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While testing gates they only seem to check for cores, so what happens with a ship that has a long narrow beam holding the core in front and then docking mechanism for said Titans on the far back? O_o It stands to reason such a mechanism would be both unbalancing and incredibly dangerous...

@Gerion That depends on the size though, small drones only need one or two thrusters, hardly much of a difference in shields(~100 points or so?) or damage(some exceptions of course). Granted with something super massive like 12000 blocks that's a lot of thrust and power difference. However...

Nice to be recognized, thank you. :) I admittedly had thought maybe the effort of creating gates was more intended for the larger slower ships, however if we are talking gates only meant for things like freighters or cruisers/frigates/destroyers as opposed to battleships, megaliths, and titans...

Someone said Drones. :p This is a fascinating calculation as it mirrors reality just about right. The distance between galaxies is massive, mind blowingly so. Owning the entire distance would be unreasonable as it is beyond comprehension in it's span let alone the resource requirements to...

Agreed, turrets must turn faster in order to counteract drones more effectively. However on a 1:1 ratio of size turrets i'm not sure are more effective than drones. Both need roughly the same systems to operate, unless the turret is specifically drawing power from the ship it has no real...

The term helicopter cruiser doesn't refer to helicoptering, just that it carries a few helis. It's an older ship type I found while dredging through some ship records. They're basically missile cruisers with a few dozen helicopters below deck for anti-sub warfare. :cool: Pretty much nailed what...

Totally agree with what you're saying, but the drones aren't primary dps in this case. So I will still care somewhat about remaining power. As an escort the Ion beams will be plenty to help the swarm achieve what it's going for, but on it's own it will still need the missiles for major damage...

@Thalanor oh god... pulse beams @_@ they EAT power, so much so I think it's bugged. But man they sure are beautiful to behold when working properly.. Storage is NOT [:D] an issue I have a huge amount of systems space already laid out for just that. The side cannons, top now., I had planned on...

Thanks for the kudos! Yes and No... they do detect damage, but not to display, the detection is what launches the drones. Not enough space for double digits... could fit 6 (biguns, 12/14 little ones) if I flip her on the side. o_O Gonna recess those missile silos on the side and see what else I...

@Zyrr ok, I can kinda see that helping, I'll add a second computer and hook that up later. 2 Jumps, 1 in, 1 out, should be plenty. The slip ship is only meant to be there for a brief period anyways before returning to base. Really long distance jumping wouldn't be useful with this kind of ship...

The Kabuto is the design I'm working with atm. It's L x W x H is 17 x 11 x 7 which makes it substantially larger than my Flea drones. It packs considerably more firepower and armor into it's frame than the flea chassis ever could, having said that I may optimize it later on down the road for...

@Thalanor I was leaning that way, good to hear someone else say what I was thinking. Gives a bit more reassurance that I'm not completely crazy:D. Rack size is hovering between 3-4, I made it A-Lot bigger obviously but I'll still manage to get a few out. Alternatively I was considering just...

I'm not entirely sure why that would help... does it charge faster with multiple computers? 11 Seconds is already pretty quick compared to most ships I've seen using a jump drive. Also more computers adds a hefty amount to the total cost. 4 additional computers is about 100k, and without good...

I decided to redo my drone cruiser, here is a sneak peak at it. This will be fully AI manned complete with drone launch via logic. I honestly can't decide between a Single launch bay (outlined with top row of crystals) or a Double launch bay (bottom row outlines that). :confused:The single...

I don't think I could ever totally abandon drones, I love how they're small but effective plus... I'm a zerg rush kinda guy. So I'm definitely keeping some drones on every vessel, even my AI operated escorts will have drones. That's what I came up with an idea for last night actually, but it...

Once I realized that I had absolutely no way to transport my new Drones I began working on this... It's a jump ship, current code name is the "Slip Ship". It's sole purpose is to jump, deploy, and re-jump out of the engagement area back to a safe place. As such it has an 11 second charge...

This download is a collection of my variants of the Flea chassis nano-drone. Each of them is mounted onto a disposable rack (careful on exit the disintegrators will kill you from time to time). Included is the standard size rack that I use for my drones, feel free to modify this rack however you...

So I have pretty much given up on altering the Flea chassis any further. As far as that particular design goes I believe it is as good as possible in the current meta. Moving on, I now have a heavy drone design! I'm reposting this from my shipyard thread so i'll attempt to quote myself...

So after much tweaking, altering, chopping, throwing mice on wheels, and observing hamsters on caffeine, I came to the conclusion to X the turret. In the end i came up with a nice small, laser turret that'll be reused somewhere down the line. Just not right now... So without further ado my next...

Just tried that, looks better but now it's just a system block :confused: not too thrilled with that. I like it to be pretty as well as functional. :p Thanks for the suggestion, it's definitely the right size, just need to tweak it a bit. ;)