Starsector - "The Capital Ship" (part 3)

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Starsector is an open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.
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[@noxy4966]

"No more big ships" He is going to change is opinion when he gets tachyon lanced to the face.

[@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406]

OMG no! Don't sell your gamma cores! Bring them to the colony administrators, they'll give you more money and faction for them! TriTach Colony Administrators will give you triple the money!

[@AndragonLea]

When he fed that line carrier into the enemy with no line to go with, I really felt that. >_< Major props for not save-scumming though. I would've caved after losing a Legion like that.

[@fededevi1985]

@Bearded Guy Station battles are the worst because you can't coordinate the attack and your ships attack one at a time.

[@seth468]

Nook my man, you know you could have spent a story point and gotten that derelict Onslaught FOR FREE. There are a few things that it's worth spending a story point on, and a free capital ship is one of them. If you're worried about the cost of running it, find a friendly station to park it at (you can store ships, just have to pay a fee). There is also a way to store as many ships, weapons, and resources as you want for free at certain places... I admire your no reload playthrough. It's a very difficult way to play the game!

[@Aereto]

More so if the Onslaught has no D mods, or 14th battlegroup then nevermind the D mods that's more valuable.

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

I am constantly surprised at how often people think carriers are front line ships. A carrier works at the rear of the fleet as a support craft by supplying a constant stream of fighters to the fight. A battle carrier is the same but with guns for some defense. The moment the Carrier ship was on the front lines was the moment it was destroyed.

[@PragmaticTornado]

This particular carrier is almost as tanky as its battleship sibling, and far tankier than all other carriers I have seen so far. I ran with 2 XIV variants for a while, along with my battleship as flag, and they definitely held their own, no matter what range. The one he got here has 2 large ballistics mounts too, so it can dish out decent damage at close range. Also, this carrier is designated as a battle carrier, which means the AI will actively engage the enemy with the main guns, unless the officer is timid or maybe cautious.

[@datastorm75]

Wow...that was just...I have no words.

[@cassiopeiaclark9260]

I totally didn't buy this game because I watched this series. I have been playing this for like 12 hours straight now and I lost track of time. Oh lawd.

[@richardlayton7184]

Too remove DMods you have two options. 1. Money lots o money. 2. There is a skill in Industry that will give a chance once a month.

[@firstcyberbattalion7531]

You should assign escorts to your tankers and freighters when you are forced to bring them into combat that way you stop losing them on every defensive battle you fight

[@firstcyberbattalion7531]

Im hoping nook keeps playing this. I haven’t found too many other people on the current version. Especially any that are doing a lets play

[@ZombieHunter1776]

I saw the splatter cat video first and got it as soon as he mentioned that Totalbiscuit did a video on this game years ago. This game really makes for great videos imo. I’ve been watching everything I can get my hands on lol

[@seth468]

It plays even better! With mods, this basically becomes Forza with spaceships, with how many ships there are and all the customization options. On my current playthrough there are like 1000 different ships and variants, and over 1000 weapons, fighter wings, and hull mods.

[@Lys3rg1k]

It's well worth the $15 or so they're charging for it, if you get tired of just watching

[@FeralXethx]

"Im always running out of supplies." Very first fight, hostiles that are running away... spends 74 supplies to send ships in, takes 100 supplies for repairs. Second fight, unnecessary as well... spends 103 supplies to send ships in, takes 101 supplies for repairs. Monthly Maintenance cost of 114 supplies, but throws 130 at surveying planets, because, why not? I wonder why... XD Also, if you see this Nook: when you are choosing to recover ships, at some point you may want to check out the "difficult recovery" tab.

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

Nook click fast, talk fast, but for thinking small space only left.

[@richardlayton7184]

Try and find the hull mod Efficiency Overhaul...I but this hull mod on all my ships.

[@richardlayton7184]

In the refit ship screen you need to check the use upgrade weapons using extra points...

[@Aereto]

It's better to turn in AI cores to colony leaders in comms for a proper amnesty trade. But if you really want the money, Tri-Tachyon is the best place.

[@Arkey707]

At 9:08 when you asked what CBT stands for I snorted 😆

[@PartisanOgrae]

Just can't get out of that Lemonade business

[@TheConjurersTower]

"Just when I thought I was out...They pull me back in..."

[@PragmaticTornado]

19:56 He literally found the exact same ship in his previous playthrough (except it was the XIV variant), as a derelict, but unwisely chose to dump it at his colony and never use it. I'd only stay with small crappy ships if you're saving a lot and are willing to load if things go to shit. Overcoming the supply and fuel reqs of the big ships is easy if you just spec into salvaging and efficiency skills. Then you can fly around casually and explore with 3, 4 or more capital ships - and almost nobody will bother you.

[@mattparker9726]

Thanks for showing me this game, Nook, I have been having a BLAST. I just clawed my way back up to buying an Eagle after a failed attack on an enemy station. So far I'm not comforable with adding in custom weapon layouts on my ships, but that will come with time. I wish there was a way to test each individual weapon while in the simulation.

[@wackpendejo3000]

i mean you can? just put all weapons on different groups, and stick the weapons you want to test on a lonely one, like put all of them on 2 and turn auto fire off (pressing shift+2, or CTRL i dont remember) then put the weapon/s you want to test on group 1 and bob's your uncle

[@61savr]

There is a simulation button in the ship refit screen that allows to test your designs

[@mattparker9726]

@@61savr . i am aware of the button.

[@seth468]

I have hundreds of hours in this game, and it still hasn't lost my attention! Weapons should be tested in tandem anyway, but you can always change the weapon group for the weapon you want to test so it fires by itself, and then see how it does against a soft target like a freighter in the Refit simulation. When testing a ship's loadout, it's best to pick the ship you think your ship should be fighting in most situations (e.g. for a destroyer, you're probably fighting other destroyers or killing frigates. For a cruiser, you're fighting destroyers or trying to punch up and kill a capital). If the enemy ship is too strong, just pick a different one for a baseline. Change your loadout, see if you can kill the enemy ship, then change it some more, kill the enemy ship again, etc. If you're worried about losing a custom ship, you can save your custom loadout in the auto-fit. You'll just have to delete one of the default auto-fits to make room for yours.

[@richardlayton7184]

Eagles and Falcons are the heavy ships for your play style...as cruisers they have the speed and firepower to deal with destroyers and frigates. They are more that a match for most Pirate fleets...

[@danielthomas5622]

nookrium in refit there is a button for restored on the bottom left of the screen that is how you remove the bad mods

[@richardlayton7184]

A Salvage Rig and Tug ships are welcome additions to any fleet.

[@KT-pv3kl]

Use heavy drone tenders wherever possible. They have ample cargo and crew space and can do everything that salvage rigs can do on top of acting as drone support in a fight. If you fit them with extended cargo and improved sensors or even survey equipment they are one of the best fleet support ships ingame

[@TheDeathless]

So what if, and hear me out on this, they make it multiplayer. Buy the game and you get to play everything you have seen here. Get on the free to play and you essentially get to be a mercenary and fight in their fleet during battles and watch the game go by otherwise. I'd love that tbh.

[@richardlayton7184]

I usually don't buy ships...getting most from salvage.

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

What do the ghost ships and false sensor readings do? Tried looking it up and can’t find anything anywhere There’s at least 2-3 fast small ships that circle you and do an interdict type move

[@Aereto]

Sensor ghosts mess with your judging of the situation while in hyperspace. In one ocassion, a large sensor ghost brought me to a slipstream that just started to form, and I got dragged further away from the core worlds and almost ran out of fuel.

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

@@Aereto while in hyperspace if you’re being circled around the interdiction sensor ability makes them flee but requires a big fleet for the sensor strength range

[@richardlayton7184]

There is an unexplored system in the center of the core worlds. If it has a habitable planet could be worth it. Also the core world's have two other unexplored systems on the outside. One has a lot of planets the other only one or two...

[@61savr]

Greetings Nook, may I suggest that you do something that increases the speed of your larger ships. Use the buildin feature of the refit screen to add drive improvements, or perhaps exchange your large ships with equivalent faster ships. As it is you are literally dividing your forces every time you go into combat. It is very difficult for you to use the full capabilities of your fleet or to concentrate your forces in an attack., or to catch up with fleeing ships with sufficient firepower to get them before they disappear from the battle.

[@richardlayton7184]

Been playing for a while...I like the big ships...colonies is where the money is...if you can find a decent system...

[@richardlayton7184]

You can have up to one Domain ship in your fleet...more but with massive penalties.

[@firstcyberbattalion7531]

Yesss

[@chintoki]

You should be doing raiding. It's a bit OP on the current game version.

[@richardlayton7184]

Hegemony has variant Fourteenth Battle Group ships...becarefull when salvaging derelict ship. Be sure to check them out. They are sometimes sold...

[@loveisontheroad7155]

To the comment section: there are a heap of amazing mods for the game to be found on teh official forums. Including very flavourful factions and ships. When you mod (and when you so not) look up how to increase the ram allocation though!

[@Rfanq]

Did you already consider reviewing the Humble Choice and Humble Trove indie games? I think would help a lot of people making their decisions, me included!

[@erpl3202]

SOMEONE TELL HIM HOW TO UPGRADE HIS WEAPONS AND HUL

[@mobucks555]

yooooo anyone ever played space rangers 1 or 2? great games

[@blackfang101]

Trading is the easiest way to earn money, just needs cargo space, get millions for some slightly tedious work, then go exploring when you're ready. Actually, its kind of too easy to get rich that way.

[@KT-pv3kl]

You can skip the trading and go straight to exploration. A single research station or ruins with a colony module can easily net you 500k+ that's more than enough to fit a fully equipped exploration fleet and enough crew and supplies to salvage and survey everything you come across.

[@blackfang101]

@@KT-pv3kl true, but the problem about going straight to exploration is the amount of things you have to leave behind when you don't have 2 atlas freighters and a starliner filled with crew. In my current save i found 3 easily salvagable legion carriers in one systém, one was the special 14th battlegroup? One. On top of that, i did quite a bit of exploration before i started trading and i just couldn't bring anything, had to leave behind vast amounts of transplutonics and armaments because i ran out of space but still had fuel to carry on and i hadn't found anything valuable enough to justify returning right away.

[@richardlayton7184]

I disagree with the status quo of making large ships faster. I go for weapon range. Also the first ship mod I look for is Efficiency Overhaul. This lowers the supply needed. If iam doing Pirate stuff I use phase ships with Shielded Engines. But then it's all to the players flavor...no wrong way to do it...

[@chintoki]

Efficiency Overhaul should only be used on civilian ships.

[@richardlayton7184]

No you should use Efficiency Overhaul on all ships in the fleet. This reduces the supply costs of the fleet.

[@chintoki]

@@richardlayton7184 No, you shouldn't because ordnance points spent on Efficiency Overhaul are ordnance points you can use for better weapons/other hullmods/flux. I'd only recommend putting it on military ships if it's early game and you've managed to get a high maintenance ship. It's very easy to get supplies because raiding is OP. Just get some marines and raid some pirates.

[@chintoki]

This is kinda painful to watch.