The Factoryship Must Grow; To Meet the Growing Needs of the Factoryship!

[@empressbulby3761]

Something I just learned about isopods is that lizard owners will often use them as cleanup crews to remove a lot of the lizard's leftovers and waste without disturbing it. And that makes me think isopod would be a really good name. Because you use it to salvage the Scarab's leftovers.

[@LugborG]

I suggested Kirby a few episodes ago because it’s going to eat everything.

[@Titanblade17]

“Dung beetle”

[@zakgrubb7512]

I like this one

[@porkeythejoejoe]

Whatever the Isopod ends up being, I think it could do with some shields pointing out the side. Or tons of frames since the entire engine block could go poof from that one spot it seems. Could see two big ones just before the capacitors

[@LuaanTi]

@@Titanblade17 Scarab already _is_ a dung beetle, though :D

[@TrailRat2000]

Love hearing Aavak say "thruster cluster", it's almost musical.

[@Aavak]

I'm glad, as I love saying it :D

[@stephennussey5787]

you probably found it later in the vid, but you removed all the doors to the point defenses on the wings of the scarab . so when they eventually run out of ammo (energy) they will all stop working

[@deathofallthingspotato9919]

@@techno1561 That was with respect to adding an extra thruster there, which he specifically didn't do so as to avoid cutting off the point defences - despite doing so anyway.

[@ragerancher]

When you said our newest ship after upgrading Dapper 2 it reminded me of the bit from only fools and horses "I've had the same broom for the last 20 years. This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in it's day."

[@eniass7561]

You made me think of a name for the DPR-2. I quite like the image of the ship going through the chrysalis stage, but instead of a butterfly it could draw its name from a moth : one on the largest moth is called Atlas moth and i find the name fitting this huge hauling ship, since it refers both a moth way too big for our sanity, and a titan holding the earth. A little far-fetched by i like the name.

[@maxxwelthrix432]

I like the full name of Atlas Moth but Atlas is cool too

[@CFHoneyBadger]

I agree on the name Atlas! Very fitting for such a huge ship

[@nickgrout2502]

Also the Atlas Beetle!

[@Xelakrats]

27:45 You may notice that when you target the disruptor turrets, your weapons target the centre of the facility (which happens to be behind a lot of armour in this case). You should instead target the armour block directly behind the exposed turret section instead to take it out without needing to burn through all the armour.

[@ctsquad501st3]

I think your wonderful accent is the reason I'm able to watch your slow paced game play. Love the games, but it's like you're singing to me.

[@brohvakiindova4452]

Situation @~ 14:50 If you want to engage more effectively, override your set attack distance to much closer. When you have it set to barely in range (as you should with Ion beams normally) the ship will slow down significantly before matching the target distance, leaving more time for the enemy ship to move away to travel speed etc. So by temporarily setting attack distance to very close, you rush into combat range much quicker.

[@nazaxprime]

Indeed, knowing the why and how adds to the what. Great episode, Avaak. GG 👍👍

[@vescovinator]

Little late to the party but for the freighter I would say add some missile batteries if for defense, that way orientation does not matter as much. makes it easier since it makes its own ammo

[@Aavak]

"I'm going to just make a few small adjustments to the ship" he said, "It'll only take a moment", he said... XD Though I sorta feel bad for everyone who's given such amazing name suggestions for the DPR2 so far. It may have gone through a bit of a metamorphosis in this episode (although that's pretty in keeping with the whole insect thing

[@empressbulby3761]

You should know that you never just take a few moments.

[@roadtrain_]

Very glad to see my comment regarding 'making sure the factories allow walking between one another' was taken into account. One question I do have regarding thrusters... perhaps we should test out how boost thrusters work? Those may be useful to help the hauler escape and the scarab chase things down or slow down to a halt?

[@KainYusanagi]

I told you that capacitors wouldn't be enough! :p

[@KainYusanagi]

Issue with your mining laser setup: their deadzones aren't facing each other, so you can have one laser salvaging the other by accident. Also, the double capacitor for the lower bank is going to be less efficient than even a single basic reactor and a capacitor. You have so much uranium you might as well use it for secondary reactors where needed.

[@MusingsofaMildManneredMan]

Just noticed that you haven't put a Hyper-drive back on Dapper-2 when you were rebuilding. Loving the vids btw, keep it up. xxx

[@RisingDivinity]

I love the passion of your crafting Aavak, thank you so much editing it down to a reasonable time. It's so much fun watching you ponder the prospects of a new build, state the intentions behind the design and then inevitably take it to a scale well beyond original expectations. And for us viewers, it all happens in the blink of an eye!

[@MrMaradok]

Something I’m planning to do myself is to either make my own or repurpose a pirate base and turn it into an industrial hub that sits next to/ warps between the Main Stations, that way my hauler just does that - hauling, and mining. Not sure how effective (or practical) it is, but it sounds fun, and I want to try!

[@victornunes900]

A tip I don't think has been mentioned yet. If you don't want to aggro several enemies at the same time you can park near their path and use the rotate command (default hotkey:R) on the enemy vessel and your ship will face the enemy without moving

[@StaryExtra]

I can't wait for The Scarab to turn into a gigantic capital-sized factoryship! Imagine, an entire ship bigger than a station just forging while having the capabilities of a death star!

[@londoeblack]

Two thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!

[@danielm.595]

Hey Aavak, I just found out that there's an option to increase or decrease the amount of crew you can have, it has 4 options: 33% less crew per fame level; normal; 33% more crew and maximum, which removes the fame requirement and lets you contract up to 2000 crew.

[@theolized]

A fantastic episode as always. I don't mind building commentary. There is not enough combat content in the 2-4 danger level anyway. However, starting from 6 onward, that would be different and more fun. I would like to see your combat commentary and how you build ships to counter enemies when that happens. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@gavinflynn9345]

Found that when out destroying enemy ships for resources it's best to disarm enemy ships with an attack ship whose weapons are set to target weapons only. Then bring in the mining ship and have the cutter finish the job. The cutter won't detonate or 'destroy' parts like weapons do. You get more resources (nuclear cells, hy-coils, etc.) that blowing the ships' reactor can often destroy. Plus, loot doesn't get scatter all over space. A tractor beam does inevitably become part of a hauler/miner ship utilities so that can be used to hold enemy ship still while cutting too. Worth noting too those ships armed with cannon weaponry near always have ammo storage behind them. Blowing that up can often start fires and cause considerable damage to adjacent components (save your ammo and let the fires do the work for you) but you also lose all that ammo for looting and refilling your own bins. Steel plate is always a component I focus on the least since building causes any nearby resources at get automatically used. As long as you win a fight, you can always repair mandatory ship components like the reactor, cockpit, and basic weapons. It's also a plentiful resource found in the ship graveyard and destroyed faction bases, to the point where production is almost needless. Do not underestimate Point-defense systems around your ship. They are a solid counter for cannons. It's why I would never recommend cannons for a starting ship.

[@BenniBoehnchen]

Greetings from germany ! Love your content !

[@Aavak]

Cheers :D

[@StfAn330]

Hey Aavak, always nice to see you improving your ships. I just found a yt channel from one of the game designer "saris winterwisp". He is making some videos about game mechanics and how to make improvments. Its often about the small things. Like at 11:11 in yout video. When you put the Door from the beds directly to the Capasitor, the workers dont have to go out of the room and in the capasitor. Thats two tiles less and they are directly at the energy pickup point. Greetings

[@Aavak]

Greetings :0) Yeah, I'm aware of the potential with the doors to cut down on travel time a lot in those instances, but sometimes I pick things purely based on aesthetics; I don't blame you for not knowing when I'm going for efficiency versus looks, honestly it seems to changes with the direction of the wind LOL, but I think with this particular ship I was aiming more for looks simply because it's designed to stay out of combat so wouldn't 'hurt' for being inefficient, you know?

[@whisperzzar3321]

Only Halfway through ATM, but I would strongly suggest, if you havent already, get rid on the ammo factory in the factory ship and just produce it on the combat ship. ( right next to the guns and a storage dedicated to ammo and sulfer) Efficiency is paramount when it comes to ammo. Especially with the flak guns and deck guns. Also, I highly recommend EMP missiles as you advance. Takes out sheilds and thrusters at a nice extreme range.

[@tubman1952]

I’ve held off buying the game for this long…. Don’t want to get sucked in while I have such a backlog… but. So tempting…. Really enjoying the series and it’s awesome to see the response the channel has gotten for it! Way to go Aavak!

[@techno1561]

You should. It's quite fun. Spent several hours wandering about the place just building up my ship.

[@garybugler9117]

I too would like storage where I can exclude things from being put there. Yes I want steel plates but I don't want every storage box to be full of steel plates

[@Auchioane]

Could do with an airlock at the front nose of the ship. Watching them have to go back to the middle of the ship for air made me sad for the crew :). Great series!

[@DemonKing19951]

I love how your hauler's sheer scale is probably going to get to point it's 5x larger than other ship you have just because you need that much room for materials. There's probably a point where you'll start basically reaching the point you plan to leave that solar system before you've run out of a space putting a logical limit on how much storage you want to have, but I can certainly imagine the end goal of at least 1 large storage facility of every advanced and worked material is probably a pretty good goal. Even if the idea of you lugging around that many diamonds is just a hilarious flex of wealth rather than anything practical. In that regard I hope eventually you effectively get two industry sections. Basically General storage > tier 1 resources > A smaller tier 1 resource storage area > tier 2 resources > final storage. Would look really clean, and works as a good end goal for that sort of ship.

[@joshuabarthrop]

Would love for you to give us access to your ship designs and all there versions - love the content non the less ❤

[@master_macros]

Love the building, design and organisation commentary. Combat is same same, so having a smattering of this is cool but I love the focus on building and design. Thank you for spending so much time editing and putting this together.

[@Ghosty99675985]

Another great episode, glad you're enjoying the game so much. One last hint before you know as much as I do: there's a high risk, high reward place of getting lots of rare materials for making Tri-Steel, Diamonds and the like. Zoom all the way out again and you'll see it right in front of you. Just be careful to save before you try to dig too deep and too greedily.

[@mastershipstreamarchives4159]

I’ve been addicted to this. I found you while scrolling and I love looking my at this game, so I cackled evilly when I found the vid. Can’t wait till the next one and I haven’t even started this one yet. But I’m about to.

[@benschultz288]

He really just said the rule of cool… I love it

[@samuelm4719]

I thought the DPR2 looked like a pillbug at first, but now I think it looks more like a rotifer, which I think is fitting for the way it hoovers up food!

[@polaska_tyu]

Hi avak! Love your vids! I also have some little hints to recommend or say if you don’t mind :) -when after a battle, most of the time you can just approach the wreck of an enemy ship and use their parts to repair your own, without having to call dpr2 or mine the resources from the wrecks -inside the deadly sphere of influence of stars there are *giant* gold asteroids. If you want to mine those, it would be better to build a HUGE and POWERFUL ship with a MASSIVE solar shield (made out of like, 5 layers of armor) and drag the asteroid out of the star influence zone. that would be, so cool to watch :D

[@Bananahammock681]

Super Cool Amazingly Rad Attack Battleship. The paint job made me need to do that.

[@justarams4562]

respect on the corporate upgrade as well as the armor upgrade at 35:50. Gotta roleplay the decisions otherwise you're not playing.

[@BriceFernandes]

I found using a small shuttle (two bunks, small thrusters, cockpit, small storage bay, hyperdrive) really useful for loitering near stations and collecting quest rewards and rare components.

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

My own freighter started a little like yours. Now, it looks like a whale. I gave a fin and tail shape to the the armor of the thruster pack. Every time expand it, it ends up full again just a few hours later. The problem with steel is that they really just need to increase stack size. Even with two thirds of my freighter filled with steel, I just don't seem to ever have enough.

[@demos74dxs]

Another great episode. This one was a little different but still enjoyable. I like that you have notes and mention who gave you a suggestion by name.

[@Fissiccisst1]

As a massive Mass Effect fan, I greatly enjoyed your shoutout to Issac: the deadliest SOB in space

[@stonecutter3172]

I can see all the ship crews redy to strike. " So yea, we get this ship all built, all the kinks worked out things are running then , BAMM!! We gota tear it ALL APART and rebuild it, FROM SCRATCH! I tell ya, If the planets around here could support life, I'd jump out the airlock."

[@SirThinksalot2023]

hey! i really like longer episodes of this game, i love the building and combat equally. I do not mind longer videos :)

[@TheToasty94]

Heyo Aavak! Just wanted to say thank you for your hard work on this series, I’m really enjoying it. I know putting in multiple hours just to have to cut a lot of it out can be a bummer but such is the sacrifice to please St. Algorythmis. We are but humble servants. Hope to see more of this game!

[@VividShado]

@Aavak, I have an idea that might work. I don't know if it does as I haven't tested it yet but it would make sense that it would. Your Scarab has two flak cannons on board and from what you had said they are ammo hungry. Why not have two ammo factories feed directly into them. This way they are constantly being fed and you wouldn't need too many logistical members running from the storage area to gather the ammo and carry it back to the ammo-hungry weapon. Just food for thought on an idea that came to mind while I was reading on the Cosmoteer discord and listening to you in the background.

[@kivipaperisakset3999]

I know it breaks with the insect theme, but DPR-2 is starting to look like a bit of a Nugget to me. Whereas the Scarab, with it's crystals and menacing spikes has name that encapsulates mystique and danger, I feel the name of the no-nonsense blue-collar barge-factory wants to feel solid and straightforward.

[@TheToric]

I feel like the capavitor splitting the triple batteries into single batteries wastes more cew time than the local storage gets you. I think just having the centeral reactor might be better, especially if you are using a lot of items with large internal storages, like ion beams, sheilds, large engines, and engine rooms. For example, the capacitors at the back of the freighter are harming your crew efficiency. A crew arrive from the reactor carrying the triple battery, stops 2m short of the engine room (where the battery will end up), and drops it off, splitting it into three single batteries. Then, somone else has to do two trips to get the battery the rest of the way. The same applies to the scarab engine room caps and the forward caps. Im confident that the front 2 ion beams would not have run out of power if they were directly fed. In short, anything with an energy storage larger than the battery size you are hauling around should be directly fed. Only exception might be shields, as they are the only item where the energy consumption can get arbitrarily high. Even then, putting a cap in front of them would waste manpower when just supplying their 'upkeep' EDIT: also, if you want to place down a capacitor, consider just having a small reactor. Esp for supplying small thrusters and pdcs. A small reactor will easily handle the load, and once you have a dedicated salvage and factory ship, materials become extremely cheap, crew are much harder to get.

[@ZalymBiscayn]

I'm glad this game finally launched and has gotten a great series, here. But, now I'm just waiting for the day when Aavak mounts the Scarab on the DPR 2 and renames it the "Locust." Then he'll just march throughout the galaxy, cut out all the materials he needs, and carry on, consuming them all as he goes. A fleet called, "The Swarm" eventually, inevitably really, reveals itself to a trembling galaxy.

[@vastowen4562]

Little late here but instead of moving the mirror line you could've just put 2 engine rooms next to eachother and embraced the massive thrust requirement you'll eventually have for this factory ship

[@Sure_Ruse_User]

08:55 Has anyone else commented on the fact that the mouse cursor during the ship editing is in the shape of the Vulcan Salute from Star Trek? 10:50 The Dapper -2 now looks like a Spirit (troop landing ships of the Covenant (Halo). 39:50 Now it at best resembles a Vampire (again Halo). (Thruster-cluster drinking game? Every time it comes up you take a sip of your beverage.) 13:34 Mass Effect reference! Someone hand Avaak his favorite tea and treat, stat!

[@Aavak]

Hehe, yeah (even I did, though I suspect that got lost as collateral damage to a cut at some point XD) a few people have made mention of it.

[@eighttimesnine]

I think it might be prudent for porters to supply ammunition to flak batteries before any other kinetics-based turret, even my beloved railgun, which ive found to be excellent at severing nacelles and the like. sure it takes 4 seconds and six ammo to fire but a single ammo factory exceeds its demand and it also has, in my opinion, the prettiest vfx in the game

[@sourcererseven3858]

regarding asteroids: I also noticed in my starting system there are a couple rare resources hidden just inside the danger zone of the start "only visible with DPR1's sensor array). I was thinking how to get to those, my ship didn't want to enter the danger zone and surely you can't send EVA's. Coincidentally I had been wondering what the tractor beam might be sueful for. Then I connected the dots 😂 (Haven't tried it yet, no idea if the range is anywhere close enough to reach those asteroids from outside the danger zone and pull them out of there...)

[@sourcererseven3858]

nah, tractor beam reach isn't nearly sufficient.... Probably just have to use an insanely armored ship so it can go in, lock on its tractor beam while the armor burns away and pull it out?

[@gaberielpendragon]

A bit too much dependence on capacitors. Changing out some of those for generators should help a ton. The ones farthest away from the main generator being great options. Faster reaction on thrusters only matters if the thrusters have enough power to move the ship. While it would take a lot of testing, the extra spool up time may not matter if it ends up getting the ship moved faster than the smaller ones due to the extra thrust.

[@boingzebadee5337]

Great explanations for the crew roles, thankyou!

[@knowledgeofbarbarossa8354]

When we stay with the insect themed ships, we can call the DPR-2 "Cocoon". Reason being, that it transformed from the caterpillar and that it holds cargo, like a cocoon holds the caterpillar.

[@reaganmcmahon6955]

The moment you said '20 kilo ferrous slug", the whole ME2 drill sergeant speech came back to me. :D

[@stormweaver2535]

Maybe its time to move too a three ship system. Warship, hauler and factory base.

[@divedweller4295]

7:05 - I guess having access to the pd emplacements isn't critical. 20:00 - Kaboom! Boom Boom BOOM! Nyehahahaha~

[@SoyuShiraMana]

I love your series, I binged all the episodes and can’t wait for more!! Keep up the great work. Also just want to say I love seeing you build!

[@codemaster2861]

Awesome video, I didn't notice any noise weirdness personally. The power issues are definitely showing their faces in extended combat. I'm not sure a solution at the moment other than just add more lol. I'll give it some thought. I'm enjoying the managment and efficiency puzzle this games presenting and having people to discuss it with. I feel like the standard of storage is going to always be n=n+1. I like the expandable design btw.

[@codemaster2861]

@aavak sos

[@Sef_Era]

The Scarab is missing doors to the side defenses. Though, I like the building occasionally :)

[@anotherkenlon]

If you still have the raw footage from the full build, it would be neat to see it in a video just for it. I'm always interested in hearing you think your way through a build, no matter the game.

[@Aavak]

I don't have it at this point, but I'll keep that in mind for future big builds :)

[@mikejsoames1996]

If the enemy gets through the side where the capacitors are then they will have a direct shot to your reactor. Ever tried baffle walls, yes the crew will have a bit further to walk but enemy fire will have more to shoot through.

[@bloodfeud345]

A suggestion for the next combat ship is to focus on disabling the enemy by taking out key systems with disruptors and cannons. Or maybe a smaller ship with heavy lasers on it.

[@Scotty86doo]

I couldnt Hold out I bought this

[@LeperFriend1837]

Whenever you wish to make a 2nd combat ship, you can try to make it a flanker. A super quick ship to get around enemy vessels and target weak points in their structure. Though it's most likely too early for that. Something to keep in mind when you start seeing enemy ships the size of DPR-2. Been loving this series, an amazing game played by an amazing person. :)

[@Aavak]

Such a kind comment, thank you :D

[@chemicalvamp]

Great series, reminds me of good old from the depths :D

[@wingsofragnarok8166]

So. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't capacitors counter productive post level 1 reactor? One guy drops off 1 charge worth 3 to your engineer room. Then he picks up a charge worth 1 and 2 others must also come and pick up another 2 to drop off making more strain on crew power for elsewhere on the ship.

[@Aavak]

I think they can be more efficient when coupled with well managed travel times, which is easier to do with a capacitor than a large reactor. But what I'm finding at the moment is that if you aren't locked by enriched uranium then putting a level 1 reactor there is even more efficient still.

[@erikmulderij1184]

appreciate all the work you put in to keep up the schedule even when circumstances aren't the best. Loving the vids man!

[@Ragnaracc]

7:17 "Hopefully we will notice if something is wrong before it becomes a problem" *me staring at the lack of doors connecting the point defense halls to the thruster room* "y-ya here's hoping" I'd like to submit the name of honey bee for d2. Honey referring to the goods it keeps. And bee to refer to the industrial output of said ship

[@MrNovaStreams]

Covenant Dropship, is that you?! 👀 Lol Look at that chonky boi :U

[@stephennetu]

I am so thankful you are covering this game.

[@00impulse00]

That redesign of the DPR 2 was a huge overhaul. Looks very cool now, and is bigger than the Scarab I think. I was also wondering when energy was going to become a problem for the war ship. Looks like might need more forward facing weapons, but it might be fine with just more/better power to keep working. Thanks and great episode as always Aavak!

[@GtierGoes]

Boop the buttons! I forgot to comment. I shall do it TWICE!

[@Democlies]

I appreciate the ME reference. I have never forgotten that every shot is ruining someone's day at some time 🤣

[@Aavak]

One of the best random bits of dialogue in the series IMO :D

[@QuirkyView]

It's always a good idea to hold alt over an item, more info never hurts. Stuff like the speed for walkways is in there.

[@DamacusSquared]

I think you should have a couple small fighters, small cockpit, two to three small crew bunkers, a power source, some thrusters, and some weapons (conventional would require storage for ammo), a hyperdrive (which you'd need storage for that anyways), maybe an engine room. You can figure out the basics you'd need for them, but they'd come in handy while your main ship holds attention and they can snipe about, they can also provide protection for your factory hauler, call em spider mites. Just a thought, I definitely wanna get this game eventually

[@nicolaspaglione]

The factory must grow (echos in my head)

[@Bonedragon1300]

it probably wouldn't hurt to add an airlock or two to the front of the DPR-2, noticed that when crew leave to gather recourses they go all the way to the back of the ship to top up on O2

[@TheRoanock]

Pro tip: enemy ships like to have a cargo hold full of ammo right behind their cannons, be sure to pop them for nice explosions

[@sebastianramos8920]

Loved it! I appreciate the amount of time you put in these ships, and the editing to keep the important parts! I would want to see the Scarab with Blasters (like star wars), if you want, of course

[@styxdragoncharon4003]

Aavak... Just an FYI you can feed the game a list of names for the crew. It is under the crew menu options. Also Thank you for sharing your game play. I just bought the game and got it working... Linux can be... rough with games meant for Windows. Oh , and If you haven't named The DPR-2... might I suggest "Cargonia" ...After the nickname for cargo in Space Station 13.

[@mariorossi5197]

@Aavak this butterfly analogy reminds me of the kids' tale about one very-very hungry caterpillar, which ate and ate and ate, and eventually grown into a massive spacestation. Or something like that. 🐛 Edit: ...and why is copper ore shouting?

[@oak1780]

yay for space engineering

[@polishane8837]

A feature I'd like in the game is partially building blueprints as an option the same way it is with repairing, it would be useful as otherwise you have to either strip down the edits or delete blueprint

[@Fiendishfool]

Really enjoying the uploads on this game, you give me lots of good ideas for my games. Currently I’m working on making something like my own space station, where I just started with a large storage bay and a small quarters, then just bring back all my resources there rather than sell them, so I can come back and offload to my “station” and I added dozens of storage bays, quarters and a dozen guys as a skeleton crew while I work on gathering all the resources up, that way I never have to pay a dime for steel or resources. I love the freedom this game has, and would really love to see some more alien based tech or even customization of lasers like colors and speed vs power, overloading shots, etc. also small design stuff like interior decorations would be awesome.

[@wolf2403]

6:50 wait are those dropped hypercoils?!?

[@ManKidRides]

At the 30min mark you burrowed through the armour to get the disruptors as it selects the centre of it when you aim at it, but if you fire at the small square armour block behind the head of the disruptor that's sticking out, you can kill the disruptor much quicker if he doesn't skew to block.

[@Aavak]

Very good suggestion!

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

Any chance you can build a dedicated broadside flanker ship perhaps, Aavak? Show how good the game is to make unconventional designs manageable, please? The hours just fly by in this game, I've got to restrict myself to only weekends, so I'm able to get some sleep! A fully raw episode of Aavak building goodness, followed by a nearly equally raw combat episode would be Cosmoteer bliss! Why? Because Aavak the Shipwright Engineer and Aavak the Space Admiral is toe to toe on quality gameplay! Combined with that commentary flowing effortlessly into our ears like perfectly heated and healing sweet honey, is the immaculate cherry on top! P.s. Use a good length of structure combined with the mine explosive placed on the structure in the middle between the old and new ship, you could easily make more ships in stead for repairing the derelicts... Found that on the Steam discussions page. Just build, explode, transfer crew and Bob's your uncle!

[@Madman2429]

40:00 is it me or does that ship look like an eater of souls from terraria a little bit?

[@MRDRK1]

Hey Aavak, has anyone told you how to save your crew-role settings? When you click the crew main menu, there is a little menu icon just to the left next to the header 'Crew Management'. There will be an option to save current role definitions as your default setting. That saves it to the system, so it will be the default and auto-load the roles whenever you build a new ship. You can also 'paste' the whole default role setting to existing ships, so you don't have to re-create the roles for each ship individually. This has saved me a lot of headache. I hope it helps you also.

[@keithwhite5301]

nice episode!

[@Babalas]

Something I have noticed in the last day. The thrusters don't seem to balance but do fire if there is even the slightest CoT potential. So found it useful to switch to Direct Control mode and do some rotations and strafes to tune the thruster locations. Had to fix my barge being able to wiggle forward using only rotation

[@williamedwards4151]

I'm trying to break myself of the habit of having everything in one ship, production and weaponry. I need to do a redesign and get myself a factory ship going too.

[@ACID_]

Name suggestion for the DPR-2 > Cargo-Space Pun on "car go space", the Tesla that was put in space and because its cargo BUT IN SPACE ! PS: One ship is called the DPR1 and the other the DPR-2 - Please fix your naming conventions xD

[@Aavak]

Oh, I likely named it to match the paint at the time, depending on the space I'm playing with I will sometimes use the hyphen to stretch the name out to fill a space better XD I'll fix it at some point I'm sure (You're not the first to comment on it, I just forget such a tiny detail while recording lol)

[@williamhess180]

it would be nice if you could lock slots of inventory or something to that effect. my reason is to make it easier at a station if you want to sell all but 200 steel for example.

[@afish976]

In case you missed it while rearranging the DPR-2, you didn't reinstall any hyperdrive on board.

[@ventec4614]

DPR2 spends its time flying towards explosions made by DPR1 - ergo it must be a Moth

[@thealicemonster9217]

With moving walkways you can continue them through a intersection. If there is a slow down sideways I haven't been able to notice one. On the flip side there is a very noticeable slow down going from a moving walkway then having to walk across an intersection then going back on the moving walkway again how you have it rn.

[@johnstone1332]

Have you considered using 2 batteries of 2 ion cannons? 2 cannons to a crystal to max econ and retain the practical turret function and cool factor plus you get dual lasers

[@danielhomant2832]

I've been thinking about it for a while, but it may be time to split the Scarab into a dual-channel Ion beam ship. Two beam channels would give greater damage redundancy as well as increased damage output for the price of increased size. It wouldn't even need more crystals. Instead of channelling all beams into one, a 4-1 setup, doing a dual 2-1 setup has less damage penalties. Greater damage output, greater combat redundancy and only at the cost of increased structure. And time, redesign time, heh. Also, shields can be stacked into multiple layers too. My last ship had a secondary shield set way back, basically in line with the armor to act as a backup protection when the primary went down or hit by penetration rounds from cannons.

[@danielhomant2832]

@Aavak here is another one.

[@Sloppyjoe96]

one thing ive been noticing i think is a major system missing in this game is life support systems, i used to love that part of FTL worrying about oxygen and keeping rooms sealed off and stuff, and it could be a even cleaner way to claim a ship by just killing off crew members