Imperial Variants

[Crash1099]

Nice but overly complicated.

Not with ship kits.

 

[StiTch]

I'd much rather that the Imps had a decent explorer ship.

Well that's nice.

Buy an iClipper or iCutter. Mod it. Sorted. You're welcome.

 

[cluelessforumuser65578]

i don't think any of the imp ships should be able to fit luxury cabins, would be zero point in the liners then.

 

[YinYin]

1 new ship, that fits on medium pads.

I propose a variant Clipper, with a more militant purpose, designed to act as a light carrier, with a fighter bay [...]

I'd like to see an Imperial ship that fits on the medium landing pad. Perhaps with retracting engine nacelles. I've suggested in the past making such a ship a Clipper variant, but now I think it's better to go with an entirely new architecture, with lines that find the middle-ground between Courier and Clipper. [...] I wouldn't suggest too much armament, 3 or 4 class 2 weapons, or 2 class 2 and 1 class 3. Internals most similar to the Asp X.

Finally, I'd like to see a slightly smaller, short-body variant of the Cutter, built for exploration, having the shorter fuselage shown in the concept art, and the simplified engine arrangement, but at the cost of it's class 4 hardpoint (moving one of it's class 3 hardpoints to the belly) Better lateral thrusters allow it to land in high-g worlds, but agility is a secondary quality. [...] Properly fitted, it would have greatest jump range in the game, but would be expensive.

All or most of that for the Hunter perhaps?

Shorter with potentially retractable nacelles to fit on medium.

Body potentially bulky enough to fit a bay like the Keelback (second imperial ship with a fighter then - bulkier than the sleek/long Clipper body, which I think is too thin for this).

"not too much armament" - easy

Internals probably closer to the Asp scout (or Keelback) rather than the explorer.

Nacelles turn similar to the Keelback for better lateral thrust.

Decent/exploration jump range. Sure.



It's all there.

edit: the cargo bay seen sticking out in the profile would probably have to move further to the front for the fighter hatch to fit behind it.

 

[Gryphorim]

i don't think any of the imp ships should be able to fit luxury cabins, would be zero point in the liners then.

I'd say if the Clipper got to fit lux cabins, it could only match a dolphin's in size. Not across all of it's internals.

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All or most of that for the Hunter perhaps?

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Shorter with potentially retractable nacelles to fit on medium.

Body potentially bulky enough to fit a bay like the Keelback (second imperial ship with a fighter then - bulkier than the sleek/long Clipper body, which I think is too thin for this).

"not too much armament" - easy

Internals probably closer to the Asp scout (or Keelback) rather than the explorer.

Nacelles turn similar to the Keelback for better lateral thrust.

Decent/exploration jump range. Sure.



It's all there.

edit: the cargo bay seen sticking out in the profile would probably have to move further to the front for the fighter hatch to fit behind it.

I see the Hunter as about the same size/weight as a Vulture.
Also, with the sharper angles to it's lines and less decadent styling, hopefully not faction locked to Imperials either.

 

[YinYin]

I see the Hunter as about the same size/weight as a Vulture.
Also, with the sharper angles to it's lines and less decadent styling, hopefully not faction locked to Imperials either.

Well, the Vulture barely fits onto a small pad and a Keelback is pretty lost on a medium. They are about the same. This one having nacelles it could absolutely fit that range still, while requiring a medium pad.

Also a gutamaya ship that isn't rank locked? Would they even allow this? Not hat I would mind :d

 

[cluelessforumuser65578]

I'd say if the Clipper got to fit lux cabins, it could only match a dolphin's in size. Not across all of it's internals.

won't be much use for the dolphin once you can get a clipper though will there when you can do what it does in whats basically a combat ship. besides if you are forced to carry VIPs in non combat ships the reward can be tailored to the risk, especially when you get up to beluga size.

 

[ChrisT]

i don't think any of the imp ships should be able to fit luxury cabins, would be zero point in the liners then.

I don't know, its all down to prestige eh? Mercedes make cars, and some of their cars, though not purpose built, are luxury enough to be used as limousines.

The same applies to ANY ship in game, that fits that bill.

I'd say a Type9 would not be a popular choice for passengers as its just not built for luxury. A Clipper or a Courier could be? I'd be happy for some of the more luxury ships to be able to carry passenger cabins. I'd take it on a case by case basis...

 

[StiTch]

Yeah, I guess I could get tactical ice for the Conda. But it would be missing the blue

That's the ship lighting, not something you would get in a paint job.

In either case, concur that it's a great design aspect of the imperial ships. The blue lights work against so many paint jobs and on the cutter turn red with HPs out for extra "oooooooh" factor.

 

[cluelessforumuser65578]

I don't know, its all down to prestige eh? Mercedes make cars, and some of their cars, though not purpose built, are luxury enough to be used as limousines.

The same applies to ANY ship in game, that fits that bill.

I'd say a Type9 would not be a popular choice for passengers as its just not built for luxury. A Clipper or a Courier could be? I'd be happy for some of the more luxury ships to be able to carry passenger cabins. I'd take it on a case by case basis...

you're in luck then because all ships can fit passenger cabins, but only the liners can fit luxury cabins

 

[hunvagy]

That's the ship lighting, not something you would get in a paint job.

In either case, concur that it's a great design aspect of the imperial ships. The blue lights work against so many paint jobs and on the cutter turn red with HPs out for extra "oooooooh" factor.

Actually I meant the paintjobs of the ISS craft and the general colour coding of imperial stations. If you watch them, they are white with blue markers. Though I have to admit, a white Anaconda with blue neon kit would be awesome.

That's why I use either this on my Asp:

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or the white apollo, which has less pronounced blue stripes. Ofc only in imperial space, when flying about in the great unknown, I sport the gauche gold paintjob xD

 

[Lowe1978]

Not with ship kits.

Exactly what I was thinking. In order to add superpower variation the ship kits could be used. This would be a great addition that I'd happily paid for. After all, I bought the Tactical Ice skin for my Anaconda purely to make it look more 'Empire'.

 

[hunvagy]

Exactly what I was thinking. In order to add superpower variation the ship kits could be used. This would be a great addition that I'd happily paid for. After all, I bought the Tactical Ice skin for my Anaconda purely to make it look more 'Empire'.

I couldn't resist and went black ops with all my imperial ships. There's something really awesome about a jet black courier, where the only shiny thing is the blue neon light.. and the heat vents Also there's nothing scarier then running into a completely matte black Cutter, when you only notice one as the thrusters flare up. Scared the living daylight out of me the first time I saw it.