Since we're going to be doing FACTIONS, I suppose I may as well show off a bit of my creative writing... This, mind you, took roughly five hours, in total... Hoping it's worth it.
The Hotland Bristlewalkers, a plant-like yet humanoid race in the inner reaches of one of the remote galaxies, has decided to attempt to expand their horizons, hoping to find more planets with the hot and harsh landscapes that they've grown to be accustomed to. They've sent a sizeable fleet, but with a very clear distinction between three different classes of vehicle. The ship classes are as follows:
Prickle Seed: 200,000 value
The Scout Class vessel of choice for the Hotland Bristlewalkers' fleet, this ship revels in omni-directional functionality, both in combat and mobility, ideal for when it's in a pinch.
Bombard Thorn: 800,000 value
The staple long-range cruisers of the Hotland Bristlewalkers, this deadly sniper craft normally relies on armor and numbers over having shields, though they seem to readily detach from the main fleet to reinforce a sector...
Bristlethorn: 2,500,000 value
A vicious flagship for the fleet sent by the Hotlands Bristlewalkers. This deadly craft specializes in close-quarters, which is aided with grappling tractor beams, heavy point defense, and moderate shielding, while armor gives flanking missiles a hard time.
-(Edited so that the Bristlethorn is significantly faster, touched up the front corners a bit, and also moved the cannons so that they don't have nearly as much trouble firing, such modifications being after various performance tests out of personal curiosity. The cost of the craft also went up as a result, but is still within the acceptable price range.)
--(Modified once again, a few things such as the corners being refined as to maximize the cost threshold for its category... Mostly because I can.)
---(Final edit,after a bit of testing, swapped a few bits of armor that was only getting in the way with structure and then swapped some structure with armor to keep the same exact price... and also fixed the Tractor Beams, because I found out that I left them in the basic setting, which was not what I wanted at all.)
