[Feature] Add new predefined ship designs and update descriptions of previous ones

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[Feature] Add new predefined ship designs and update descriptions of previous ones

#1 Post by Oberlus »

With recent changes in fuel mechanics, the descriptions of some of the predefined ship designs became misleading (e.g. Cruisers are described as capable of long range missions, which is false for 2 fuel ships).
There is also general inconsistency in how such descriptions are made. Mostly, some have relatively long explanations about the expected roles of the ship designs, using fancy language (e.g. "fleet action") that have little to do with actual use of such ships and not mentioning key characteristics of the designs (e.g. Destructors does not mention they have shields; Laser Destructor says "improved lasers" instead of "improved weaponry" or just "lasers"), while others are rather brief.

I suggest changing all the descriptions to a more concise and to-the-point wording that focus on the actual capabilities: type of weaponry (mass driver, laser, etc.), of armor and if they have shields. And drop wording inherited from sea naval warfare.

Lastly, the addition of the the Arc Disruptor weapon calls for introducing new ship designs.

All this could be some work. I'm not planning into doing it right now, so anyone interested please go ahead.

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