zuesman101 wrote:great ship. I was doing a run through with it, but i god boarded by mantis and my crew got devastated. I really like the hull image.
Thanks. Although I think the middle part with the engine needs some work. It's like someone strapped a Federation Cruiser's engine to the bottom of a Scout
Heh, boarding is definitely an issue with the ship. Only a 2-person medbay so more than 2 boarders can pose a problem when venting the whole ship. Even if the teleporter is 2-person, I like to have a 4-person medbay on most of my ships.
R4V3-0N wrote:I am not saying this isn't 'lore friendly' however what I am saying that this ship doesn't really fit the bill of the Stealth Cruiser.
The "Federation" Stealth Cruisers are commissioned by the Engi to produce a high technological advance warfare platform to go take down the Rebel threat. Due to this and to aid the stealth technology the ship is painted dark colours to match the surrounding space and avoid being visually seen.
I tend to think the colours are there because the Engies said "Humans like black coloured ships when it comes to a Stealth Cruiser" because otherwise the Red-Tail would fool Rebel ships. So it's probably an issue with IFF.
I also think that if you can spot a ship outside of your ship's structural weakness, then something has gone horribly wrong. But FTL's logic can work differently to what real logic is (Ram the bastards! Yeah but space is big and that ship probably can see you coming and dodge. But it works anyway!) so colours perhaps do matter
The Stealth cruiser type C is a collaboration between the Engi and the Zoltans (post Zoltans rejoining the Federation perhaps). This ship uses the zoltan shield instead of the stealth to get by. which is an experiment and powered by a drone. No human involvement either.
Yet at the end, there are no Engies or Zoltan onboard the ship. In fact it seems a Slug got their way onboard.
There is a so called "Type A II" which is the version the Rebels got and modified before the federation. This has 3 Artemis (1 power) missiles and a breach missile. This ship also starts with a shields system.
No camo spec change and it is still the type A but in Rebel Control.
Heh, now I'm imagining the ship in Rebel orange and blue. To the image editor!
This ship above doesn't follow the aesthetics of the stealth cruiser, isn't in the A, B, or C colors but instead in traditional Federation colours and has a slightly odd crew for a standard federation ship.
Ask the Osprey about the choice for a Federation ship. Human, Rock, Mantis(!) and an Engi.
I am not smashing it across the face as this being a bad ship. But I am not saying it is a Engi Developed ship lore wise. This looks like something a human would make and as usual the humans and there clumsy technological stance there is a hardwired Glaive beam with ai aim.
Well the description does say it was taken from a wreck of a Stealth Cruiser. I remember there was another ship mod where someone took a Stealth Cruiser and did the same thing - welded a Glaive Beam onto the ship. But I think it had other guns and shields too.
I do think this ship should start without sensors though. I do like the splicing work. I do not often see this combination.
Yeah the sensors don't seem needed for a glass cannon artillery. But then again, where else are you going to put Charlie the Mantis when you've got more crew?
