The Swarm

[Zoogoo40]

Hi there. I'm Zoogoo40, a person who's been playing Starmade for a while now and I finally feel I should post some of my and my companion's ships from our fleet 'The Swarm'. A string of biologically themed ships.

So far, there is only 3 people that work on these ships. Myself, DarkHound76, and Yhgi117. The fleet is founded by Dark and myself, and Yhgi wanted to tag along for the ride.

25/08/13; Today, I have 4 to show you, Starting from small, and building up to large.

So! Without further a due, the ships.

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• Light Scout "Pike"

A small light scout ship, no weaponry, light and fast. Used as a small shuttle for entering/exiting atmosphere of planets quickly.

Ship built by Zoogoo40

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• Fast attack "Hornet"

A small fighter, used in squads of 4 to 6 for fast, assult on enemy ships, usually serve as cannon footer for larger, more powerful ships.

Ship built by DarkHound76

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• Heavy carrier "Hornet's Nest"

Now we get to the larger, slightly more deadly ships. The Hornet's Nest is the first 'large' ship that we have to show you. It can carry 4 Hornets, and 2 Pikes, docked. It also packs a bit of a punch itself. The main use of this ship is to carry smaller ships into battle, and distract the major opponent, taking most of hte damage while the smaller ships attack important points. It can transport a max crew of 10 safely (Each person inside a ship or computer or some kind.)

And now you can see The Swarm's signature staggered red hull plating come into effect. Please view the rest of the screenshots of the Hornet's Nest HERE --> http://sta.sh/2100i3lzdagr?edit=1

Ship built by Zoogoo40

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• Work In Progress "Mantis"

I'm not going to say much about this ship. Just that the name is subject to change. And as Yhgi stated to me the other day, "This ship really has a... 'Presence' to it,".

Also, this screenshot is a little out of date.

Ship built by Zoogoo40

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Well, so far, this is some of the fleet. There is more, but I;m not about to post them on here, they're still mostly under construction. Expect to see more from us, and please, tell us what you think!

 

[Mason]

The Mantis reminds me of the ship of the same name from FTL. It looks bad ash.

 

[Alpha_Squad]

The mantis looks like it is deteriorating, but the hornet\'s nest looks really good and the small ships, are well small ships.

 

[Zoogoo40]

No. They are just built from what feels right to the builder.

The Mantis is a work in progress, meaning it\'s not finished. I have played FTL, but I assure you, they have nothing to do with it; it\'s never came to mind while I was building these.

 

[Zoogoo40]

The Mantis actually has more firepower then the Hornet\'s Nest. It\'s just that the weaponry is covered totally and protected fully. It is also a WIP, so it\'s unfinished.

 

[Dumpstercake]

The overall shape is great. The way the colors on the hull are patterned doesn\'t work very well though.

 

[Zoogoo40]

I know, sadly, the plate hull doesn\'t work quite as well as it does on the HN\'s overall design, so I went for a slightly more random plate. Thought it doesn\'t effect the overall defence (The whole thing is made of hardened hull, not base hull, as the HN\'s black is normal hull.) I do want to change it, but it\'s still quite a large job, so don\'t expect any major over hall.

 

[Yhgi117]

You\'ve got a good thing going on here, Mang.

I, also, can offer up my Stinger Single Fighters if you want.

 

[MichaelSeph]

Hornet and Hornet\'s Nest are bugged/cheated ships which shall be autoeliminated on serious servers.

 

[xandervm]

why? what is wrong with them?

 

[Zoogoo40]

I honestly have no clue what you mean. Can you please explain?

 

[DontoPistonDude]

Should post my ships, these ship I gotta admit its pretty good but too much vitals are exposed on your fighter should cover that up. You make my ships look like gym junkies since my ships are like big rectangles with ornate patterns all over but they are effective :D

 

[Tilbo]

i like your builds, and i would like to be able to build like this, but i can only make/design small drop ships, any hints/tips on building larger ships ?

-Tilbo

 

[DontoPistonDude]

BTW. If you have been on Starmade for \"a while now\" you would know that power blocks have a surface area ratio. To maximize power output use a checked pattern, like this

SD HCT xm3.4 Power = X

SD Shield Disperser = O

X O X O X

O X O X O

X O X O X

See how easy(hard) it is, if you use the symmetry tool it will be a cake walk

 

[Zoogoo40]

It really depends on how you build, not what you build. If you\'re trying to make a ship that fits into the theme of your fleet, stay as close as you can to the shape of oyur other ships. For example, a huge, really curved and wavy ship won\'t match with a bunch of ridged, cubic ships.

 

[JTJSniperBee]

thats correct having that regens more power than it all being
X X X X X
X X X X X
X X X X X

 

[Zoogoo40]

I know. But there\'s two things.

1.) I\'m lazy.

2.) I always ensure there\'s more then enough power to keep all my systems running. So doing that is rather useless, in my view.

 

[Yhgi117]

Zoog isn\'t too good at power stuff, so he gets me to do it.

And yeah, that\'s usually how I place the cores.

 

[Riftmaster]

100% sure, but I think a setup like this:

X X X X X

O O O O X

X X X O X


Might actually have more power...not entirely sure why.

 

[Alphas]

saaushsfuhfasusafhsjsahsjh.... I was gonna name my carrier Wasp\'s nest xD RAWR But very nice ships!