I love to be able to design ships from scratch. One of the reasons I so much loved Stars! - the same ship hull could be customized in so many ways. You could fill the Electronics slot with a Battle Computer, Jammer, Cloaking Device, or something else. You could have the ship be a fast interceptor armed with lasers for close combat, or a heavy attack vessel bristling with torpedoes. You could use the General Purpose slot for a Scanner, or leave it for more important things and have the ship rely on other vessels for scanner support.
And so on. There are lots of games in the world where you can customize ships, but few, if any, of the ones I've played give you as much freedom as Stars! did. The game also featured one Heck of a selection of different engines, armour platings, shield generators, jammers, cargo pods, mine dispensers, fuel pods, battle computers, thrusters, weapons, drills for mining, and lots of other gizzmoes, making ship design a major part of the game, just like in reality.
If this game offers something akin to that, I'll seriously consider buying it.
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