I forgot to mention the cost in the video, but if I recall correctly, the ship as it is portrayed here cost about 300k credits all in to build out of basically nothing. The weapons could be upgraded, but they work fine for now. Use whatever weapons you want. Thanks!

@iondragonx

9 ай бұрын

You could add another 2 weapons just to fill the Crew Limit to 6. The way you have it now, you are limited to 5 crew.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

@@iondragonx I've updated it some - tripled the fuel by adding a tank on the side, and improved the weapons.

@Kuakuatsheu

9 ай бұрын

It’s solid - I like the compact build combined with the high storage and streamlining - I “rug-glitched” some of my weapons into structure, so my variation uses the stroud cosmetics for a similar look, but I might have to rock this on another build.

@psyph3rscollection288

9 ай бұрын

Useful tip, if you don't know already... Get the max amount of weapons per type (Some weapons even allow you to get 2 different sets with different models). Your weapon power doesn't represent strength of said weapon - it's mainly how fast they reload. So, go ahead and get 4x weapons instead of 2x, etc.. Like the ship! Always loved that little guy in the Taiyo showroom😁 Atm, I have a large mainly Taiyo ship that I love! Cheers!😁

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

@@psyph3rscollection288 Thanks man, good tip!

RIP the ship services tech who was undoubtedly roasted to ash when those launch thrusters went off 😂

Notes for weapons. PB weapons have no equal. They do the same amount of damage to both shields & hull. This saves you some power requirements as you only need to power up 1 weapon. Also, I see people not putting max power into their weapons a lot. Power determines reload speed, not power, so for the best results it's in your best interest to always have enough power to max your engine, shield & 1 weapon at the same time.

Add a bottom porthole on the space you don't want the ladder to be. It will force the game to put ladder on the other space

@travissauvan7843

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@travisgames6608

5 ай бұрын

Weird cause it'll always put the ladder closest to the bridge/cockpit.

It's a beautiful design I love it. There's just two things I'd change for practicality: get a workshop instead of the computer core, and swap the landing bay with the reactor so it's at the front - I'd hate schlepping all the way around the ship every time

Clean and slick. I love smaller ship designs. Perfect for solo playthrough with introverted trait. Also appreciate the takeoff and flight demonstration.

I never post comments, but I just had to comment on this fantastic build! I will definitely be building this in my own play through. Also, some times simple is better. Far too often do I see ships that are plastered with excessive parts. They turn out to be big eye sores in my opinion. This fits the lore of the game perfectly. Great work! Keep them coming!

I like the tour at the beginning of the video. It provides context for putting the parts in place.

I made the little ship you described in the showroom. It was really fun to fly and difficult to hit in combat. Really like your design 🙌🏼

This is a great concept, beautiful ,slick and capable. I had mine build with one hab size longer, 5000+ cargo, top end Class B weaponry and shield, 400+ fuel and still maintain 87 mobility. Thank you!

I built my own version of this ship, i just swapped out the Computer Core for a Workshop. I managed to get the one ladder going from the Slim Docker through both habs up to the bridge of the ship. She is very manoeuvrable, i got swarmed by four Ecliptic Claymores, and managed to outrun, outmanoeuvre them and destroy all four without getting destroyed. Loved the design so much I had to build her, she is going to be my new main ship.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I only stumbled on your videos today, having a look through your builds at the moment. I now have a class B variant of this design, uses a front bay and slim docker so I only have 1 ladder linking the upper and lower habs with a Stroud cockpit on the front. Nova all in one A and workshops give crafting benches, a research bench, galley and bed with 4 passenger capacity for good measure. I did up arm mine slightly (5 particle beam turrets, 4 Vanguard Obliterators) but still retained 2180 cargo and 1035 shield with a mobility of 96. I did try the Deimos Ares bridge but it didn't look right so only 4 crew. Ta very muchly for the inspiration though!

Love it finally someone makes a easy to make and good looking compact ship.

When building small ships that look good (especially the R-Type design of the beginner ship which is still perfect) one runs out of storage space fast on lower levels. Carrying one or two tons of goodies like rare weapons minerals outfits etc is the biggest problem in smaller ships because all the cargo pods only carry 100 or 200 weight, so an excessive amount of these is necessary outside on the hull which makes compact ships literally impossible until now. Your ship here looks absolute beautiful on the outside and on the inside too with the perfect Stroud-Eklund interior. Thank you very much for the detailed blueprints of this masterpiece - and I hope I won´t get limited by my "special cargo and rare item hoarding needs" later on when building it ;D

Nice design. I always loved that ship in the showroom and you made a better version

I tried to build something similar based on the same Taiyo model but couldn't settle on a design I liked. Well done sir!

Thanks for the build idea. Built something similar based off your video, with the loading dock in front instead. Replaced reactor and shields with class c parts. The 2 habs was a refreshing change as compared to having to memorize your ship layout. Especially when you're done with the main stories and just going around raiding ships.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

I've been building ships lately with less habs. I think it feels homier, and like each ship has more its own personality.

Just a heads-up, you don't have to use B class engines on a B class ship. You can use A class engines for better mobility and speed (especially with the White Dwarf 3015 engines, since you have Starship Design Level 4). That said, I love the design! I would personally change a couple things on it (switch the location of the reactor and the loading bay, because I like having the entrance in the front of my ships, as well as change the ballistic weapons out for particle beams) but otherwise this is pretty slick.

thats a compact little beast right there, i want me one of those 😊 nice work sir

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

That poor worker on the ground got totally fried on takeoff! lol

I similarly made a class C variation of the Mako as my primary ship and absolutely love it. Nice build, my guy.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great video and great breakdown..Ty

If you want a little criticism, you should generally max out your weapons as much as the power bar will let you... But only actually power them up about a third, IF that. Furthermore, if you want extra crew space, the computer core is strictly worse than the control station habs. Finally the ballast isn't terribly necessary with those *huge* cargo bays. You have vision here for sure, but as a fellow shipwright who's spent... Way, way too much time in the shipbuilder (240 hours of play, current main ship is a C class that has a cost of about 600k), I just want to ensure you get good advice. I'll happily give more..!

That is a nice little ship. I'm going to try it out once I get the hang of stealing ships. 😊

I do wish that a “home ship” would keep everything in it when doing ship seizures. Fight in space, seize your prize and not have to worry about losing what’s on your home ship.

@_Gnome.

9 ай бұрын

What is lost from your home ship when you seize a new one? I just started playing, haven't stolen a ship before

@Alex-dh2cx

9 ай бұрын

​@@_Gnome.I don't think anything. I feel like all the bits and bobs stay in storage. It only happens if you make a change or even upgrade components where everything drops into ship cargo

@reaty05

9 ай бұрын

Nothing lost if you have misc items for decoration they have to be replaced or steal ships enough you end up with hundreds or thousands of folders pens markers and cups i sold 600 coffee cups at once

@reaty05

9 ай бұрын

Only thing lost is loose contraband items on ground a great way to clean a ship before being scanned if you avoid fines thats after checking captains locker and cargo hold if theres any and all stolen items in ship become yours if theres 10k credits in there to steal make home ship its not a stolen item

@Alex-dh2cx

9 ай бұрын

@@reaty05 that shit drives me crazy. And over time i feel like my custom ships get cluttered with stuff that respawns. If you don't stay on top of it it can get a little hairy even just dumping all that stuff.

Beautiful ship, i love it! 🕶

It's like a giant submersible. I love it

@ronclark9724

2 ай бұрын

All of the Taiyo ships can float, as Taiyo shipyard is on Neon. The entire planet is a ocean....

@rashfaceproduction2563

2 ай бұрын

@@ronclark9724 I did not know that 😆

Dark. Love you. Glad you're still around. Been subbed with you since Ghost Recon Wildlands. So, about Starfield. I've noticed that zero other KZreadrs have had a true combat focused ship. Some say they do, but you can't put a couple guns on a freighter and call it a fighter, nor can you put rocket pods on an explorer and call it a gunship. What would you do, Dark? What would you make light fighters, heavy fighters, gunships, destroyers, frigates, cruisers, and battleships look like?

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

Bc a full combat ship is pretty standard and kind of boring. Slap a full rack of PB on it and a chonky shield. If you have the reactor power slap a second rack or PBs on. Congrats, you have a combat-focused ship.

id like to add that in ur two open equipment slots on top of the cockpit u would have room for the comspike, and the em module, would give increased shield regen, plus the lock on time bonus for ur suppressor to do its thing.

If you clipped a few parts into each other you could probably make it more compact. As long as there is an open snap point when you dupe a ship part it'll auto connect to a near by point. Well if you don't move that part it doesn't update as clipping allowing you to place it and build off it. Only down side is clipping a part into a cockpit or hab will appear in the ship. but this works to overlap parts like storage and say a grave drive, or landing gear and engine.

I like how the guy would get annihilated by the liftoff at 3:38 🤣

Looks really cool, but to qualify as a home ship for me it needs a Deimos Workshop. I hate switching ships or actaully having to run to a workbench.

Thank you, I’ve been looking for a bay with a back entrance.

If you saw that ship from a distance, it would completely fit the "tic tac" description from today's UFOs.

If You care about a neat look, wich I guess You do, take a look at the "Vanguard Bulwark Shield Generator" (when started that questline), 20 less weight, only 50 less shield and 1% less regen rate. And it's small, placed on top and beautiful black (can not be repainted)!

do you think itd be worth swapping the gear on the op of the ship & puting it on the top of the cockpit?

R.I.P to the guy on the landing pad 🤣take off thrusters just melting him lol

If you use the flip glitch, you can make an even smaller or cleaner ship. You can even hide all the hard points. (I don't do youtube, so I can't show it off, hopefully someone could do a video with this technique) I also made the same ship with all the top parts, huge cockpit, and weapons hidden. Looks like a slick UFO

I think this would be even better if you swapped the grav drive and middle engine, then also swapped the reactor and the landing bay. Then you can take the wonky storage from the top and cover the reactor in the back. This way your reactor and grav drive are shielded from fire, you can enter the ship from the front and the storage on the back doesnt look so out of place

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

I actually put the storage there as a design choice. It compliments the line of the cockpit when viewed from the side. Like a spoiler or something. I think it needed that for the silhouette.

I really like this game, and am still playing non-stop. I hope Bethesda reads this (I know, super unlikely). The problem for me is not the load screens, per se. They make sense to make a game this big starting 8 years ago. They aren’t even in my top 10 frustrations! What bugs me most is how it “forces” fast travel on you. For instance, I get a great cut scene while taking off in my ship, but I usually can’t watch my ship land - which sucks the RP right out of it; I even have to wear a helmet just in case it spits me out of my ship entirely. If I wanted to look out the windows first, eat or nap, change my clothes or suit based on the biome, then I have to get back into my ship and then go out again. Also I’m outside getting ailments the NPCs are immune to, etc. etc. Like it’s great to provide fast travel options for if you’re in a hurry or want that, but let me RP a little. Let me enjoy the view, the walk, the process… fast travel ruins RP, particularly when it’s missing a major link, like landing in a city or planet. I like spaceships, don’t remove the experience of landing in places! I dislike when my crew keeps talking over the mission seeds and security scan people, too. Most of the spamming activities in cities took me a while to even figure out what triggered them because my companions talk over them, and they talk over each other, too. Like why did I get a Ryujin quest? Vasco was talking and I was busy trying to listen to another NPC conversation over his excessively loud voice repeating that I was overencumbered, again. It was only because I looked around and saw the kiosk that I surmised what has happened. Why did UCSEC want to hire me? Etc, etc. Most I’ve figured out eventually, but again, felt annoyed at missing context and content. I restarted as an introvert loner because this is so annoying! These things are cool, don’t waste that content! The inventory limits on storage stuff discourages RP, it’s like the game is showing me cool miscellaneous items, but punishing me for trying to collect or keep any of it. Let me enjoy the cool things! I like that I can still move relatively fast while overencumbered compared to Skyrim/ Fallout. The city layouts are dumb, I get adding complex roads to make cities seem bigger/ more complex, but the lack of adequate signs is really immersion breaking. Why am I seeing adds for Enhance that don’t mention what district it’s in? Why am I seeing adds for some random engine company, but not for Outland? I like the NAT directories, do more of that!

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

I'll have to agree with you on those gripes. While I don't mind the 2 second load screens while loading a new area, I do wish it would show a landing cutscene and not force me to "fast travel" directly to the surface. There's a lot I'd like to see fixed, but I look at it this way - I played Fallout 4 for years. Heck, I started this KZread channel for Fallout 4. I can scarcely remember that game before mods - just vanilla. Right now is vanilla Starfield. There will be updates, dlc, and mods. There's things I'd like to see fixed - but until then I'll just enjoy the game as it is, you know.

@Kuakuatsheu

9 ай бұрын

@@Darkdallyso true, I’m playing the heck out of it rn, even neglecting my Ghost Nomad a lot these days. It’s pretty solid vanilla.

To be fair, most ships with Taiyo components look good.

I think they may sell shielded gama cargo, the big curved one you've got on the side. If you wanna clean up that rear end.

This video and amazing build inspired me to make a small fighter and got to make one even smaller (and sexier sorry) than this one able to take almost any ship down in less than 10s

@Darkdally

6 ай бұрын

lol nice!

The smallest ship I've managed to make is 3×3×3 modules I'm counting shields, fuel tanks, engines ect. It works pretty good to. I'm lvl 30 and can fight lvl 65s on normal. Cargo is an issue though.

Nice

My lastest build is a 4 hab 40m long ship with all the width being in wings looks like a older fighter jet with nova weapon mounts under nose and 2 under each wing

It's awesome

nice thug boat

Totally the same as me. First i saw the Deimos ship models and wanted to copy one of those. But then i saw that little ship in taiyo showroom and thought it must be able to be a real build, so went to work on it. I did recreate that little ship but it lacks in most areas due to the small size. I think your looser copy here makes it actually worth building, epic little home ship. Subbed!.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, man! Yeah by just going one space longer there's more than enough room. I marveled over that ship in the showroom, crawling under it and stuff to see what pieces they used - and then I found one landed on a planet and stole it haha. Built it into this 😁

@user-ij9cv4wx7e

9 ай бұрын

Size is not an excuse for the ship to be lackluster in most areas. Lack of creativity is. My ship has the same size than this one in width and heigth, and just 2 more meters length because of viking cockpit being so long. But it has 4 rooms, 8 crew, all stations, C-class reactor -what leads to better weapons and shield-, 150 speed, 100 mobility, 3k cargo (most of which is hidden)... It's a whole warship but on the size, speed and mobility of a compact fighter. So size is not the problem

I would’ve gone with a hopetech cockpit

There's a Class B generator with 39 output: 104DS Mag Inertial Reactor. Unlocks at Level 60

You do the same design thing I do with one ladder connecting everything top to bottom. My main ship is the Star Eagle which is like the top of the line A class which I have been using since low level. BUT soon I am going to need to invest in a C class as I near level 50 I am starting to outgrow the Star Eagle. Question: Does having a small ship make you harder to hit? The Star Eagle is fairly wide and I was wondering if that's why I frequently need to do some repairs in combat.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

The bigger your ship, the less often enemies will miss, yes.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

Although something like the star eagle can benefit from having open volume in its crossection which shots may pass through.

The main problem I have with most of these builds is that the role playing element won't allow me to make a ship with the reactor just sitting out in the open completely unshielded. With the space jousting in this game it's basically the worst place you can put it

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

I mean, your engine, cockpit, and weapon systems are also sitting out there in the open by necessity. I assume the reactor shell is heavily armored (reflecting its high HP).

How are you getting 2400 shield stat when you only have a 1500 shield equipped?

The most compact sexy ship wouldnt have that many ladders

Another great ship Dark. If it's your home ship I'd suggest the workshop hab for the stations to craft and modify weapons before you sell them for better credits. But awesome work.

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

Well, the thing with that is that I've started parking my resources at my outpost, as I just have too much to carry, so now I can't really craft from my ship anymore. On the other hand, I don't have to build in as much storage anymore. Still, not a bad idea to modify them before you sell. Thanks man!

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

I stow my resources in the bottomless safe at the lodge and no longer craft on the ship for the same reason. Manufacturing from the outposts makes so much wealth that most of my activity is based on fun rather than profit.

Name the oceangate

Computer core is not useful in a small ship. Should put in the control station. Gets you 4 crew slots. I like the look of the control station better as well. Unless you are dead set on the aesthetics of the computer room, switch it out for a control station. Can add a 2x1 hab on top of where the landing gear is now. You do not need 4 gear for such a small ship. Could drop the cargo to the bottom layer in place of 1 gear on each side. So you have 4 of the 2x1 habs, and same cargo. Could use the Taio rounded habs on the outer tops to keep the look of the ship as well.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

Control station looks silly to me in a small ship. Like, who builds a ship that is almost all bridge? That module is for ships so big they need additional bridge slots beyond a regular bridge.

@Power5

9 ай бұрын

@@paull3278 for RP I understand what you are saying. For gameplay it makes most sense to get crew.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

@@Power5 I also get what you are saying if you're not worried about immersion - like running a workshop for crafting and control station for slots but not worrying about having any beds or living space. But do remember that you can't have more than 3 crew anyway (4 with Sarah) until you put points into a master-level social skill that has very lackluster lower-tier skills to choose from to get there. There are so many key skills to invest in before sinking all the points necessary for leadership. So for most or all of most people's games, crew slots don't even matter beyond bumping it 1 above the automatic 2 slots -which either computer core or engineering does nicely and immersively.

I haven't made a main outpost yet just a few to test them out... I've been storing resources at the lodge in the basement for now

AND IT HAS 3k CARGO FOR SUCH A SMALL FORM FACTOR. Most of the youtubers I’ve watched built these mid-max sized ships that look really amazing, but cant even surpass 2k lmao.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

Keeping cargo reasonable lets you keep mobility high and often move power from engines to weapons. Hoarded loot should be being dumped in an outpost or at the Lodge, anyway. Especially if you're not using the Main Quest-enabled super-engines, you have to tradeoff a lot of capability if you're set on being a mobile packrat.

I made one smaller than this with 6 crew lmao

Does anyone else have a bug where ships are crewless after boarding them? 🤔 It's been like that since the update for me 😭 Its sure easier to steal ships but not as exciting lol

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes you have to back in and reassign crew to the ship. Especially if you’re running a Constellation crew, they will just go back to the lodge.

only downside on that ship is the rear exit.

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

That’s easy enough to change, just flip your bay to the front.

stealed and modified ships are bugged - they revert back to default i recommed buy cheapest one and modify

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

Is this a new bug? I’ve got around 3k hours in game and never experienced it. (I’ve taken the last few days off to focus on the war though)

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

@@HalcyonDaze33 I experienced it once where a customized pirate cruiser reverted to its original name and made me pay again to reregister it. Hasn't cropped up again, though.

I wonder how it would look with hope tech habs and cockpit?

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

I chose the Stroud cockpit for the silhouette. This ship was all about contours. From the side, there's sharp, slightly down curving line from the back of the storage unit to the front of the bridge. It created such a sleek silhouette. That said, Hope habs are often a go-to for me, as I do love the cozy dark interiors and when exposed, the hab modules are more curvy and less ugly. I honestly forgot about the Hope Overseer Bridge though. I went right for this one and forgot about it.

@joshuaryan7130

9 ай бұрын

Now that I think about it, the ladder would probably be right in the middle of the bunk area of the all in one hab, so that might not work well

@Darkdally

9 ай бұрын

@@joshuaryan7130 Nah, the ladder is in the same place with this cockpit. I just like its shape better this ship. The Stroud bridge has lower, cleaner lines.. but I believe they're the same size.

@joshuaryan7130

9 ай бұрын

Okey dokey. I need to get the ship design skill unlocked so I can experiment, I've been busy with weapon engineering 😅

Not bad. Hate the cockpit. Original tayio is so much better.

I just found that out the other day... it ups the credit value when you sell

I don't see any reasons why you couldnt put the landing bay on the front?

Man, my ship has 700 more cargo, five more crew slots, much more firepower, and although longer is probably overall the same or smaller size in size.

So what are the benefits of being small in the Starfield ship world? Nothing.

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

The advantage of a small ship includes turning sharply, drifting around asteroids, and dogfighting.

@pragmaticeagle4832

9 ай бұрын

@@HalcyonDaze33 That's not an advantage actually bc with a strong enough set of engines you can get max mobility on any size ship. Also, the asteroids can easily be avoided or be destroyed for resources.

@HalcyonDaze33

9 ай бұрын

@@pragmaticeagle4832 you do you

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

@@pragmaticeagle4832 Mobility I believe multiplies with speed for your actual turning rate and Class B and C ships are hard-capped in their max speed with all but one engine that I am aware of.

@paull3278

9 ай бұрын

NPCs will land less hits on a smaller cross-section. With a large ship, if they aim at center and miss, they will still hit the ship typically.

I am like, level 10 just getting into the game. I've partly built an outpost and I've bumped into landed ships and have stolen them. I am yet to put the work and hours into the game but this ship looks sexy and slick. I can't wait to start building my own.