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	~~== Preface ==~~
	Ships have a variety of defensive, offensive, and utility systems that are essential to understand if one wants to design warships.		Ships have a variety of defensive, offensive, and utility systems that are essential to understand if one wants to design warships.

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	For all steps here, only work on either the right or left side of the ship, as you can use worldedit to //flip it later.		For all steps here, only work on either the right or left side of the ship, as you can use worldedit to //flip it later.

	== 1. Planning ==		== Planning ==
	What ship are you building? How fast does it go? What shields, weapons, and other multiblocks does it have? Below is a table showing the attributes and requirements of every known class/subclass:		What ship are you building? How fast does it go? What shields, weapons, and other multiblocks does it have? Below is a table showing the attributes and requirements of every known class/subclass:

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	== 2. Construction ==		== Construction ==
	After getting your background information, you should be ready to start building your ship’s outer shell. Depending on how well-optimized you want your ship to be, this step could be completed alongside other steps. Below are some useful tips and design conventions.		After getting your background information, you should be ready to start building your ship’s outer shell. Depending on how well-optimized you want your ship to be, this step could be completed alongside other steps. Below are some useful tips and design conventions.

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	* Function isn't everything; pilot skill, numbers, or good tactics can make up for a suboptimal design. Feel free to disregard some practices in the name of creativity.		* Function isn't everything; pilot skill, numbers, or good tactics can make up for a suboptimal design. Feel free to disregard some practices in the name of creativity.

	== 3. Shielding ==		== Shielding ==
	Once the outer shell is complete, you are ready to start shielding. Almost all ships use exclusively box shields and cheth shields, although some designs will opt to use the various sizes of sphere shield to save costs.		Once the outer shell is complete, you are ready to start shielding. Almost all ships use exclusively box shields and cheth shields, although some designs will opt to use the various sizes of sphere shield to save costs.

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	* A Core Shield is a shield that is contained entirely within the hull, not hittable from the outside. It provides a second line of defense for larger ships, and is considered somewhat necessary on some ships for survivability or speed.		* A Core Shield is a shield that is contained entirely within the hull, not hittable from the outside. It provides a second line of defense for larger ships, and is considered somewhat necessary on some ships for survivability or speed.

	== 4. Weapons ==		== Weapons ==
	This step may be done before or during step 3. Using the information from the table above, place weapons onto/into your ship, being mindful of these factors that will affect your ship's combat effectiveness:		This step may be done before or during step 3. Using the information from the table above, place weapons onto/into your ship, being mindful of these factors that will affect your ship's combat effectiveness:

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	* Is my weapon shielded well? Is it split across multiple shields? (bad) Is it in a cheth shield? (good)		* Is my weapon shielded well? Is it split across multiple shields? (bad) Is it in a cheth shield? (good)

	== 5. Internals ==		== Internals ==

	* '''Signs:''' If you haven’t done so already, add signs to your shield and weapon multiblocks. Be sure to add [node] signs as well, allowing for LTs and TTs to be automatically fired and creating weaponsets for your primary light and heavy weapons.		* '''Signs:''' If you haven’t done so already, add signs to your shield and weapon multiblocks. Be sure to add [node] signs as well, allowing for LTs and TTs to be automatically fired and creating weaponsets for your primary light and heavy weapons.

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	\|35% Concrete*		\|~35% Concrete*
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	\|Reactor Core		\|Reactor Core

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	* Gravity Well		* Gravity Well
	* Navigation Computer		* Navigation Computer
			Abbreviations:

			* IC: Interceptor Cannon
			* LT: Light Turret
			* HT: Heavy Turret
			* TT: Tri Turret
			* IT: Ion Turret
			* QT: Quad Turret
			* HL: Heavy Laser
			* AM: Arsenal Missile

	=== Sub-Capital Ships ===		=== Sub-Capital Ships ===
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	\|1 LT		\|1 LT
	\| -		\|
	\| -		\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|Primary H. Weapon		\|Primary H. Weapon

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	\|~~Converts~~ to SF>		\|*To convert to SF
	\|No Gravwell		\|No Gravwell
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	\|7500-~~7700~~		\|7500-7699
	\|8000		\|8000
	\|9702-~~9800~~		\|9702-9799
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	\|16000		\|16000

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	!Info		!Info
	!Starfighter		![[Starfighter]]
	!Gunship		![[Gunship]]
	!Corvette		![[Corvette]]
	!Frigate		![[Frigate]]
	!Destroyer		![[Destroyer]]
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	\|Recommended Minimum Size		\|Recommended Minimum Size

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	# Starting with 15-25 afterburners, try adding or removing them and checking the cruise speed. Try to get the lowest number of thrusters possible that still gives you your maximum speed.		# Starting with 15-25 afterburners, try adding or removing them and checking the cruise speed. Try to get the lowest number of thrusters possible that still gives you your maximum speed.
	# Add some [weaponset], [cruise], and [powermode] signs to the bridge/cockpit of your ship. If you have macros, you can use those instead, but the signs are useful if you're sharing your ship with others.		# Add some [weaponset], [cruise], and [powermode] signs to the bridge/cockpit of your ship. If you have macros, you can use those instead, but the signs are useful if you're sharing your ship with others.
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Solesey's Warship Construction Guide

== Preface ==
Ships have a variety of defensive, offensive, and utility systems that are essential to understand if one wants to design warships.

== Loadouts and Numbers ==
Different warship sizes fight and operate differently, and their recommended systems reflect this.
{| class="wikitable"
!Info
!Starfighter
!Gunship
!Corvette
!Frigate
!Destroyer
|-
|Recommended Minimum Size
|350
|1012
|3582
|6500
|9702
|-
|Maximum Size
|500
|2000
|4000
|8000
|12000
|-
|Shield Amount (at max size)
|1
|3
|6
|11 + 1 Cheth
|16 + 1 Cheth
|-
|Minimum BPS (at max size)
|33
|24
|22
|19
|17
|-
|Primary L. Weapon
|1 Plasma
|2 Pulses
|3 Pulses
|3 HTs
|4 HTs
|-
|Secondary L. Weapon
|N/A
|1 LT
|1 LT
|1 LT
|2 LTs
|-
|Primary H. Weapon
|2 Torpedos
|1 HL
|1 TT
|1 Phaser
|1 Phaser
|-
|Secondary H. Weapon
|N/A
|2 Torpedos
|1 HL
|1 TT*
|1 TT*
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>TTs are critical for maintaining dps at distances outside phaser range. Unlike some of the secondary weapons, these are not optional.

This guide will be divided into 6 sections, as follows:

# Planning
# Shields
# Weapons
# Internals
# Filling
# Finishing Touches

Some steps can be done in a different order, but doing so may make the process more challenging.

For all steps here, only work on either the right or left side of the ship, as you can use worldedit to //flip it later.

# Identify the ideal armaments and shields of your ship, as well as the intended size.
# Construct a hollow shell of your ship, keeping in mind turret and weapon placement as well as the final size. Use other ships nearby as size reference, or just use your intuition.
# Almost all ships use box shields due to their extreme configurability and their ability to eliminate overlap. If you intend to use sphere shields, use //sphere <block> <radius> to see the size. 0.8 and 0.8i shields have a radius of 9.5 using worldedit.
# For box shields, construct a 2d grid of rectangles above your ship using colored wool or glass,keeping all shields with odd-number dimensions and minimizing overlap with nearby shields.
# Locate the center of each rectangle, and place a marker block at each point.
# Build shield multiblocks inside your ship with the sign block placed directly below each marker block from the last step. Write the dimensions based on the rectangles above the ship, and using 21 as the height dimension. Name each shield something descriptive.
# For all weapons, especially on larger ships, redundancy is important. Redundant weapons allow for firing in strange directions or when some weapons are destroyed.
# Around the outside of the ship, find locations with large amounts of visibility and wide arcs for stationary weapons and turrets.
# At each of the points on the top and bottom of the ship, install turrets, ensuring that the full amount of turrets can fire in all available directions. Ensure that when placed, the turret multiblock and its sign don't interfere with existing systems.
# For the points on the sides of the ship, Install your stationary weapons. Like the turrets, make sure the weapons don't interfere with other systems, or with themselves after the ship is flipped at the end.
# Now for the inside of the ship. Using [node] signs, assign your weapon groups descriptive, yet simple names. For turrets, names like LT, HT, TT, or AT are often used because they're easy to type with the /st <node> command. Often people combine weapon groups for manual weapons, like Phasers and HTs on frigates, allowing the pilot to control both heavy and light weapons without switching weaponsets.
# Install a Hyperdrive, Navigation Computer, Gravity Well, and Magazine. The NavComputer should always be advanced except on some fighters, and the Gravity Well is optional for typical use but strongly encouraged.
# In order for the ship to actually fly, it requires concrete. Starting from the center of the ship, start placing large chunks of concrete by hand or with worldedit. Try to keep blocks separate from the outer shell, as this distance decreases the damage dealt once shields drop. Depending on the current size and your planned size, this may not be possible.
# Periodically place a jukebox and re-detect to check up on the size of the ship.
# Thrusters are saved for last due to their reliance on mass, which you can only really know once a ship is complete. If the ship hasn't been flipped with worldedit yet, do it now.
# Starting with 15-25 afterburners, try adding or removing them and checking the cruise speed. Try to get the lowest number of thrusters possible that still gives you your maximum speed.
# Add some [weaponset], [cruise], and [powermode] signs to the bridge/cockpit of your ship. If you have macros, you can use those instead, but the signs are useful if you're sharing your ship with others.

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	For all steps here, only work on either the right or left side of the ship, as you can use worldedit to //flip it later.		For all steps here, only work on either the right or left side of the ship, as you can use worldedit to //flip it later.

			== Guide ==

			=== Planning ===
	# Identify the ideal armaments and shields of your ship, as well as the intended size.		# Identify the ideal armaments and shields of your ship, as well as the intended size.
	# Construct a hollow shell of your ship, keeping in mind turret and weapon placement as well as the final size. Use other ships nearby as size reference, or just use your intuition.		# Construct a hollow shell of your ship, keeping in mind turret and weapon placement as well as the final size. Use other ships nearby as size reference, or just use your intuition.
	# Almost all ships use box shields due to their extreme configurability and their ability to eliminate overlap. If you intend to use sphere shields, use //sphere <block> <radius> to see the size. 0.8 and 0.8i shields have a radius of 9.5 using worldedit.		# Almost all ships use box shields due to their extreme configurability and their ability to eliminate overlap. If you intend to use sphere shields, use //sphere <block> <radius> to see the size. 0.8 and 0.8i shields have a radius of 9.5 using worldedit.

			=== Shielding ===
	# For box shields, construct a 2d grid of rectangles above your ship using colored wool or glass,keeping all shields with odd-number dimensions and minimizing overlap with nearby shields.		# For box shields, construct a 2d grid of rectangles above your ship using colored wool or glass,keeping all shields with odd-number dimensions and minimizing overlap with nearby shields.
	# Locate the center of each rectangle, and place a marker block at each point.		# Locate the center of each rectangle, and place a marker block at each point.
	# Build shield multiblocks inside your ship with the sign block placed directly below each marker block from the last step. Write the dimensions based on the rectangles above the ship, and using 21 as the height dimension. Name each shield something descriptive.		# Build shield multiblocks inside your ship with the sign block placed directly below each marker block from the last step. Write the dimensions based on the rectangles above the ship, and using 21 as the height dimension. Name each shield something descriptive.

			=== Weapons ===
	# For all weapons, especially on larger ships, redundancy is important. Redundant weapons allow for firing in strange directions or when some weapons are destroyed.		# For all weapons, especially on larger ships, redundancy is important. Redundant weapons allow for firing in strange directions or when some weapons are destroyed.
	# Around the outside of the ship, find locations with large amounts of visibility and wide arcs for stationary weapons and turrets.		# Around the outside of the ship, find locations with large amounts of visibility and wide arcs for stationary weapons and turrets.
	# At each of the points on the top and bottom of the ship, install turrets, ensuring that the full amount of turrets can fire in all available directions. Ensure that when placed, the turret multiblock and its sign don't interfere with existing systems.		# At each of the points on the top and bottom of the ship, install turrets, ensuring that the full amount of turrets can fire in all available directions. Ensure that when placed, the turret multiblock and its sign don't interfere with existing systems.
	# For the points on the sides of the ship, Install your stationary weapons. Like the turrets, make sure the weapons don't interfere with other systems, or with themselves after the ship is flipped at the end.		# For the points on the sides of the ship, Install your stationary weapons. Like the turrets, make sure the weapons don't interfere with other systems, or with themselves after the ship is flipped at the end.

			=== Internals ===
	# Now for the inside of the ship. Using [node] signs, assign your weapon groups descriptive, yet simple names. For turrets, names like LT, HT, TT, or AT are often used because they're easy to type with the /st <node> command. Often people combine weapon groups for manual weapons, like Phasers and HTs on frigates, allowing the pilot to control both heavy and light weapons without switching weaponsets.		# Now for the inside of the ship. Using [node] signs, assign your weapon groups descriptive, yet simple names. For turrets, names like LT, HT, TT, or AT are often used because they're easy to type with the /st <node> command. Often people combine weapon groups for manual weapons, like Phasers and HTs on frigates, allowing the pilot to control both heavy and light weapons without switching weaponsets.
	# Install a Hyperdrive, Navigation Computer, Gravity Well, and Magazine. The NavComputer should always be advanced except on some fighters, and the Gravity Well is optional for typical use but strongly encouraged.		# Install a Hyperdrive, Navigation Computer, Gravity Well, and Magazine. The NavComputer should always be advanced except on some fighters, and the Gravity Well is optional for typical use but strongly encouraged.

			=== Filling ===
	# In order for the ship to actually fly, it requires concrete. Starting from the center of the ship, start placing large chunks of concrete by hand or with worldedit. Try to keep blocks separate from the outer shell, as this distance decreases the damage dealt once shields drop. Depending on the current size and your planned size, this may not be possible.		# In order for the ship to actually fly, it requires concrete. Starting from the center of the ship, start placing large chunks of concrete by hand or with worldedit. Try to keep blocks separate from the outer shell, as this distance decreases the damage dealt once shields drop. Depending on the current size and your planned size, this may not be possible.
	# Periodically place a jukebox and re-detect to check up on the size of the ship.		# Periodically place a jukebox and re-detect to check up on the size of the ship.

			=== Finishing Touches ===
	# Thrusters are saved for last due to their reliance on mass, which you can only really know once a ship is complete. If the ship hasn't been flipped with worldedit yet, do it now.		# Thrusters are saved for last due to their reliance on mass, which you can only really know once a ship is complete. If the ship hasn't been flipped with worldedit yet, do it now.
	# Starting with 15-25 afterburners, try adding or removing them and checking the cruise speed. Try to get the lowest number of thrusters possible that still gives you your maximum speed.		# Starting with 15-25 afterburners, try adding or removing them and checking the cruise speed. Try to get the lowest number of thrusters possible that still gives you your maximum speed.
	# Add some [weaponset], [cruise], and [powermode] signs to the bridge/cockpit of your ship. If you have macros, you can use those instead, but the signs are useful if you're sharing your ship with others.		# Add some [weaponset], [cruise], and [powermode] signs to the bridge/cockpit of your ship. If you have macros, you can use those instead, but the signs are useful if you're sharing your ship with others.