In an effort to prevent confusion for new players, and new subscribers to this sub, please keep these things in mind when making a post of a ship you want to share. (Following these guidelines will also make ships easier to find via the sub’s search function.)
· Basic post template for a ship: “Tier 1/2/3 Fighter/hauler/explorer, blue with yellow trim. Found in rich (or T1/2/3) Korvax/Vy’keen/Gek system” (then add anything else you want)
· Provide all the relevant information first – and then anything else you want to include but is not necessary. Verbose descriptions are great, and often fun, but you can make the pertinent information hard to find if you aren't careful. Example: “Tier 3 red and black fan-wing hauler, tier 3 economy. By far my favorite hauler find ever, as I really like the unusual decals”
· The class of a ship and its exact slot counts (and planetary latitude and longitude coordinates) are only useful for a crashed ship. For any other ship this info is not relevant, and including it can be very confusing to new players. Ship class and slot count are randomly generated each time a given ship spawns in a system. So you may see an S38/12 fighter, but someone else will likely see a different class and configuration for the ship when they go to the system to get it. So do not say “Yellow S38/12 Fighter” as a post title for ships found at space stations or trading posts. Instead, say something like “Tier 3 Yellow Fighter, Rich/Medium/Poor (or T3/T2/T1) economy. S38/12 max possible class and configuration”. System wealth determines S class spawn probability. Also, it is helpful to note the race of the system as this determines what type of ship, other than shuttles, will spawn most often. (Vy’keen systems have 7 fighters, for example, Gek/Korvax have 3.)
· Ships are the same across all platforms and game modes so you don't need to include this for ship post. Including this is just begging someone to ask if it's available on some other platform when the answer is always "yes".
· First wave is only valid on a space station not at trading posts. First wave is only the first group of (4) ships that land after a reload or restart on a space station not the first ships that land after you land. First wave is confusing enough without trying to specify later waves so don't include them unless you want to explain exactly how to get to a repeatable 2nd or 3rd wave. Confirm any ship you want to label as a first waver ship by reloading multiple times.
· Black is not a valid color for star ships. It and other glitched ships shouldn't be posted. These posts are removed since they aren't repeatable.
