Size Comparison Chart
This post will be updated at least once a day if not more, check back later for more as the ships are built. All information and designs are subject to change as I refine this faction.
So I decided to go with "Nightmares" as a faction name, gives it a mysterious feeling, while also something that other crews that see them might call them. (The faction itself is unknown, so no name can be given by themselves.) Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
Design Guidelines
First some information about the general guidelines I'm following in the making of these ships. They will be comprised mostly of purple hull blocks, but will use red lights and red blocks in a few key locations, usually the front of the ships, they will be very sparse however. The ships will not have any exposed systems with exception to the end of the antimatter guns, the cockpit on some smaller ships, engines, and misc other non-function blocks used for decoration. The ships will make heavy use of diamond design patterns, and all ships will be more vertical in design than wide or long. Ships will follow a "ghost" naming convention. All finalized ships will have a high level of detail, polish, and have almost no "box" like elements.
Ship Classification
I have looked at other community members guidelines for ship classification by scale and mass, and have found them inadequate, or downright unusable. So I am using my own classification system, one that pulls from Eve Online and a few other games as well as historical sea vessels. (Not to mention filling certain combat requirements.)
Faction Information
These mysterious ships were spotted first appearing four months ago, they have been reported as emerging from swirling vortexes in space that appear randomly and without warning. These vortexes were first thought to have been a kind of wormhole, but under the few circumstances in which they have been studied, no wormhole like properties were found.
These ships attack every race and faction on sight, even engaging ships several times their size. As of today only six of these mysterious ships have been destroyed in engagements, largely due to their ability to simply escape into the vortexes from which they come from, and no other object seems to be able to pass through. One of the the most bizarre aspects of these ships in that they do no salvage or claim any ship or station they overpower. However the crew, and in fact any life aboard simply disappears. Either being destroyed or abducted by the attackers, noone knows for sure.
The unknown ships have been increasing their incursions into known space in recent weeks, with larger and larger classes of ships being spotted, with vastly increasing threat to those they come across. Efforts are being made to learn more about the invaders, but so far no real breakthroughs have been discovered with either capturing a vessel or understanding how the vortexs work.
Ships
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Spirit (Fighter)
The first of the mysterious fighters was spotted by a trade convoy as they passed what they described as "A great swirling whirlpool in space." the Spirit emerged and opened fire on the convoy with the convoy nearly losing one of their ships before engaging their warpdrives and escaping. One of the pilots commented that he had never seen a fighter class ship with so much firepower before.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: None
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Apparition (Bomber)
The Apparition class bomber was first seen in a group of three emerging from a space anomoly near a economic trade station, they immediately proceeded to open fire on all vessels in sight overcomming four trade vessels and a miliatry corvette before military reinforcements arrived and the Apparitions disappered back through the anomoly. When the crippled trade vessels were checked, it came as a suprise to all when one of the ships was found devoid of any crew.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: None
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Ghost (Corvette)
A Ghost class corvette sighting is commonly followed by a trail of ship hulls mysteriously devoid of any crew or life. It is theorized that these mysterious ships are abducting all crew abord the ships they overpower, for what purpose is unclear.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 8 micro turret hardpoints, in addition to unknown primary weapons.
Hanger: None
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Specter (Frigate)
High Resolution Screenshot - http://s24.postimg.org/y0yayhbxh/Specter_Frigate.jpg
A Specter class frigate was reported to be the first of these mysterious ships to actually attack a military installation with an escort of a Ghost class corvette and three Spirit class fighters. The installation with the help of a nearby military patrol was able to fight off the assault with considerable loss to military vessels in the process. This also marks the first time that a mysterious vessel was destroyed, with one of the Spirt class fighters being completely destroyed in the battle, but at the cost of two fighters and two corvettes to the defending military fleet. Due to this engagement militaries across the galaxy began increasing patrol sizes.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 18 micro, and 4 small turret hardpoints, in addition to unknown primary weapons.
Hanger: Hanger space for one Spirit class fighter.
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Shade (Destroyer)
High Resolution Screenshot - http://s24.postimg.org/o3hwhnyt1/Shade_Destroyer.jpg
The Shade class Destroyer was discovered only from found recordings in a trade convoy graveyard found in deep space after a recieved SOS. The recordings showed the destroyer emerging right next to the convoy via one of their whirlpools and laying waste to the convoy and their two corvette class escorts in a matter of seconds. However the recording did show something not seen before, a red beam emitting from the front of the destroyer and fired on each of the destroyed and crippled ships after the battle. What came as a suprise to those who had upto now, assumed these ships were taking the crew of their defeated victims, was that after close analasys of the video, the beam appeared to send something into each of the ships, rather than remove anything from them. This has only made the matter of the attacks all the more more mysterious,
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 18 small, and 2 medium turret hardpoints, in addition to unkown primary weapons.
Hanger: Hanger space for two Apparition class bombers.
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Phantom (Cruiser)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Phantasm (Battlecruiser)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Poltergeist (Battleship)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Weight (Carrier)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Wraith (Dreadnought)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Horror (Titan)
"And with terror I stared into the great swirling abyss before us, and from it emerged the very incarnation of horror and despair given form, it was truely not of this world, for upon it's arrival space seemed to ripple as if the very stars themselves cried out in fear. And after a flash of azure violet, nothing remained of our great armada, that had dared to stand before it, but the few lifepods of us who had escaped it's gaze."
- Admiral James Henderson's recount of the 7th Imperial Armada's defeat at the hands of a Horror class titan.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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I am still looking for a name that really fits this faction, needs to have a fear inducing name, think ghosts, monsters, mysterious, etc. Make a suggestion below.
This post will be updated at least once a day if not more, check back later for more as the ships are built. All information and designs are subject to change as I refine this faction.
So I decided to go with "Nightmares" as a faction name, gives it a mysterious feeling, while also something that other crews that see them might call them. (The faction itself is unknown, so no name can be given by themselves.) Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
Design Guidelines
First some information about the general guidelines I'm following in the making of these ships. They will be comprised mostly of purple hull blocks, but will use red lights and red blocks in a few key locations, usually the front of the ships, they will be very sparse however. The ships will not have any exposed systems with exception to the end of the antimatter guns, the cockpit on some smaller ships, engines, and misc other non-function blocks used for decoration. The ships will make heavy use of diamond design patterns, and all ships will be more vertical in design than wide or long. Ships will follow a "ghost" naming convention. All finalized ships will have a high level of detail, polish, and have almost no "box" like elements.
Ship Classification
I have looked at other community members guidelines for ship classification by scale and mass, and have found them inadequate, or downright unusable. So I am using my own classification system, one that pulls from Eve Online and a few other games as well as historical sea vessels. (Not to mention filling certain combat requirements.)
Faction Information
These mysterious ships were spotted first appearing four months ago, they have been reported as emerging from swirling vortexes in space that appear randomly and without warning. These vortexes were first thought to have been a kind of wormhole, but under the few circumstances in which they have been studied, no wormhole like properties were found.
These ships attack every race and faction on sight, even engaging ships several times their size. As of today only six of these mysterious ships have been destroyed in engagements, largely due to their ability to simply escape into the vortexes from which they come from, and no other object seems to be able to pass through. One of the the most bizarre aspects of these ships in that they do no salvage or claim any ship or station they overpower. However the crew, and in fact any life aboard simply disappears. Either being destroyed or abducted by the attackers, noone knows for sure.
The unknown ships have been increasing their incursions into known space in recent weeks, with larger and larger classes of ships being spotted, with vastly increasing threat to those they come across. Efforts are being made to learn more about the invaders, but so far no real breakthroughs have been discovered with either capturing a vessel or understanding how the vortexs work.
Ships
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Spirit (Fighter)
The first of the mysterious fighters was spotted by a trade convoy as they passed what they described as "A great swirling whirlpool in space." the Spirit emerged and opened fire on the convoy with the convoy nearly losing one of their ships before engaging their warpdrives and escaping. One of the pilots commented that he had never seen a fighter class ship with so much firepower before.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: None
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Apparition (Bomber)
The Apparition class bomber was first seen in a group of three emerging from a space anomoly near a economic trade station, they immediately proceeded to open fire on all vessels in sight overcomming four trade vessels and a miliatry corvette before military reinforcements arrived and the Apparitions disappered back through the anomoly. When the crippled trade vessels were checked, it came as a suprise to all when one of the ships was found devoid of any crew.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: None
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Ghost (Corvette)
A Ghost class corvette sighting is commonly followed by a trail of ship hulls mysteriously devoid of any crew or life. It is theorized that these mysterious ships are abducting all crew abord the ships they overpower, for what purpose is unclear.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 8 micro turret hardpoints, in addition to unknown primary weapons.
Hanger: None
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Specter (Frigate)
High Resolution Screenshot - http://s24.postimg.org/y0yayhbxh/Specter_Frigate.jpg
A Specter class frigate was reported to be the first of these mysterious ships to actually attack a military installation with an escort of a Ghost class corvette and three Spirit class fighters. The installation with the help of a nearby military patrol was able to fight off the assault with considerable loss to military vessels in the process. This also marks the first time that a mysterious vessel was destroyed, with one of the Spirt class fighters being completely destroyed in the battle, but at the cost of two fighters and two corvettes to the defending military fleet. Due to this engagement militaries across the galaxy began increasing patrol sizes.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 18 micro, and 4 small turret hardpoints, in addition to unknown primary weapons.
Hanger: Hanger space for one Spirit class fighter.
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Shade (Destroyer)
High Resolution Screenshot - http://s24.postimg.org/o3hwhnyt1/Shade_Destroyer.jpg
The Shade class Destroyer was discovered only from found recordings in a trade convoy graveyard found in deep space after a recieved SOS. The recordings showed the destroyer emerging right next to the convoy via one of their whirlpools and laying waste to the convoy and their two corvette class escorts in a matter of seconds. However the recording did show something not seen before, a red beam emitting from the front of the destroyer and fired on each of the destroyed and crippled ships after the battle. What came as a suprise to those who had upto now, assumed these ships were taking the crew of their defeated victims, was that after close analasys of the video, the beam appeared to send something into each of the ships, rather than remove anything from them. This has only made the matter of the attacks all the more more mysterious,
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Reported to have 18 small, and 2 medium turret hardpoints, in addition to unkown primary weapons.
Hanger: Hanger space for two Apparition class bombers.
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Phantom (Cruiser)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Phantasm (Battlecruiser)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Poltergeist (Battleship)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Weight (Carrier)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Wraith (Dreadnought)
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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Horror (Titan)
"And with terror I stared into the great swirling abyss before us, and from it emerged the very incarnation of horror and despair given form, it was truely not of this world, for upon it's arrival space seemed to ripple as if the very stars themselves cried out in fear. And after a flash of azure violet, nothing remained of our great armada, that had dared to stand before it, but the few lifepods of us who had escaped it's gaze."
- Admiral James Henderson's recount of the 7th Imperial Armada's defeat at the hands of a Horror class titan.
Ship Information:
Mass: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown
Hanger: Unknown
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I am still looking for a name that really fits this faction, needs to have a fear inducing name, think ghosts, monsters, mysterious, etc. Make a suggestion below.
