Suuv Ban D´Krid

Here comes the promised ship - behold the Suuv Ban D´Krid! This cruiser analog is a quite common warship among the Vong fleet. It´s an overall good vessel with up to 700m equipped with light and heavy Yaret Kors, average shielding and a few Coralskipper squadrons. Notable are the rocky spots all around the ship providing some additional protection. These rocks are actually a major feature of this gunboat. We´ve been looking for some hints which might help us in creating its design, something distinguishing/special... And we run across the Battle of Duro where it was used as a giant ram against the orbital cities of the planet. So we were like: "Great, let´s make a hammer ship!" But the eagerness from finding this special feature blinded our minds... :D We simply concentrated too much on this unique event and forgot those many battles these vessels have fought as standard cruisers. But after some time (when the ship was almost finished) we realized that there was no other mention of this special behavior. So, what now? Should we remake it completely and abandon the ram ability? Oh no, these hints are too rare and leaving them unnoticed would be a blasphemy! So I´ve removed the front ram and covered the ship with extremely hard rocky growths concentrated on the front. Why? It grants protection against frontal attacks AND can be used to smash your enemies as well! So this was the story behind our ship-which-can-be-used-for-ramming (not a ram-ship), the Suuv Ban D´Krid ;)
Here comes the promised ship - behold the Suuv Ban D´Krid! This cruiser analog is a quite common warship among the Vong fleet. It´s an overall good vessel with up to 700m equipped with light and heavy Yaret Kors, average shielding and a few Coralskipper squadrons. Notable are the rocky spots all around the ship providing some additional protection. These rocks are actually a major feature of this gunboat. We´ve been looking for some hints which might help us in creating its design, something distinguishing/special... And we run across the Battle of Duro where it was used as a giant ram against the orbital cities of the planet. So we were like: "Great, let´s make a hammer ship!" But the eagerness from finding this special feature blinded our minds... :D We simply concentrated too much on this unique event and forgot those many battles these vessels have fought as standard cruisers. But after some time (when the ship was almost finished) we realized that there was no other mention of this special behavior. So, what now? Should we remake it completely and abandon the ram ability? Oh no, these hints are too rare and leaving them unnoticed would be a blasphemy! So I´ve removed the front ram and covered the ship with extremely hard rocky growths concentrated on the front. Why? It grants protection against frontal attacks AND can be used to smash your enemies as well! So this was the story behind our ship-which-can-be-used-for-ramming (not a ram-ship), the Suuv Ban D´Krid ;)