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    I am in the proses of putting together a new StarMade servers, but before I make it available to the public I want to have a preexisting of infrastructure for players to play with.
    To that end I am approaching you the StarMade community and asking for some assistance if you are willing to lend it.

    In this server will be a number of factions already set up for players to join, however I need space stations and ships for these factions. Now this is a tall order for just one person, so I will be holding a contest of sorts.

    The rules are relatively simple in fact there is only one. Any ship or station you build cannot have shields on them. The reason for this is that in this server shields are a very rare commodity and can only be acquired buy finding an ancient ship or station hidden throughout the galaxy.

    Now if your ship or station is selected it will be incorporated into the server for the faction it was built for. Listed down below are the factions that will be in the server upon going public and a brief description.

    North American Alliance
    The North American Alliance or NAA is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It was formed during the twenty first century during the third world war. The NAA was the first human power develop a faster than light drive. Within the galaxy the NAA has become a beacon of freedom, and an example of human determination and resourcefulness.

    Soviet Confederation
    The Soviet Confederation or SC is primarily made up of the nations that formed the old Soviet Union. It was formed during the third world war. Now amongst the stars the SC and NAA have entered into a friendly yet intense competition in every thing. The SC and NAA are the two primary protectors of human space and the SC fleet often makes its presence known near the border regions to remined people of this.

    Eldar Empire
    The Eldar Empire was formed over three thousand years ago. The Eldar are very much like humans fiscally with the exception of pointy ears, (this has led to humans calling them Elves, or Volcans) they also do not have the gen for red hair, and it is rare for a male Eldar to be under six feet tall.
    The Eldar have a very unusual way of building ships. On their home world there is a special tipe of tree that the Eldar use to build their ships. The Eldar have seeded every one of their primary colony's with these trees and are very obsessed about those planets ecosystems

    Deducticivs Empire
    The Deducticivs Empire was formed about the same time as the Eldar empire and the two have never gotten along. The Deducticivs are a humanoid cat people and view them selves as gods or at lest demigods.
    The Deducticvs are very conscientious about their honer and a very predatory species, it is best not to show fir when dealing with them.

    The Horde
    The Horde is a collection of sentient AI that have come together to form the Collective, however every one else calls them the Horde. This is impart do to their tactic of swarming their opponents in drones.
    The Horde do not have any dealings with organics unless it is to use then as slave labor.

    The Junkers
    The Junkers are the galaxy's clean up crew. After any major space battle you can always find Junker ships swarming over the wreckage like vultures and then eagerly scamper off to sell their newly acquired goods.

    Red Blade
    The Red Blade is a pirate organization that has been spreading through the galaxy for the past few years. They take and refit any ship they can capture.
    The Red Blade is well known for its ties to the slave trade. Often selling the surviving crew of ships they have captured.

    These are just a few and there will be more added later, Good building to you.
     
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    I am interested in doing something for the SC, not sure I'll have the time for it

    one question: Is there a specific color scheme for the factions? A general theme for how they should look and differ themselves from other factions?
     
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    do you care if the ship design may be somewhat recognizeable from a particular genre? like a sci-fi move or series?
     
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    Is there a specific color scheme for the factions? A general theme for how they should look and differ themselves from other factions?
    Well for the NAA and SC the color scheme would be heavy on black and gray. Probably leaning more towards black because it offers a bit more stealth.

    As for a theme the NAA and SC should be somewhat utilitarian. When building Human ships I have always trended more towards a Halo or Mass Effect stile of build.

    As for the others. I am looking for ships that resemble sailing ships for the Eldar, and that means solar sails.
    For the Horde try taking the Borg, Replicators, Cylons, and Geth and just combine them into a wired cocktail.
    The Deducticivs Empire I am unsure. I know they are a cat people and think of themselves as gods. As for ship and station design I guess something rather showy and flamboyant, but can still kill you.
    The Junkers and Red Blade well they will just take whatever they can get their grubby hands on.

    do you care if the ship design may be somewhat recognizeable from a particular genre? like a sci-fi move or series?
    No I don't mined, use whatever design philosophy you want, but pleas no Exact copes of other ships or stations from existing Sci-Fi.
     
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    Just curious, how many people do you expect to join a server with only preexisting factions and ships? I appreciate the effort, but I sense a large amount of naivete here. Maybe play on some servers and get a feel for how they work for awhile.
     
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    Just curious, how many people do you expect to join a server with only preexisting factions and ships? I appreciate the effort, but I sense a large amount of naivete here. Maybe play on some servers and get a feel for how they work for awhile.
    I have and they suck. Every one makes their own faction so you have thousands of one person factions and very few actually work together.
    I am trying to solve that problem. If you have any better ideas on how to accomplish this I am all ears.

    As for the preexisting ship they are only there to give the players something to start with. I am not stopping anyone from building and sharing with other players their own ship designs.
     
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    Is there a specific color scheme for the factions? A general theme for how they should look and differ themselves from other factions?
    This is sort of what I am looking for for the NAA. This is an NAA heavy frigate it is 204 meters long.




     
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    what about the SC?
    Well I haven't got around to building any of those ships and I really have no good ideas for a SC ship. However I would say that the SC would have things that look sort of like a Halo Battlestar Galactica mix.
     
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    since we're talking about old style socialism I expect some yellow and red lighting on grey/white hulls then?

    edit: would something along the lines of this ship work, with some red mixed in there?
     
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