While waiting for the update, I decided to start making some ships to take on the ships in the update, using the other mods in the forums.
EDIT: UPDATED To MK 8
Hammer of Empire MK 8 - Star Destroyer (SD) Killer
Ready to take on the Star Wars ships!
Mods used:
Advanced Vanilla Mod
Additional Weapons
Parts Galore Mod
It has layer upon layer of shields to withstand the laser batteries of SDs. Also have heavy armor and an auto repair system to handle combat damage.
Equipped with 22 Turret Large Cannons for a ton of fire power. The use of Turreted Large Cannons also heavily reduce the power aka reactors needs of the ship. Every 2 cannons is in its own "cell" to prevent explosion spreading.
EMP missiles and a mix of anti-shield weapons to deal with the Star Wars shields. (May need to update this with more anti-shield weapon.)
The ship is balanced over many versions to be able to fight multiple ships and still retain proper energy and manpower distribution. Weapons on the sides may be slightly slower in recharge due to need to armor the reactors.
EDIT: I realized that in 1 on 1 battles, the Hammer have problem taking down its own shields. 2 Hammers will literally hammer at each other till then end of time... 😛
The revised version has included a ton of disrupter cannons on all sides to EMP the enemy shields down quickly!