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The thing I love about how the AI behaves with the Spelunker is that it fights in stages. The first stage is initial engagement, where it fights using the front of the ship, usually this ends up with half the beam weapons and one of the heavy cannon or forward missile compartments exploding. When that happens, it starts behaving like a broadside cruiser, which is especially devastating because the rear missiles only start firing when there's an enemy ship to the side or behind the Spelunker.

I cooould have put more missiles on the neck (or pushed the lasers way back and made a shield gauntlet) but I liked the broadsiding too much.

    Taorec

    So I just found out that making a shield gauntlet and broadsiding are not mutually exclusive.

    image https://i.imgur.com/R0ANSHE.png

    The green silhouette is very nice to look at.

    Edit: Alright, this is going to be the final version of the Battlecruiser.

    Good lord! I love it but your ship is seriously obese and turns like a brick 🙂

    It's absolutely DISGUSTING to fly, I know. It's part of the charm for me.

    The Raven-class Frigate (frame)

    image https://i.imgur.com/RHjVpKY.png

    $126,500 credits
    2 crew

    A modular frigate. It used to serve as a mobile shuttle dock and rescue vehicle, providing emergency services to governments that paid for coverage. Now, it serves as a modular frigate, just begging to have a mass of weapons strapped to its hull. There are plenty of things that can be done with a vessel like this.

    [COMMON MODIFICATIONS]

    Raven-class Cannon Frigate

    image https://i.imgur.com/ML0XV2l.png

    $464,200 credits
    92 crew

    Some would argue that the Raven-class really should just have the two bays on its side replicated to form a symmetrical frigate. They're probably right, given that this cannon frigate performs fairly decently (all projected simulations showed its ability to quickly dispatch the Chapel-class Corvette with little damage). Most of this model is just empty space and could be shaved down to save on money and weight.

    Raven-class Broadside Frigate

    image https://i.imgur.com/ncn2A5y.png

    $533,400 credits
    130 crew

    A smaller but much more dense Raven-class frigate, using its side compartments as thruster bays while replacing the actual thruster bay with missiles. Technically, this ship could be split in half (horizontally) and operate just fine thanks to control room redundancy in either engine. The engineers wanted to add a bit more armor and point defense, but the ship was already getting quite expensive for a frigate.

    Raven-class Missile Friguiser

    image https://i.imgur.com/ZdC5UXG.png

    $1,355,050 credits
    278 crew

    Because why not.

    That must have been what was going through NanoTrasen's heads when they decided to strap a massive booster ring to the frigate, convert most of its habitable space into missile bays, replace all the windows with armor, and send crew to live next to the massive burning engines.

    To its credit, it handles missiles well and can keep out of reach of most large ships.

    That's... a lot of ships. Honk.

    The honkmother provides.

      FoodFrogs

      Help me decide. Should I do the bottom deck of CM's USS Almayer or FTL13's Aetherwisp next?

        Hm... the first one.

          Good christ I never realized how big the Almayer was. Abort, abort.

          image https://i.imgur.com/sEc6Mhu.png

          Working on the Aetherwisp now, starting from the starboard fore. Emergency shuttle not included.

          image https://i.imgur.com/kE3e9r9.png

            Halinder
            i ove this game (ive played it)

              New ships!

              Socket-class Corvette

              image https://i.imgur.com/7oToXav.png

              $157,250 credits
              24 crew

              An agile but poorly defended corvette. Most of its internal space has been torn out to make it lighter. It really shouldn't be used on its own.

              Plug-class Frigate

              image https://i.imgur.com/KDoXmEZ.png

              $391,500 credits
              96 crew

              A well-armored ship with decent frontal shielding and an efficient internal setup. It can hold its own, but isn't very fast.

              Cable-class Frigate

              image https://i.imgur.com/pG69Upc.png

              $538,800 credits
              162 crew

              Its rear defenses aren't great. Neither is its maneuvering. Perhaps the greatest flaw is the total lack of frontal shielding.

              Alone, their flaws are many. But together, they create..

              Spark-class Battleship

              image https://i.imgur.com/NpnagtE.png

              $1,244,200 credits
              294 crew

              A blend between a Plug-class, Cable-class, and two Socket-class ships. It's highly debatable as to whether this is worth the cost.

              ALRIGHTY. The Aetherwisp is done. Notable design choices:

              • Everything is gonna be empty as hell, since Cosmoteer doesn't have nearly the amount of objects as Space Station 13 does. Recommend that the frame be used with mods, since it has room to fit pretty much anything.
              • Anything that COULD be walked through/over (like blast doors, shutters, tables, windoors, airlocks) is a corridor.
              • Windows are represented by structural lattices; actual lattices and grilles not included. One-directional windows were made into corridors, except the engine coolant loop ones.
              • Emergency shuttle, escape pods, and mining shuttle not included.
              • Regarding the actual SS13 design, dear god, the mappers put non-electrified windows leading into XENOBIOLOGY?

              image https://i.imgur.com/0fjZePV.png

              image https://i.imgur.com/nZioSdZ.png

              Edited versions with the alternate NT logo and ship name. Decalmore mod recommended. Not because of the ship, but just because decalmore is good.

              image https://i.imgur.com/aBIKLau.png

              image https://i.imgur.com/UuKpR78.png

              5 days later

              New ships, this time with missiles!

              Hammerhead-class Missile Frigate

              image https://i.imgur.com/QiP1RnD.png

              $316,350 credits
              54 crew

              A fast, agile frigate. While it lacks shields, it has thick armor blocks protecting its fore and aft, as well as point defense covering the sides. It should be used to harass slower enemies. Notably, as the armor is destroyed, the Hammerhead becomes faster -- although repair costs might be a regular annoyance, it is unlikely for this ship to be totally destroyed if used properly.

              Cookie Cutter-class Skirmisher

              image https://i.imgur.com/CLy1BlZ.png

              $259,900 credits
              72 crew

              A fething expensive skirmisher. It is fast, has a hefty payload for its size, and is covered nicely by point defense. However, it lacks shielding and armor. It is a preferred choice of experienced captains, given its ability to perform hit and run tactics against larger enemies before they can even respond. Cookie Cutter-class vessels should not be relegated to AI control, as most current positronic brain models lack the capacity to use them properly.

              10 days later
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              Halinder Looks like something from FTL

              HONK!

                Hello, i am a spokesperson for the United Gamindustri Space Fleet, that recently reorganized itself in planet Yaruo, in the continent of Gaspaka, as a System-wide protector of the Iskandarian and other people.
                We've contacted you, as Fleet to Private Company, to ask for the construction of a midsized laser-based (stock game only) Destroyer.
                Why should we contact you? because we have the money to pay for it, but alot of our main dockyard, Mithril Dockyard, in planet YX33 or Yaskacu got heavily damaged in a recent terrorist raid in sector 553;23 of Andromeda Galaxy, near the epithomerus of the 5th Anthrophomus of the Galean Blue Storm section.
                We currently are working hard to repair the vessels that got damaged, aswell as the dockyard itself, but we need a destroyer that is midsized with good maneuverability and Atmospheric Flight capabilities.

                In the below contract are the specs of the vessel that we are sort of looking for in terms of design, width of the vessel is not yet applicable as that is to go for your discretion.

                Length: aprx. 49m meters
                Width: N/A
                Thrust: To contracted company's desire.
                Weapon Systems: Mainly laser-based, with PD at the center of the vessel.
                Atmospheric Flight: A necessity honestly.

                Sign: Nicolás Rodríguez, Admiral of the United Gamindustri Nations Fleet, Captain of UFS Yamato Type-NJ98, Registrated as Heavy Battleship Yamato, design A-150-PRE_145bS at 32,3mFX

                Signing off from comms until your reply, NanoTransen Systems.

                Message ended.

                AdmiralRodriguez The PTI and Mikrelian Navy are glad to send relief aid and supplies if need be. Simply contact me and I will arrnage it

                Halinder
                I really like the Bird of Prey design, also the idea of having tiny ships only focused of blocking shots and using point defense is interesting. Well thought out faction.