How do you create new stations, ships, etc?

[TradinCajun]

What 3D cadd program can be used to create new stations, ships, etc.? I had an idea about having Medical/Emergency Rescue Stations. The perfect place to deliver medical supplies and pickup vaccines to deliver to all those other stations that are reporting cases of Argon Flu that's on all the BBS's.
These MER stations could be staffed with Emergency Rescue Vehicles that would shuttle out to retreive ejected pilots (that would be you, for a fee ). Or you could have an alternate place to bring captured pilots, other than selling them as slaves.

Ah, but perhaps the odd (rich) pilot would reward you for his release?

Another idea I had for new station:

Research Stations - to purchase upgrades to existing equipment like -
1) Extend firing range of weapons.
2) Increase damage of weapons.
3) Increase shield strength
4) Increase hull strength.
5) Increase top speed of ships.
6) Impove turning on cap ships.
etc, etc...
All to a degree of course so as not to overlap the existing ones.

Or to research new technology like -
1) Afterburners - For quick bursts of speed beyond your top speed. Uses energy cells like the jumpdrive. (This seems like an oversite not to have these.)
2) Cloaking Device (someone is scripting this already I believe in another thread.)
3) Cloaked Nav Sats (so those pesky Khaak will stop destroying em )
3) Self-repairing hulls (hey... it's on the box.)
4) Advanced Fighter Drones (existing ones are a waste.)
5) Advanced Laser Towers (existing are a bigger waste.)
6) Missile Towers (Max capacity 50 for starters, but with upgrades, up to 99.)
etc, etc...

[tylium]

make missile towers have big missiles and no limit in fire and the laser tower i would love to have such an wep on my centaur

[coxpwr]

) Cloaked Nav Sats (so those pesky Khaak will stop destroying em )


Here's a tip. What I do in placing nav sats is I fly straight up for about 60 or greater clicks out . Then I drop my nav sat . The stupid AI ships will look for it around that position but along the planer of the ecliptic . They never ever go that far up so they never distroy my nav sats.

[TradinCajun]

make missile towers have big missiles and no limit in fire and the laser tower i would love to have such an wep on my centaur

I originally thought missile towers should have the ability to construct the missiles it uses, say 1 every minute, so you dont have to keep stocking them. But maybe to keep the game balanced, load it with basic materials similar to the missile factories. That seems to be getting way complicated. So to just KISS, load it with whatever missiles you want, any combo. Set the fire rate then done deal, till you need to reload (have it flash yellow in the ship list display). 99 might be a better start, and make it upgrade to 999