There are many mods that add new ship classes. Some are very good for me, some are excessive (too many turrets, too much shield/armor/power). My goal was to do the same while preserving a more realistic esthetic and play that is hopefully consistent with the current design goals of the section/ship game.

This mod adds 5 new ship classes:

• Support Cruiser
• Electronic Attack Cruiser
• Battlecruiser
• Dreadnought
• Heavy Dreadnought

No pre-requisite tech is required to unlock the new ship classes except for support cruisers and e-attack cruisers (refer to the Change Notes tab for details). Cruises supporters, e-attack cruisers and battlecruisers are supposed to be available simultaneously with cruisers while heavy fears and battleships are at the same time. XL sections will unlock after at least one XL weapon has been searched. Please note that some heavy screws are only supplied with one bow (spinal mount) section (molluscoid, etc.), so you will not complete the design without at least one XL weapon being searched.

Within the cruiser class, battle cruisers are treated as a medium/heavy variant with vanilla cruisers regarded as a light variant. The heaviest sub-capital ship class available, therefore, is Battlecruisers. For ships of the capital category, the light variant, the reverberations and heavy reverberations of the heavy variants are regarded. According to this reasoning, technology is not necessary, only increasing construction costs/time the heavier the variant is. In future, if larger classes are to be introduced, they would fall into a supercapital class, and at that point, a new naval building level and/or technology allowance is required.

This mod is suitable for those of you who feel that the current roster of vanilla ships needs more diversity without changing the game.

WHO IS THIS MOD FOR?

This is a very simple mod, mainly aimed at adding new ship classes. The new ship classes in this mod are very complimentary and probably equilibrated (contra vanilla ships), because the new classes simply add additional ship section(s) to the existing vanilla boat segment designs with a minimum of no changes. There are a lot of complimentary mods for those looking for more than just adding ship types, which add new technology, features, and gameplay.

Maybe it's not my personal favor, but who says that you can't try my mods? :). :).

SPECIAL THANKS

I want to thank these good people for their special contributions:.

• CrusaderVanguard for the big little reminders every now and then!
• folk for the awesome coding suggestions!
• Inquisitor Kot for play-testing and sharing a host of other stuff.

Credits:
Tal Ara'nh