What is the best way to make gunboats for SEIV

[thorfrog]

I want to add gunboats to the game but I'm not sure the best way to do it would be. They will be a seperate tech requiring medium fighter tech. I don't want them to be a seperate class of ship but rather an off shoot of fighters. They will be launched by gunboot bays. This is what I have in mind. Any suggestions? I was inspired by the Starfire series.

Name := Small Gunboat
Short Name := Small Gunboat
Description :=
Code := GB
Primary Bitmap Name := GunboatSmall
Alternate Bitmap Name := GunboatSmall
Vehicle Type := Gunboat
Tonnage := 50
Cost Minerals := 500
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 0
Engines Per Move := 1
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Gunboat
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 2
Ability 1 Type := Combat To Hit Offense Plus
Ability 1 Descr := Maneuverability increases chance to hit enemy targets in combat by 40%.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 40
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Type := Combat To Hit Defense Plus
Ability 2 Descr := Small size makes ship 40% harder to hit in combat.
Ability 2 Val 1 := 40
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0
Requirement Must Have Bridge := True
Requirement Can Have Aux Con := False
Requirement Min Life Support := 1
Requirement Min Crew Quarters := 1
Requirement Uses Engines := True
Requirement Max Engines := 9
Requirement Pct Fighter Bays := 0
Requirement Pct Colony Mods := 0
Requirement Pct Cargo := 0

[Fyron]

They will be launchable by any normal fighter bay.

[Colonel]

Although what Fyron said is true, you might want to add an extra component that takes more space up then Fighter Bays and call it something Launch Bay. Also if you are planning on makeing that I would also suggest you make some larger components for the Gun boat itself, as it would be strange to see a gun boat with a fighter cockpit and life support for a ship that is suppose to be a larger warship

[spoon]

Could you just modify Drones, and use them as your gunboats?

[Kana]

spoon said:
Could you just modify Drones, and use them as your gunboats?

Would work, but they would be unstackable, and can't be fleeted...

Kana