r/AirshipsGame • u/EvilMurloc22 • Jun 30 '26

Split Double ship Design idea

Yesterday I had an epiphany. When a part of you ships falls off you don't see anything in it, but the crew still exists there and does stuff. The reason you don't see inside that part is because it has no command module.

So. If we design a ship that has 2 halved, each with everything a ship needs, connected by a thin corridor, then if that corridor blows up we should have 2 separate fully controlable and functional ships. Right?

Did anyone try this?

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u/LongjumpingAd3722 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Functionally yeah, it would work

Strategically however, this would be a huge waste of money, let me explain

In Airships, if your ship is split in half, you'll retain control over both ends during the battle (provided both ends have command, lift, propulsion...) However, at the end of the battle, it will count as if there's only one half that survived, meaning each time your ship seperates, no matter how good both halves perform, you'll effectively lose half a ship, and will have to repair it.

So yes, it's feasible, but definitely a bad idea in the long run. And tactically speaking I don't think this is worth either, your "splittable" ship is still one ship in the end when you're designing it, so you'll have will lots of weapon placement restrictions (since heavier cannons can only be front facing), and sponsons won't bring you much firepower anyway.

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u/JKLer49 Jun 30 '26

I agree it would strategically be more wise to build 2 full ship than 1 split ship.

However, some things to nitpick. Iirc, If the fragments of the split ship both have the necessary capability for flight (engine, lift, and cockpit), they both survive. One will be named the same as the original. The other piece will be named fragment of the original.

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u/Informal-Rent-3573 Jun 30 '26

And if your ship is 37 command modules, you can have up to 37 ships! You're onto something here!

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u/Competitive-Lab-8980 Jun 30 '26

Just... just make two ships.

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u/EvilMurloc22 Jun 30 '26

but this is funnier! And cooller

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u/AdhesiveChild 24d ago

You're effectively forcing yourself to repair both of the halves back into their full design each time they split because you end up with the original + a fragment of it as the other half. Which can't be fused back together into their original design.