SE:V Screenshots at the SE Depot

[bearclaw]

I don't mind the concept of unique personalities, but I don't think a "hero" within SE would be of any interest to me.

but that's just my opinion.

[Captain Kwok]

I think heroes are a level of detail beyond the Space Empires series.

[Raapys]

Call it 'leaders', 'administrators', heroes is so Lord of the Ring'ish. People for hire that gives benefits to planets, systems or fleets in a specific area(e.g. science), while often providing disadvantages in other areas(e.g. negative effects on moral, resources, etc.).

Personally, I think a sort of 'market' system, like in Imp Galactica 2, would be neat as well, where you can buy ships/vehicles that other empires have put for sale for a specific amount.

[Captain Kwok]

You can buy and sell ships in SE:IV etc. already.

[Wade]

@ Captain Kwok,
I was wondering if the following sizes from the Neo- Stabdard ship set are included in Space Empires 5?
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Also, I have some proposals:

TroopTiny- Machines and creatures the size of insects and small animals.
TroopMassive- Like TroopHuge, but...even bigger.
(There is FighterMassive, CarrierTiny, CarrierMassive.)
FighterTiny- Similiar to TroopTiny, but in space.
*Gigantic* size- More Massive. Gigantic is also the word used to describe Worldship.

So this would be the range: Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge, Massive, Gigantic.
Or maybe we could add three more to even it out at ten sizes: Enormous, Titanic, Colossal.(These three are the most likely candidates because they most often appear in a dictionary.)

So there would be sixteen sizes of ships from Scout to Worldship. I propose one more: Sphereworld Ship- The Ultimate. A current structure size but with mobility. (In 'Ringworld's Children' the Ringworld was made mobile.)

-Wade
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Scout- A ship smaller than an escort.
Corvette- Between Escort and Frigate.
DestroyerHeavy- Between destroyer and light cruiser.
CruiserHeavy- Between cruiser and battlecruiser.
DreadnoughtHeavy- Between Dreadnought and Baseship.
BaseShip- Very big base sized ship.
BaseShipHeavy- A larger version of the baseship.
WorldShip- A gigantic ship which resembles a moon or planet.
ResourceShip- A ship designed with resource production in mind.
ResourceStation- A station designed with resource production in mind.
CarrierTiny- Smaller than the light carrier
CarrierMassive- Bigger than the large carrier
WarStation- A base between BattleStation and StarBase
ColonyShipLarge- A larger version of the colony ship
TransportTiny- Smaller than TransportSmall.
FighterHuge- Bigger than FighterLarge.
FighterMassive- Bigger than FighterHuge.
TroopInfantry- Good old fashioned foot soldier (or tentacle soldier, wing soldier...)
TroopHuge- Like TroopLarge, but bigger.
Barge- A vast ship used for the construction of artificial worlds.
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Also,:
If Space Empires V will not have a ship creator similiar to below then will it let us choose any shipset during the custom race creation?

Space Empires V ship designer has a map/blueprint that we place components into. How about a unique map for every planet that we place facilities onto?

If customized ship sets are so popular for SE4 then maybe have a ship set creator as part of the in game for SE5.
Or, even better, we pick a basic shape : pyrimid, cube, sphere \ we stretch and shape it : triangular, rectangular, tubular, etc. \ we add a "hull material texture" and colors : smooth, moderate, rough: metal, ceramic, biological, crystal, energy etc.: glossy, glowing, moderate, dark, etc. \ we add hull "items" and customization : engine nacelles, wings, command bridge structure, etc. \ we add the components \ Complete .

-Wade

(Should I, instead, put these concepts in the 'SE5, Tell Aaron what's on your Wish List' thread?

[Captain Kwok]

You're post should probably be in the other thread but oh well.

There are actually less ships per race in SE:V than SE:IV, but they do change sizes throughout the game.

[Wade]

"There are actually less ships per race in SE:V than SE:IV..."

Darn.

"...but they do change sizes throughout the game."

Do you just mean how we get larger sizes by doing research?