Smallish very fast ship: Swallow

Taioko · Post by **Taioko** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:29 am

Not defensive in the slightest, is it?

At all.

(Also, how souped up are those 3 weapons? Curiosity.)

Post by **Anna** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:32 am

Heh, that thing has more deflectors on it than most of my super-large Dreadnaughts do... nice design.

I'd like to see it go up against my Galactus Cannon...

TormakSaber · Post by **TormakSaber** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:51 am

I'll have to upload my little speed demons later...

Bluhman · Post by **Bluhman** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:15 am

If that's smallish, my Falcon ship is a midget.

Technically, a fast ship shouldn't need deflectors. Heck, it shouldn't even need PD guns at such high speeds. A well-piloted, fast ship such as that can easily evade any sort of assault. Then again, your ship is a bit bigger than mine, so who am I to speak?

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:32 am

Hint: click the pic; you can fly it yourself and find out just how souped it is!

:twisted:

Himura.Kenshin · Post by **Himura.Kenshin** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:09 am

They're not totally imba-ly pumped with steriods xD

The rail guns are your normal design, 3 shot barrels, 2 firing rate with a 15 reload time.

The Missiles shoot 8 at a time, forgot the reload, and they have a 50 deviation.

And finally the (Shock? I forgot) Beamer has 6 damage and 1.8k range.

I've done worse ^.^

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:45 am

This thing is awesome; it makes a wonderful pirate raider for its high speed and maneuverability, but it suffers in a static slugfest. I think a continuously moving fighterplane-style hit-and-run AI would play this ship very well. I can make it dance; dart into attack range, fire a burst of gunfire, then fly past the target out of range before the target shoots back in an 'emulation' of the AI attack pattern I describe.

I'm thinking of piloting one against a Post-Dated Check Loan to see if I can take it down :twisted:

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:56 pm

'Bird of Prey' upgrade: Three extra reactors (two in wing joints), two deflectors, and several particle guns, as well as a slight thruster rearrangement and Impeder installation. Two more missile launchers added to outer wings, and main gun barrels extended slightly to accomodate two Particle Guns each.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:06 pm

Gah, such an absurd amount of modules/weapons in such a small space...

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:33 pm

'Eagle Talons' upgrade.

Primary Railgun Battery completely redesigned, now housing twin Railgun barrels and four self-contained Booster reactors. Muzzle device replaced with a simpler design for lighter weight and reinforced with its own dedicated Aegis mounted in the rear of the primary weapon near the Boosters; muzzle device still serves to house two Particle Machineguns as per Bird of Prey specifications. Gravitic impeder integrated in the weapon's barrel to stop incoming weapons fore targeted directly at the weapon itself. Two Booster reactors in the abdomen reassigned to power the nose Beamer, likely soon to be replaced with a Shockbeam.

Heavier weapons resulted in a slight but noticeable performance penalty compared to the elder Swallows.

The Boz · Post by **The Boz** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:47 pm

A new ship design challenge: The ship with the most damage per second per pixel :p

Anarki · Post by **Anarki** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:56 pm

One core + mining beam + obscene damage + nonexistent rate of fire and reload time.