A ship concept

[elgeeko]

Ill throw something out as soon as I can cook up a concept model but let me try and verbally sketch the basics any would have regardless of faction;

1; Likely asymetrical to some degree, probably in the sense that the bridge is set to one side like a conning tower.

2; A large open bay is the most visible feature, likely either opening straight out the front, filling one entire side, or in unconventional cases opening out the back.

3; Engines are nestled in the back and look like they're made for heavy duty moving of serious tonnage. Likely 4 engines arranged in a quad format.

http://shipyards.relicnews.com/taiidan/carrier.htm

Take that, scale it way down to between gunboat and cruiser size, make the bay part more of the ship and the back part less.
Scale all windows etc to proper size to meet the new model size, slap on FL textures, smooth the back part down so the top is flat, the protrusion on the port side is the bridge.

Voila. The basic idea.

Protect the MST.... yes yes this will make excellent events...
"A pirate faction intends to intercept an MST convoy on one of its rare and periodic returns to a base for servicing. the MST is escorted by a fighter wing and there are also two heavily laden transports in the convoy. The MST itself is also full of (valuable commodity here) so this would be a tremendous haul"

Heck that might happen without any pre-planned event anyhow. Would give pirates something to scheme about beyond grabbing and robbing your average trader.

MST's when properly escorted could also be an excellent refuge for almost-destroyed ships who need a place to escape enemy fire. Nestled inside a nook of the bay with stronger fighters outside defending it and the MST's thick hide between it and any danger...

For the sake of ID rules, lets classify MSTs as a subclass of transports unless anyone else has any objections...

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