Praetorian

[Carlos_Benitez]

Lots of positive feedback here. Please don't take offence when I completely go against the trend.

Firstly, I don't like the proposed model. It looks too "busy" and the wings are all identical; not something I think master corsair shipbuilders would do. Each pair would have individual purposes, and optimised designs to fulfil those roles, or simply not be included to save on resources. Corsair fighters and bombers should be designed to use resources as efficiently as possible, so not including extra parts that aren't completely necessary. With corsair capital ships, massive amounts of resources are already necessarily committed to the construction, so the focus is on making them look as fearsome as possible.
I just feel the additional wings are clones of all the others, and don't serve any real purpose in the design. The design also follows the skeleton-like shape of the Titan and Centurion; long thin sections with very little or no internal space. On a Titan, it's reasonable to assume that only the central region of the ship is hollow; the wings do not contain space for anything aside from the wiring for turrets, or chutes for missiles.
I would agree that, for a Corsair bomber, this design is, as you say, too "thin".
The current Praetorian model is, appropriately in my view, more exo-skeletal rather than skeletal like the Titan. The wings are substantial enough to support Torpedo bays. Furthermore, the structure appears much stronger, so can support the additional weight of torpedo bays on it's extremities while under the influence of planetary gravity.
In my own view, a Corsair bomber needs to look like a Titan on steroids, rather than a Titan that's sprouted extra arms.

I am, admittedly, biassed as a huge fan of the current model.

The idea of using the model for an SHF is intriguing, however, I am concerned that, even with the current ship line available, I feel utterly spoiled for choice, and have difficulty finding opportunities to put each of the many ships available to the Corsairs to good use. I personally don't think the Corsairs need another ship; I for one wouldn't know what to do with it.

Whilst I applaud the effort, and am always interested in looking at new ideas, I can't say I support this motion, for the reasons stated above. Sorry to be such a pain.

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