PLX-NEST

[AnonyAnomaly]

About the PR

Capital-class personnel carrier of the PLXCOR fleet, the PLX-NEST. Features an AI core, a brig/surgery area, a salvaging bay, a manufacturing area, a dedicate heavy mech fabrication and storage bay, front personnel carrier, laser weaponry, and a dedicated Charon mass driver in the front for breaching targets. Stronger armor in the front, mediocre flanks, and much weaker armor in the rear. Requires 2 people to man.

Why / Balance

Part of the ship lineup for the group PLXCOR. It is designed to act as a mobile hub for their operations.

Media

Requirements

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How to test

Load up the game. Go to regular shipyard. Search for 'PLX NEST'

Breaking changes

I don't believe there are any.

Changelog

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• add: PLX-NEST to the basic shipyard.

[MantasDab360]

I get it's a large ship but.. 750k???

[NazrinNya]

ok so

YAML

• you shouldn't really make such expensive and powerful vessels buyable with normal means. should be voucher-only

Mapping

shuttle tiles (do not use those i beg), bad space management.

kill that m220 i beg bro

Thruster ratio makes me want to kill myself (front:back = 20:4)

make it sane, more closed actually. Maybe remove 1 prometheus too because its already too much.

david star could form from it

who is he

need surgery tools

ugly ahh decals

also not big enough for capital (might be tweakin, need to compare with flyysa)

[ondrej008]

the locker has ame fuel I think he got it from the buran or another ship

[AnonyAnomaly]

ok so

YAML

• you shouldn't really make such expensive and powerful vessels buyable with normal means. should be voucher-only

Mapping

shuttle tiles (do not use those i beg), bad space management.

kill that m220 i beg bro

Thruster ratio makes me want to kill myself (front:back = 20:4)

make it sane, more closed actually. Maybe remove 1 prometheus too because its already too much.

david star could form from it who is he need surgery tools ugly ahh decals also not big enough for capital (might be tweakin, need to compare with flyysa)

1. The Buran is purchasable and they are in a similar weight class. The nest might have more firepower, but it is WAY easier to destroy if you shoot it from the flanks or the rear, while also having more vulnerable thrusters to kill it's mobility, balancing it out.

2. Shuttle tiles are dope, and the areas shown in the screenshot are the robotics area and S4 mech bays respectively. There is a reason they have the space they have.

3. Whats wrong w/ an M220 slime. Its the centerpiece of it's armaments. 😭

4. The thruster ratio is intentional. It is a front-facing ship in combat, and if it wants to try and retreat it will need to turn around and expose it's weaker backside to the enemy. It's a capital, it should be a little unruly like that.

5. That is a deployment platform for infantry and gygaxes to jump from. It is intentionally open like that. It also has 2 Prometheus's because it intentionally has high forward firepower. It is meant for you to flank around it and get at it's flanks and rear.

6. Are we for fucking real?

7. That is the AME jar storage locker. Several other ships have their AMEs setup like that. Most prominent example would be the Buran, another capital class ship you can buy for money.

8. I'll add it. I didn't originally because I wanted you to have to source some of the equipment for it.

9. I can fix that ❤️

10. It is in a similar weightclass to the flyssa and buran. Just slightly smaller in terms of length, and matching them blow for blow in girth. 💔

[Redrover1760]

A ship really shouldn't cost 750k. Please use appraisegrid locally after buying the ship and add a appropiate markup.

Remove the EMP. It does not fit the ship.

Please read our ship guidelines here if not done so thoroughly already.

https://monolith-station.github.io/mono-docs/en/monolith/shipyard/ship_guidelines.html

I'm not sure if Prometheus are TSF only but I'm pretty sure they are.

Prefer using the wallmount ame fuel storage if possible.

Work on experimenting with tiles, the shuttle tiles just dont work very well with decals or fit the general Monolith aesthetic. Your ship has quite a lot of dead space just looking at it and could easily be improved by closing in the walls.

[OneZerooo0]

Closing for a number of reasons:

• It tries to be too many things at once (Charon sniper, anti shield/brawler, boarder) - as such it doesn’t actually accomplish what you say it does and it basically an even more powerful mercbrick
• Too powerful for a ship that mercs can just buy en masse (big capitals like this shouldn’t just cost credits)
• Decal work just feels… sloppy. Look at what other faction level ships do

[Redrover1760]

and ships in general, not just faction ships