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Re: [Spaceships] I made this one...

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Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

I'm considering to fill a fuel tank with water, just in the case.

I have been using 2 tanks of H2 for typical maneuvers and 1 tank of H2O for combat or for blasting off of high G worlds. I'm also considering allowing variable thrust torch engines that can function as either regular or high-thrust (double the Gs, half the delta-V), for 2x (or some other multiplier) price of a regular engine; unofficial of course, but not terribly unbalancing.

I agree that 2 armor units on each section might be excessive. I like to put 2 on the front and 1 on the center and back. In the test combats I've played, ships fighting each other seem to be nose to nose a fair amount of the time. Of course if you are running away you might wish you had that extra armor on the rear...

Re: [Spaceships] I made this one...

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Originally Posted by thtraveller

I consider this overarmoured for the role. You could go down a size category if you lost the second layer of armor and had 2-3 habitats.

Bah, dDR 60 can at least contain the damage dealt by a missile. Going in battle with 30 would be a suicide.

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That's not allowed by the rules - it's only allowed for size 5-8 and for a non-core control room.

Yep, I should read what the generator tries to tell me. Eliminated.. ;-)

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This adds 480 M$ to the price, which seems a tad expensive. You could have a small craft for this. In any case you don't really need ram-rockets as you have plenty of fuel that you can use in atmosphere.

Mmm, kinda true. Deleted. ;-)

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This doesn't appear to do anything as at SM9 no modules have workspaces?

Actually, I counted at least two (for the engine room). And I think I'm still missing some.

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Originally Posted by yffub

I agree that 2 armor units on each section might be excessive. I like to put 2 on the front and 1 on the center and back. In the test combats I've played, ships fighting each other seem to be nose to nose a fair amount of the time. Of course if you are running away you might wish you had that extra armor on the rear...

I don't think anyone would like to have his engines/stardrive blasted off. ;-)