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Kelsier

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[0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« on: April 12, 2025, 12:23:10 PM »

CuratedShips

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Hello

This mod adds some ships focused on fitting in with the vanilla game.

This was initially a mod of me stealing specific ships I liked from other mods and adding them to this one with tweaks, hence the name. Currently contains only ships I've made/kitbashed.

Ships:

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Matchlock-class Frigate 

Cheap midline frigate with maneuvering jets and a built-in missile autoloader.


Cataphract-class Heavy Frigate 

Transitionary low-tech design with damper field and a shield generator. Fast, great survivability, costs as much as expensive high-tech frigates to deploy.


Diaphane-class Exploration Ship (Destroyer) 

Barely armed, down-sized Apogee, has a flight-deck and a built-in efficiency overhaul, but not much else.


Spirit-class Command Destroyer 

Built-in operations center with a full flight-deck and PD drone system which is unused in vanilla, but still in vanilla files. Few mounts, but can fit a decent missile loadout.


Valravn-class Cruiser 

Large ballistic hardpoint with an accelerated ammo feeder system, but somewhat slow with poor defenses; great when the system is up, lackluster without it.


Auxilia-class Light Battlecarrier (w/XIV variant) 

Almost exactly half a Legion. XIV version retains mount changes that the XIV Legion has.


Erinyes-class Light Cruiser 

A phase skimming light-cruiser with a large energy hardpoint, has flux and survivability problems, very much just a big wolf.


Roc-class Carrier 

Four fighter bays with built in recovery shuttles and the Reserve Deployment ship system. Even with the system up it only matches the Condor in terms of fighter bay/DP efficiency, but is a good ship for using carrier bonuses from officers.

(FYI, because the Persean League uses carriers infrequently and I didn't want to change vanilla game files, this is a somewhat rare ship to find.)


Nausicaa-class Battlecruiser 

High-tech battlecruiser with an energy bolt coherer, but no large mounts of any kind. Plasma Jets ship system, essentially a capital-sized Aurora.

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If, for some reason, you want to steal any of these and tweak them, please feel free. 
Thanks to the people who made the ship editor program, and the ship/weapon pack creator whose forum formatting I stole.
« Last Edit: May 03, 2025, 07:54:04 PM by Kelsier »
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v1
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2025, 03:39:37 PM »

Urge to know more (about ship systems/roles) intensifies
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Kelsier

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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v1
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2025, 04:09:39 PM »

Urge to know more (about ship systems/roles) intensifies

A friend suggested putting descriptions for them too, was actually doing that when I saw this. :)
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v1
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2025, 09:23:30 PM »

Certified neat ships that are vanilla-friendly and nicely fill some niches. Thanks Kelsier, very cool!
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Kelsier

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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2025, 01:04:04 PM »

Updated to v2

Added Roc and Nausicaa

Changes to current ships are:

Matchlock:
updated strike variant

Diaphane:
150 armor -> 200 armor
changed default_ship_roles.json file classification from "carrier_small" to "combat_freighter_medium"

Cataphract:
8 DP -> 9 DP

Valravn:
95 OP -> 105 OP
updated variants to use increased OP

Erinyes:
updated sprite (older sprite accidentally used a small mount on the sprite for a medium mount in the ship files, updated it to medium on the sprite, no gameplay changes)

I am posting this before I start traveling for months, and didn't give it as many checks as I was hoping to, so if there are errors of any kind please lmk.
« Last Edit: May 03, 2025, 01:08:23 PM by Kelsier »
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2025, 01:23:16 PM »

:o Ships look interesting.
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Kelsier

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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2025, 05:49:25 PM »

:o Ships look interesting.

well, I hope interesting in a good way  :-X
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2025, 06:48:05 AM »

yes :-*
"I-like-noises":
I like HT and Apogees...
I like Apogees -> Diaphane looks intresting
smol HT command carrier -> Spirit looks interesting
half a Legion? -> Auxilia looks interesting
HT cruiser -> Erinyes looks interesting
Big Aurora? -> Nausicaa looks interesting
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2025, 07:50:45 PM »

This is A beautiful mod. I especially like the elegant designs of ships Spirit-class,Erinyes-class and Nausicaa-class. I hope to translate it into Chinese and share it on the Starsector Chinese Forum so that other fans can experience this mod. Of course, the original author and link will be attached. I hope to obtain your authorization :D
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2025, 12:22:39 AM »

Please feel free to! You 100% have my permission.
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2025, 02:27:58 PM »

Can I, umm... donate this

I'm kinda too lazy to make it a real mod but still want to see it come to life in the forum
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2025, 10:50:26 AM »

Can I, umm... donate this

I'm kinda too lazy to make it a real mod but still want to see it come to life in the forum

It looks good! Though I'm unsure if or how I'll use it as I've got the next 2-3 ships in the works already, I'd still be happy to take it
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2025, 11:04:42 AM »

Can I, umm... donate this

I'm kinda too lazy to make it a real mod but still want to see it come to life in the forum

It looks good! Though I'm unsure if or how I'll use it as I've got the next 2-3 ships in the works already, I'd still be happy to take it
If I may make a suggestion, it looks like an altered High tech ship, most likely Tri-Tac but non-standard. The antenna on the front suggests exploration or spying so High Resolution Sensors seems appropriate. Also, the turret placement looks to be for defensive not offensive purposes as three of them are rear facing and it is destroyer sized. So maybe it could be a ship between the omen, a frigate with HRS but no hanger, and an Apogee, a cruiser with HRS with hangers. Of course it is your call but I do think it is a nice looking sprite and look forward to your further work.

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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2025, 06:51:27 AM »

If I may make a suggestion, it looks like an altered High tech ship, most likely Tri-Tac but non-standard. The antenna on the front suggests exploration or spying so High Resolution Sensors seems appropriate. Also, the turret placement looks to be for defensive not offensive purposes as three of them are rear facing and it is destroyer sized. So maybe it could be a ship between the omen, a frigate with HRS but no hanger, and an Apogee, a cruiser with HRS with hangers. Of course it is your call but I do think it is a nice looking sprite and look forward to your further work.

I was thinking more along the lines of using it as a base to create a cruiser-sized command ship at some point, would need to expand the dimensions, but it could work really well as a starting point and as a general shape. Though, I have far too many HT designs in this shippack already, so maybe just after I flesh out a few more low tech and midline ships and add the phase one that's in the pipe rn :-X
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Re: [0.98a] CuratedShips v2
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2025, 09:43:41 AM »

Absolutely loving how well-balanced these ships are. They fit in both gameplay-wise and aesthetically with no disruptions at all.
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