[color=gray]Oh, good, I can reply to the OOC again.[/color]

Interesting. I'm noticing two main camps forming, so far - the EVE ships and the Star Wars ships. Makes sense; the crews would cling to something familiar. Although there's also a few people who haven't posted their intro yet, so who knows what will end up coalescing.

Also, NanoFreakV2 pointed out something amusing: we have no idea which ships use shields and which don't. Hopefully that won't end up being important.

[@DocTachyon] Wait, how long has your ship been named the same as one of the NPC's? :lol 

[hider=specifics][@Flamelord] Accepted!
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[@Anomaly758] While (as I've said) I'm not opposed to increasing your numbers, those are a lot compared to the other players. On the other hand, I have to wonder at the utility of mentioning specific numbers in general. It might be more relevant/useful to note if you have more, less, or the same number of ships/crew as you would under standard conditions. That option seems to be more in-keeping with the bonus/malus philosophy. But then, it's helpful to gauge relative sizes of player ships and crew. Even then, you run into inconsistencies because we're all pulling from different franchies, all of which independently define "reasonable", which is yet another argument that precise numbers are useless.

This is rapidly turning into a larger philosophical debate about game design.

Anyway, looking at comparable other players' ship numbers:

[b][u]Other capital ships:[/u][/b]
Thecrash20's carrier: 	-----	-----	-----	4500 crew, 2km long, unlisted fighters
ClocktowerEchos' freighter/transport: 	4951 crew, 1.1km, 12 starfighters
Retro's ship: 	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	50 crew, 1km long
DocTachyon's cruiser: 	-----	-----	-----	1000 crew, 1.2km, 24 fighters 
Lmpkio's Star Destroyer: -----	-----	-----	5,467 crew, 1.1km, ~130 fighters depending on how you count them
Sophrus' Industrial ship: -----	-----	-----	10000 crew, ~2km, 13 escort ships
eemmtt's cruiser: -----	-----	-----	-----	7000 crew, 1km, unspecified fighters
[color=orange]Anubis' Mothership: -----	-----	-----	-----	1500 crew, ~2km, ~100 fighters[/color]

You should be able to see my concern.[/hider]