Floaty Bitz!

Okay, so I'm slow.

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I just found a piece of jewelry (a long thin bar, almost square) that has an attachment point floating a little ways away from its underside. I didn't see it before because I never used the piece rotated. I'm assuming I'm not the first person to find this. Are there other pieces of jewelry available in an unmodded game that allow floating ship parts? I like 'em a lot, but this one is somewhat limited (being as it is a large bar that needs to be kept big to work right).

Picture of the first ship I designed using the piece in question: [link="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/DreadArchon/GC2floatybitz.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/DreadArchon/GC2floatybitz.jpg">Link
(I plan to make a dreadnought with a bunch of floating shield generators next.   )

Edit: Actually, I ended up making a battleship escorted by frigates.   [link="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/DreadArchon/GC2floatyfighters.png"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/DreadArchon/GC2floatyfighters.png">Link
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What nobody? SOMEONE must know whether there are other components with floating attachments.  
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm not sure if I have noticed it.

however on a related thing. one of the Yor hulls, the small one I believe that looks like it has vertical wings on the sides. on one side the hardpoints are a bit sunken in and its hard to see them, but they are there.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have never noticed that - pretty sweet! I can't wait to try it out tonight. Which piece is it?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Is this one of the terran peices? If so, then yes, I have noticed the floating hardpoint. Looks cool!
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I have never noticed that - pretty sweet! I can't wait to try it out tonight. Which piece is it?


And here I thought I'd get here and everybody would be all "You didn't know? Noob."   

Anyway, I'd definitely qualify it as "pretty sweet." I don't have a screenshot handy (except the parts that are still sticking out in my ship pictures, try looking directly below the escorts I put around my battleship), but the piece is a long bar. The ends of the bar are almost square--I think it's the only thing that can be called a "long bar" that isn't flat, so it shouldn't be that hard to find. It's right above (or maybe below) a much shorter version of itself, which is almost a cube, but that piece has no floaty. I think it's right above those pieces that look like big talons.