Stellaris Dev Diary #95: Humanoids Species Pack

[Kayttajatili]

You do know photons have momentum right?

Not a lot of it.

 

[TheDungen]

Not a lot of it.

Actually that depends on the frequency of the photon. And how many photons you create. And it has the advantage that all you need is energy. It sure as hell beats hauling aroudn chemical fuel. But even if you haul around chemical fuel you can probably super compress it in any era that has interplanetary travel. Big ships so carry lots of fuel is stupid, you're going to need more fuel the bigger you make the ship.

 

[Seb_Jean]

Will the machine races be receiving their own ships, stations and planet backgrounds?

From what dev said, it wasn't in the plans right now. I suppose it could be in a future DLC.

 

[Nikolai II]

This would be really nice. =( I'd pay a bit for this if it came with a handful more machine portraits (especially ones not based on the existing species, but more 'functional machines')

A Bolo might not fit in front of the window, but would be a nice touch.

 

[Shinzor]

Awesome, thank you for the hard work

 

[Riftwalker]

You do know photons have momentum right?

and you do know that none of the sublight engines give off-photons as emissions right? even the final tech impulse drives shoot stuff out the back.

https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Ship_designer#Sublight_Thrusters

 

[TheDungen]

and you do know that none of the sublight engines give off-photons as emissions right? even the final tech impulse drives shoot stuff out the back.

https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Ship_designer#Sublight_Thrusters

Yeah but it's not rocket propulsion which is what I said originally. Hence the massive tanks of flammable gas used by rockets are no longer an issue.

 

[Warhand]

oh, some D&D species skins, cool cool

But in all seriousness, are there going to be more fantasy-esque skins in this pack beyond the tiefling and half-orc look alikes?

 

[Darkspysrival]

The voice of the Commonwealth adviser sounds familiar... she sounds like one of the Brotherhood of Steel soldiers in Fallout: New Vegas. Am I right?

 

[KriegRay]

Loving the new ship designs. Definitely using them in my next game!

 

[Centurian128]

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Wait a minute, if these are corvettes where is the third weapon placement? I only see two.

 

[Mr Thursday]

Wait a minute, if these are corvettes where is the third weapon placement? I only see two.

Maybe the Medium Weapon mount option is returning to Corvettes? Or they could be Torpedo turrets?

 

[Krellak]

Yes.

I am still dissapointed in no proper-dwarf-voiceover.

Will there be space furries? Space Huskers or space German Shepard?

 

[SnakeInATopHat]

Cool

 

[Sir Salsa]

I feel like an arachnoids species pack would be awesome.

 

[Primarch Victus]

Well, I'll speak for myself by saying that I would imagine a spaceship to be two or three times larger than an equivalent naval vessel to acomodate for among other things, the enormous disanses it has to travel and thus huge propellant reserve needs, the need for oxygen reserves among other supplies and in general having to void-proof the damn thing. While at the same time I wouldn't imagine the weapons themselves getting much more huge than they are in real naval ships. (Seriously, the main battery gun of a WW2 era battleship is absolutely massive.) So in general I'd expect to see a decrease in the turret size in relation to the hull size of the ship.

And let's not forget that, in many works of science fiction, the payload of such cannons is probably far more powerful than the one used in the cannons of the WW II -- so like you said, there is no need to such comically huge cannons in Stelllaris

 

[Riftwalker]

I feel like an arachnoids species pack would be awesome.

only if one of the spiders is upside down attached to the ceiling

 

[Riftwalker]

And let's not forget that, in many works of science fiction, the payload of such cannons is probably far more powerful than the one used in the cannons of the WW II -- so like you said, there is no need to such comically huge cannons in Stelllaris

bigger turrets mean it takes longer for them to turn, also turning your turrets will apply a torque to the whole ship, you want small turrets in space for good tracking and to affect maneuvers fairly little.

i don't care in stellaris though because it's a game, i just think the turrets clash with the overall sleek design.

 

[Wolfgang I]

And let's not forget that, in many works of science fiction, the payload of such cannons is probably far more powerful than the one used in the cannons of the WW II -- so like you said, there is no need to such comically huge cannons in Stelllaris

It makes sense in the setting though as ships are rather tough in Stellaris.
In many other settings ships can only take a few or only one hit from an equal vessel and fights can be over in seconds(or less).

 

[Primarch Victus]

only if one of the spiders is upside down attached to the ceiling

Hehehehehe! like the Ur-Quan in Star Control, right?

bigger turrets mean it takes longer for them to turn, also turning your turrets will apply a torque to the whole ship, you want small turrets in space for good tracking and to affect maneuvers fairly little.

i don't care in stellaris though because it's a game, i just think the turrets clash with the overall sleek design.

Those comically huge turrets clash with the overall design of all shipsets, not just the one belonging to the humanoids.

It makes sense in the setting though as ships are rather tough in Stellaris.
In many other settings ships can only take a few or only one hit from an equal vessel and fights can be over in seconds(or less).

Sorry, but I disagree. Those turrets ruin all epicness of the shipsets.