Leto's apprentice shipyard

[leto]

Just started about 12 hours ago. Really diggin' this game so far...

 

Didn't really delve too much into any in-depth tutorials...wanted to experience the game as a noob fresh and ignorant. Had a suprisingly successful ship evolution for my first run through to Naonite, so I thought I'd share!

 

I really wanted to start with a small ship, and evolve it without starting over, trying to maintain the ships general theme / look as it evolved...So far I think I've accomplished this! (Though about 5 of my 12 hours of gameplay have been shipbuilding lol...)

 

Here's the 3 ships in order and the material-type associated with each stage in it's evolution.

 

Each stage / class as I imagine it...

 

Frigate (Iron)

 

http://imgur.com/bNU5lys

 

=> Destroyer (Titanium)

http://imgur.com/QVbcgQH

http://imgur.com/Q3XE6S0

 

=> I would designate this "Serpent Class - Heavy Assault Cruiser" (Naonite / Titanium Armor)

 

http://imgur.com/h06gl96

http://imgur.com/rlFsjl4

http://imgur.com/qcHc2BV

http://imgur.com/Yd0S1VD

http://imgur.com/OJO42rZ

 

 

 

Rather happy with the Naonite evolution's final result. Inspiration was drawn from the Vagabond in EvE online, (one of my favorite HACS) and the Zuul cruisers from sword of the stars. Went for a more sinister / aggressive combat look. Not the biggest fan of the way thrusters look at this scale...so I simply imagine they're missile bays instead! (Missiles would be sweet in this game...but I haven't found any yet)

 

It 'seems' rather practical and econonimical too, coming in at ~130k credits, ~1k titanium and ~16k naonite. Offhand stats are 5k HP, 4k shields, ~5.5GJ output, 2.5GJ consumption, 550 m/s crusing, 1400-1500 m/s boost, jump range of 6, 4 module slots and 120 base cargo. The handling is also suprisingly good, and feels quite natural to pilot. (I went the immersive route, rather than pure min-max performance)

 

Couple combat runs have proven that it can definitely hold its' own against bigger Nanoite alien or pirate ships.

 

[Mobiyus]

This is damn impressive for an apprentice. Very nice ships! Looking forward to see more from you :)

[Warrax]

Ditto.

I too like your sleek designs.

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