Neap
> Ship Class: Escort
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Escort Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~256,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 2/2 | Excavation 2/2


Flare
> Ship Class: Escort
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Escort Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~610,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 4/3 | Excavation 4/3


Coma
> Ship Class: Escort
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Escort Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~875,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 4/3 | Excavation 4/4


Mascon
> Ship Class: Escort
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Escort Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~910,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 4/4 | Excavation 4/5


Aphelion
> Ship Class: Escort
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Escort Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~950,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 4/4 | Excavation 4/4


Patera
> Ship Class: Utility
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Utility Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~2,100,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 5/7 | Excavation 5/7


Perihelion
> Ship Class: Utility
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Utility Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~2,500,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 6/6 | Excavation 6/6


Chaos
> Ship Class: Utility
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Utility Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~2,325,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 5/8 | Excavation 5/8


MicroNova
> Ship Class: Frigate
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Frigate Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~3,180,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/6 | Excavation 8/6


Pulsar
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~3,450,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 4/9 | Excavation 4/9


Prominence
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~3,600,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 6/8 | Excavation 6/8


Meridian
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~3,790,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 6/9 | Excavation 6/9


Halo
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~7,250,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/8 | Excavation 8/9


Magnitude
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~7,800,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/9 | Excavation 8/10


Jansky
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~8,900,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 9/9 | Excavation 9/10


Antipode
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~9,850,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/10 | Excavation 8/11


Saros
> Ship Class: Cruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Cruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~9,750,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 9/10 | Excavation 9/11


Resonance
> Ship Class: Carrier
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Carrier Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~7,000,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/8 | Excavation 8/8


Catena
> Ship Class: Carrier
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Carrier Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~7,800,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 6/10 | Excavation 6/10


Torus
> Ship Class: Destroyer
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Destroyer Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~7,200,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 8/6 | Excavation 8/6


Apastron
> Ship Class: Destroyer
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Destroyer Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~8,650,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 10/8 | Excavation 10/8


Remnant
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~10,400,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 11/12 | Excavation 11/12


Synod
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~10,780,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/11 | Excavation 12/11


Faculae
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~11,000,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/12 | Excavation 12/12


Parallax
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~12,750,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 13/11 | Excavation 13/10


Azimuth
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~11,750,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 10/13 | Excavation 10/13


Planemo
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~12,850,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 11/13 | Excavation 11/13


Rille
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~12,200,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 10/14 | Excavation 10/14


Arp
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~12,850,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 13/12 | Excavation 13/12


Nucleus
> Ship Class: Battlecruiser
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Battlecruiser Ship Operation Level 4
> Price: ~12,950,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 10/14 | Excavation 10/14


Equinox
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~18,100,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/13 | Excavation 12/13


Equilibrium
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~18,650,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/14 | Excavation 12/14


Extinction
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~20,000,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/14 | Excavation 12/14


Lacus
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~21,300,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/15 | Excavation 12/15


Ephemeris
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~22,150,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/15 | Excavation 12/16


Filament
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~23,000,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 10/18 | Excavation 10/18



While practicing with scale for ship classes in relation to the limits of the Ship Editor, I expanded on the length, size and housing of the furnace core engine. I also practiced having forward ship segments be more asymmetrical vertically, as well as utilizing the maximum length of the editor.

Using my SOL-V dreadnought attributes as a base, these XL Dreadnoughts have had their base attributes increased/decreased by varying percentages in relation to the increase in their size.

Eclipse
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~64,600,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 16/18 | Excavation 16/17


Stellar Dragon
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 1
> Price: ~82,500,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 12/14 | Excavation 12/17


Triptych
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 2
> Price: ~110,000,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 14/16 | Excavation 14/18


Lunation
> Ship Class: Dreadnought
> Ship Type Configurations: Battle, Excavation
> Pilot Skill Required: Dreadnought Ship Operation Level 3
> Price: ~127,500,000
> Active/Passive: Battle 18/19 | Excavation 18/19

A game I enjoy playing now and then is called Frostpunk. I enjoy the unforgiving cold and dangers of the environment while being reliant on a central heating core to survive. While Astrox Imperium offers a different form of unforgiving cold with its vastness of space and dangers present in it, I found that I missed the aesthetic of the furnace reactor from Frostpunk with the sense of power being pumped out from it and it being central to your existence and survival.

I finally decided to delve into the ship editor recently to bring that sense of power and central core to ships in Astrox and these were the first ships I put together as I learned how the ship editor worked. My aim was to base a series of ships around an engine that was similar to the 'furnace' style reactor from Frostpunk, but with overall designs that could still fit within the universe of Astrox.

I may expand this existing style of furnace engine to other ship classes, types and styles if anyone shows interest in my doing that. As I get more familiar with the ship editor, I want to explore alternate styles of furnace engine designs and the ship styles that could come from it as its core.

I might even try out a different style of ship and cylindrical/circular engine core that has more of a shoddy, haphazard, thrown-together, barely works, constant upkeep type of appearance due to the rigors of space. Perhaps a 'steampunk-in-space' style with a lot of piping as if a steampunk civilization barely managed to haul themselves off-world and into space.

1) On your computer, browse to your Astrox Imperium game installation folder and enter into the following folder:
> "\Astrox Imperium_Data\MOD\ship_parts\textures"
2) In the download file, enter the "Textures" folder and copy the "solb_detail.png" and "solb_main.png" files into the "textures" folder on your computer
3) On your computer, return to the "MOD" folder and enter into the "ships" folder
> "\Astrox Imperium_Data\MOD\ships"
4) In the download file, enter the folder of the desired ship type (Battle/Excavation)
5) In the download file, copy both the 'icon_solv.png' and 'icon_solvxl.png' files out to your 'ships' folder on your computer
6) In the download file, copy both the image and txt files of the same name for each ship you want from this folder to your "ships" folder
7) Repeat for the other ship type folder in the download to add more ship variations to your game

After the ship files are installed, they can be made available at stations for purchase.

SANDBOX - NEW GAME
- Starting a new Sandbox game causes the generated stations to be populated automatically from the outset with the ships you added to your 'ships' folder.

CAMPAIGN - NEW GAME
CAMPAIGN - EXISTING GAME
- Ships added to the 'ships' folder will slowly become available at stations randomly over time in new Campaign games.
(check station Lounge News for notifications of new ships becoming available at stations)

SANDBOX - EXISTING GAME
- Ships require being manually added to one or more station shipyards in the save game files to make them available for purchase.
- To make any or all added ships available immediately at one or more stations, you can either manually alter any station file's <HANGAR> section to include the ship(s), or utilize the in-game Mod Tools > Station Editor and edit one or more stations in your save game to include the new ships.

1) On your computer, browse to your Astrox Imperium game installation folder and enter into the following folder:
> "\Astrox Imperium_Data\MOD\ships_npc"
2) In the download file, enter the folder of the desired ship type (Battle/Excavation/Transport)
3) In the download file, copy both the image and txt file of the same name for each ship you want from this folder to your "ships_npc" folder
4) Repeat for the other ship type folders in the download to add more merc ship variations to your game

After the ship files are installed, they can be used by mercenaries.

SANDBOX - NEW GAME
- Starting a new Sandbox game causes the generated stations to be populated automatically from the outset with mercenaries that will pilot both official ships and these ships you added to your 'ships_npc' folder.

SANDBOX - EXISTING GAME
CAMPAIGN - NEW GAME
CAMPAIGN - EXISTING GAME
- In my experience, I have not seen the game add new mercenaries to stations over time from ships in the "ships_npc" folder in any of these modes.
- I believe new mercenaries piloting these custom ships after adding their files to the 'ships_npc' folder must be manually added to one or more station files in your save game.
- To make any or all added merc ships available immediately at one or more stations, you can either manually alter any station file's <MERC> section to include the ship(s), or utilize the in-game Mod Tools > Station Editor and edit one or more stations in your save game to add mercs piloting these ships to the station(s).