Scoob wrote: ↑Fri, 31. May 19, 16:32Yes, I was actually thinking that this would fit the Xenon well, as would (potentially) allowing their ships to be refineries or even able to build fighters for example. The Xenon lack the infrastructure of the Races, so this makes a degree of sense.spankahontis wrote: ↑Fri, 31. May 19, 14:46I've always wanted to see the Xenon have their own 'Mobile Factories' that mine for basic resources and convert what they mine into Small & Medium Xenon Ships. They'd be like the CPU ships of Xenon Lore.
Of course you could have an Argon/Paranid/Teladi/Split/Boron alternative like the above to have smaller ships provide ore/silicon/gas etc. for it and medium transporters to deliver what it produces to stations (Obviously doesn't compare in storage size and production rate) to a Station, but it would be cool if you were starting off as a production mogul to own one of these.
It's that early-game aspect that appeals to me. There's the element of mobile base, which is cool, plus the fact that it's gathering the most basic of materials that the universe needs.
Scoob.
Even the Kha'ak would greatly benefit from having an XL ship that uses it's Forager Class Ships to gather resources for the Hive production needs. It needs to be able to build it's Kha'ak Installations rather than them spawning in-game (Or rather not being a genuine threat).
Xenon would still need shipyards to build their larger ships, but mobile factories makes it harder to pin down the Xenon, when you think you've wiped them out? They start to manifest somewhere else?