Well, haven't quite gotten to the ship systems and hull mods yet, but I have had some fun with some additional ship and weapon content.
WARNING! This version may cause crashes if you have a Cosmic Fury in your fleet. I haven't noticed any otherwise, so it may or may not be ok to just upgrade your version.
First up I did a rework of the old pirate carrier of mine, the Cosmic Fury. I decided to make it a proper pirate bash, so it is now based on the Pirate Mule and Pirate Falcon hulls with the Cosmic Wind bridge and fighter bays bolted on to it. It's pretty well armed and armored for a carrier, but a bit fragile due to the salvaged nature of its construction.
Next up in an addition to the main line of ships. I decided the Storm combat line was missing a destroyer option, and I figured out a good shape to work in a clear lineage going from the Storm Runner up to the Storm Bringer.
This is a fast strike destroyer that carriers a spinal mounted Large Ballistic slot. It's good at both hit-and-run and fleet support depending on how you manage its weapon loadouts.
Finally, a slew of new weapons!
The Proton Autocannon gives us a large version of the Proton guns. Fires faster than a Mjolnir cannon, but the individual shots don't hit as hard. Good support weapon since it can keep up a pretty steady stream of fire without overloading your flux.
Plasma casters - Good damage against both hull and armor with a fairly low OP and flux cost, the plasma casters only real drawback is their slow fire rate and mediocre ability to take down shields on their own. These help make better use of many of the Stardust Venture ships energy slots without overwhelming their somewhat limited flux capacity as much as many other energy weapons.
Plasma Caster Heavy Plasma Caster Plasma Caster Array
And finally some pirate love to go with the Cosmic Horror rework. The Walloper, which is just two Thumpers strapped together. It's great for hunting down logistics ships and taking out damaged combat ships. Also not bad at bringing down shields, though it works better for that if you have Expanded Mags on the ship.
Walloper
Next up, really going to work on those ship systems and hull mods!
