[Art/Meta] Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer, we'll keep the Red Flag flying here!
07-06-2009, 06:01 AM
07-06-2009, 06:01 AM
Some graphics doodling today, and I'm quite proud of this one:
![[Image: fetch.php?media=art:vvs:flag-of-the-sovi...-exile.png]](http://fnord.sandwich.net/fenwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=art:vvs:flag-of-the-soviet-air-force-in-exile.png)
The official flag of the Soviet Air Force-In-Exile, adopted 2009 just before the Soviets' mission to Mercury. This flag has flown on all Soviet expeditions, and has been carried into battle by X-COM forces during the Boskone conflict (most famously flown from the steeple of the Church of the White Martyrs after the capture of Asteroid 1488).
The flag is based off the classic socialist/communist red flag, with the major changes being the device in the right third of the flag and the purple cross in the white canton.
The device is the Seal of the Soviet Air Force, also adopted in 2009. The Seal is composed of a rose - another socialist symbol - with the stem branching off into a double helix wrapped around a hammer, representing Science (possibly Mad Science) and Industry.
The cross in the canton defies general explanation, though it is believed to hold great significance to the Central Committee. Those in the know have called it St. Grimace's Cross, but what *that* means nobody's quite sure.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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The official flag of the Soviet Air Force-In-Exile, adopted 2009 just before the Soviets' mission to Mercury. This flag has flown on all Soviet expeditions, and has been carried into battle by X-COM forces during the Boskone conflict (most famously flown from the steeple of the Church of the White Martyrs after the capture of Asteroid 1488).
The flag is based off the classic socialist/communist red flag, with the major changes being the device in the right third of the flag and the purple cross in the white canton.
The device is the Seal of the Soviet Air Force, also adopted in 2009. The Seal is composed of a rose - another socialist symbol - with the stem branching off into a double helix wrapped around a hammer, representing Science (possibly Mad Science) and Industry.
The cross in the canton defies general explanation, though it is believed to hold great significance to the Central Committee. Those in the know have called it St. Grimace's Cross, but what *that* means nobody's quite sure.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"