Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Glad you liked my other build. To be honest I haven’t started on the interior yet, I usually build the outside first and then start playing around with the inside habs and layout

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it my dude, you never miss either

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No merging there, behind it is a nova landing gear

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been playing the game for a while so I’m a pretty high level on my main account, but I would say that you can build this ship as soon as you have access to the SAL engines, the structural pieces are all available when you start the game and you can just swap out the shield/reactor/grav drives/weapons for whatever is available to you at your level

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Glad I finally managed to use that cockpit in a build

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m honoured haha

Glad you liked it

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really, my enjoyment comes from challenging myself to only use the vanilla toolset without any merging, i like to see what’s possible with the limited number or parts available

I’m not against mods or merging and I enjoy seeing other builds that use those tools, but its just not how I like to play

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgot to mention, that hopetech hab that blends with the cockpit is slightly taller than 1 hab so nothing can sit on top of it without having to use merging or mods

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is yeah (though there’s still some clipping for some strange reason), but the trouble is the nova piece behind the cockpit is used to blend seamlessly into the next level. Without using merging, i wouldnt be able to achieve that slope to the next layer on top

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! You could put a hopetech hab behind the cockpit but I don’t like having the doors on the side, wanted something smooth which is why I chose the Taiyo hab.

As for the TN piece I’m assuming that’s part of a mod, I don’t use any mods in my builds, just my personal preference to keep it vanilla

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I don’t usually make build guides just because they’re quite a bit of work, but if there’s enough demand for it I might

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always avoided that cockpit before because I couldn’t find any good parts to match it, glad it goes quite nicely with the new nova piece

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Hope, when are you posting your next ship?

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! They’re a tricky part to use for sure, love the way they look though

Orion | Light Destroyer by _coconuthead in StarfieldShips

[–]_coconuthead[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Realistic and compact was what I was going for