Cult Spec

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We're going to need the F7's tankiness and extra weapons tomorrow for Tactical Strike Groups so I put it on the Pirate Inquisitor Spec. At 4.6M it's now his most-expensive ship (the Clipper is second).

The Blacksmith actually looks pretty decent for piracy, and I am sure we'll get a Nightbreak for the F7 eventually to differentiate the base from the Pirate version, but for now both specs get the Blacksmith paint.

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shubn suggested using the silver Ironcore paint to differentiate our two Idrises for tomorrow's Tactical Strike Groups op and I was inspired to make this differentiation permanent as follows:


Idris with Sharktooth paint

Assault Frigate: Idris-M (Sharktooth) [Pledge] [$$$]
Support Frigate: Idris-P (Ironcore) [Wikelo] [VAR]


Idris with Ironcore paint

So the P will be used more for legit piracy when you want to steal and carry stuff, as well as general support as tomorrow, and the M for more offensive piracy where you're trying to take over a location.

Beyond excited to see two Idrises being fielded for the first time tomorrow!

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With the Odin unveil I needed to rework the capital warship distribution between ranks to fit it in, so here's what's changed.

First off, capitals are almost exclusive to strategic ranks, with one exception: the Captain gets the Polaris, and now the Polaris can be earned in-game via Wikelo. So keep that in mind. No need to pay any cash if you're a Captain and want a capital. Just ask people to help you earn a Polaris. And good luck with that.

Now regarding the strategic ranks. There are five cap warships in total minus the aforementioned Polaris that I have divided into three tiers: the Bengal at the top, then the Odin and the Javelin in the middle, and finally the Kraken and the Idris at the bottom. You could think of these tiers as large, medium, and small.

So I've given the large category to the Emperor (Bengal), the medium to the Supreme Commanders (Odin & Javelin), and the small to the Commanders (Kraken & Idris).

Regarding the Pirate tiers, in earlier times I had tried to differentiate the base from the Pirate ships so that the base Commander would get the Idris and the Pirate Commander the Kraken, but this isn't workable mechanically: both specs need both of these caps to fill different roles, so now the cap warship distribution is identical between base and Pirate Specs, just with different paints (and also assault and support variations of both the Idris and Kraken, etc.)

All this of course is still mostly academic since only the Idris has been launched so far out of the five ships. However, a year from now we'll get the Kraken too, and the small category will be complete.

It's anyone's guess when the Javelin will come out, but my guess would be a year after that, so two years from now. And add another year for the Odin, so three years from now.

And finally I expect the Bengal four years from now. About the same time I expect the 1.0 release. All this of course assuming funding and hiring keep increasing. Otherwise we're looking at a decade.

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Forgot to say that the Idris-P can also now be earned in-game, again via Wikelo, and I've updated the specs to reflect that, so it's now entirely possible to become a Cult Commander with your own capital ship without having to spend a large amount of cash (still need to buy paints etc. of course). And until you've earned it, you can borrow the other players' when needed. This will be true of all ships, so Adjudicator's Odin can serve as both shubn's and recoil's flagship when needed. Adjudicator himself won't be able to command it until he becomes a Supreme Commander, and in order to do that he needs to take over a system. Luckily we should get the Castra system before the Odin's release, so if he wants it, it's his. It's also a very military-themed system, so it will be a good match for Adjudicator who seems charmingly obsessed with military history and technology.

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Honey, where are my pants? [Ace Interceptor suit]

Really dig the Ace Interceptor flight suit! But I wish we could put some pants or light armor on top that doesn't impede the G resistance. Right now it only allows a chest armor slot and well... it doesn't leave much for the citizen imagination!

This is something to think about. I'd like to see it with the brown Bombardier version of the core and helmet. I don't see it working for the tactical ranks, but it could be used for higher-ups.