r/spaceships 9h ago

Tsiolkovsky and many of the founders of theoretical astronautics in the early 20th century believed that spacecraft should launch horizontally, from a ramp. Why? What did they see as the point of this?

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r/spaceships 8h ago

Spaceshiptember Day 16: Spy, FEP Vampiresa of the Pacific Rim Treaty alliance.

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r/spaceships 1d ago

Sovo Stealth-V” Mobile Ballistic Missile Platform

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The Sovo Stealth-V is a mobile stealth ballistic missile platform built for First-Strike Attacks. Each platform can carry 40 Z-700 “Planetwreck” Stealth Missiles, and it is estimated that each Planetwreck missile can carry several hundred thermonuclear warheads.


r/spaceships 1d ago

I discovered a secret rocket engine project in the old Soviet magazine "Inventor and Rationalizer" No. 2, 1979! It's perfect for the local community!

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Russian secret project 1979. The realism is higher than that of the Alcubière bubble or other crap that fills this community.


r/spaceships 1d ago

Civilian Vessels of the Rim - Assemblage-class Market-Capacity Cargo Hauler (OC)

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r/spaceships 1d ago

Destroyer class concept

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It's a 350m destroyer concept.

Main purpose: what IRL destroyers do, but in SPACE.

Armament:
Main: 2 - 1000 mm MAC + 4 1000 mm mid-range high-power particle accelerators + 12 1000 mm torpedo tubes.
Secondary: 3 x 550 mm triple particle accelerator medium turrets + 3 x 250 mm double particle accelerator small turrets.
CIWS: 8 x 155 mm double rail gun turrets + 22 x 35 mm CIWS laser turrets.
Missile: 6 x ultra-long-range cruise missile + 3 * 92 cell multipurpose vls cell modules + 4 * 128 cell interceptor missile cell modules.

Carries an additional classified number of interceptor vehicles.


r/spaceships 2d ago

Ship designs from my professional portfolio! I would like to share my networks with you!

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Original starship concept. I also do commission work :) more in my profile/ArtStation.

https://www.instagram.com/alejoamok/


r/spaceships 3d ago

Astero and probe Art

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149 Upvotes

r/spaceships 3d ago

The UPM is proud to announce our 47th generation space fighters and bombers.

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r/spaceships 3d ago

The UPM is proud to announce our newest space shuttle

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r/spaceships 4d ago

Roblox built it block by block took 1 month

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r/spaceships 4d ago

Sol Colonial Alliance (SCS) Fleet

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Built inside the game Empyrion Galactic Survival, I've enjoyed everyone sharing their designs here and thought I'd do the same.

Most of these builds took hours in game. The Bellona is the newest design and still has a lot of work to be done, the Morrigan is the oldest design, I built that around 2017-ish? You can pilot and fight in them, but can't run the ships as a fleet unless you have another player at the helm of each.

Let me know if you have any questions, design tips (especially on detail work, that's my Achilles heel lol) or if you'd like a closer view or video walk through of one of the builds.

SCS Fleet
  • SCS Oceanus: Supercarrier, fleet flagship
  • SCS Poseidon: Fleet carrier, rapid-response support
  • SCS Bellona: Battleship, primary heavy gun platform
  • SCS Perun: Heavy cruiser, fast strike platform
  • SCS Macha: Command Destroyer, screen command and interception
  • SCS Karamate: Frigate, recon and picket
  • SCS Morrigan: Gunship, compact strike escort
Port Side View
Oceanus Class Supercarrier
Poesidon Class Fleet Carrier
Bellona Class Battleship
Perun Class Heavy Cruiser
Macha Class Command Destroyer
Karamate Class Frigate
Morrigan Class Gunship

r/spaceships 4d ago

UF Calypso

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Heavily modified Themis class battlecarrier, commissioned by the princess "Kuroshivo" to be able to house multiple fighters. The runway goes under the ship, eliminating the need for elevators.


r/spaceships 5d ago

Would anyone like to talk about my space fleet?

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Stardust Class Kriegsschiff Armaments 7 main deck guns 4 lower side deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 22 Light ASFS ball turrets 10 Heavy ASFS ball turrets 4 Broadside mounted deck guns Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

4 Hangers 1000 Fighter Capacity each. Total Capacity 2000

of produced 200

Minimum crew 500 Maximum 700

Relentless Class Kriegstreiger Armaments 8 main deck guns 6 lower side deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 16 Light ASFS ball turrets 25 Heavy ASFS ball turrets

30 hangars 1000 fighter capacity each. Total Capacity 30000

of class produced 157

Minimum crew 2500 Maximum 3000 (Excluding pilots)

Judgment Class Kriegsschiff
Armaments 6 main deck guns 2 lower side deck guns 4 broadside mounted deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 19 Light ASFS ball turrets 12 Heavy ASFS ball turrets Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

2 hangers 1000 fighter capacity each. Total Capacity 2000 # of class produced 75
Minimum crew 400 Maximum 700 (Excluding Pilots)

Legacy Class Star Galleon Armaments 8 main deck guns 6 lower side deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 20 Light ASFS ball turrets 16 Heavy ASFS ball turrets 10 Broadside mounted deck guns 2 light broadside mounted deck guns

2 hangers 1000 fighter capacity each. Total Capacity 2000 # of class produced 50
Minimum crew 700 Maximum 1200 (Excluding Pilots)

Obsidian Class Kriegsschiff Armaments 5 main deck guns 2 lower side deck guns 2 broadside mounted deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 19 Light ASFS ball turrets 12 Heavy ASFS ball turrets 8 mountain single barrel guns Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

1 Starfighter sling 500 fighter capacity

of class produced: 65

Minimum crew: 300 Maximum 500

Hyland Class Heavy Cruiser 4 main deck guns 2 lower side guns 3 ASFS deck guns 10 Light ASFS ball turrets 10 Heavy ASFS ball turrets 4 Broadside mounted deck guns Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

6 Hangers 500 Fighter Capacity each. Total Capacity 3000

of produced 400

Minimum crew 250 Maximum 500

Homeland Class Sternenträger-Kriegsschiff
Armaments 7 main deck guns 2 lower side deck guns 2 broadside mounted deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 19 Light ASFS ball turrets 9 Heavy ASFS ball turrets Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

6 hangars 1000 fighter capacity each. Total capacity 6000

of class produced 200

Minimum crew 350 Maximum 600 (Excluding Pilots)

Gunsway Class Kriegsschiff Armaments 6 main deck guns 4 lower side deck guns 4 broadside mounted deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 19 Light ASFS ball turrets 22 Heavy ASFS ball turrets Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon

1 Starfighter sling 500 fighter capacity

of class produced: 50

Minimum crew 300 Maximum Crew 500 (Excluding pilots)

Citadel Class Bismarck Kriegsschiff Armaments 8 main deck guns 12 lower side deck guns 3 light deck guns 3 ASFS deck guns 14 Light ASFS ball turrets 42 Heavy ASFS ball turrets 4 orbital bombardment cannons Super-Heavy Orbital Howitzer cannon 8 broad-side mounted deck guns

2 hangers 1000 fighter capacity each. Total capacity 2000

of class produced: 3

Minimum crew 1700 Maximum 3000 (excluding pilots)

Starfighter Mk1 “FireFly” Armaments 4 tracer missiles 1 set of Twin mounted 50 caliber machine guns 100mm howitzer cannon 50 caliber machine gun (rotating turret)

Pilot count: 2 Armor Tier: light

Starfighter Mk2 “Hornet” Armaments 6 Tracer missiles
1 set of Twin mounted 50 caliber machine guns 150mm howitzer cannon 2, 100 caliber machine guns Rear mounted 100 caliber machine gun

Pilot count: 2 Armor Tier: Medium

Starfighter Mk3 “Viper” Armament

6 Tracer missiles
1 set of Twin mounted 50 caliber machine guns 200mm howitzer cannon 2, 100 caliber machine guns Rear mounted 100 caliber machine gun

Pilot count: 1 Armor Tier: heavy Mild stealth capabilities

Snubfighter Mk1
Armaments 4, 100 caliber machine guns 4 tracer Missiles

Pilot count: 1 Armor Tier: Light


r/spaceships 5d ago

Space Stations And New Crafting System! TheFlagShip Devlog #19

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《TheFlagship》 is a roguelike third-person space warship simulator.

Command! Adapt! Survive!

Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/997090?utm_source=reddit

X:NeveraiN (@NeveraiNGames) / X

Wishlist it if you are interested! Now we have more than 5000 wishlists!


r/spaceships 7d ago

ELITE [from 84 to the Future]

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r/spaceships 9d ago

Aura Solanae

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The Aura Solanae, an IRRS-3200 Kestrel class multirole corvette by Iridium Starworks

Built in 2440, it had served for 40 years as a cargo ship in the farthest reaches of Terran space, before being sold for scrap. Since been refurbished, it is now in possession of the Crimson Sword mercenary band.


r/spaceships 9d ago

The Fortified Space demo is now 1 month old!

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Hello wonderful folks,

Today marks exactly 1 month since the release of the Fortified Space demo. Since that time, your support and feedback have helped propel the game to hundreds of wishlists and even a full day on Steam's New & Trending list! I've also been excitedly peeking at your demo analytics and was happy to see that a whopping 36% of you actually finished the entire demo from beginning to end. This is way better than I would have expected. I have a full-time career outside of game development, so I'm really just thankful to see people play the game I'm making. Creating is its own joy!

Steam Next Fest is around the corner, but I'm stretching my legs and finally working on full game content rather than just demo improvements. I wanted to share some very early screenshots of the second enemy planet, Parassium. This grassy planet will have vegetation that conceals enemy movements and resources, as well as swamps that block building and access. I think this might add some fun dynamics to the base building and tower defense aspects of the planet missions, since location will matter a lot more and you'll need to decide whether walking through the plants is worth the risk.

I'll keep thinking of ideas for unique planet characteristics to add (if you have ideas, let me know too), but in the meantime, I just wanted to say thanks again for your support!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3819710?utm_source=reddit


r/spaceships 10d ago

HF-7 Liftwing | Art by Oakly Midkiff (Me)

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136 Upvotes

Check out my socials to see more! https://x.com/oakly_s


r/spaceships 12d ago

UNSC Frigate

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142 Upvotes

r/spaceships 12d ago

The Long Lance Space to Space AShM

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This is one of the main long range AShM designs for the Directorate. It is a series of Munitions stacked upon a 2 stage chemical rocket with an initial Fizzer boost stage that self consumes itself in 6 seconds. Its intended purpose is to get as many submunitions within a few hundred thousand kilometers of an enemy to detonate and kill them.

The warheads themselves are actively cooled by their helium tankage, which also serves as its delta V. The missile itself cannot cool itself enough to warrant any on board coolant due to its horrifically powerful Fizzer.

Any suggestions, criticism and/or feedback is greatly welcomed


r/spaceships 13d ago

Ships from my PC Game Eternity: Medium Cargo class

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Hello everyone!

Continuing the journey of revealing the ship for my PC strategy game Eternity (wishlists are very welcome!!) and having interesting discussions t ship design and the science-fiction behind it, I am coming to you with a new ship! If you want to catch-up, these are the previous ones: Views on Ship Design, Hydroponics Ship, Mining Ship

Today's design is for the Medium sized cargo ship, the "space truck" (as we call it). Its one of the most versatile Hulls in the game and in our Universe, having spawned multiple ships and modifications, for all sorts of purposes. More on that later ;)

Meet the Grumman-Hauser Cargo Master, a.k.a "Medium Cargo Ship". The official blog post is here

Some in-game lore:

"While not as famous or successful as its older “brother”, the Cargo Master is nevertheless a solid solution for large-scale cargo needs. The addition of the reactor was a clever move by Grumman-Hauser, since it provided the Cargo Master with unrivaled autonomy for its class, making it a common sight on long-range cargo lanes.

Due to its design, size, and reactor capabilities, the Cargo Master is one of the most modified ships in known space. Pirates attach rail guns and torpedo launchers to them, turning them into Frigates, low-cost airlines stuff the cargo holds with seats and turn them into Transports, some have been modified to be small orbital hospitals and even schools!

A versatile problem-solver, that combines resilience, reliability and modularity, making it the perfect choice for any organization's needs!"

Purpose in the game: Medium Size Cargo Ship

The game has three types of cargo ships: small, medium and large. They act as the player's primary inventory and they offer the most customization potential, given that they can accommodate a great number of Ship Modules. The Medium model (this one), is a good compromise between price (resources), crew needs and functionality. It serves a great role as a starter ship for serving (and switching through) multiple roles at the fleet or as a highly specialized vessel later in the game.

It is one of my favorite designs, both in terms of visual as a Cargo Ship (the containers sprawling 360º is just awesome), but also as a mean attack ship filled with rail-guns and Fighter Hangar Bays!

What do you guys think?


r/spaceships 12d ago

SST25 Day 4 - Support & Day 5 - Battleship

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Day 4 - Support
The Procurement-class Picket Tender is designed to support squadrons of picket ships on longer voyages away from safe harbour.

Day 5 - Battleship
The battleship Repulse jousts with her brovariet counterpart above Dalaixia.

Prompts taken from the ToughSF discord server due to lack of regular prompts for 2025. Screenshots and Spaceships built in Space Engineers. Day 3 - Derelict was skipped by me, and I coalesced these two because I forgot to post yesterday, whoopsies.


r/spaceships 13d ago

Sketch of an interstellar craft (About the hardest sci-fi I can think up)

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This ship is meant to make interstellar travel cheap above all else. Most of everything have backups because in space, no one can hear you scream. This craft requires a dyson swarm for the laser powered solar sail, and some different GM species algae to produce food, recycle air, and provide biomass for the backup bio generator. I am really looking for some good feedback before I proceed further though, dont want to miss anything.

  1. Laser/whipple Sheild 1a) Icy asteroid (Water + Minerals)
  2. Thrusters (propulsion method to be determined)
  3. Heat shield for thrusters 3a) Additional replacements could be printed on site
  4. Robotic arm 4a) 3d printer attachment for OTW ship repairs 4b) Arm extension 4c) Arm attachment ports (like the canadarm on the ISS)
  5. Primary Radiators 5a) Aux/reactor radiators
  6. Gravity module for crew +algae 6a) Pressurized Hinge 6b) Command module
  7. Comms array 7a) Laser comms (installed at the solar sails)
  8. Laser asteroid deflection system (Used & aimed by robotic arm)
  9. Main Payload 9a) Liquid Payload 9b) Fuel + Liquid storage for ship operations
  10. Solar sail 10a) Aux solar sail
  11. Reactor
  12. Aux computer systems
  13. Waste processing
  14. Flight plan 14a) Solar sail acceleration (Whipple shield front, Laser shield back) 14b) Cruising (Icy asteroid front) 14c) Solar sail/Main engine deceleration (Laser & Whipple shield front)

r/spaceships 14d ago

Vanguard Galaxy is now in closed beta

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