Starfield Tips | Spines & Crossways

Starfield gameplay with DeLindsay. Today we're going to deep dive the various Crossways, Spines and Fuselages available in the game and where to buy them.
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00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Nova Crossway
00:51 - Nova location
01:38 - HopeTech Crossway
02:31 - HopeTech Spine
04:00 - HopeTech Fuselage
06:39 - HopeTech location
07:52 - Nova interior
08:08 - HT CW interior
08:27 - HT Spine interior
09:08 - HT Fuselage comp
10:18 - HT Fuselage stor
11:29 - Red Mile location
12:35 - Vendor location
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[@delindsay]

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[@NotJustABarista]

Don't know if you ever played Homeworld back in the day but I'm thinking up a build for an Ion Frigate from that game and I'd be curious to see your take on it since you were saying you're trying to come up with some builds that aren't the usual wide and flat designs.

[@delindsay]

@@NotJustABarista I might be able to pull something like that off. I was looking at Eve Online Ships to see what else I could manage (probably just Caldari, Ore & Minmatar Ships) and one in particular looks a lot like that Ion Frigate.

[@mikestanmore2614]

I've particularly enjoyed your themed builds. They have inspired me. In WW2 the US used the Pratt & Whitney R2800 engine extensively - in fighters, bombers, single, twin and four engined. Everyone has heard of the Merlin, but I'd like to see a Merlin come home with a cylinder blown off. They were an unsung technological masterpiece. So I thought "What if there'd been a supply shortage during the War, and a shipyard only had access to a single engine type, say, Supernova engines?" They're all C class, but the results are actually pretty impressive. 100 mobility in both single and twin configurations - at 3 and 6 energy to run the engine(s) that leaves a lot of excess power. But they're very 'focused' fighters. So, maybe some videos of "fleets" of related craft?

[@delindsay]

@@mikestanmore2614 Super interesting idea. Could even be a concept of a "thrown together Fighter" for back when the War was going on.

[@mikestanmore2614]

@@delindsay Exactly! (Ever heard of the Australian Boomerang of WW2? It was precisely that.)

[@BrokenSoul79x]

when connected fore to aft instead of port/starboard the shelving in the companionway has food/drink that refreshes everytime it's replaced, the food is all either +5/+10 kits so if you don't want to cook and don't wanna buy food it's a great unlimited free source

[@delindsay]

Great catch!

[@RandomZeroGravity]

1:57 You also get a Hull, which is the ship's health.

[@delindsay]

Fair.

[@Chbond00765]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Very good detailed explanation of all the pieces. I did have an issue when I was building a ship. For some reason on the left side, the 2 Nova Galactic habs I connected to each other were walled off where there should have been a doorway. The right side worked fine, so to make the ship look good I had to insert 2 of the Hopetech spines between the habs on either side. That solved the problem but am wondering why those 2 on the left side would not open and only worked if I put the spines in.

[@delindsay]

I've actually had that happen before but it appears to be just visual because I could walk right through them.

[@SeanMcKay]

Just enjoy all your ship building videos - really helped me when I was figuring out what to do. Just wanted to pop in an comment on how in the world Bethesda could have missed a vertical spine? Port/starboard, fore/aft... what about up/down (other than the cross spine which may do it I guess)? Could have helped with some tiered ship building without the bulk. Oh well. Just a thought.

[@delindsay]

100% agreed.

[@sergeantsapient]

Going through all those doors reminds me of the intro to Get Smart.

[@delindsay]

Heh.

[@thebashar]

Another great video!

[@delindsay]

Thank you.

[@theonlysjc]

I've been using the Cabot Bridge with a combination of spines, passageways and habs to create a 2 story ladder free ship. Except for the docking point. Which that ladder is there always anyway.

[@delindsay]

And that's a great way to keep your ladder where you want them.

[@ferfzero4333]

You can use the port/starboard docker. No ladders means no ladders, not one or two.

[@mikestanmore2614]

"Why did I come out of my ship?" The very question I ask myself a dozen times a day. You're not Robinson Crusoe. 🙂 This is one of the most useful, and least expected, videos I've seen from you, and that's saying something. Good stuff.

[@delindsay]

Heh, thank you.

[@slamapoop]

I feel like the 14 mass has to have been a typo. It makes zero sense that these weigh more than even 3x3 habs.

[@delindsay]

I can only HOPE that it's a type, all of them weighing 4 seems more like it, though 4-5 for the Spine/Fuselages & 3 for the Crossways makes even more sense.

[@ShaggyShagz13]

They should add door and stairs placements like the windows but are able to be sandwiched between 2 habs and an internal view building option like outposts have.

[@delindsay]

I think that's something that ALL Players agree on. Certainly off that the Developers didn't think of it.

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

That, and the ability to snap outpost habs directly to the large landing pad instead of having to jank them together.

[@thewombat9025]

Small note: Ship component and ship overall mass is measured in tons.

[@delindsay]

That makes sense, thanks.

[@sidneysun5217]

wow cool i never knew those existed!

[@delindsay]

I think many don't but also the reason is they're kind of hard to work with in the overall shape of your Ship design.

[@peejaypen9892]

i don't know why but I thought that hopetech ver. is also meant to be 4 mass like nova and bethesda just made a mistake... 14?!! just because it has snap points, i mean normal companion way/storage has snap points too but only 5... so i assumed, but maybe i was wrong and they meant it the way it is....

[@delindsay]

Hard to say but 14 mass is just plain stupid.

[@jeffreymissal]

If the companionways/storerooms provided actual cargo numbers...even just 50... plus more hull, one might could justify the doors at every module, and would help differentiate them from spines and cross-passages.

[@delindsay]

There you go.

[@TenNoZeorymer72]

My only wish was that there was something that was a mix of the Nova Crossway and HopeTech Spine in making a 1x fwd/aft crossway that is only .5 wide so that you could use it on the center snap points on the Cabot cockpit and central passageway and connect your 1x modules to them and the outer snap points of the Cabot. Then, be able to say that the only ingress/egress is where the crossway connects to the module. On my warships/military ships, I bypass the structural hull pieces and use companionways so I can buff my hull, which is important for a ship for battle. But for other builds, I'd rather have crossways and spines. And I never new about the HopeTech Fuselage. I learned something new. Don't know if I want to build a "Space Mack" all HT ship now or maybe a Class B heavy interceptor. Now look what you did. lol

[@delindsay]

I'd like that option for sure! It'd make using the Cabot more versatile.

[@downix]

Been pondering about making a mod to give spines and halls to the other vendors, and I am wondering how each maker would make them look different internally.

[@delindsay]

I think people would love you for that!

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

Knowing nothing of mod making, do you think it would it be possible to make a mod that let's you use hab exterior A with hab interior X of the same dimensions?

[@delindsay]

@@Reyn_Roadstorm That's harder to say because you CAN see inside the Habs through a porthole, under good lighting conditions.

[@downix]

@@Reyn_Roadstorm You would basically be making a new hab, as we see in game with the A and B variants of the Stroud AIO.

[@sherazade82]

Is there any mod that can allow us to put corridors or doors on habs? Kinda frustrating that habs won't join even though you made sure that they both have access points. So you're forced to run big circles around your ship even though the habs are side by side.

[@ummerfarooq5383]

Would be great in a future of update starfield (not available on ps5 ever) that with enough firepower, modules connections would weaken, till if they're all zero they would snap off. Seperate hp for modules like we have for ground outpost resource excavators and power generators and then some.

[@delindsay]

It'd make Space combat more interesting at least.

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

I find it very funny everytime I need to go to Hopetech. After I've done a certain thing and send a bullet to a certain fat guy with a hat, every time I enter Hopetech two security person comes to kill me, I just use a EM gun and put them to sleep, then everybody in Hopetech go back to their work like nothing ever happened, hahahahaha. So far, I've only managed to build a single ship using the Crossways in a way that would look good, I think I can't see a nice way to build something like the CivShuttle, assimetrical but still good looking. Spines and Crossways are another thing I would like to see an expansion, every manufacturer should have at least one of each, I see no sense in only Hopetech having it and Nova having a simple one.

[@delindsay]

I'd like to see a Manufacturer themed Crossway & Spine at each of the Staryards.

[@Power5]

I thought you were going to show me that those side hull things were walkways. Was wondering why you would have them on both sides to a 1x1 and then extending rearward. I like that the crossways automatically remove doors. Not sure why those hopetech hulls dont do the same so there are not so many doors.

[@delindsay]

Omg, soooo many doors. There's no way I could handle having those on my Ship and actually needing to walk through them.

[@djbare9]

Companion way Fuselage A sits behind a cockpit, its one of those little fighter cockpits, I don't remember the designation.

[@delindsay]

It's the Cockpit I have on the Ship, bottom-middle.

[@EllieODaire]

I have a bad habit of fast travelling to the Red Mile without my space suit on, I wish there were an option to spawn in the ship after the first time you visit a planet. I keep an armory at my debarkation ramp so I can suit up appropriately for wherever I am and having to turn around and get back on the ship to get my gear after landing just feels weird, especially on planets where I should basically just die instantly being outside unprotected.

[@delindsay]

Heh, I did that once to Titan... BIG oops.

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

You mean you don't LOVE being launched out of your ship for no apparent reason, potentially into a pack of rabid aliens which are also in a deadly environment, instantly getting one or more status ailments, scrambling to escape back into your ship while praying the last auto save wasn't a year ago and/or didn't glitch out while your heart rate goes into orbit faster than your ship ever could? What's not to love about that? 🤔

[@wayneyang1]

The ship building system is Not designed for You the player to build the ship. They build some ships and cut them into sections and leave them as it is, that is what they did!

[@mchapman2424]

Lon is the most realistic, relatable character in the whole game. Cut him some slack! Id love to utilize the hopetech fusloge parts in one of my many builds, but I just cant seem to find a way to use them without driving myself crazy. Not only do they have 8 zillion doors, are bland inside, but man do they want to pop ladders for those fuckers.

[@delindsay]

Heh, I know but to be fair, he's kind of a debbie downer, and for good reason. As for those Fuselages, it's such an odd design with no real termination without also having Structural pcs that bring down the hump to the level of other pcs like Habs and what not.

[@Knight_Marshal]

I think that the parts that are there for mostly decoration weigh way too much. 14 mass for a hallway when when a 2x1 hab weighs 8?

[@delindsay]

Seriously, wtf were the Devs thinking making those 14 mass.

[@douglasb5651]

I really wish Nova had options for a fore to aft spine and not just the port to starboard crossways. I much prefer the Nova and Deimos hab modules to all the other sets. That and I may not be welcome at the HopeTown factory anymore and wouldn't trust that someone might leave a few bolts loose on assembly.

[@delindsay]

Agreed and lmao.

[@CdrmnkNathan]

I'm pretty sure the weapon mount point is flip-able and can be placed on the underside

[@delindsay]

I just tried so if that's how it's supposed to work then my game is bugged because I can't get it to work.

[@CdrmnkNathan]

@@delindsay I've checked and confirmed they don't flip which seems like an over sight on bethesdas part

[@delindsay]

@@CdrmnkNathan It certainly does seem to be an oversight and many items (Structural tab) flip upside down.