Re: [FT] Thinking of new ship designs

Either method works. At the extremes are the S'V with little to no
duplicate
parts, to the UNSC with lots of interchangable bits that can be used to
make
many variations.

As long as the ships have an overall theme that ties them together.

As to which I prefer: modular, for the most part. Having only a few
'choices' for the hull and engine, but with several add-ons that are
interchangable. As an example: the new Shogun Class Command Dreadnought 
has
large turrets on either side of the main hull. I don't know if these are
seperate pieces, but if they are then having missile packs that would
fit in
with the design to replace them would be nice.

One thing I really like about the Japanese fleet is that there *are*
decernable weapon mounts.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremey Claridge <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:08 AM
Subject: [FT] Thinking of new ship designs

> Hello
>
> I am considering designing my own starships
> for FT. Now I'm going to stick to the bug like
> feel of the ground forces I designed.
> (you remember the Slug conversations :)
>
> What I'm interested in is whether people prefer
> each ship to be purchased whole or whether there
> was any merit in producing various ship parts
> for you to mix and match and build your own?
>
> So I simply make say various hulls, turrets, bridges
> etc. and you stick them together as you like to make
> the various classes of ship.
>
> ----------------------
> Jeremey
> germ@germy.co.uk
> www.germy.co.uk
>