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[Eric Blank]

Perhaps the game is doing something silly, like trying to load objects into that sector that simply don't exist, yet it insists MUST be there?

[Kadzar]

So work has begun on my shielded cloakship carrier. And also on the way to the shop to buy more shields, I happened across TheDarkStar's base.

Spoiler: Dark HQ (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Apparently he has a shop, which is the opposite of mine in that it has a variety of things to buy though not a lot of money available to buy things off of other players. Also there are factories. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: At that size, I'm not so sure if they technically qualify as "fighters" anymore, but with guns like that, whose gonna argue with you? (click to show/hide)

So, finally, here's the carrier I've been working on. It's made entirely from block found on the server, nothing spawned in (the new recipes to convert from blocks to wedges and back helps with that a lot).

Spoiler: It uses an engine pod design similar to the large ship I started on the last server (and hope to be able to finish some day). (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: The hangar is made to accommodate my cloakship, and there should be enough ceiling height to fit in the Pirate Killer docked on top, plus a little room to maneuver. (click to show/hide)

[NullForceOmega]

I believe the server has crashed while trying to handle a three-way battle between Oblivion, the pirates, and the trade guild in my homeworld's orbit.  I probably didn't help things by starting to hollow out the planet.

[forsaken1111]

Its up now

[TheDarkStar]

Kadzar: I didn't realize the size of the ship when I was making it. Now that I see how it turned out, I might have wanted to rename it.

[Kadzar]

Well you can always rename it with a faction module. (I'm pretty sure the name will even stick around if you remove the faction module afterwards, though I don't know for sure.)

[Julius Clonkus]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Early in-progress screen of what I'm doing on a private server. It will have a few turrets to protect itself.

[Kadzar]

So purdy.

And I bet you could fit a very nice interior in there when you're done. If you're having trouble thinking of things to put in, think maintenance tunnels and horizontal gravity elevators (the latter especially would nice for traveling around in something that big).

[Eric Blank]

What I find most useful for getting around is actually just the ship core module. Using a few very large hallways (7x7 or something? I dunno) you could safely navigate the vessel via ship core, maybe a core + power gen and 1 thruster.

[Kadzar]

Yeah, but I personally find it annoying to have to spawn a ship, get in it, go to your destination, get out, then have to delete the core, all just for regular transportation. Plus gravity elevators require a 7x7 wide shaft and are mostly empty except at the bottom, so you could still fly a core down there if need be. And I wonder if gravity might  possibly be faster than a core (no idea actually; testing would need to be done).

And actually, the absolute fastest method of transportation is teleporting, easily achievable by entering a docked core and pressing left or right arrow keys to move to another docked core and getting out. Now, previously, doing this had the issue of you possibly going into one of your turrets and turning off the AI, but, since the current build introduced chain-docking, I believe there is better way.

If you just docked a teleport system ship inside your ship, you could teleport to any core docked on the system with no worry of accidentally going into a turret or another docked ship (unless you placed the ship dock on the teleport system platform). Now, your teleporters could only be placed in straight lines since docking areas can only be made in box shapes, but this means you don't have to have directions near the teleporter which way you'll go when pressing the arrow keys (since it can get very confusing otherwise). Or you could just build your whole interior on the teleport system, then put engines and shields on it to make it a giant escape pod. Then make your teleport pads (the docked ships you travel between) into smaller escape pods. It's double redundancy and it will confuse your enemy.

[NullForceOmega]

Hey guys, I've been working on the Vanguard this week, and it's primary weapon system is finished!  I'm not the greatest at calculating DPS, but it cored a Nexus in around a second of sustained fire from the rear.  Of course it's over 600m long and turns like a loaded garbage scow.  I am now certain that the ship will include a dock for the Eidolon in it's hangar section, tho' the exact mechanics of that are likely to be difficult.  I'm hoping today to get the first deck of the main hull completed, and possibly the docking bay as well.

[Kadzar]

Work continues on my shielded carrier. I'm thinking of calling it the Flying Wardrobe ('cause it's boxy and it holds my cloak(ship)). What do you think?

Spoiler: So most of the exterior is done now, I think. Just need to add in a front and the top engine pod. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: I've also laid out the interior and have six full decks. It's not furnished, and I need to lay out some rooms, but the lighting's all done for what's there. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Here's a view of the bottom-most deck and the bottom door to the hangar bay. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Here's a view of the hangar show just how tall it is. I added a separate dock for the Pirate Killer since I needed the head room for maneuvering, and if anything else it's at least another dock. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: A closer view of the hangar with the Pirate Killer docked to the stealthship. (click to show/hide)

[NullForceOmega]

Nice Kadz, I like the bulk of the vessel, and the purple is very chic.

[Eric Blank]

That is nice. I think, though, that if you run out of ideas for what to do with all those extra decks you should convert them to shield disperser bays.

[Kadzar]

Aw, thanks guys. The ship is meant to fulfill a practical role, in conveying my stealth ship to pirate stations, but I also want to make it look as nice as possible. As for stuff in the deck, more shields might be good (though I probably have enough now to shrug off pirate attacks), though I'm wondering if it would be worth it to put in some power tanks (assuming I can find enough for it to be worth it.

Oh, and speaking of pirates, does anyone have any opinions on preserving stations? 'Cause when this thing is done I plan to clear out a few, and I want to know if we want to keep a few around in the general area so people can still fight them, or if it would be better if the sectors around spawn were pirate free so we have a safe zone. I've got a few coordinates down of areas near 0,0,0 from attacks while I've been building the ship, and I can either take those down or move farther out depending on what people prefer.