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Do you all take any inspiration from capital ship battles in movies, TV shows or comic books to figure out what's cool? Where do you get your inspiration from?

TL;DRYes, the team takes inspiration from sci-fi shows and films, mentioning Battlestar and The Expanse, for their feel and design choices, while trying to create their own identity.

Richard TowlerLead Designer, Vehicle Experience Team

That's a good one. So definitely, I think we're all kind of... I'm into sci-fi massively, so I watch all the TV shows and all the films and stuff, and we definitely take inspiration from the feelings that each show generates and each film generates, because each one does it in slightly different ways that make it unique to that particular TV series or unique to that particular film. And it comes from the VFX, it comes from the audio. So we do take influence, but we also try and create our own identity within that. So yeah, I spend a lot of my spare time, especially now we're locked down, just watching TV shows and movies.

Robbie ElmsSenior Designer, AI Feature Team

Yeah, I was going to say, binging Battlestar and Expanse, essentially.

Luke PressleyLead Designer, Star Citizen Live team

Yes, exactly, those two. And one thing that you take away from that as well, like The Expanse, right? It doesn't have fighters. I didn't realize that until very late on. It does not have fighter ships because they've made that decision that it's the missiles... they fly faster, more maneuverable than any person could ever be. And then they have the guns on the actual ships to take missiles out. So I just think that's a really interesting decision they made there. And we've gone kind of a Star Wars way, right, where fighters are much more important. So it's just really cool, all the different choices you can make in sci-fi. They're so different.

Star Citizen Live›NPC Capital Ship Combat·
Published on this date.12 Feb 2021