A few of the game's most experienced architects, painters, and pilots assembled in the darkest recesses of a community discord server to create a collection worthy of only the developer himself...
THE WALT COLLECTION
@Oneye - @Hatter - @Cosmopyr - @Saris - @oem - @kieffer5101
...that aside these ships are also for the community to edit, pilot, and be inspired by. Given the chance we may make expansions, edits, and follow-ups depending on how things go.
Catchmoon - 1.5mil Railfan
Built by @Saris, refit and paint by @Hatter
The Catchmoon fans it's rails back and forth to concentrate fire on a single target. Using tractor beams to keep an enemy at range and prevent ramming. It features a detachable armor layer built by Hatter to allow the pilot to reduce weight.
Whirling Gale - 1.5mil Laser Wall
Built and painted by @Cosmopyr
The Whirling Gale uses power storage to produce powerful short-term firepower and shielding. It's flak provides adequate missile defenses.
Waltron 6000 - 1.5mil Triangle
Built by @kieffer5101, refit painted @Cosmopyr
The Waltron is built with a variety of weapons and defenses. Lasers and cannons provide the main DPS. Missiles and flak are placed at the back.
Dream Eater - 1.5mil Rail Fan
Built by @Oneye and modified and painted by @Hatter
The Dream Eater is a large dps focused rail fan with point defense banks at the sides. Manage it's momentum carefully.
Echo - 1.5mil Missile Barge
Built by @Oneye, and painted by @Hatter
The Echo is a standard missile barge featuring heavy armor and flak to protect it's missile banks.
Sorcerer - 1.5mil Laser & Missile Triangle
Built and painted by @Oneye
The Sorcerer is an optimized laser triangle featuring missiles to support it's firepower.
Citherus - 1.5mil Ion Orbiter
Built and painted by @Oneye
The Citherus orbits and rams it's opponents with it's powerful forward thrust and pelting the target with combined ion beams. It's hull is protected by point defense banks and an array of shields.
Photon - 750k Small Cannon Trap
Built by @Cosmopyr and painted by @Hatter
The Photon uses flak and cannons to devastate the backs of it's opponents. This ships works best in pairs at opposite angles to it's target.
Trifecta - 880k Splitter Trio
Built by @oem
The Trifecta is built to split into a trio of ships with a variety of weapons to harass it's targets. Pilot these ships together and you can bring the advantage.
Solisquid - 1.5mil Ion Barge
Built by @Saris, modified by @Cosmopyr and @Hatter, and painted by @Cosmopyr
The Solisquid focuses it's ions down a well shielded barrel to melt the enemy and posses enough thrust to maneuver around the opponent.
Thanks to everyone's help in making this collection and thanks to Walt for being the motivation to get all this done. I encourage the community to work together for collections in the future because this was pretty cool.