EDIT: This mod's days as a standalone mod are numbered, it's pretty much here just for completion's sake right now. You can find all the ships of this mod in Starsector+. That also includes ships I didn't post here, such as the Punisher-class Cruiser, the Arachne-class Destroyer, and the Archon-class Destroyer.
Pretty much just making this for Uomoz' Corvus, but anyway, I feel like the pirates faction deserves to have more stuff, and that the game needs more cobbled-together, low-tech ships. So without further ado let's start this off with the Shark-class Battle Barge!
The Shark is a monstrous raiding vessel, featuring parts of pilfered and dissected industrial ships, cobbled together into a hull that can mount a plethora of weapons and is highly customizable. However, the Shark usually employs the shield generator of a salvaged Tarsus or Condor, and its multiple weaknesses are obviously being shored-up by simply trying to outgun the enemy.
With a large amount of cargo space to haul loot, the Shark is an unwelcome sight for Sector traders.
The Bull-class destroyer is a popular conversion of the Buffalo Mark II for raider captains with the money and connections to make it work. Capable of mounting a large ballistic weapon to its spinal hardpoint and blessed with a weak shield emitter, the Bull's biggest improvement over the Buffalo II is its advanced engine system and vastly improved hull integrity.
A credible threat to most destroyers and frigates in the Sector, those who scoff at the Buffalo II still secretly fear that one of the murky shapes in a pirate combat fleet will turn out to be a charging Bull.
The brainchild a still-unidentified rogue Tri-Tachyon weapons engineer, the Tiger-type frigate is, essentially, a naked flux conduit framework nestled around a reactor and shield emitter, with engines tacked on. Featuring several energy weapon emplacements and a rudimentary high energy focus system, it's a deadly frigate, capable of threatening even expensive warships. Fortunately, since the production is centered on one cartel, it's not in wide circulation.
One can only guess at what stirs in the mind of those who willingly crew the gun batteries of a Torch-type frigate. A lust for destruction seems to be the defining factor.
The Renegade-class Battlecruiser. At the helm of one, a Pirate Lord can send an entire system into a state of anarchy, single-handedly blocking supply lines and stalling reinforcements for weeks. Its origins are shrouded in mystery - each Renegade is different, so Hegemony analysts conclude that they're being made using several different autofacs, each programmed to spit out a single, malformed piece of their corresponding ship. These parts are then spliced together in an orbital dock.
This vessel represents the triumph of the ego over a hostile Sector, and its very existence - once merely a rumor - has destabilized politics across known space.
