Civilian Cruiser

[Echo 7-7]

Since I haven't visited this topic in awhile, maybe the idea isn't as "Blasphemous" as some thought...

I think you'll find that "civilian warship" is a contradictory term. Anyone who carries such heavy armaments into space stopped being a civilian the moment they undocked. The only non-military and non-unlawful militia factions that can afford Cruisers are corporations, so at the very least it would have to be a corporate cruiser. Besides, the closest thing to a civilian warship in the mod currently are Zoner capital ships, most of which were a terrible idea to have roaming freely in their current form (players forgetting that they're supposed to be colony ships, not warships).


The model itself looks quite basic, and also has strong visual similarities to the "Hel" Rheinland Pirate Cruiser / "Vidar" Hessian Cruiser. A fair bit of work needs to be done before this submission is ready to be reviewed. If you can't or won't texture it yourself, you will need to find someone else to do it.


Addendum: Model submissions are judged first on the quality of the model itself, and its suitability to replace an existing model or be added as a new ship. Since the thematic/lore details are finalised by the Dev Team, a model of suitable quality might find a place in the mod, but not necessarily where the modeller originally envisioned. Just because a ship is presented to fill a niche that doesn't yet exist does not guarantee an exception will be created for that ship: Generic IDs are highly unlikely to ever receive access to Cruisers. However, our desired focus for new models is on replacing imported models and other low-quality models.

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