Stinger771

Alright well how about this then, maybe we could do a bit of a light skirmish, seeing as how I have never done this before: Total mass: 200 T Total number of ships: 5 or fewer (just to keep the battle shorter-ish) Max parts < 400 per ship (really anything above this my comp doesnt handle too well. Location: Duna Sound decent enough?

Awesome, I'm not 100% clear on how this is supposed to work (like, do I have to claim an area in the Kerbol system before I can fight?) so maybe you should initiate the battle?

I'm interested in starting a battle with someone. No guarantee I'll be much of a challenge, but this sounds interesting and I'd like to try it out. Any takers for a newb battle??

I'm not much into mods (simply because my poor laptop can't handle them) but this is awesome! What a great idea!

Sure, the cockpit is open to a shot. But that seems like the ONLY place (at least from the picture, I have yet to download it) that isn't armored (perhaps the engines too, I'm not sure). You could just modify the ship slightly, and save yourself some grief. But in reality, unless its a smart missile, that single area of weakness is going to be hard to hit from any range > 500m. And with your stated intention of using it to draw fire from more expensive capital ships, I'd say this isn't a bad design, assuming its fast.

What kind of weaponry does your ship use? Sometimes weaponry can heavily effect part count. The destroyer I'm currently working on will probably end up around 500 parts...