12-05-2016, 06:08 AM
Da Rules
The rules here are easy. Share your ship designs you've created using the published Ship Design Rules found in the Core Rulebook, Warhounds, Kashmere Commonwealth, or Operation Drydock: Volume II.
Some Sage Advice
When you design a new ship or cook up a refit, keep a few things in mind. (1) Every ship design is meant to fulfill a purpose. So when you present a new design, state it's purpose. If it's a new light attrition fighter or a heavy escort fighter meant to accompany convoys of bulk cruisers, then state that clearly. It helps everyone else get some perspective about where you were going with your idea.
(2) The Core Ships found in the Core Rulebook were designed before there was a published ship design system. Alas, they do not conform to the published ship design templates, and if you try and back engineer them, well, most of them simply won't work(Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot). So. Keep your refits within some sort of realistic parameters. For example, you can strip down the Damage Reduction (armor) of an existing ship, and use the slots for other things such as increased armament or Drive, but bear in mind that you're reducing the survivability of your refit, and may want to add a Design Quirk to add some playbalance to the mix, such as inflicting a less than stable reactor not so much that the reactor is somehow worse with the armor gone, but that with all that armor gone, the dratted reactor is now more exposed to battle damage and therefore all that more susceptible to taking a hit and being destabilized. Let logic be your guide here.
(3) If you have some favorite model kits or miniatures from other companies you like adapting to Silent Death, we are not going to get our knickers in a twist if you post your adaptive designs to the forum. In fact, in our Links page you'll find a list of great sources for proxy models from several indy manufacturers. If you have some of those models and you've done your own adaptations of them to Silent Death using the Ship Design Rules, we welcome you sharing them in a post here on The Shipyard.
Remember: Terran Space is BIG. And starship designs are MANY. So share your cool designs accordingly.
The rules here are easy. Share your ship designs you've created using the published Ship Design Rules found in the Core Rulebook, Warhounds, Kashmere Commonwealth, or Operation Drydock: Volume II.
Some Sage Advice
When you design a new ship or cook up a refit, keep a few things in mind. (1) Every ship design is meant to fulfill a purpose. So when you present a new design, state it's purpose. If it's a new light attrition fighter or a heavy escort fighter meant to accompany convoys of bulk cruisers, then state that clearly. It helps everyone else get some perspective about where you were going with your idea.
(2) The Core Ships found in the Core Rulebook were designed before there was a published ship design system. Alas, they do not conform to the published ship design templates, and if you try and back engineer them, well, most of them simply won't work(Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot). So. Keep your refits within some sort of realistic parameters. For example, you can strip down the Damage Reduction (armor) of an existing ship, and use the slots for other things such as increased armament or Drive, but bear in mind that you're reducing the survivability of your refit, and may want to add a Design Quirk to add some playbalance to the mix, such as inflicting a less than stable reactor not so much that the reactor is somehow worse with the armor gone, but that with all that armor gone, the dratted reactor is now more exposed to battle damage and therefore all that more susceptible to taking a hit and being destabilized. Let logic be your guide here.
(3) If you have some favorite model kits or miniatures from other companies you like adapting to Silent Death, we are not going to get our knickers in a twist if you post your adaptive designs to the forum. In fact, in our Links page you'll find a list of great sources for proxy models from several indy manufacturers. If you have some of those models and you've done your own adaptations of them to Silent Death using the Ship Design Rules, we welcome you sharing them in a post here on The Shipyard.
Remember: Terran Space is BIG. And starship designs are MANY. So share your cool designs accordingly.
"Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here..."
- Ming the Merciless
- Ming the Merciless