My personal Ol'reliable, the flight time is short, so i wouldn't take it on its own, i like to pair it up with the lighting in case the fuel runs low. Great for taking on small groups of either small or mid sized ships, i never go into a campaign without her

x4 AK-100

x6 NK-25 engine

×2 D-30 engine

×2 Fire suppressants

No evac pods, we die like men

Thrust to Weight: 7.3

Cruise speed: 452 km/h

Range: 658 km

Consumption: 364 tonnes per 1000km

Firepower: 8

Price: 23140

it's balanced because although it can oneshot a cruiser, so can vanilla 180 AP. it also can't do shit while the enemy is firing because even a singular shell-to-shell interception will fuck over the whole volley (which is sometimes beneficial because you can shoot down enemy shells that way)

WIP, so I will not yet be doing a full disclosure, but I think it's cool so far anyways.

As always, these are vanilla 1.163 ships made with vanilla aesthetics, doctrine, and build limitations in mind.

(Seria file)

It's said that when it approaches a city, the townsfolk can smell the reek of Oil before it's visible, thus nicknamed "Черный Bетер".

The industrial facilities continue being desperately developed as the needs of the war run rampant, the pipes expand like tumors, ruining an otherwise fine looking ship.

Even some friendly cities refuse to let it land as it is a bad omen, lest the blood of the earth turn into the blood of the people...

Editing tool: nexusmods link / discord link

Difficulty 30 fight video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vW1RiHNQ8

Seria files:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dIgQA_Acw_sqXYEUIJNO5sdIsR-P5dDZ?usp=sharing

From 8 sprints to now 16 total, as well as several minor internal optimization and... pseudo noticeable aesthetic changes where they fit.

Would it be possible to cram a fleet with so many tiny, cheap, fast tankers that not only could they provide as much fuel as is needed for a larger strike group, but also act as a screen for incoming missiles and aircraft raids?

“What you seek you shall never find. For when the Gods made man, They kept immortality to themselves." It is a curse, surely then, that they did not too keep fire...

• Armaments : 2 Squalors 180 mm & 8 2A37 30mm.
• Armor : Single layer. Thrusters : 2 RD51, 6 D30S, and 6 RD59.
• Active protection system : 360° of Palash with each angle - top, bottom, side, and corner - covered by two Palashes.

Any suggestion to improve it? I do notice that the mounting-hull for the palace could be swapped with the reinforced one.

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No guns this time, added some jammers. AA missiles to give it some utility aside from fleet support.

Augmented its loadout and completely gimped its strategic capabilities. It can punch above its weight class, I've solo'd Nomads with it.

how is it as of today. i saw it was updated january 12 (yesterday) and thought it wasn't supposed to be getting regular updates anymore? lmk 👀👀

Recently started playing, love the game. I've perfected the Lightning/Skylark raid duo, electronic warfare, and plotting math. I'm good but not great at combat.

My issue is once I locate a Strike Group (generally landed in a city), I'll set up a heavy two Wasp airstrike coupled with 10 KH-15s all to hit at the same time from different bearings. The cruise missiles got torn to shreds by the sprints, and I lost half the planes to anti-aircraft fire. Total I destroyed one ship and damaged two others.

I know I can just roll the Sebastopol into the strike group and pummel it, but is there any way to use my intelligence work to successfully strike from a distance? What am I doing wrong?

Having completed the vanilla game, I decided to switch to Flight to Hara Vera and make some designs.

Carriers in order;

Morogov Fleet Carrier,
Strelok Fleet Carrier,
Stregoi Fleet Carrier
Ahrkiv Carrier-Frigate (Also has an LA-29 variant)
Mimir Carrier-Corvette
Lamia Armored Bomber-Carrier

Despite how massively asymmetrical the Strelok is, I really liked how it came out. Lots of the Hara Vera ship designs are pretty unique and unconventional, and making the large opened out spaces also helped to keep the ship's empty slots available.

*To those wondering about the extreme range of some of the ships or the amount of power consumption, Hara Vera includes a 'Nerva' engine which produces more thrust, takes very little fuel, but requires four full size generators to power each nerva.

Starting a run soon with some custom designs, here's my attempt at upgunning a Lightning to 4 guns.

Objectives -
Maintain reliable silent strike capability.
Focus on manoeuvrability rather than fixed point defense.
Fast and hard hitting.
Great value for money.

I think I've mostly achieved that. At least in testing. It can reliably take on 4 max difficulty medium ships and win with light damage and no component loss. It can stand toe-to-toe with a Varyag 1-on-1 and punch a hole in it's armour while wasting their missile stock before retreating, and it wipes out small unarmoured garrisons.

You can strip out the AK-100's for Molot's with no further tweaks, I'm starting with the AK's because they're cheaper and Molot's are ubiquitous salvage early game.

Next design will be based on a similar chassis but adding armour to get through the tougher garrisons.

I do think it's a bit ugly, any tips on design and beautification?

P.S. I understand that I have dropped efficiencies in places, I wanted to keep toward vanilla design styles in appearance and functionality while adapting them to the playstyle I'm good at.

Thanks!