Also: a sport racer. Something intended just for speed in-system. And floating rings that can be positioned in space. Let's see if you guys can fly as well as you think you can during the asteroid ring 500..
Ships you would like to see
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This would be incredible. It was illegal to interfere with them in the previous games. Landing on them and exploring them might be really cool
Some of the ol'Fronteer vessels already mentioned would be nice.
While I'm sure that most effort will get put into vessels generally "useful" for players, I would like to see some which are not - but which fill the background. Players can still buy'n'fly for fun and as a novelty.
* Planetary craft - which are not SC-capable.
* Interplanetary craft - which are SC-capable, but not jump capable.
* Either of the above with just two compartments - a size 1 for a docking computer, and a single biggy for cargo.
* Bulk traders with limited jump range (< 7Ly) to service densely populated (and assumed to be safe) regions.
* Domesitic Compact - just a size 1 & 2 compartments, and just one or two utility mounts, basically a small car.
Some of these have been mentioned in previous posts.
While I'm sure that most effort will get put into vessels generally "useful" for players, I would like to see some which are not - but which fill the background. Players can still buy'n'fly for fun and as a novelty.
* Planetary craft - which are not SC-capable.
* Interplanetary craft - which are SC-capable, but not jump capable.
* Either of the above with just two compartments - a size 1 for a docking computer, and a single biggy for cargo.
* Bulk traders with limited jump range (< 7Ly) to service densely populated (and assumed to be safe) regions.
* Domesitic Compact - just a size 1 & 2 compartments, and just one or two utility mounts, basically a small car.
Some of these have been mentioned in previous posts.
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You'd be right. I like the industrial look though, but it doesn't work for me in screenshots, as an explorer.I take it you don't like the DBX's looks then
I want a big a** sciency like explorer. A lab with wings. The Dragonball Explorer is a chunky Appliance with wings. Costs can be in the Python territory.
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How about a Lynx Bulk Carrier that acts as a mining outpost? Hangs around near rings or belts or RES's. Miners can dock at it, refuel, rearm, repair. Sell mined materials. It generates mostly mining missions on its bulletin boards. And you can buy limpets to replace the ones you've used.
That might stop miners from ever going to stations though... so it could have some big effects on game dynamics.
That might stop miners from ever going to stations though... so it could have some big effects on game dynamics.
Longsword
Basically an oversized cobra
2 large hard points inner wing(1 each side) 2 medium hard points in the middle of the wing (1 each side)
Fast maneuverable great armor good cargo size but stock it has no shields and can only land on large pads
Pelican
Think diamond back explorer mixed with type 6
1 large hard points on the nose 1 medium hard point in each wing
Slightly slow moderate maneuverability great armor 128 of cargo without shields 64 with shields medium landing pad
Basically an oversized cobra
2 large hard points inner wing(1 each side) 2 medium hard points in the middle of the wing (1 each side)
Fast maneuverable great armor good cargo size but stock it has no shields and can only land on large pads
Pelican
Think diamond back explorer mixed with type 6
1 large hard points on the nose 1 medium hard point in each wing
Slightly slow moderate maneuverability great armor 128 of cargo without shields 64 with shields medium landing pad
This would be incredible. It was illegal to interfere with them in the previous games. Landing on them and exploring them might be really cool
Good luck finding them, since they all would most likely be in interstellar space. No realistic way to catch them.
I think there's a lot of potential for general race stuff - the Elite Racers have set up this cool illegal racing network... but something official, with events, prizes, ways of checking whether pilots have hit waypoints on the route, etc. There's so much that could be done there.
That's the stuff.
But imagine the adventures you can have in it? Weeeeeeee!
Forget the most majestic ship ever created? Never!
The Misericorde: A heavily stealthed military-designed (Lakon: I am looking at you) sensor-ship could be repurposed for deep space exploration. Something with almost no armor, no weapons at all, huge jump range and super efficient components, able to loiter as a hole in space or be turned into a great science/explorer or blockade-runner. Something fast and light and small and very very black and angular. It'd be ridiculously expensive, of course, and very hard to obtain. But scans'd just slide off it.
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Big Science vessel for Deep exploration. An on-board Science station would be awesome if "unknown" ores or objects were scattered around, Unknown ship debris...so many things. Would also love to see a Ship with a rotating ring.
Stealth craft as well, sleek and fast would also open up a lot of possibilities for mission structure. Maybe even option to reduce their Heat signature for longer or even have a Stealth paint as such...Maybe not make a ship "invisible" as such but maybe make them a bit harder to see at distance and / or mess with the Scanner making signals intermittent.
Stealth craft as well, sleek and fast would also open up a lot of possibilities for mission structure. Maybe even option to reduce their Heat signature for longer or even have a Stealth paint as such...Maybe not make a ship "invisible" as such but maybe make them a bit harder to see at distance and / or mess with the Scanner making signals intermittent.