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The Corvus Fly (Extra Light Racer Class)
The Corvus Fly (Extra Light Racer Class)
I have posted this in another suggestion as the Corvus Hummingbird, but then I decided that I would rather write a whole series of Hive bot ship suggestions, with the names based on one theme. I chose insects.
Stats:
Armour:1500
Mass:1000kg
Cargo:1 cu
Volume as Cargo:50cu
Weapons: 1 small, although none is good too
Max Turbo Speed:270 m/s
Turbo Energy: 48/s
I don't know much about the other stats. The ship is based on the Observer, so please fill it with this in mind. It should have excellent acceleration and manueverability.
License:10/10/2/0/0
This ship will be a niche superfast travel ship, with not much use in combat due to its extremely low armour and low number of weapons. It will also be very useful in Tube Races, although a bit risky if it even brushes against the walls. And it offers an adrenaline rush high risk flying, where your ship could be killed at the slightest brush. It could also hypothetically be used for prospecting if the devs allow the one small port.
It's major advantage is that it does not require the devs to draw new designs. And it creates a new kind of gameplay, as mentioned above. It will also reduce the tedious travel from point A to B, while not making it too easy due to its low armour. And IMO its advantages are offset by the fact that it is manufactured, so it will be balanced.
This suggestion has been posted after Whistler and We all float cited my earlier suggestions as a violation of Rule #5.
I have posted this in another suggestion as the Corvus Hummingbird, but then I decided that I would rather write a whole series of Hive bot ship suggestions, with the names based on one theme. I chose insects.
Stats:
Armour:1500
Mass:1000kg
Cargo:1 cu
Volume as Cargo:50cu
Weapons: 1 small, although none is good too
Max Turbo Speed:270 m/s
Turbo Energy: 48/s
I don't know much about the other stats. The ship is based on the Observer, so please fill it with this in mind. It should have excellent acceleration and manueverability.
License:10/10/2/0/0
This ship will be a niche superfast travel ship, with not much use in combat due to its extremely low armour and low number of weapons. It will also be very useful in Tube Races, although a bit risky if it even brushes against the walls. And it offers an adrenaline rush high risk flying, where your ship could be killed at the slightest brush. It could also hypothetically be used for prospecting if the devs allow the one small port.
It's major advantage is that it does not require the devs to draw new designs. And it creates a new kind of gameplay, as mentioned above. It will also reduce the tedious travel from point A to B, while not making it too easy due to its low armour. And IMO its advantages are offset by the fact that it is manufactured, so it will be balanced.
This suggestion has been posted after Whistler and We all float cited my earlier suggestions as a violation of Rule #5.
I'm not necessarily against this, but understand there was a velocity redux a few years back. For example, look at the old WTD top speed (https://vo-wiki.com/w/index.php?title=Warthog&oldid=4360). It was 250 m/s. So I assume there is a reason why the devs slowed things down.
Second thought: Currently the only ship that can reach these kinds of speeds is the seeker. Seekers have paper thin armor. They don't track well against a slightly turning ship.
There needs to be some kind of huge trade off, because this ship is full comprise.
Suggestions: Reduce the armor to 300. Increase the turbo energy to 60/s You also need to define the normal velocity.
This ship, being full compromise can't have any weapons port or cargo space. If the ship is based on the Observer, understand that observer optics are 150cu, so this ship would need to be at least that large as cargo.
And make the spin torque atrocious. Something like 2.
Second thought: Currently the only ship that can reach these kinds of speeds is the seeker. Seekers have paper thin armor. They don't track well against a slightly turning ship.
There needs to be some kind of huge trade off, because this ship is full comprise.
Suggestions: Reduce the armor to 300. Increase the turbo energy to 60/s You also need to define the normal velocity.
This ship, being full compromise can't have any weapons port or cargo space. If the ship is based on the Observer, understand that observer optics are 150cu, so this ship would need to be at least that large as cargo.
And make the spin torque atrocious. Something like 2.
Armour 300 is fine...1500 is not much use anyway.
Since this is intended to be a traveling ship, a turbo energy of 60 won't do. 48 is fine IMO.
No weapons is also fine. Maybe a pre equiped mineral scanner...but that's just a thought.
The size of the Observer Optics may be larger than the size of the bot due to expansion...maybe it's compressed when it's inside and gets decompressed when the bot is killed. Observer Optics isn't cargo...it's a kind of addon to the Observer.
I kept the 1 cargo space so it can be used for datapad delivery missions. But it's optional.
And I have no idea about how exactly spin torque works, so maybe give me an example of an existing ship. I mean like what ship will this ship turn like with a hive fast charge and a Spin Torque of 2.
Since this is intended to be a traveling ship, a turbo energy of 60 won't do. 48 is fine IMO.
No weapons is also fine. Maybe a pre equiped mineral scanner...but that's just a thought.
The size of the Observer Optics may be larger than the size of the bot due to expansion...maybe it's compressed when it's inside and gets decompressed when the bot is killed. Observer Optics isn't cargo...it's a kind of addon to the Observer.
I kept the 1 cargo space so it can be used for datapad delivery missions. But it's optional.
And I have no idea about how exactly spin torque works, so maybe give me an example of an existing ship. I mean like what ship will this ship turn like with a hive fast charge and a Spin Torque of 2.