Hey Airships community,

how would you like to participate in the next half of this update?

When hobbling together boring refits for the ai to use, it's a bit of a dreary task, and not really much in the way of content, instead I've put together this little 'contest' to see if the people at large can come up with better designs than I do.

This will work sort of like the 'Grammies' whereas one would nominate their own workshop creations and put into categories. How to do that is simple;

• Submit your Ship to the Steam Workshop.
  
  
• Link your creation in this discussion thread, stating if you intended to submit it under a category and any subcategory.
  
  
• 'nominations' can be done via liking another submitters creation and commenting what category you nominate it for. (not a required step, but I highly recommend it as it helps me inspect the item for categorizing.)

Here are the base categories:

If all these qualifiers check out, it may get added to the base mod, with your username in both the ships name and in the update card for Part 2!

• The vessel cannot use content from another modded source, it has to be as standalone as this mod. (even from passive mods like tech-breaker)
  
  
• The vessel must in some way utilise content from Professor Aluminum; decorations, non-tech modules, anything.
  
  
• It has to be statistically 'reasonable' enough for the AI to consider purchasing it; sticking to only one tech, keeping the budget under $5000, etc.

If all these qualifiers check out, it gets added to a special collection that is linked directly from the mod page, for all to see.

• The vessel cannot use mods that blantantly states its for cheating purposes, such as god modules.
  
  
• The vessel must in some way utilise content from Professor Aluminum; decorations, non-tech modules, anything.

Here comes the fun part, if any vessel of either base category gets enough nominations, it wins the subcategory.

Most Aestheticly Pleasing
Winner gets to suggest one cosmetic armor/module/decoration to be added to Planned Features.

Most Practical
Winner gets to suggest a module or armor with unique stats to be added to Planned Features.

Most Reasonably Priced
Winner gets to slightly alter the base cost of a preexisting item (within reason).

Most Academically Inclined
Winner gets to suggest one armor/module that requires Mad Science to be added to Planned Features.

Most Likey to Revolt on its Creator
Winner gets to suggest one armor/module that requires Advanced Robotics to be added to Planned Features.

Most Likey to Stir Up the Village Mob
Winner gets to suggest one armor/module that requires Advanced Monsters to be added to Planned Features.

Most Likely to Explode or Vanish Completely
Winner gets to suggest one armor/module that requires Advanced Energistics to be added to Planned Features.

Most likely to be driven by the Stig
Winner gets to revel in the fact he won a category based on an obscure reference.
(If the winners category allows the vessel to be added to the mod, it guarantees the addition, reference intact.)


And thats everything, thanks for giving this a read, and good luck to those who submit.