So I've been messing around with a pretty silly but fun concept, which is ships that function as one big gun. Its hard to explain so I'll just post the designs and then describe how to utilize them.
Slug Launcher- fires heavy explosive slugs, short distance and can sometimes jam.
Mine Sprayer- fires low explosive mines, high coverage and long distance.
Swarm Caster- fires small craft rounds to lay an ambush swarm.
With the Slug Launcher you must:
1st "anchor" the craft by selecting a spot to move to.
2nd select and self destruct each segment of structure.
3rd set thrusters on "loader ship" to auto-thrust.
4th wait for ammunition to fully load and then set ion lasers to auto-fire.
5th wait for ammunition to fully load once more than set rail launcher to auto-fire.
6th self destruct fired rounds when near enemy craft/s.
The Mine Sprayer is a lot easier to use.
1st "anchor" ship.
2nd select mines and self destruct them.
3rd set thrusters on "loader ship" to auto-fire.
4th wait for ammunition to fully load.
5th set railgun launchers to auto fire.
6th lay mines to ambush enemy.
7th self destruct mines when close to enemy craft.
The Swarm Caster is much like the other two designs, except once all the "ammo" has been fired you must select all the swarm crafts and command them to attack the enemy ship. Here are some photos.
I hope you liked the designs, try running them at x2 or x4 speed if you wanna see them in rapid fire mode. If any ones built things similar to these ships please share your design as I'm interested in seeing what people have come up with.