I have a good idea for how ships for factions might be selected and produced, including yours. So, here it is.
Obviously, if every faction has the same ship types and looks, then the universe will lose its appeal. So, to prevent that, each faction will create its own custom ships. The idea is to have an AI in a faction shipyard that is presented with a list of radically different procedurally generated ships and styles. The AI will then make a choice as to which ship style it wants, and new forms will keep generating until it picks one. That will determine the style of the ships of that faction, and, therefore, every ship of that faction produced afterwards will have the same colors, logo, and so on. When the faction wants to issue a new type of ship, it will be presented with a new list of procedural forms, but will retain the color and logo and general trademark design (like a curvy design or a frigate-like style) so that, although many different types of ships for that faction will be created, you will still be able to look at any of them and tell exactly which faction they belong to.
This can also work with your shipyards. Upon entering the interface of one, (if you haven't already created your ship style) you will be presented with an infinite list of different styles, forms, colors, designs and so on. You can then select the one/ones you like the most, and all ships afterwards will be produced according to those characteristics. Whenever you want to issue a new type of ship, you enter again, click something like "create new model" and then scroll through the (infinite again) list of similar ships generated (according to the characteristics specified the first time), until you find one you like. You can also perhaps specify whether it is going to be a fighter type or something like a dreadnought (maybe sliders to adjust size, durability, and checkboxes for types like combat or industrial).
So, how does my idea sound? Impossible, unlikely, probable, post LT 1.0, or what Feel free to comment on it below (well duh)
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Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:20 am
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Faction Shipyards (including your faction)
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