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Could some of you lucky beta players please take screenshots of the alternate layouts for each ship and upload them to this thread for everyone to view? Currently there are no pics of them that I can find anywhere on the net. Feel free to also update the wiki with pics of the layouts too if you are feeling extra awesome.

Thanks. <3

I've taken screenshots of the Zoltans ship type A and B as well as the Zoltan specific super shield and achievement and posted on photobucket.

Here's a link to the album: Zoltan ship


(If I'm not allowed to do that please tell me and I'll take it down immediately)

I just unlocked the basalisk (mantis ship alt).
HOLY SHIT

you start with lvl 2 shield, no weapons, and a 2x2 teleporter.

Alternative Kestrel

I was just getting grumpy about not having my old Osprey loadout as well.

Alternative Engi Shop, "The Vortex"

http://imgur.com/qnrUx

Augment speeds up drones on the ship by 50%

Here is an album with most of the new ship layouts. I am still missing the Mantis ship and its alternate layout. I am also missing the Osprey's alternate layout, but I think I have everything else.

http://imgur.com/a/pEQ03#0

I included the Osprey in this album because it has a new weapon/system the artillery beam that functions separately from your normal weapons.

I haven't played a whole lot with the new layouts, but here are a few initial thoughts:

The Stormwalker is incredibly tough to play. It's only weapons are the Artemis missile and heal bombs, and since it doesn't have a medbay you must rely on heal bombs to heal your crew. I think it is too heavily reliant on missiles, and on my first 2 playthroughs I ran out of missiles by the 2nd sector and was unable to progress. You pretty much need to run away from all automated ships since you will waste too many missiles trying to take them out. Winning with this ship will require finding an early laser weapon like Burst II.

The Votex is another really tough layout. I've only played one game with it. My initial strategy was to just keep my single crewman in the cockpit and just vent all the rest of the atmosphere on the ship. This ship really lets you appreciate system repair drones. In fact I was taking so much damage that I might have preferred a 2nd repair drone instead of 2 anti-personnel drones. I mainly lost my first run because I was missing too many shots with my ion cannon and heavy laser. It might be nice to have a 3rd, weak weapon to balance this out a bit more.

The Noether is a blast to play. It can take out early ships very quickly, which is imperative because it has no shields after its supershield drops. Thankfully the Ion Blast 2 with its 4 second recharge rate can keep enemy shields almost permanently down early on leaving your pike beam to dish out the damage. You need to keep a couple Zoltans in the weapons room early on to power both of the weapons, so I think a lot of the success of this ship is going to rely on finding early crew members to handle maintenance while the Zoltans keep things powered. You also want to move your piloting Zoltan to another room as soon as you get another crewman to make use of his powering ability.

Album updated: Gorlom's FTL album

The album contains all the ships and all the alternate layouts that are currently available, including the TYPE B Osprey

Not available yet: Rock cruiser, Unidentified cruiser

Nice stuff gorlom, how does the mantis type b play? Looks like a very interesting ship.

theDewmahn wrote:Nice stuff gorlom, how does the mantis type b play? Looks like a very interesting ship.

To be honest I haven't gotten around to it. I have been hunting that last achievement on the Osprey far too much. (Finally managed to get it late in sector 5 as I as used the slug man option to complete the slug ship quest... so i got both the Man of War and the Osprey type B at the same time ^^ In a rockman sector no less :p It was a very odd run.)

That achievement text is a bit misleading. I thought I had to get the 4 encounters before sector 5, not before leaving sector 5...

I find the Mantis type B to be hilariously fun to play. Nothing better then teleporting 4 manti over to the enemy ship and wrecking havok. The only things that I make sure I need is some sort of weapon that can take down super shields and either a bomb or missile weapon which can take out the medical bay as you get further on in the game and things get a bit harder. Having the boarding drone helps early game but once you get 4 maxed out combat manti you don't need it as much.

On a different note, I am having unbelievable bad time trying to get the Federation type B. I assume the 4 special blue event achievement is all down to the luck of the draw...