Introducing The United Star Axis

[Dr. Whammy]

Same thing happend to me yesterday as well. Started building a ship for 2 hours, and I logged in the next day the entity file was missing and I had to start over. But thats not comparable to loosing a whole world.

I started saving a backup of my whole station every time I was finished for a day. So the ships I have in a world are all docked to this station.

Yeah, this was a 75% loss in work progress. Bummer.

Luckily, I recently made blueprints of all my ships and stations spawned nearby. My planetary bases/cities are all saved via templates so I can sprout an entire city in a matter of hours. I also tend to save my ship/station designs in increments and most of my ships have about 6-8. The lancer was only at step 2. The good news is that since the United Star Axis is more than 2 decades old (concept-wise), I've memorized all of the Lancer's general design layouts. This ship and all of its systems are in my head now, so all I have to do now is rebuild it and add details.

On a side note... One of the things I've always appreciated about the StarMade community is the flow of ideas and building methods between players. Even if whole designs aren't handed over in blueprint form, there is always something to be gained by exchanges like this. This is how we grow as builders and you've all helped me grow from my humble beginnings of building like this...

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With that having been said; I agree with StarWars1981. It looks a LOT better with the slabs. Thanks for teaching an old dog some new tricks.

 

[Gasboy]

I just got an SQL exception error that wiped out my universe!

I now have a fair amount of 'damage control' to attend to... I'll try your suggestions as soon as I get everything setup again.
[doublepost=1476748946,1476748477][/doublepost]Yeah... I lost all the progress I made on this ship and have only the basic hull shape. If I can't fix the corrupted universe, I'll have to rebuild it from scratch.

Yeah, I've logged in before to find ships just an outline, or chunks missing from a station. Never fun.

 

[Zhenyet]

I'm considering doing something to get my sister to play something other than Minecraft, so she has something to go to when she gives up on it.

 

[Calhoun]

Or full stations missing eh Gas?

Looking good Whammy!

 

[Dalmont]

Always make 1000x backups.

I set an alarm on repeat and do a WIP save every 15 minutes or so for this exact reason. So sorry to hear about the lost progress. Shes looking good so far!

 

[Dr. Whammy]

Almost there... stay on target!

 

[Dr. Whammy]

Ok... Let's try this again.

I have some more interior work to do and I need a few point defense turrets but you get the idea.

 

[StarWars1981]

Step 1: Save blueprints often.
Step 2: Forget once.
Step 3: Log in to the only crash you'll ever experience.
Step 4: *crash* TABLE FLIP
Step 5: Rebuild.

 

[Gasboy]

Step 1: Save blueprints often.
Step 2: Forget once.
Step 3: Log in to the only crash you'll ever experience.
Step 4: *crash* TABLE FLIP
Step 5: Rebuild.

Yeah, I save my station now every time I log in.

 

[Dr. Whammy]

------------------------ I am The Whammy!!! ----------------------------

 

[Gasboy]

So, your latest ship. Is it made up of hull blocks for the outer hull, or is that advanced armor?

 

[Scypio]

Get some bright red eyes and you're ready to go dominating the world.:D

 

[Dr. Whammy]

So, your latest ship. Is it made up of hull blocks for the outer hull, or is that advanced armor?

That's basic hull at the moment. Unlike the Pathfinder series, I designed this ship to be a long range fleet support ship. It's somewhat lacking in defense but makes up for it with the ability to quickly tear through shields and armor. I can coat it with advanced armor to increase durability but its speed will be greatly reduced; it will basically become a slow moving mobile siege gun.
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Get some bright red eyes and you're ready to go dominating the world.:D

Ironically, I actually have an alter-ego character (not in skin form yet) called "Evil Willy" who has glowing red eyes. He doesn't dominate though. instead, he uses nuclear missiles like a fireworks display.

 

[Dr. Whammy]

EVOLUTION COMPLETE...


The newest rebuild of my gunship.

Defender MK2

30% ship. 70% gun... This little brawler sacrifices speed for greatly increased defensive and offensive capabilities in a relatively compact design. One round from its main gun will tear through 3 blocks of advanced armor and dent the fourth.

I think these will be my "get the %@$# away from my base" ships... If you see a fleet of these flying in your direction, you'll know that you've either got some hefty reinforcements coming to help you out, or you've really pissed me off.

Mass: 3,000
Dimensions: L51 H33 W41
8x the shielding of the original with 16x the power regeneration.
8 point defense turrets
2 light missile turrets
200mm gauss autocannon: delivers over 40,000 sustainable DPS of rapid fire, armor shredding mayhem.

[doublepost=1477710827,1477708356][/doublepost]I just got into a nasty brawl with a former generation Pathfinder. I won the fight but took some serious damage. I had no idea this ship could take so many direct missile strikes and keep on fighting...

Given the massive difficulty I faced killing this older ship, three things are painfully clear.

1) I suck at piloting. ...at least in this game. I've played X-Wing, Colony Wars, Airforce Delta, Elite Dangerous, etc and I always did ok. This game makes me look like a 3 year old at the helm; complete with temper tantrum.

2) The controls for this game are really, REALLY sloppy. I mean, seriously; have you ever tried to keep the cross-hairs locked on something while flying an evasive pattern in this game? This is the only flight simulator that I've ever played where using a flight stick is actually harder than using a keyboard and mouse. What's up with that!?

3) I would be absolutely terrified if I ever had to fight a fleet of my own ship designs. Ion cannons = bye bye shields... Strong point defenses laugh at incoming missiles... and how the hell do my ships have so many system hit points anyway!?

Well, enough talking/typing... Here are the results; I'm on the left. My main ion cannon is offline, I lost both ion turrets and the main scanner array. My warp drive has ruptured plasma conduits. I have 40% of point defense units left and I was unable to get a missile past his point defense. ...Then I lost missile guidance completely so I had to close in and spray him with cannon fire until he overheated. Oh... and with the exception of the captain, the entire bridge crew was killed when nearly every console on the bridge exploded at some point. Even the smoke detectors exploded. Who the hell makes explosive smoke detectors anyway!? And I specifically told them not to wear red today.

When they wake up in their cloning chambers, they're gonna be pissed!


My damage

 

[Calhoun]

Dr. Whammy I told you not to rig the warheads to the consoles, but noooooooooooo.

 

[Dr. Whammy]

Dr. Whammy I told you not to rig the warheads to the consoles, but noooooooooooo.

 

[Dr. Whammy]

MECHA PORN!!!

Sometimes all a guy wants is a pump-action sh... er, um... A giant robot...

I was working on a new heavy (by Axis standards) combat ship when out of nowhere, I had this sudden robot fetish I had to satisfy. Curse you Armored Core! Curse you and your whole franchise!!!

Titan Mobile Armor
Affiliation: United Star Axis
Manufacturer: Kisaragi Robotics
Height: 32 meters
Mass: 1008
Defense: 66,000 shield. Advanced Armor plating.
Armament: Gauss rifles, Guided missiles, Point defense units.

 

[Top 4ce]

MECHA PORN!!!

Sometimes all a guy wants is a pump-action sh... er, um... A giant robot...

I was working on a new heavy (by Axis standards) combat ship when out of nowhere, I had this sudden robot fetish I had to satisfy. Curse you Armored Core! Curse you and your whole franchise!!!

Titan Mobile Armor
Affiliation: United Star Axis
Manufacturer: Kisaragi Robotics
Height: 32 meters
Mass: 1008
Defense: 66,000 shield. Advanced Armor plating.
Armament: Gauss rifles, Guided missiles, Point defense units.
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Yes. Just, Yes.

 

[godmars]

MECHA PORN!!!

Sometimes all a guy wants is a pump-action sh... er, um... A giant robot...

I was working on a new heavy (by Axis standards) combat ship when out of nowhere, I had this sudden robot fetish I had to satisfy. Curse you Armored Core! Curse you and your whole franchise!!!

Titan Mobile Armor
Affiliation: United Star Axis
Manufacturer: Kisaragi Robotics
Height: 32 meters
Mass: 1008
Defense: 66,000 shield. Advanced Armor plating.
Armament: Gauss rifles, Guided missiles, Point defense units.

does it come in red? :p

 

[Dr. Whammy]

does it come in red? :p

Maaaaybe....