Anyhow, the obligatory stuff first: I'm new to the forum (though not as much to the game), I made some ships, and I've finally gathered enough courage to display them here for the shipmaking community's scrutiny. Comments and constructive critiques are welcome.
The below are from my recent project (begun yesterday, in fact) of revamping my old set of ships (the Starry Night series, or SN -- I'm not very creative with names) so that they are bigger. Actually, it's not so much a revamp as a redesign, since the larger versions bear little resemblance to the originals. The original SN ships were built to the scale of the canon ships and "balanced" using the Pirate Gunship. The newer, larger ships, on the other hand, are not balanced or tested in any fashion, since I mostly built them on a whim.
SN Acrux Strike Frigate and Acrux II
SN Dubhe Cruiser and Dubhe II
SN Altair Carrier and Altair II
SN Vega Battleship and Vega II
The Altair II and the Vega II were designed to serve as counterpoints to each other, even though, frankly, I didn't do it all that well.
The Vega's beam weaponry is supposed to be evocative of the imagery of weaving, while the Altair's Demeters and point defense that of herding, thus corresponding to the Chinese legend of Niulang and Zhinü. But whatever.
