March 2025 Competition
| March 2025 | |
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| The Fantastic Four | |
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Competition video | |
| Entrants | "Unknown" |
Goal & Prize
Create the most effective combat fleet and see how it holds up against the competition! All submitted ships will compete in a bracket competition if we receive enough entries. Ships must come stocked with ammo, crew, and life supporting resources. See details below. The winner receives the Competition Winner flair and/or associated roles in the Discord server.
Submissions & Rules
All ships must be submitted by March 15th, 2025 at 9:00 PM EST. Totengeist and Johnny_Struggles will not submit any ships to participate in the tournament, as they'll be running the battles.
You may submit your ships to the Ship Showcase on Discord or send a Steam Workshop link or .ship file directly to Johnny_Struggles.
We will allow up to 2 submissions from each contestant, and each submission may be composed of 1 or more ships, so long as the combination of them meets the requirements below.
The tournament bracket is randomized (3 times using RANDOM.ORG), so we may end up having 2 submissions from the same person fighting each other.
Build Requirements:
You must use your own ship design(s).
- Build 1 capital ship with a price cap of 15m space bucks.
- Build 1 or more support ships with a combined price cap of 6m space bucks.
- The capital ship must have at least 2 docking ports.
- The support ship(s) must have at least 1 docking port.
- The capital ship requires at least 1 FTL drive.
- The support ships do not require an FTL drive.
- Ships must have at least 1 engine.
- Ships must not travel at speeds higher than 130.
Only for ships that have crew:
- Crew must have food and water.
- Ships crew capacity must be equal to or greater than the number of crew.
- Ships must have breathable atmosphere where spacesuits are not required by the crew.
- The atmosphere must be maintained with oxygen supplied from a bottle or from reprocessing.
- C02 must be captured and either bottled or reprocessed to oxygen.
- Sewage must be captured and either bottled or reprocessed to oxygen.
- Do not use weapons officers or consoles as the AI doesn't handle them properly in this setup.
Combat rules:
- Ships will start combat facing each other outside of Railgun Range.
- The games AI will control all the combat.
- The default orders will be on so hull repair will be enabled during combat. (Be aware, drones may be distracted by salvage during combat.)
- Ships will fight each other twice and the ship with two kills wins. If both ships get a kill then the ship that killed it's opponent the fastest wins the tie.
- Combat has a 5 minute time limit. If the limit is reached, the ship with the highest percentage of health left wins.
AI options:
To add even more excitement we can alter the basic strategy your ship uses by default for combat. They are defined below, so you now have the opportunity to choose one that you think best fits your ship. Now, two things to be aware of. It's possible the AI will change the strategy it's using based on the situation it's in so it may not stick to what you have picked.
Strategies to choose from:
| StrategyVeryCloseOrbit | Broadside orbits within Gatling gun range. |
| CloseRangeAggressive | Broadside orbits in cannon range just outside of gatling gun range. |
| MediumRangeOrbit | Broadside orbits at far end of cannon range. |
| LongRangeSniper | Broadside orbits at railgun range well outside of cannon range. |
| FastMovingJet | Forward facing strafing Runs, fly's straight at opponent then circles around to do it again. |
Entries
- Zenrath's Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly
- Imre's Nemesis, Gemini, Honey Badger
- Ranamar's Hex-A-Gone, Diamondoid MKII
- Imre's Fever Dream, Bucko, Honey Badger
- Zenrath's Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator
- omgbear's Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel
- DoctorX's Blue Ring MK2, Hooligan MK IV
- omgbear's Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel
- Stunty's Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser, Outlier-Class Heavy Bomber
- DoctorX's Blue Ring MK2, Hooligan MK IV
- Rochdale's Perfect 10, Paparazzi
- Stunty's Wyvern-Class Destroyer, Drake-Class Escort
- Rochdale's Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms
- omgbear's Big Bumble, Bumble
- Emap's El Ladrillo Volador, El Martillo
Battles
| Competitors | Round 1 Winner | Round 2 Winner | Fight Winner | ||
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| Level 1 | |||||
| Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly | BYE | Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly | |||
| Nemesis, Gemini, Honey Badger vs. Hex-A-Gone, Diamondoid MKII | Nemesis, Gemini, Honey Badger | Hex-A-Gone, Diamondoid MKII | Nemesis, Gemini, Honey Badger | ||
| Fever Dream, Bucko, Honey Badger vs. Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | ||
| Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel vs. Blue Ring MK2, Hooligan MK IV | Blue Ring MK2, Hooligan MK IV | Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel | Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel | ||
| Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser, Outlier-Class Heavy Bomber | BYE | Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser, Outlier-Class Heavy Bomber | |||
| Perfect 10, Paparazzi vs. Wyvern-Class Destroyer, Drake-Class Escort | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | ||
| Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms vs. Big Bumble, Bumble | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | ||
| El Ladrillo Volador, El Martillo | BYE | El Ladrillo Volador, El Martillo | |||
| Level 2 | |||||
| Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly vs. Nemesis, Gemini, Honey Badger | Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly | Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly | Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly | ||
| Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator vs. Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | ||
| Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser, Outlier-Class Heavy Bomber vs. Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | ||
| El Ladrillo Volador, El Martillo vs. Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | ||
| Semi-Finals | |||||
| Squeege Dragon Month, Squeege Dragonfly vs. Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | ||
| Perfect 10, Paparazzi vs. Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | Throbbing Justice, Veinguard Phantoms | Perfect 10, Paparazzi | ||
| Finals | |||||
| Perfect 10, Paparazzi vs. Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | ||
| Competition Winner | |||||
| Squeege Hive Queen, Squeege Contaminator | |||||
Choice Awards
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Coolest Ship | Imre's Gemini omgbear's Angel |
| Best Back Story | Stunty's Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser Rochdale's Perfect 10 |
| Best Fight | Jacob's Ladder, Archangel, Angel vs. Blue Ring MK2, Hooligan MK IV |
| Least Like a Penis | Stunty's Drake-Class Escort omgbear's Big Bumble |
| Endurance | Stunty's Obelisk-Class Battlecruiser |