Hi,
Thought I'd show you all the planet eater I've been working on. Here's a picture of the bottom/front, showing how it's used:
![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On the bottom there's 42 small turrets and 2 docking areas for small ships (repair ship and shuttle).
Here's the front:
![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On the front there's 2 missile launchers near the bottom. In the middle (the checker-pattern circle) there's 52 antimatter cannons (4 wedges) and 16 salvaging cannons in an X pattern (for salvaging pirate ships, etc).
The main salvaging area (the wide strip near the top) is a 3*245 array of salvage beams (where each beam is about 200 salvaging cannon blocks); designed to be wider than half the width of a planet (and wider than a space station). This means it can eat a planet in 2 passes (e.g. eat the west half from north to south, then eat the east half from north to south).
Here's a close-up of the salvage beams, so you can see how they're arranged (or how to avoid any gaps between them):
![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Finally, here's a picture of the top/back:
![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On the top there's 20 medium turrets and a docking area for a medium ship (my little fighter).
Thought I'd show you all the planet eater I've been working on. Here's a picture of the bottom/front, showing how it's used:
![](http://i.imgur.com/Ke75Bxy.jpg)
On the bottom there's 42 small turrets and 2 docking areas for small ships (repair ship and shuttle).
Here's the front:
![](http://i.imgur.com/OUZFiEu.png)
On the front there's 2 missile launchers near the bottom. In the middle (the checker-pattern circle) there's 52 antimatter cannons (4 wedges) and 16 salvaging cannons in an X pattern (for salvaging pirate ships, etc).
The main salvaging area (the wide strip near the top) is a 3*245 array of salvage beams (where each beam is about 200 salvaging cannon blocks); designed to be wider than half the width of a planet (and wider than a space station). This means it can eat a planet in 2 passes (e.g. eat the west half from north to south, then eat the east half from north to south).
Here's a close-up of the salvage beams, so you can see how they're arranged (or how to avoid any gaps between them):
![](http://i.imgur.com/oWl5yai.png)
Finally, here's a picture of the top/back:
![](http://i.imgur.com/Os0cm7d.jpg)
On the top there's 20 medium turrets and a docking area for a medium ship (my little fighter).