LotS: Any new fleet/bonus ships planned?

[LintMan]

From what I gather, LotS is adding new guardian ships and guard posts and some new specially constructed "big" ships.  I'm wondering if there will be any new fleet ships added (like Zenith expansion added Zenith Mirrors, Zenith Autobombs, etc).

[Lancefighter]

zenith was virtually all about little ships.. children was all about little ships....

[orzelek]

We want the BIG ships this time ( and modular 

[LintMan]

Well, Zenith also added golems, didn't it?  They're not so small.   

Anyway, I'm not against big ships at all.  Heck, I like 'em a lot.  But my impression is that the bulk of the additions is toys for the AI (guardians and guard posts), and the big ships getting added that the player can build will be rare and take some doing to build.  Hence my hope for some "everyday" toys for the player to use.

[Vinraith]

Chris mentioned adding some new bonus ships for LotS, so the little ships aren't being totally neglected.

[x4000]

It's pretty definite at this stage that we'll do some new fleet ships -- a lot of the AI-specific stuff has been the earliest in, but that's not representative of the whole expansion.

Some of the new big ships -- the spirecraft -- will be surprisingly accessible for "everyday use," I think you'll find, though.  The new asteroids in 4.032 are basically 1 per spirecraft, or 1 per several smaller spirecraft in a few cases.  These new big boys won't be nearly so rare as golems, in other words, hence their being between a golem and a starship.

[LintMan]

Cool!  Thanks!