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[Sundog]

@etherealblade
Such flattery! Stop that. It's bad for my megalomania 
Funny you should mention phantoms as that's the name of one of the ships (the first one I made in fact)
The phantom drive doesn't really have a name as it's a type of phasecloak, but I've been calling it phase warp in the internal files. I prefer imitation crab to real crab 

@Cosmitz
I agree that armor repair is too strong. I haven't done any serious balancing yet.
The shakey-phasey-burst-effect is a heavily modified phase cloak, so it's activated with right click (for twitch activation  .

[Cosmitz]

Oh? Cool. I was wondering how since you already had a ship-system. Awesome.

[Lcu]

It doesn't have shields?

[Sundog]

I'm not planning for any ICE ships to have shields. The shield mechanics of Starsector are one of the reasons I love the game, but I want to do something different.

[MesoTroniK]

Shields are overrated, but seriously armor tank ships or ones that use crazy defensive systems that are meant to replace shields directly in the role active defense is good fun

[Sundog]

Agreed. There's nothing quite like throwing a metric ton of ordnance back in the face of an onslaught using the Exigency repulsor 

[MesoTroniK]

Yea I need to hurry up with the big update, so any sort of rough eta for your ICE guys?

[Sundog]

Not sure. A week or three from now? I'm still doing a lot of experimentation with the way ship system animations work, which is holding me up a bit as far as finishing content.

[Trylobot]

Sundog, superb work here. And nice videos! Can't wait for your first public version.

[Sundog]

New teasers for another ship!

The Sacrifice - Conquest vs. Athame frigates (0:24)

Knife Fight - Athame vs. Two Athames (1:32)

@Trylobot: Thanks! I'm looking forward to letting you guys play it too. I keep getting distracted by little problems that are disproportionately hard to fix though 

[HELMUT]

I'm gonna play this mod just to spam dozens of Athame for some glorious kamikaze fleet. By the way, what happen when two Athame burn drive into each other? Double kill?

Oh, and nice asteroid death.

[MesoTroniK]

Sundog, you are a madman!

[Chaos Farseer]

Is activating the Fission Drill supposed to cause hull damage to the Athame? Seems like an odd, yet awesome, design choice.

[Sundog]

By the way, what happen when two Athame burn drive into each other? Double kill?

Possibly. Both could even survive. It all depends on their respective hitpoints.

Oh, and nice asteroid death.

Thanks! 
I almost removed that part out of embarrassment...

Sundog, you are a madman!

Oh, I can't help that. We're all mad here... I'm mad... You're mad.

Is activating the Fission Drill supposed to cause hull damage to the Athame?

It is. That's one of the ways I try to balance out the overpowered nature of the ship. 'Odd yet awesome' is pretty much what I was going for with this ship, so I'm glad you think that of the mechanic. I'm sure plenty of people will think it's a bad idea though. We'll see.

[XpanD]

I want this. I need this. I require this in my life.