Posted by: Narmio
« on: September 22, 2013, 01:49:16 PM »Good points all, gharad, but be a little careful of a one-engine design philosophy for warships - one engine makes a single point of failure! I use a two-engine design (custom sized, just like you suggest) for any ship expected to see combat, and a one-engine design for everything else.
Crawling away from battle at half speed is not great, but it's an awful lot better than being utterly dead in the water after a single lucky missile hit.
Crawling away from battle at half speed is not great, but it's an awful lot better than being utterly dead in the water after a single lucky missile hit.