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Erm, but seriously, I'll need to have a talk with you on some of the ship's so I have an idea of what you want out of them specifically. So when you get the chance I'd like to chat.
Yes, either that or just re-link to the freespacers main page where it explains it
Soresu: I'm working on the Escort-type.
The Factory-type should be a large ship with a specialized crew and mostly automated, that builds automata and starships, refines materials, or does other stuff. basically a large flying factory.
The Mothership-type should be a large starship with factories, cloning tanks, farms, refineries and things like that, capable of supporting around 10000 freespacers. Basically a small flying town.
the others... well, they're fairly simple
Given that the parts of the article that would have any combat effect have already been approved (prism shield-sails and starlight cells) and the rest of the stuff in the article is closer to setting and the scientific principles that starlight cells are based on, I don't think you need to worry too much about submitting this. Good work, Della!
As usual, an excellent job. When I first conceived them I admit I was kind of hesitant as to how to explain the technobabble, but you've seem to have done a fine job doing so.
Angel, DR rating is the Damage Rating. Basically, how much damage a weapon would do to a certain armor or shield. For most ships, DR 10 is very dangerous to encounter, while DR 1 is barely a gnat buzzing by.