Dev Looking for Manufacturers for a Modular Race Ship Concept

[Big Nick]

Good afternoon, or evening or night depending on your timezone. I've got a bit of a project that I wanna work on that I wanna share with folks, see what you all think of it. First of all, here is the modular ship in question:

As of currently I'm calling it 'The Chariot', name pending, and I hope for it to be an open market ship that is modular for one specific idea in mind: Racing. The idea would be that there are maybe 5 or so interchangeable components, made by a handful of different manufacturers, that would give different stats that would provide different bonuses to dice rolls and/or offer some flavor text for actions taken IC. Then, with all the tools made and available for folks, people who wanna race can simply assemble the parts like a kit and make their own version in the Factory using the base submission. Blank line art, of course, present so that people can make their own edits of the ship as well.

Anyways, all that preamble out of the way, I was wondering if any factory inclined folks wanna have their companies make parts for this project and be considered a 'core manufacturer' for this soon to be racing league. My only request is that details are kept slimmed down so the whole thing doesn't become bloated, but other than that I was hoping for maybe a solid three manufacturers that might wanna jump in and make stuff. I am also open to suggestions, since this is an idea that is very fresh in my mind atm, so if you got any feedback I'm down to hear it. That be about it. Thank you in advance for any interest that swings this way.

 

[Ronhar Tane]

I could certainly cook something up if you don’t mind using Imperial manufactured parts

What are you thinking? Weapons? Engines? Support Equipment? Something else?

 

[Big Nick]

I could certainly cook something up if you don’t mind using Imperial manufactured parts

This is gonna be a fair game, no boundaries deal. People can be frowned upon IC for using Imperial parts, but I see this as a non-partisan collaboration.

 

[Ronhar Tane]

This is gonna be a fair game, no boundaries deal. People can be frowned upon IC for using Imperial parts, but I see this as a non-partisan collaboration.

My initial thought is to create a weapon pod with different armaments in it that can be swapped in and out depending on what’s needed and maybe fitted to non racing vehicles since armed racing seems relatively popular here on Chaos. What do you think of that?

 

[Big Nick]

My initial thought is to create a weapon pod with different armaments in it that can be swapped in and out depending on what’s needed and maybe fitted to non racing vehicles since armed racing seems relatively popular here on Chaos. What do you think of that?

Prolly no weapons, but I have an idea for what equipment I wanna have everybody run now that will be modular:

Engine - Naturally, that one feels like a no brainer.

Maneuvering Thrusters - Lil guys for aiding in mobility.

Overshield - An additional shield added onto the standard shielding package that will come with unique resistances.

Chassis - The frame of the ship.

I like the idea of keeping it down to those four, and manufacturers having a variant with unique perks and downsides. Plus having a bonus for using the same manufacturer for multiple pieces of equipment to incentivize having a set. I also feel like I wanna boil things down to sort of a type triangle of sorts. Like movement, mobility, and durability or something like that. Give all three a way that they interact that dictates how you interact with other racers and stuff like on-course hazards.