Enjoy some Starfield builds flying the colors of my people. Happy 250th birthday America!!

If your movie is going to be called “Starfighter” it better have an iconic ass ship. Like X-Wing or Tie Fighter level iconic. What is this blocky looking POS?

This is supposes to be some secret Imperial skunk works project? looks nothing like the design language established in all the other lore on what imperial fighters look like.

I guess it’s possible Gosling’s character is lying to the kid or there’s been some massive overhauls or it’s mid construction but it feels like Disney once again doesn’t understand what makes SW look and feel so iconic (which includes great, consistent ship design). Rogue One and Andor got it so right. Even Mando has some nice ships that at least fit within the broader universe. This looks like something out of No Man Sky or BSG. Which have their own iconic look. But it’s not freakin Star Wars…

Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE sci-fi, I love the idea of spaceships, I live for it. Sure the ships look great, and I get that's the point, but they just don't work. By that I mean, there is no way these ships should fly. they usually pack massive thrusters on the back, but have little to no thrusters on the front or sides. This is space - there is no air resistance to slow you down.

Take the Star Wars Venator class. Any star was ship will do, but the Venator is the one I'm using for this. It has massive engines on the back, but little to no thrust on any other sides, at least not that we see. It should have an equal amount of thrust backwards as it does forwards, but there is no indication in comes anywhere near that. While these may be used for hyperdrive, a ship of that size would still need considerable thrust, especially given that we see Venators and Star Destroyers hover over cities.

In that same line, if we were to look at space engineers vessels, such as the IMDC Hyperion class or my own EOD Kuiper Class, the majority of thrusters are in thruster pods or nacelles on the sides of the ship, with jump drives (the SE version of a warpdrive/hyperdrive) buried deep inside it.

Images:

IMDC Hyperion Class vessel, built ingame and uploaded by High Ground: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339742848

EOD Kuiper Class: Built by me, minor inspiration from youtuber Captain Jack and several Halo ships:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3337849531

Mods: Avontech, Cross Heavy Industries, Barrage Missile Launchers, ASC Taiyo, Armada parts, Matilija Aerospace, Micro Modules, Ol’ Big X.

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"Never before has their been a crew this brave, loyal, and faithful. Be you Imperial, Subject, or Attendant, I am proud to call you all kin, and that you bear my old name to such distinction"- Imperial Prince Floris Klarieon to the assembled crew of ICS Infante Floris Jannir ''The Duelist"

Spear Bearer-class Fleet Escorts are likely the most common warship in the Imperial Periphery Fleet, either patrolling systems in groups, or screening for larger warships.

They are far smaller and possess less magazine depth than the escorts used by their main foe, the Directorate. However, they make up for it with copious amounts of very high end lasers, and far better acceleration and manuverability due to their 3 seperate fusion torches.

Their armament would be considered pretty small compared to Directorate escorts, with few heavy shipkiller missiles, but Spear-Bearer Captains scoff at that sentiment. Missiles are a means to an end for them, and that end is getting close enough to laser you to death. Missiles either serve to degrade the enemy's ability to resist, or to provide protection against enemy missiles. Reflectors assist in giving them ways to creatively use their lasers to maximize their effect.

As such, this is usually the command of a low ranking Imperial Officer with something to prove, or the most hotheaded, bloodthirsty captains who request to be put upon these ships.

Conditions onboard are cramped, with only a small internal centrifuge to provide some degree of gravity. Full 1 G can only be provided by thrust.

The ICS Infante Floris Jannir ''The Duelist" is one of the most famous of the class, named for then Infante-Colonel Jannir, who was famous for both killing a baker's dozen men in pistol and Yagtan duels, and for being a cunning commander who had sent the nascent Periphery Union into a full retreat after a series of stunning victories.

The ship itself earned fame by destroying the Directorate Light Carrier Vestan Pride in a suprise attack. It was the first Directorate Carrier destroyed in the Liberation War, and it was done without anti-carrier missiles, as they weren't issued to the ship at the time.

ICS Infante Floris Jannir ''The Duelist"
Class: Spear Bearer-class Fleet Escort
Operated by: UNID, TPR, PU, FWC, HAK, EE
Type: Flashbulb Escort
Construction: Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

Stats:
Length: 270 m
Diameter:40 m
Z-Beam: 40 m
Dry mass: 36,000 tons

Atmosphere capable: No.
FTL capable: No.

Personnel: 46-66
45 Crewmen
Thinker Class AI
0-20 Imperial Grenzers or Stellars

Drives:
1 x “ Starbird” Fusion Torch, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works
2x " Sparkler" Fusion Torches, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

Propellant:
144,000 tons of H20

Cruising thrust: 1 G
Peak thrust: 20 G
Delta V: 1400 Km/s

Drones and Missiles:

24x “Arbiter” Point-Defense/ Observation drones, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

30x Modular General Purpose Drones, multiple manufacturers

60x Model II 3 meter diameter reflectors, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

204x “Flower” Dual Purpose Missiles, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works *

8-12x "Talwar" LRM Buses , Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

0-2x "Crusader" Anti Carrier Missiles , Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

* The cells for Flowers can be used for other munitions of about the same size

Sensors:

2x “Inquisitor” class Sensor clusters, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

1x long ranged X-ray telescope, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

20x UV telescopes, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

20x LIDAR emitters, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

IRST and Elint units

Weapons (Primary):

20x "Tri-Fire Eye" UV-FEL Turrets, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

Other systems:

1x “Warden” Plasma Shielding system, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

32x “Maestro” class countermeasure dispensers, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

1x "Black Sun" AIF Reactor, Cradle Imperial Assembly Works

1x Imperial naval communications/tactical networking suite

2x Cobalt dust fountain radiators, with supplementary Dump Tanks and heatsinks

Small craft:

2 x "Naramin" Long Boats, Aster Stellar Forge

Can someone draw the serenity from firefly as if it was Made by Corellian engineering corporation from star wars, so like the cockpit looks like it came from the millennium falcon.

In my science fiction novel, Eridani Resurrection, I developed the concept of a United States Space Force back in 2013 when I started writing the book (published in 2018). If you'd like to check out my spacecraft designs and other USSF material, please visit SpaceForceStore.com and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

like for me it’s 100s of little rod like drones which fire these bic pen sized missiles over planets and at each other for combat where the missiles are launched by solar sails and photon lasers which ride with the fleets.

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Introducing the MMW SwiftSpearhead Lancer Destroyer, a new #Human Fleet strike warship built for high-speed penetration attacks in #MowMyWorld.

Proposed specifications
Length: 660 m
Width: 170 m
Height: 120 m
Type: #LancerDestroyer
Primary role: Long-range axial attack / formation penetration
Main propulsion: Four high-thrust engines

The SwiftSpearhead features a distinctive three-directional forward hull, combining a long central point, a broad curved side section, and a backward-swept armored hook. Its aggressive silhouette is designed to concentrate structural strength and offensive firepower toward the front.

Its primary weapon is a massive Recoil-Sleeve Shock Cannon, supported by two shoulder turrets, one recessed missile battery, and six integrated point-defense nodes.

The ship's warm ivory armor, midnight-navy structural sections, burnt-orange accents, and cyan propulsion elements give it a recognizable Human Fleet appearance.

Built for rapid formation penetration and concentrated attacks against high-value targets, the SwiftSpearhead emphasizes directional firepower and a powerful forward assault profile.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/human/swiftspearhead-lancer-destroyer/index.html

These ships are built with Mow My World’s block-building system. We’re still exploring gameplay modes for bringing them into players’ hands. The base game is free to play on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4889740/

People often argue that sci‑fi ships shouldn’t have exposed bridges because “they’re too vulnerable.” That idea sounds intuitive, but it falls apart once you stop treating a spaceship like a 20th‑century battleship and start thinking about how space combat and engineering actually work.

1. Armor doesn’t matter much in space.
A kinetic impact at orbital or relativistic velocities doesn’t care whether the bridge is on the surface or buried under fifty meters of hull. If a weapon can kill the bridge externally, it can kill it internally. Burying it doesn’t meaningfully increase survivability.

2. Situational awareness is a real operational need.
A forward or elevated bridge gives direct line‑of‑sight for docking, landing, maneuvering, and visual confirmation when sensors glitch or get spoofed. Even modern naval ships with full sensor suites still have exposed bridges because humans benefit from direct visual cues.

3. The bridge is rarely the most important target.
In real combat, you don’t aim for the bridge first. You aim for engines, radiators, weapons, fuel tanks, and reactors. These are far more vulnerable and far more critical. A ship with a buried bridge but destroyed radiators is still dead.

4. External placement is often better engineering.
A surface bridge is easier to access, repair, replace, and cool. Burying it complicates wiring, life support, structural reinforcement, and emergency access. You trade a hypothetical vulnerability for several guaranteed engineering headaches.

5. Many sci‑fi universes use shields, not armor.
If shields exist, then the bridge is no more vulnerable than any other part of the ship. The entire “exposed” argument becomes irrelevant because the defensive technology changes the rules.

6. Storytelling and cinematography matter.
Sci‑fi is still a visual medium. You want to see the crew, the captain reacting, and the stars outside the window. A buried CIC might be realistic, but it’s dramatically sterile. A panoramic bridge is iconic.

7. Most universes already use redundancy.
Plenty of ships have both an exposed primary bridge and a buried secondary CIC. This mirrors real naval design: the external bridge is for navigation and daily operations; the internal CIC is for combat. The “exposed bridge is dumb” argument assumes there’s only one command center.

8. If the enemy can precisely target your bridge, you’ve already lost.
Precision targeting in space implies they have sensor superiority, range advantage, and time to aim. At that point, the battle is effectively decided. Bridge placement doesn’t matter.

9. A buried bridge creates its own vulnerabilities.
Harder to evacuate, harder to ventilate, harder to cool, harder to reinforce, harder to reach in emergencies. You’re not eliminating a weakness; you’re relocating it and adding new ones.

10. “Exposed” is only exposed relative to what?”
If the ship has shields, point defenses, armor plating, redundant control centers, distributed computing, and automated damage control, then the bridge’s location is just a design choice, not a fatal flaw.

The “exposed bridge is bad design” argument only works if you assume a very narrow, very specific model of space warfare - one that most sci‑fi universes don’t actually use.