dieaready Nice ships. I found MK4C4 the most effective, although I didn't do that much testing yet.
I modified my ship a bit, as 2 reactors was excessive. I build it in a rush, so never optimized it. Here is the new version, with some money left over to spend. I still need to work on it:
Have you tried spamming yours at equal value to Exodia or Fool's Gambit?
On the subject Fool's Gambit, it was incredible. I couldn't actually beat the Shredders at that width. I couldn't improve on them at all. The crew balance was perfect. I don't even understand how you achieved that balance. The crew putting energy cells into storage and going back for more acting as a relay. Weapon placement was great, I tried various combos but couldn't beat it. Each shredder was perfect.
If you want to see my development folder I'll post it to Google Drive. I ran through quite a few variations to get something good enough. Trojan Warrior gave me the idea to use reduced shields. Then is was just a matter of fitting the ships in. I tried stupid long sub structure frames, but they just got in the way, I needed self destructing parts. Your reactor idea was genius, using a lot more gave me my self destructing framework, though at a pretty expensive price tag.
I kept compartmentalized sections for Blue WIng Squadron, as I prefer that for crew efficiency. I'm still on the fence about engines. Medium vs large, I haven't done much testing, I'd like to see some stats on those.
I tried tiny ships, but there was just too many, they got in each others way and the AI was having real trouble sending anything in an effective direction. So there is definitely too small for swarm ships. Here it is just for reference:
Hodyn This was my response to Fool's Gambit: