Empyrion - Galactic Survival

Empyrion - Galactic Survival

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[LF] Star Kestrel
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Blueprint: Capital Vessel
Custom: Airtight
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[LF] Star Kestrel

In 2 collections by LyfeForse
Phoenix Starworks Series
16 items
Lyfeforse Complete Collection
37 items
Description
Get moving fast and early on an affordable budget with the Star Kestrel CV shuttle! Spawning in at level 10 as a micro starter CV, the Star Kestrel best serves as a shuttle to quickly link up with friends, or as disposable life raft kept in factory. The Star Kestrel does feature a number of upgrade options, as a well as a respectable spawn in device suite to serve the player until moving on to a proper CV.


The Phoenix Starworks Star Kestrel

Star Kestrel spawns at Level 10 for Reforged Eden and Vanilla, at a cost of 668 Neo (RE) and 480 (Vanilla), with some defense, large constructor, and a number of other devices. Star Kestrel can house placement for warp drive, and a compact shield for RE players, which will see early start players off in a hurry!

Although not having a hangar, the top of the ship can be utilized for HV/SV parking. For HV's, you can run up the nose of the ship (see tutorial video)

Hello kindred Empyrion spirits!

Let me start with a request; please respect blueprint authors. Often it takes months to finesse a build, and to have it ripped and reuploaded without permission or even so much as credit, can be discouraging, often pushing such authors away from the community.

I personally don't mind critical feedback, and constructive criticism, as it will serve me to better my builds. However, If you enjoy my content, and there is much more to come, respect my (and others) authorship of these massive timesinks. Thank You.



To see this and other builds come to life, check me out at https://www.twitch.tv/lyfeforse

Watch the Star Kestrel tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxDaAT_VfrU


Armament

Star Kestrel spawns in with two minigun turrets, and two sentry turrets, and can add two mounted weapons / drills, as well as an additional sentry at the front bottom of the ship

Armor/Survivability

Features an encasement of steel, though pilots should choose flight over fight, especially against CVs, as some of the steel layers are thin. Reforged Eden players can fare better, if the compartment is utilized to place 2 cap/1 recharge shield extender configuration. This will supplement the Compact Shield up to 10k shields.

Thrusters

Forward and reverse thrusts can be upgraded to 2x1 or 3x1 thrusters. Lift thrust can be upgraded to 4x mediums. Dorsal (down) thrust has 2 small thrusters, but can be doubled to 4 with use of provisioned placement.

Features and Devices

Comes with Wifi, detector, fridge, large constructor, armor locker, oxygen dispenser, shower, bed for single player, food processor, Bio chamber, and a drone hatch set to main ship menu.

Storage

Star Kestrel has a modest storage capacity coming in at 16k ammo, and 72k container. The 72k cargo box can be swapped with a harvester to convert the ship to a supplemental CV miner.


COLOR SCHEMES


White with purple stripes (default)

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Lime

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Crimson/Charcoal

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Marigold

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42 Comments
UncreativelyNamed 11 Mar @ 5:06pm 
It's zippy with rear antimatter thrusters and plasma for all the others! :D I have a disability that makes it harder to manipulate a mouse, so I like ships that are highly responsive to small mouse movements but not so twitchy that it's hard to control. This one in the current state I have it in is perfect for me, very easy for me to move around, and I'm really curious to see how she'll do with high-g or what I'll have to do to allow her to handle it under a full load. She has more than enough thrust right now for hauling around lots of stuff plus a mining SV that's not too much smaller than she is on top, but we'll see when I get to that point.
LyfeForse  [author] 11 Mar @ 4:00pm 
Wow, I can imagine it upgraded with antimatter!

Whatever you do, don't do that and add RCS, unless you bring a vomit bag XD
UncreativelyNamed 10 Mar @ 2:51pm 
My favorite ship! I prefer small CVs that don't take forever to walk through, and I'm not a person who does heavy combat, so this ship suits me for an entire playthrough.

I play RE2, and this is always my starter CV. I upgrade it as recommended, but then upgrade all thrusters to plasma with antimatter in back, which makes it very maneuverable but not "twitchy." Once I get a carrier so that it no longer has to do warp jumps, I replace the warp drive with plasma turbines. It then runs without using fuel when the thrusters are off. At this point, I also remove the constructor and expand the main cargo capacity with extra extensions to about 200K and eventually more than that by using quantum extensions. In this form, it remains my planet-side loot-hauler and trading ship for the entire run.

I suspect that if all the thrusters are upgraded to antimatter, this can probably handle high-g, too, but I haven't tested that yet. I will soon!
darryl_705 5 Feb @ 3:50am 
this thing is awesome. perfect starter. thank you for all your awesome builds.
LyfeForse  [author] 31 Dec, 2024 @ 3:26pm 
Thank you wolf. Yes, there will be a RE2 version :steamthumbsup:
wolffstarr 30 Dec, 2024 @ 9:32am 
This is one of my favorite starter CVs, especially for Reforged Eden's Purgatory and Dread starts. (yes, I cheat by getting into orbit in order to actually make the thing for Purgatory.)

Is there any chance of an updated version for RE2? It works mostly across the board, but it doesn't need the basic extender anymore since it comes in at under 60k CPU, and it increases the cost. I've modded it for my private collection but I think it'd be a useful thing for everyone else.
Captain B-Rad 7 Nov, 2024 @ 10:52pm 
Nice Build, thank you.
LyfeForse  [author] 18 Jun, 2024 @ 10:08am 
Thank you BaddKarma o7
BaddKarma 21 May, 2024 @ 7:13pm 
OMG! Dude. Small CVs have always been my passion in this game. Building the smallest, coolest looking, most functional CV I can takes up most all of the time I spend in this game. This thing is BY FAR the coolest and best looking small CV I have ever seen. Major kudos.
AdrianVaughan 20 Jul, 2023 @ 1:36pm 
Got it :lunar2019grinningpig: