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Starfield Builds: Celestia

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Celestia Introduction The Celestia is a B-class multi-purpose vehicle. It is a competent fighter, cargo transport, and passenger ship all at once. I don't remember which ship I built it from, but the Fuel Tank is beyond the character's Ship Design skill. It was most certainly a pirate ship of some sort, with "pirate" meaning any of the antagonistic factions out there. The Celestia is greatly inspired by the Galaxy-class Freighter from the Wing Commander: Privateer game from a couple of decades past. That ship had much more narrow engine nacelles and they were mounted on thin rails. I think that this ship captures the overall feel of the Galaxy-class within the Starfield universe.   Head-canon Lore The Celestia is a Galactic-class civilian transport built by the Deimos Staryard in the Sol system. The Galactic-class is a sleeper favorite of explorers, bounty hunters, and other adventurers who roam the galactic highways.   General Overview The Celestia is truly a Jack-of

Starfield Builds: Svyatoshchik

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Starfield Builds: Svyatoshchik   Introduction The Svyatoshchik is a HopeTech Class-A freighter inspired by the Stronghold. I built it from a Va'ruun Hymn, which is where many of the parts that would normally require Starship Design come from. I built the ship at Level 7, on an Outpost Landing Pad w/Ship Builder  Over time, I intend to expand and upgrade the build all the way to Class-C. This is just the humble beginning. The name Svyatoshchik comes from one of my former employees. Always a reliable guy that, aside from standing like 6'7" was pretty unassuming and mild. I could always count on him to get the job done and done right.  Pronunciation: Svyatoshchik [Svee-ah-toe-shik]   Head Canon The Svyatoshchik is one of the now-defunct Argyllshire-class transports manufactured by HopeTech between 2303-2315. The Argyllshire-class has been superceded by the larger Highlander-class of vessels, though there are still plenty of Argyllshires on the secondary market. The Argyllshir