(to be continued, if i get time)
This is kind of a proof of concept that 'RP' ships dominated by interior do not need to be under-powered, and that the existing XYZ power system already allows for plenty of creative overall solutions.
So GnomeKing took the original Lennart Luxury Yacht : Dart One Dart-One, and showed huge improvements could be made to the power system and giving more scope for thrusters and shields > all without making consequential changes to the lovely interior.
But that is not enough for me > where is my DooM-CubE ? ;> what can you do with a Luxury Yacht anyway...its instant death if the pirates see it
...unless of course they CANT see it...lets see now, that's going to take an awful lot of power and classic StarMade min-maxing > > >The Nanoids and I present to you the Ecks-Whysies : Luxury Stealth Yacht:
Main Change List:
Gianed.
-rear-mounted double-axis oversized Resonance Splitter
-ancillary solar-fins and wing-arrays
-front mounted custom-made Ray-Intake and Discharge-Radiator
-ancillary reaction-thruster pod
Removed.
-various compromise to interior blocks, including lighter materials.
-jump drive to be replaced by small chain drive (no rush - we have a pool
-removed internal elevators and landing gear (nice but deeply buried in structure and potential lag-target if under fire)
-the Pool has been reduced in size a bit, and a few bar-stools had stains on them.
-the Theater is ... er, permantley closed for business - do not go in there!
The vast majority of the Interior and much of the original exterior is derived directly from the original.
The Modified Yacht now has enough power regen for Full Perma-Cloak/Jam, whilst enjoying 100% Stop Effect, improved power storage, and significantly higher shields.
It is by no means a 'systems-brick', with plenty of accese into the 'engine bays' - but really i do not have the patience for much more in that regard :O .
The Overdrive and Thruster Pod allow 4 thrusters states, creating variable abilities to maneuver in stealth mode under different combinations of overdrive and 'inherit-thrust' settings. All thrusters operate at full power without cloak, and all combinations cloak stationary ship:
1: 1.4 ratio/100ms, 100 % Stealth (ie continuous thrust, no power loss)
2: 1.4 ratio/150ms, 98% Stealth
3: 1.9 ratio/ 200ms, 50% Stealth
4: 1.9 ratio/260ms, <25% stealth (ie thrusters drain power very very quickly when also under Cloak)
I had an agenda i admit > i wanted to show that XYZ is no so limiting and has many creative possibilities. Also that playing on servers with PvP is not just about Min-Max doom-cubes (well we all know that...). And finally that RP ships need not be Low Power !!!
This whole re-build is totally backwards for me > re-fitting power to a ship that is mostly detailed interior...usually i build 'outwards' in an organic fashion, with the shape of the power lines being a major determining factor in the overall ship-entity shape...i find this highly creative, especially as i don't really know what the end product will look like. I see what abilities and systems-balance emerges as I grow an entity towards a sense of completion, rather than towards a deterministic end-piont. It is a true case of Form following Function, and the main reason I keep coming back to StarMade.
I actually like strange and weird ships alongside the Eve/Elite/HMS Submarine clones
...i like crystal entities, hive-ships, living ships... all that other good Sci-Fi /Role playing stuff.Mostly I have enjoyed StarMade for the ability to 'make-something' different.
Moments I have treasured the most have involved some of the stupidest/hilarious/daft objects imaginable - some were also terrifyingly deadly. This quality of anarchic fun i shall call Derp. The XYZ rule-set is so simple and rather brilliant because of that. Its abstracted nature means it can be interpreted in many ways, and utilized very easily.
PLEASE DON'T LOSE THE DERP !!!
(Anyway > perhaps it is massively overpowered Yacht for public release > but there you go point made....enjoy