Got another ship showcase today. If you have a ship you want me to look at please let me know.
Tshara, thanks for taking the time to review the build. I was very surprised (in a good way) to see you rated it. I understand and agree with a lot of your points, and will be keeping that in consideration for future updates. I'd like to clarify/elaborate on a few points in your video:
The yellow lettering on the port side of the ship (Cibus in victoria)is a (google translated) Latin phrase meaning "Fuel for victory." There was probably a better place to put it, and I'll address that in updates.
I actually worked with a couple of friends on this ship, and one of them added the Darth Plagueis the Wise reference. This also ties into the symbols on the top which are custom symbols we sometimes use as shorthand id.
We used primarily basic armor to remove the need for lots of gardeners, which can become annoying (IMO) to produce in servers. I will upload a couple of additional versions (no factories, improved hull, no factories and improved hull).
The docking bays were actually leftover from another sub miner that we had been considering adding. The previous version turned out to be far too large to look remotely aesthetically pleasing, so I decided to just leave the docks and create a miner that flush-mounts on to the platform. The docking bay design was to provide the appearance of an airtight seal, but undocking proved problematic so we went as close as we could.
One question: when you added the armor to the front of the ship, did that block the door from opening? It looks like it has. That was one reason we didn't do a lot with the front to make sure we didn't get in the array's way.
btw, setting up the array cycles properly took over 5 hours, so I'm particularly happy that you showed the deployment cycle.
Do you mind if I use some of the aesthetic improvements you added in future versions?
