The Voidrunner Class Light Destroyer was the among the first orbital defence ships put into military service.

It’s armour is composed of explosive reactive charges for deflection of Coilgun or Auto-Cannon rounds on space ablative armour for missiles and direct energy weapons.

Under the armour are 8 flare pods containing 40 flares each, fired in bursts of 5. Total of 320 flares. Or 8 trigger pulls from each pod.

The Point Defence Gun at the “top” of the ship is connected to 3 coolant tanks, an extendable radiator panel and a barrel replacement magazine. If the barrel overheats it can either be replaced and stored for cooling or ejected into space. Either for the sake of speed or to remove a broken barrel from the system. In front of the gun is a telescopic camera connected to the targeting computer. The gun itself also has its own scope above the barrel. The gun magazine holds 2000 rounds of 20mm armour piercing or flak. Split by belts of 200.

The Auto-Cannon fires at a slow and constant rate to reduce heat buildup. Using telescopic sights to suppress ships into angling their armour plates at long ranges to prevent accurate Coilgun shots. The Coilgun magazine holds 900 rounds of 35mm armour piercing or high explosive. Split by belts of 300.

The underslung Coilgun is the ships primary weapon. Firing a 75mm Tungsten tipped round at roughly 343 km/s. It’s magazine carries 15 rounds. The gun itself runs half the length of the ship, with the receiver being below the point defence gun. The rest of its assembly is dedicated to a liquid fuel thruster that works together with the main swivel engine to balance the weight of the coilgun round when it is fired. At the front of the Coilgun, just below the Boarding gun is a multi-spectrum telescopic camera connected to the coilgun targeting system.

The Boarding gun is a simple swivel mounted machine gun with 200 rounds of 50 cal. Used to assist boarding craft by threatening life support, radiator and solar panels or windows.

Blue Revenant

Introducing the MMW IronArc Line Cruiser, a new #Human Fleet heavy combat warship designed for sustained fleet engagements in #MowMyWorld.

Proposed specifications
Length: 860 m
Width: 230 m
Height: 150 m
Type: #LineCruiser
Primary role: Line-breaking attack / sustained fleet combat
Main propulsion: Four main engines plus four maneuvering thrusters

The IronArc features a long, symmetrical armored hull with a reinforced central spine and a gradually tapering forward section.

Its main armament is a massive Quad-Barrel Low-Profile Turret, with four heavy barrels arranged in two stacked pairs. Four secondary twin turrets, two recessed missile-cell blocks, and eight integrated point-defense nodes provide additional offensive and defensive coverage.

Built for sustained forward pressure, the IronArc combines heavy concentrated firepower with a balanced weapon layout, allowing it to engage enemy formations during extended fleet battles.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/human/ironarc-line-cruiser/index.html

Mods: ASC Deimos, Tiger Shipyards, Matilija Aerospace, Avontech, Antares Supra, Micro Modules, Badtech Subspace Warfare, Mattell’s Project Fenrir, Micro Modules, and Ol’ Big X.

The Ship: The Reaper
The Black Sun Reaper is a heavily modified corvette-class starship originally constructed for the Black Sun syndicate. It bridges the gap between massive military capital ships and agile starfighters.
The Silhouette: Unlike the standard bulbous or blocky designs of traditional Black Sun frigates, the Reaper features an aggressive, razor-sharp prow.

The Horn-Fin: The absolute defining feature of its chassis is a prominent, forward-swept central fin or "horn" splitting the nose of the ship. This isn't just aesthetic; it houses a high-intensity composite-beam laser drill and acts as a physical piercing ram for shearing through the hulls of targeted vessels during boarding operations.

The Style: Built with an "Ironside" aesthetic, the hull is clad in thick, overlapping matte-black and dark iron armor plates designed to deflect heavy turbolaser fire. The iconic, stylized orange-and-black sun sigil of the syndicate is scorched across its heavy armor plating.

[SYSTEM LOG: FREESTAR RANGER INTEL] TARGET: The Black Sun Reaper CLASSIFICATION: Modified Corvette / High-Threat Interceptor
COMMANDER: Unknown (Identified in spacers' myth as "The Rogue")
AFFILIATION: Formerly Black Sun Syndicate / Independent

In this adapted universe, the Black Sun is not a galactic syndicate from a galaxy far, far away, but a highly secretive, ruthless criminal cartel operating out of the deepest pockets of the Settled Systems (often hiding in the volatile space of the Crimson Fleet or House Va'ruun borders).
Your character was raised within a militant splinter cell of the Mandalorians—reimagined here as an ancient, highly disciplined clan of independent bounty hunters and shock troops who weaponized Old Earth ballistic tech and high-grade tracking arrays.

The Awakening (The "Force" in Starfield)
While executing a high-stakes heist for the Black Sun, you touched a strange, metallic Artifact hidden inside a secure UC research vault. The encounter changed you:
You didn't just see visions; you awakened an acute, reality-bending sensitivity to Gravitational Anomalies (Starborn Powers).

You can manipulate gravity waves, predict enemy movements a split second before they happen, and sense life forces through solid bulkheads.

Terrified of your new, uncontrollable abilities and refusing to hand the Artifact over to the Syndicate bosses, you broke code.

The Escape
You stole the Syndicate's prize prototype interceptor—the Black Sun Reaper—modifying its nose with a signature tracking fin and heavy armor plates. Now, you are a rogue force user in a galaxy that doesn't understand your powers, hunted by your former criminal employers, tracked by Constellation, and feared by the authorities.

I'm learning video editing and my first project was pulling clips of spaceships from my bluray collection and editing them to three songs by the band yes. I thought some folks here might enjoy!

On a spaceship related topic; I'm rereading a sci Fi military starship novel series, called "The Black Fleet" Trilogy, self-published by Joshua Dalzelle.

I first read it years ago and recently found the ebooks on an old tablet I hadn't charged up on for about four years! So I'm giving them a reread! It's been long enough I only vaguely remember the plot points.

It's a fun well written military sci fi series with a strong space opera vibe to it. The characters are mostly realistic and relatable, even the annoying ones! And the space battles, incorporating relativistic time scales and tactics, are easy to follow and imagine, and very exciting even if not extremely realistic.

The starship designs are more generally described externally but much more detailed technically internal system by internal system. Although the "older" ships are described as having antiquated features like external superstructure and actual mechanical turrets (think Starblazers)! While newer ships are sleek unadorned structures more like submarines in space (Honor Harrington style).

For a fun short "alien space battles adventure" read, I can suggest it as worth the cheap ebook price!

Also as an inveterate wargamer, I'm working on creating stats and systems to play One Page Rules Warfleets miniature battles in the books setting! 😁

Mcwest class, juggernaut class, providence class, tranquility class and Aeon class

I am developing the sfsim spaceflight simulator and here is a trailer showing the Venturestar-like spacecraft using an aerospike engine :-)

Mods: Cross Heavy Industries, Renegade Specialized Ship Modules, Antares Supra, ASC Deimos, Matilija Aerospace, Tiger Shipyards, Micro Modules ,Ol’ Big X, Mattell’s Project Fenrir, Barrage Missile Launchers and Avontech.

The Ship Name
Ring wraith-class, Eclipse-0X

The Freestar Story: "The Shadow of Akila"
Before it was a ghost story whispered in the bars of Akila City, the 0X was a top-secret prototyping project.
During the Colony War, a brilliant, rogue United Colonies engineer defected to the Freestar Collective. They brought along highly classified blueprints for an experimental starfighter frame codenamed the "O-Wing"—named for its unique, sweeping circular wing stabilization brackets that allowed for unprecedented thruster pivoting.
Recognizing its potential as a devastating ambush predator, a covert division of the Freestar Militia built a single, heavily modified version of the ship. They stripped away all standard faction markings and coated the hull in a light-absorbing, radar-dampening matte black composite.
Equipped with high-output particle beams and a stealth-optimized grav drive, the Eclipse became a legendary asymmetric weapon. It didn't fight in fleet lines. Instead, it stalked the blackest voids of the Narion system, slipping past UC scanners to execute lightning-fast, surgical strikes on Vanguard supply lines before vanishing back into the dark.
Today, the war is over, but the Eclipse remains active in the Settled Systems. Whether it is still flown by its original ace pilot defending Freestar sovereignty from the shadows, or has fallen into the hands of a deadly bounty hunter, one thing is certain: if you see its sleek, black circular silhouette blotting out the stars, you are already out of time.

Deep-Space Relativistic Starship: Integrated Mechanical, Biological, and Structural Propulsion Blueprint

Abstract

This proposal outlines a conceptual framework for achieving relativistic velocities (a significant fraction of the speed of light) for human-crewed interstellar spaceflight. By removing internal propulsion mass dependencies and transferring acceleration mechanics to stationary space-based infrastructure, the design addresses the fundamental limits imposed by the Relativistic Rocket Equation. Furthermore, the vessel integrates advanced biological life support, hydrodynamic shock mitigation, and specialized structural armor to ensure structural integrity and human survival during extreme linear acceleration.

1. Launch & Propulsion Architecture: The Stationary Track System

1.1 The Reactionless Problem & Mass Elimination

Standard rocket propulsion requires carrying onboard fuel to expel backward as exhaust. At relativistic speeds, the required mass ratio becomes exponentially prohibitive. Internal closed-loop mechanisms fail in space due to conservation of momentum; any internal push produces an equal internal pull, resulting in net-zero displacement.

1.2 The Stationary Linear Accelerator

To bypass the fuel-mass bottleneck, all kinetic acceleration infrastructure is offloaded to a stationary megastructure anchored in space (e.g., at a stable orbital station or Lagrange point).

• Mechanism: The vessel is mounted on a magnetic levitation rail track (acting like a planetary-scale linear accelerator).
• Operation: Stationary power generators transfer electromagnetic energy directly to the ship's exterior, driving it up to relativistic speeds before ejecting it out into deep space.
• Trajectory: A long, straight-line linear accelerator eliminates the lateral (sideways) G-forces caused by circular or oval synchrotron loops, directing all force along a single axis.

2. Hull Architecture & Structural Protection

2.1 The Hydrodynamic Double-Hull (Liquid-Buffered Interlayer)

To protect both the internal habitat and the mechanical frame from extreme vibration and acceleration stress, the vessel utilizes a dual-layer hull setup:

• Outer Hull: A heavily armored, high-strength exterior shell that directly interfaces with the launcher's magnetic track and absorbs external thermal and structural loads.
• Fluid Buffer Layer: A thick interlayer between the outer hull and inner habitat filled with a dense, shock-absorbing hydraulic fluid or gel. This layer acts as a continuous dampening cushion, smearing out violent acceleration spikes into a smooth pressure wave.
• Inner Hull (Habitat Capsule): The pressurized crew module "floats" within the fluid buffer. It never takes direct mechanical impacts, functioning like an advanced shock-mounted chassis.

2.2 Relativistic Shielding & Pointed Standoff Nose Cone

At near-light speeds, microscopic dust particles and space debris carry kinetic energy comparable to high-yield explosives.

• Pointed Needle/Conical Nose Geometry: Rather than a blunt "wrecking ball" design, the forward hull features a sharp, needle-like cone.
• Deflector Mechanics: The pointed tip acts as a standoff shield. Outfitted with forward-sweeping vaporization lasers and sacrificial ablation layers, it triggers energy explosions miles ahead of the main body, allowing shockwaves and plasma bursts to deflect harmlessly along the sleek, angled hull.

3. Human Survivability & Biological Engineering

To survive extreme longitudinal acceleration without experiencing physical crush injuries or organ displacement, the crew quarters integrate a multi-tiered life support system.

3.1 Intravenous Oxygenation & Artificial Blood

To eliminate the mechanical strain of breathing heavy gases or liquids under extreme multi-G loads:

• An automated computer system bypasses traditional lung ventilation during launch phases.
• Oxygen-rich microparticles and artificial blood are delivered directly into the circulatory system via automated closed-loop intravenous lines.
• This keeps blood gas levels perfectly balanced without requiring the respiratory muscles to expand the chest against high G-forces.

3.2 Liquid Immersion Acceleration Couches

• Incompressible Fluid Physics: Crew members are housed inside sealed, fluid-filled acceleration pods/cryopods containing an artificial amniotic fluid or perfluorocarbon medium.
• Pressure Equalization: Because liquids are incompressible, surrounding the body with fluid balances external pressure against internal bodily fluids, preventing organs from collapsing or shifting.

3.3 Spinal Exoskeletons & Hydrostatic Pressure Control

• Rigid Spine Bracing: Molded spinal braces and internal pod restraints lock the skeletal frame in alignment, preventing vertebral compression under heavy loads.
• Circulatory Pressure Balancing: To counter hydrostatic pressure (blood pooling away from the brain), the combination of external fluid pressure and automated life-support telemetry ensures constant head-to-toe pressure equilibrium, keeping the crew fully stable during the transition to light speed.

This airship uses biomimetic propulsion, which includes jellyfish and fish modes.  Shock vibrations with extreme energy compensate for the small amplitude and this allows air to be used as a propellant more efficiently than a propeller. In this case, the vibrations create something like a vacuum tunnel and therefore the drag creates a load on the engine but does not impede movement in the usual sense. Theoretically this makes it possible to develop high speeds and enter very low orbits where air is still present.This is based on my and other experimental research, about which you can read more about on the simulator page.

This simulator is very minimalistic but it has complex physics of vortex propulsion and CFD shows actual airflow. I also recently added a solar sail function, but the forces are still poorly balanced and it is very dynamic, so if you get carried away, it is better to reload the page. I would be glad to hear any feedback if you try it:

https://www.masterogon.art/index.php/flying-saucer-simulator-2/

Introducing the MMW Ironlock Bastion-class Battleship, a new #Bugvex capital war organism for #MowMyWorld.

Designed as a fortress battleship, the Ironlock Bastion is built for deliberate close assault, heavy protection, and overwhelming structural pressure.

Proposed specifications
Type: #Battleship
Class: Capital-scale war organism
Primary role: #FortressBattleship

Its massive body combines interlocking impact-resistant shields, a reinforced seam-crushing brow, broad armored shoulders, and distributed living propulsion systems into one heavily protected void warform.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/bugvex/ironlock-bastion-class-battleship/index.html

A Starfield Custom modded Build.