Do we have the current measurements of the Phoenix? Is it particularly larger than the Andromeda that folks are flying right now?
TL;DRThe Phoenix is only modestly larger than the Andromeda, roughly 14% wider and about 10% longer by Josh Coons's recollection, to fit its asymmetrical layout and AI pathing.
It's not that much bigger. I think Josh might have the exact measurements, but it's not significantly larger.
I wrote the math down exactly, it's on my notepad here somewhere, but I think it was around 7% in width overall, so multiply by 2, so that's 14% a little bit wider, and then the length, I think, was around 10%. So just those small numbers gave us enough space to do what we were wanting to do, because the other one was just small and it was symmetrical. When we went asymmetrical, we needed a lot more room, and we wanted to make it AI friendly. So the AI pathing had to have its space and the metrics had to be proper.
Of course, you'll get the actual measurements when they get measured out, when the pledge page gets updated and these ships enter the game in the upcoming Alpha 3.3, currently scheduled for October 10th at CitizenCon.