary Ammunition: 15 Torpedoes

Turret: Twin Cannons

As pure a Zep-Killer as can be, the Kestrel boasts five rapid-fire cannons, as well as two more cannons in a rear turret a la the Brigand. It's secondary weapon is a rocket-propelled Aerial Torpedo that deals tremendous damage to zeppelins, but has no magnetic lock-on, making it all but useless against enemy planes.

However... if you do somehow manage to score a hit on an enemy plane with the Aerial Torpedo (whether by skill, or dumb luck) it's a 1-hit kill no matter how high your opponents armor rating.

Bell Mk. II

Valiant

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapons: Six Cannons

Secondary Weapon: Grenade Launcher

Secondary Ammunition: 30 Grenades

An exceptional Zep-Killer with six cannons right out of the box, and a secondary grenade launcher. Grenades deal massive damage to zeppelins and ground targets, but are less useful against enemy planes than other Zep-Killer weapons.

Marquette PR-1

Defender

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapons: Six Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: "Flyswatter" Flak Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 20 Rockets

A capable fighter in the right hands, the Defender is armed with six machine guns and Flak Rockets. Flak Rockets have the damage of the Devastator's Magnetic Missiles with the projectile speed of the Bandito's Fireball Cannon, making them highly accurate and easy to use.

[krjpalmer]

Computer Gaming World March 2000

on the Internet Archive

[captainchaosartworks]

Retro PC Games #17: Crimson Skies

Finally finished Crimson Skies the other day- hadn't touched it since it was new. The game's difficulty is all over the place but it was almost always fun and stylish. 🛩️🏴‍☠️🏝️

Here is art of the plane I used the most, the tailgun-equipped Fairchild F611 Brigand.

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[elbiotipo]

Crimson Skies was such a good forgotten game... the dieselpunk aesthetic... the wacky yet strangely believeable setting with all the independent US states with the Soviets Germans British etc. thrown in the mix... the whole Indiana Jones/Prohibition Era feel of it all... THE SKY PIRATES. THE ZEPPELINS. THE PLANES.

LOOK AT THE PLANES

It was so good, I would love a remake or a spiritual sequel.

[doolallymagpie]

the creators of crimson skies went all-in on creating an alternate 1930s america where sky pirates shoot at each other in rear-propellered planes launching from zeppelins, and apart from FASA and, for a few brief, glorious years, microsoft, everyone’s looked at it and said “this is worthless!” for no apparent reason

like, it’s battletech but pulp, come on, you don’t want to muscle in on battletech’s territory, and also get the rocketeer/indiana jones/sky captain/talespin crowd in there?

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thinking about “Crimson Skies” and the scream after the chorus. it gets me every time i listen to the song because there’s just. so much emotion in that scream? it’s raw and painful and emotional and it tells you so much more about the song than the actual lyrics do? like i know andy’s said it’s meant to be the final battle, the climactic fight between the blackbird and nine, but just―that scream tells you everything you need to know. and i love it