Shademage

Is there any written starters guide to Avorion modding?

You can assign a captain to your secondary ships and tell them to follow you if you dont jump farther than they can they will jump with you

Im not sure about every detail but your aesthetics problem is easy Start by making your own mega lazers with magnified damage and range Then place them in a ring inside the outer limit of the "eye" to hide them About 16 so placed lazers would create the effect you want It will be a single melting shot from 7km that absolutely nothing except stations and super ships will survive for more than a second

This looks like a good start on bio weapons If crew have health that can be lowered or hightened then it can be directly affected by outside means If all crew dies without total ship destruction it can become a ship relic that can then be taken over and assigned new crew to