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I'm at work, so I can't test this, but if I'm understanding all this, it's no longer possible to overheat a core by damaging it directly; only by draining HP to zero or by using a torch. Is that about right? This opens up so many possibilities for ship design. Even the boarding tools alone are...

Images: Description: The Patriot-class destroyer was, at one time, the pride of the Nine Colonies fleet. First launched in 2082, it represented the height of frontier technology and engineering know-how, with its multi-gigawatt molten salt reactor, advanced barrier field generators, and...

Actually, it makes perfect sense. Most people cover up their thruster blocks completely with hull and crystals, but if you want an air-breathing engine for an atmospheric fighter, you could leave the front and rear of the block exposed.

I was at work, with spotty internet access. I'm going to have to see the replays of the second day of battles. That sounds intense. :eek:

You cannot stop Sven. You will all be slain. XD

Your actual regen during combat is something like 8-ish percent of what it says in build mode. So if you have 20k regen, it's actually closer to 1.6k during combat, etc. With this in mind, if you're going for high combat regen, you're going to need LOTS of regenerators. It is more useful to have...

I recorded our fight with FRAPS. It's 35 GB raw, 28 minutes of footage that needs to be cut down to just the fight itself and compressed a bit. As soon as I lost sight of the station, I knew that we were in trouble, since we were going to end up drawing all the swarm missiles. When Spartan...

Sven, your ship is insane. The logic inside that thing is incredible. Excellent work. I learned some things about systems and effective PvP setups just by spectating, let alone participating. Even though we were eliminated in the first round, I felt like I learned a few things. I didn't even...

The best way to deal with missiles is to simply have as many Cannon/Cannon point-defense guns as you can pack onto your ship. You don't need very many cannon blocks at all. Anything more than about six to twelve cannon blocks per turret is a waste. Focus on power and shielding to keep them from...

Version Notes: 1.00 - Initial Release 2.00 - Added small armor details to bow section and adjusted main cannon design slightly. Added retractable landing skids and landing lights. Added retractable boarding umbilicals to airlocks with warning lights. Replaced boarding walkways with retractable...

Images: Description: Not to be confused with its lighter cousin, the Hellebarde-B is the latest Light Corvette to come from Riesland's shipyards. Based on data gathered from the Hellebarde, Riesland engineers added a pair of engine nacelles, moved the majority of the point-defense...

That hangar deck. Wow. :eek:

Images: Description: The Hellebarde-class Light Corvette was designed by Riesland's engineers to fit in the tight docking spaces of dreadnoughts and fleet carriers, while still packing a punch. The Hellebarde, or Halberd, is a recent addition to Riesland's fleets, having seen very...

If you want more power, simply enclose a larger volume of space in hull blocks. The empty space used for your interior takes up no mass. Where you're penalized is in the mass and dimensions of the hull along the perimeter of this space. After a certain point (i.e., a 30,000-mass ship a couple...

We need more than just furniture blocks. Pipes, conduits, holograms, all kinds of decorative objects to obsess over. :p

On that mobile gatling gun... I love how you used free-standing blocks to give the armor plates a "riveted" appearance. That's a nice touch.

Images: Description: The Zauber - or "Magic" - is an old mainstay of Riesland's fleets; a chunky-looking abomination of a 49-meter Heavy Gunship, equipped with light, rapid-fire armaments intended for hunting down and wiping out fighters and drones to clear the way for capital ships...

Not really. Combat effectiveness tends to scale exponentially with size, although larger ships definitely need turrets because of their poor turning rates. By 3000 to 8000 mass ship, I mean a ship that's at least 100 meters on its longest axis. The Zauber falls far short of that, but for a good...

For an idea of what to shoot for, check this out. I'm just putting the finishing touches on the Zauber Heavy Gunship. It needs some painting and detailing work, but other than that, the final version should only deviate slightly from these figures. These are its stats: Mass: 464.1 (Blocks...

Yep, that's a small fighter or gunship. Depending on how boxy it is, I'd say the mass was probably in the area of 50 to 150. This means you should have roughly 10,000 to 20,000 shield capacity and 500 to 1000 regen to make it survivable for its weight class. My guess is that you had under...