Can the Caterpillar stretch or contract with more or less modules?asked by [Uncredited]
TL;DRThe Caterpillar will not stretch or contract; its design is a fixed set of module slots, with more module variants to be shown later.
So as of right now the design is to not stretch; it's not going to be like one of the Hull series. It basically it's going to be the modules will fit within it. So right now it's six modules: the front module and five other ones. The players can basically swap whatever they want, based on whatever they need, based on whatever they want the ship to do.
Yes so going back to that Lego analogy, that system just causes too much havoc. It might let you make a single module ship or a thousand module ship. It's not something that we really want plan around.
Or balance! I hate to put a thousand thrusters ...
Starting with a determined number of modules is going to result in the best working ship that we can deliver.
Hopefully once we release more information on the Caterpillar we can let you guys know all the different module variants you can play with.