Starting ships for Space Age

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Starting ships for Space Age

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For those who hate designing ships, here are some pre-made ones, (and the blueprint book also has blank templates for customizing).
  • A starting ship that works for all plants prior to aquilo. It is 'safe' to sit in orbit of any planet, stable (in the sense that it will not run out of ammo even under constant pressure). It does need about 5 uncommon solar panels to really be 'safe' though. It's able to go between planets in roughly 1 minute.
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  • A ship that uses advanced asteroid processing, and foundries, to allow for even more cargo space / less clutter.
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  • A ship designed for aquilo. Requires advanced asteroid processing, and nuclear power.
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Do you need ships this big? Heck no. "So why" Because. The actual reason for these designs was that my very first ship ever had 9 engines, becuase that was how many I made. After that, i designed my ships around using a full stack (10) of engines. The massive cargo space really helps when you need to move, say, 16,000 refined concrete from Fulgora to Nauvis or Aquilo, along with other things.

In terms of 'being efficient' or using the least amount of resources, these ships aren't that. These ships are designed to be bulletproof and absolutely absurd in terms of cargo capacity.
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Advanced Asteroid Processing ship:
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Aquilo Ship:
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Re: Starting ships for Space Age

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I wanted to try the startership but unfortunately I'm getting the error
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