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Title: [0.98a] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: Utafae on March 24, 2025, 07:28:58 PM
Uta-Fae Shipyards
A midline-ish but not-completely-so content pack.

https://github.com/Kyubold/Uta-Fae-Shipyards.git (https://github.com/Kyubold/Uta-Fae-Shipyards.git)

overview
(https://i.imgur.com/PUXl2ZL.png)
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new in 0.3
(https://i.imgur.com/infNK2K.png)
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new in 0.2
(https://i.imgur.com/2LZ7FLf.png)
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Introduction

Do you like being constantly uncertain of the distinction between a large frigate and a small destroyer? Do you enjoy shootouts over whether a ship is a small cruiser or large destroyer? Do you want to drive in close and empty out your magazines right now?

Then come on over to Uta-Fae Shipyards, where the customer almost always leaves.

Our ships are noted for pushing the envelope of what even classifies as a given hull size-we have frigates almost as fragile-I mean, fast-as fighters, a destroyer with the sensible armament of a frigate, and a light cruiser with the firepower of a heavy and less armor than some destroyers!

Our signature hullmod, the Cruise Drive, significantly improves our ships' 0-flux speed boost, improving their mobility and freeing up their systems for offensive or utility purposes.

Frigates

(https://i.imgur.com/gOXgCLN.png)
The Spine, a cute little customs corvette.

(https://i.imgur.com/EfzrSsa.png)
The Bramble, an attempt at a brawler competitor that ballooned until it technically became a destroyer. Such a poorly-armned ship could never be sold as a destroyer, however, so its a superheavy frigate.

(https://i.imgur.com/Clnx2Zi.png)
The Prick, a speedy frigate that only slightly struggles against actually substantial foes.

(https://i.imgur.com/38q87qx.png)
The Briar, an incredibly well-armored, if slow, heavy frigate.

(https://i.imgur.com/3cGUX03.png)
The Rind, a large frigate built around an old prototype blaster.

(https://i.imgur.com/NBaAanP.png)
The Blossom, a heavy frigate with interesting choices in armament.

(https://i.imgur.com/tqQcDxV.png)
The Awn, basicly the Kite's bigger, hardier cousin.

(https://i.imgur.com/BalN1v4.png)
The Frond, a missile support frigate that struggles in close combat.

(https://i.imgur.com/Y4qMO9T.png)
The Hippomenes/Melanion, a pair of twin light frigates-one uses energy weapons, the other ballistics.

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Destroyers

(https://i.imgur.com/4r4p6Bj.png)
The Parthenopaeus, a scaled-down Atalanta-class cruiser, capable of swiftly carrying heavy firepower to wherever it needs to be.

(https://i.imgur.com/KnU06Qh.png)
The Hitchhiker, a fast, low-tech ground assault craft.

(https://i.imgur.com/bQ1xhP2.png)
The Bough, an artillery destroyer specialized in very long-ranged sniping.

(https://i.imgur.com/0s5EC27.png)
The Tuber, a good escort to have in your orbit.

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Cruisers
(https://i.imgur.com/2HQXK21.png)
The Atalanta, a fast and agile light cruiser, with a very heavy armament. Best suited to short engagements, lest its unremarkable flux systems prove inadequate.

(https://i.imgur.com/qhjb8mA.png)
The Bogoak, a more lightly-armed Atalanta, optimized for escort duty.

(https://i.imgur.com/iHDOQjI.png)
The Kauri, a Bogoak with carrier facilities shoved down its throat.

(https://i.imgur.com/lSIrr9K.png)
The Oxylo, an artillery cruiser with numerous secondaries

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Capital Ships

(https://i.imgur.com/lCO07qj.png)
The Boscage, a battlecruiser that attempts to combine a centerline battery with significant broadside firepower.

(https://i.imgur.com/xKm1HHL.png)
The Canopy, a smallish capital with gravitas

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Uta-Fae (non-missile) weapons are almost always magazine-fed and short-ranged, but fire high-velocity projectiles at an impressive rate.

Weapons/Wings

(https://i.imgur.com/3rh9ugq.png)
From left to right:

  • A Leafnibbler pulse laser, for fast, close-in point defense
  • A pair of Forestfire torpedoes. Fast, if lightly-armored.
  • A Brushclearer turret, loaded with high-explosive proximity-fused shells.
  • A wing of Pinprick interceptors, miniaturized pricks.
(https://i.imgur.com/5DxrNDx.png)
The Leaffall, a medium autocannon designed to swiftly overload shields

(https://i.imgur.com/ruMV28e.png)
The Snagsnap, a small SRM launcher. High max speed, low acceleration, and surprisingly long flight time.

(https://i.imgur.com/cC1jJ5C.png)
The Uprooter a large, flux-efficient pulse laser

(https://i.imgur.com/nwQkKdj.png)
The Trunkcrusher, a modified magazine-fed Gauss Cannon

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Changelog

0.3

-new ships:
--Canopy-class pocket battleship
--Oxylo-class artillery cruiser
--Tuber-class destroyer
--Frond-class missile support frigate
--Blossom-class frigate
--Awn-class frigate
--Hippomenes/Melanion-class frigates
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-new weapons:
--Large forestfire "storm" mount
--Trunkcrusher Gauss Repeater
--Uprooter Pulse Laser
--Snagsnap missiles

-hullmods and ship systems:
--Fixed incorrect text for Utanay Pattern Armor
--Utanay Pattern Armor now gives Energy damage vulnerability instead of increased supply use
--Cruise Drive speed bonus changed to 40/35/30/25
--New hullmod: Graviton Field Generator, slows nearby ships and missiles, speeds up nearby friendly ships and missiles


--New ship system:  Gravity Surge, throws ship towards the mouse pointer, briefly boosts maneuverability

-changes and fixes
--Forestfire Torpedo refire delay increased (1 --> 2)(all mounts)
--Forestfire Pod burst size increased (1 ---> 2)
--Brushclearer ammo regeneration reduced (2/sec ---> 1/sec)
--Brushclearer flux cost reduced (100 --->  75)


--Briar completely redesigned (same stats, modified weapon placements, completely new sprite, various minor changes)
--Changed Briar variant


-other
--Added a couple missions


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0.2b
-changes and fixes
--Knotbreaker range increased (400 --> 450)
--Hitchhiker now has mounts for its canister flak
--Forestfire Torpedo refire delay increased (0.25 --> 1)


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0.2a

-changes and fixes
--Leafnibbler magazine size increased (30 --> 40)
--Leafnibbler rate of fire increased
--Leafnibbler ammo replenishment increased (1/sec ---> 4/sec)
--Knotbreakers are no longer available on the open market
--Knotbreakers ammo replenishment reduced (1/2 seconds ---> 1/4 seconds)
--Knockbreaker flux per shot reduced (600 --> 400)
--Leaffall ammo replenishment increased (1/sec ---> 4/sec)

--Siege Package no longer causes a crash

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0.2
-new ships:
--Rind, a midline heavy frigate with a unique built-in blaster
--Hitchhiker, a lowtech fast ground assault destroyer
--Parthenopaeus, a scaled-down Atalanta
--Bough, a midline artillery destroyer


-new weapons:
--Knotbreaker, a built-in only blaster
--Medium Forestfire pod
--Leaffall, a medium autocannon


-new hullmods
--Siege Package, emphasizes long-range combat with large weapons, but makes the ship much weaker otherwise
--Utanay Pattern Armor, increases armor and boosts armor effectiveness. Incompatiable with Heavy Armor


-changes and fixes
--Briar base armor reduced to 600 (was an excessive 800), now has built-in Utanay Pattern Armor
--Briar repainted, now looks more like the midline ship with lowtech armor that it was meant to be.
--Forestfire single and double mount OP increased to 2/4 (was 1/2)
--Spine and Bramble now actually have flare launchers
--Added Leafnibbler description
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Lore

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Utanay Heavy Industries (the latter part of the name changed many times) was a positively ancient company, which started as a designer of ship armor, and often manufactured other companies' designs under license.

Arifae Engineering was founded much later, during a shift in doctrine and technology that we now recognize as the beginning of Midline design.

The two companies merged not long after the latter's founding.

The combined Uta-Fae Shipyards experienced a brief golden age in the middle of the midline era, only to slowly decline in wealth and influence

They set up in the Persean sector fairly early on, hoping to get a leg up on the local market, but aggressive moves from other competitors left them sidelined.

Still, some of the major factions still use ships from their glory days, and some independent ship captains are quite fond of their Uta-Fae designed ships.
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ToDo

  • more everything
  • pirate variants
  • probably a lot of balancing
  • Redesign some of my first sprites

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Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: SC Gunship on March 25, 2025, 04:06:08 AM
awesome
Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: NaranNarman on March 25, 2025, 04:35:48 AM
Now THAT is a capital firmly utilizing the "MORE FIREPOWER" doctrine!
Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: Utafae on March 25, 2025, 05:04:14 AM
Quote from: SC Gunship on March 25, 2025, 04:06:08 AM
awesome

I try.

Quote from: NaranNarman on March 25, 2025, 04:35:48 AM
Now THAT is a capital firmly utilizing the "MORE FIREPOWER" doctrine!

Just, uhh, try not to fire them all at once, or else the flux systems might explode.

...that's not an actual mechanic, but now I'm tempted to try and make something simliar happen.
Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: Gerd Vectid on March 25, 2025, 07:17:50 AM
Quote from: Utafae on March 25, 2025, 05:04:14 AM
Quote from: SC Gunship on March 25, 2025, 04:06:08 AM
awesome

I try.

Quote from: NaranNarman on March 25, 2025, 04:35:48 AM
Now THAT is a capital firmly utilizing the "MORE FIREPOWER" doctrine!

Just, uhh, try not to fire them all at once, or else the flux systems might explode.

...that's not an actual mechanic, but now I'm tempted to try and make something simliar happen.

I would love to see a built in hull-mod that makes overfluxed ships have minor explosions on gunports. It would look funny especially if pirates could just kill themselves with it. XD
Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: the_bittersteel on March 26, 2025, 04:25:08 PM
Great first mod - really like the ship designs, saw your post on Reddit. Hoping for them to become a faction in the future just to see lots more of their fleets flying around.

Best of luck!
Title: Re: [0.97a-RC11] Uta-Fae Shipyards
Post by: Utafae on March 27, 2025, 04:17:13 AM
Quote from: the_bittersteel on March 26, 2025, 04:25:08 PM
Great first mod - really like the ship designs, saw your post on Reddit. Hoping for them to become a faction in the future just to see lots more of their fleets flying around.

Best of luck!

I do have an idea for a faction that they would (partially) make up. The stuff in this pack would be the pre-collapse stuff that's commonly available, and the faction would use both it and their own post-collapse stuff. I might release it as a submod, so that anybody who might prefer just a ship pack could keep it as one.