Can we just take a moment to also admire how he transitions from the workbench to the spreadsheet and the whiteboard to scrawling his explanation?! Top notch, my dude.

Bethesda needs to just hire you to make this game better. Thank you!

Amazing work. I can't imagine how much time you spent on this. Insane! I've been doing my own non-scientific, non-methodical weapon testing, and things "felt" so wrong across all my different builds, that I started completely ignoring listed stats. I would instead look at a weapon's required level and total cost as an indicator for potential efficacy. It was an attempt to try and interpret the developer's intended role for a particular weapon at a particular level. "Is this meant to be an end-game part?" or "Why is this seemingly crappy part so expensive?" Now, this method has not actually been that useful for finding "better" parts. A full set of particle beams--any of them--is still hilariously OP, clearing all content on max difficulty with ease. But what I DID learn is that the other weapon types are a lot more FUN to use. For example: on paper, a laser turret with inferior damage and 1000 range would never be equipped over a particle turret. But in practice, the range limitation on that laser turret fundamentally alters how you engage the enemy. It turns your ship into a hit-and-run close combat attacker. The pulse laser turret isn't constantly trying to empty its magazine, like a particle turret with infinite range would, and thus actually has time to reload before you boost back in and find your next firing solution. We have just unlocked an entirely new style of gameplay by using bad parts. Anyway, I am rambling, but really I just want to encourage people to try alternate weapon types. I love Starfield's ship builder, but I was getting pretty bored of ship combat... until I stopped putting particle cannons on everything. The true end-game is making the coolest possible roleplay ship, right down to it's combat load-out. This tool is going to be a massive help for exploring that. WOW!

This is awesome, for those trying to build ships from scratch. I got no mind and less patience for how all these parts actually fit together. What I can do is follow a guide for a ship that someone else says is the best ship, once I have the money to actually build it. What would be cool, and I'm not sure if it's possible, would be some kind of automated guide, where a person could input their level, skills, check whether they did the Stroud-Eklund/Slayton mission, etc., and could follow a guide on how to build a ship, and others could upload said guides. I mean watching a guy on KZfaq talk about it and all their color commentary is fine, but a chart might be better.

You have the best Starfield gameplay channel, hands-down. Keep up the great work, my man. Spread the gospel of the White Dwarf 3015!.

Why do I think that stack of Terrabrew cups is only the tip of the iceberg? Well done!

DOOOOD! All I can say is THANK YOU! This tool is amazing. Thank you so much for all your work and the work of others that ended up contributing to this. I am really learning to love shipbuilding as a result of your videos. I am currently running several of your builds and I love that this allows me to look at all aspects when shipbuilding!!!

Old retired guy here. If I were still in the real game, I would recruit you to analyze my businesses and build useful analytical tools. I really enjoyed the quality of this worksheet, and I understand the level of focused submersion required to build the tool. The linkage into the star map was a great 'flex'.👍🤣

You are doing the Great Serpent's work with this.

I was having a really crappy day, and then I opened KZfaq and saw this video. You sir are doing the (star) Lord’s work.

So I fitted the 3320 Neutron Turrets onto @WizeOldWizard 's Basilisk II. I have NO points in Automated Weapons Systems; went out to Serpentis and absolutely kicked. ass. Again, THANK YOU!

You should have someone convert your "tool" into a mod that changes the UI to give the honest info that your spread sheet does......if that is possible. Or maybe a mod that adds a setting to the shipbuilding that gives this spread sheet

Wow sooooo much data to decipher. This is incredible…

This is absolutely amazing! Thanks dude! And here I was wondering what I was going to do this evening...

Incredible work, dude! Thanks for creating this and sharing it with the community.

No way now i can at the same time make accurate ship recreation and specilized ship with the best module using your tool thank you Ship technician your really part of the finest of ship builders 👌

Mind=blown! I cannot understand most of this as it's completely over my head, but I can certainly appreciate an epic piece of work! Well done for this. And, just so you know, I use the Vanguard Autoprojector and Hellfire weapons since watching a previous video and nobody seems to be able to get close to my ships anymore. I once fought off three Starborn Guardian VI at once and hardly got scratched! :D

I got laid off yesterday so I’m late to this vid, but that won’t stop me from supporting ST!

This is nothing short of outstanding! I can't wait to use this in-game. Amazing work ShipTechnician

Ship Technician, if you see this, here's some info that might help. I'm not sure how or where you could include it, but there is some good info to be known about the He3 Tanks with their fuel-to-mass ratio (F:M), and the landing gears with their landing thrust-to-mass ratio (LT:M). Cargo also has important things to note as well, and there is another aspect to Shields that may need to be considered. For example, the Ulysses M10 He3 tank provides 50 Fuel for 12 Mass, for a F:M of 4.2. The Ballistic Solutions 500T provides 210 Fuel for 29 Mass, for a F:M of 7.2. Four M10s would weigh 48 Mass and only grant 200 Fuel, and a 500T would take up 1/4 the space of those four, provide 10 more Fuel, and weigh about 34% less. I've figured that the He3 tanks worth using in most cases are the 500T, 900T, M50, H30, H40 and Titan 550. the tanks that are basically redundant are the 100G to 400G, M10 to M40, and the H10 and H20 in most cases as other tanks just provide better Fuel to Mass and fit in the same spaces. The tanks I left unnamed are wild-cards. As for landing gear, the Hope 55 is the best for it's Landing Thrust to Mass ratio of 1.3. However considering it's dimensions, it's likely most people won't be able to incorporate it into a build in a pleasing way. So the next best options are the NG-20, Accu-Lander 11 and the Pinpoint 3G (all variants of all three) the NG-20 providing the best LT:M for it's 1x1 size, and the Accu-Lander providing a good LT:M while also having a variant with many snap-points. The Pinpoint 3G is ascetically pleasing (in my opinion) and has a variation with a decorative pseudo-engine effect. But for most builds, the NG-20 is going to provide the best performance for a Lander. Also Cargo. The Capacity to Mass ratio (C:M) isn't really all that notable, they're pretty even when you compare Standard Cargo to Standard Cargo (Average C:M of 4.73), and Shielded to other Shielded(Average C:M of 3.33, Average 1.40 C:M less than Standard). The only outlier is the Shielded 10ST Hauler, which has about 0.70 worse C:M than the other Shielded modules. So, for the most part, the best practice is simply to decide how much Cargo Capacity you want and how much mass you're willing to take on. Then find the single closest module to that and put it (or them) on your build. 1 module that carries 1500 takes up less build-space than 3 that grant 500, and they'll likely have close to the same Mass and C:M Ratio. Finally shields. I seen the Health to Power ratio (H:P) but it might be good to make a choice based on Health to Mass ratio (H:M) for people prioritizing Speed and Mobility. The Assurance SG-1800 has a great H:P of 133.3, but the H:M is 10. Meanwhile, the Vanguard Bulwark has a H:P of 120.8 (the 4th best) and a H:M of 20.7 (the Best) making every point of Shield Health being worth over double it's savings in Mass. Another popular choice is the 28T Defender at 125.0 H:P (2nd best) and 16.7 H:M (above average). So it's not as strong as the Assurance, but 67% more efficient in H:M loosing 100 Health. Hopefully this helps someone, and if Ship Technician doesn't see it, anyone else can feel free to pass it on.

If I may say "Holy Sh1@"! Amazing job putting all of this together. Thanks! You have changed the way I approach ship building and I can't gush enough. You may not be a physicist or statistician but you are genius in my book. Strong work.

Really amazing investigation and, as a Bethesda RPG player, this sort of investigation was bound to come out. Great to watch the process , and see the results of your hard work (from which we all benefit). I'll be heading to your Ko-Fi right away, but set something aside for a decent PC!

Dude, I don't even OWN the game and have been enjoying your videos, you've done a fantastic work and contribution to the community

👏 It is now verified, that you Sir, are a Steely Eyed Missile Man.

Much appreciation for moders❤. You guys do a better job sometimes than the creators.

This is seriously impressive -- thank you for all of this work. Super cool.

I used your mod and made an amazing ship with maxed weapons, shield, etc. It also looks amazingly beautiful with M parts that have blue lights. Thank you. You’ve made my Starfield experience better.

Just wanna say thanks, for all the time and effort you put into these projects….They’re fantastic!…Keep up the good work.👍

Thank you for this! Amazing! Also can't wait for your take on a "complete strongest all auto turret" build with great aesthetics and highest manuverability!

Thanks for doing this!!! Can’t wait to dig into this in more detail today.

13:32 You are making some assumptions about how people fight. I only use 2 weapon groups, so I can fully power them and shield. Engine stays fairly low. I fight like a turret, stay in thruster mode unless the missile lock on alarm sounds then a do a quick boost and back to thruster mode. Works for me at extreme. Aside from that, nice work.

I really enjoy listening to you talk about this.

Yeah, I have maxed out Automated weapon systems & Particle beam weapon systems perks, and I have to completely depower the 250MeV Alpha turrets if I want to even have a CHANCE to disable ships before the turrets take them out most of the time, lol! I stuck with them even when others were telling me I was wasting a weapon slot both because I refused to ignore my own firsthand experience using them and the fact that I don't have a controller, and no easy way to map weapon 3 to a functional key binding, I just assign that slot to turrets. Now that I know that the Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector damage is affected by the Energy Weapons system skill, I am going to have to start putting points into that (probably going to have to use the Vanguard Simulator to cheese the challenge requirements, since I don't put laser weapons on my ships). I definitely want to thank you for making this tool & making it available, and I plan on running some numbers with it tonight & maybe re-doing my ship weapons loadouts... Again.

With this thing I was able to create a build that I wanted to create for a long time. A ship with a lot of cargo but with good fighting and flying capabilities. Just with that thing I was finally able to get a better feeling for mass and it's impact on flying capabilities of a ship. So that I could make the compromises I want to make and not compromises I had to take. Again, thank you very much

Fantastic, thank you for this! I would absolutely buy your ship builds if you added them to the Creator space

This is amazing! So many hours dedicated... Keep up the very good work

Not the hero we wanted… but definitely the hero we need!

This is amazing and a ton of work. Really appreciated.

Thanks!

So the Vanguard Ares Particle Cannons benefit from the Ballistic weapons skill. Unfortunately their range is shorter than the Obliterator 250Mev Auto Alpha Beams. I considered using the non auto beams and in testing it does huge crit damage and is devastating in target mode. But it's slow rate of fire is really evident in targeting mode. Also after many hours of Testing the KE-42 Cannon Turret is the most efficient Ballistic weapon to put on your ship.

Your Long nights to figure out these stats, and points, etc.....are greatly appreciated.

Dude, great work, thanks for this great new tool.

Yes Bro! Excellent work my friend. Many thanks good sir!!

This is amazing! Kudos to you Squire!

That’s a top notch bibliography! I can’t wait to use this awesome tool!

Another great video brother. Keep up the great work

Amazing tool! Thank you for your dedication.

Fantastic work! Great job with the weapon DPS and damage and that spreadsheet is amazing! Funny how Reddit works sometimes - the post about Fuel Consumption that you linked to in the document is actually downvoted although right… I guess it was too complicated for some… The laser skill has the same oddities for normal weapons and it has been tweaked in one of the latest patches. There’s a Reddit post on that as well.

Not all heroes wear capes! Thanks so much for all your work.

This sounds absolutely amazing! I can't wait to try it out! Question: are the numbers in the UI regarding weapons calculated, or entered? Meaning is it math errors that are causing the number errors, or data entry errors?

This is amazing. Nice work. It'll take a month to absorb all this. Where can we send questions, if we have them?

brilliant! nice work Ship Technician!

lol, damn dude. I love it. I imagine you must be some sort of analyst/engineer in your day job.

Masterful work!

Excellent work, thank you.

I am in awe. What a monumental piece of research.

One thing to add to ship building. For Xbox & PC, there are at least 2 mods that increases your reactor output enough to fully power all 6 ship systems, which should remove some of the restrictions from using all the parts you want.

This is museum level stuff right here. Cheers.

Awesome work! Thank you very much for this and your other videos.

This is very well done. Nice job!!

Forgive me if I'm mistaken or unaware of previous announcements, but you said "my remaining time" near the end of the video... may I ask if you are going through a health situation? I'll risk sounding alarmist and nosy, but that statement really struck me. These videos are awesome btw

Awesome work, your videos are so helpfull, a huge thank you !

Wow! Just wow. Thank you so much!

Dude...u deserve a metal! Thank you so much for sharing this!

From my testing, for handheld burst weapons, the game correctly displays the average fire rate and DPS. It actually scales the attack delay, so that (burstTime + burstDelay)/burstShots == displayedFireRate

You're dedicated and amazing....

I just digged more into your data and I'm still surprised that the Disruptor 3320 Neutron Turret is so high up there on the sustained DPS side even if you underpower them. As these are unlocked at level 20, don't need Starship Design ranks, have maximum range and are only B class with only 2 mass at 13800 cost per weapon, these are now desired options when I level up a new character. Even at endgame they are strong contenders for the third weapon slot on light ship builds that only go for a B class reactor.

When I select Power Allocated = 1 and Potential Power Allocation = 12 the Obliterator 250MeV Alpha Turret has a much lower Sustained DPS than Burst DPS. Shouldn't it be almost the same due to still never running out of ammo or does power allocation still has such a big impact in another way?

Thank you so much for your hard work ☺☺👍👍

@ShipTechnician can you make the mod that fixes the UI to show more relevant data? (Just a curious idea) I will be your first subscriber to the mod if you do it 😄

Absolute Wow. Thank you!

We're still waiting for the build of your ship at 3:51 in your video "Build This - I Have Spoken".

Top notch thank you

I'm a bit confused that the Exterminator 95MeV Auto Helion Beam doesn't show up in the top 10 weapons for me. Is this an error or did you find out something new about them? edit: ah sorry, you cover this later in the video ... I assume this is caused by the auto version not being affected by Energy Weapon Systems skill, while other particle beam weapons are affected and surpass them in your calculation When I select Power Allocated = 1 and Potential Power Allocation = 12 the Obliterator 250MeV Alpha Turret has a much lower Sustained DPS than Burst DPS. Shouldn't it be almost the same due to still never running out of ammo or does power allocation still has such a big impact in another way? Also, interesting that up to 8 power allocated the auto particle beam weapons have the upper hand in your ranking, while with 9+ power allocated the repeater weapons take over.

I still have yet to see a good A12 Blackbird build 😢

You are the 🫅 when it comes to ship building.

Fantastic - thank you.

Awesome! 🎉❤

Hmmm...apparently I'm doing something wrong--can't edit?

You put a lot of work into this and I'm sure it's very nice. I only complaint is that it's for people not using mods. Must be quite boring playing this game without mods

I liked your intro

BETHESDA GIVE THIS MAN A SEAT AT THE OFFICE PLEASE!!!😂😂😂😂 What a great damn video!!!

Keep doing it for more terrabrew❤

Wow great video! Great analytics

The tool seems nice, but is there a way to override the "allowed" parts? I always start with a stolen ship, so for example I have a better reactor that my character could purchase and want to use it. Thanks for all your work!

Tool is read only. I can't make any changes to the skills and such.

Can you explain the high end options for Desired Jump Range. I assume 27.244 is the value you need to reach any system. Whats the meaning behind 23.605 and 24.888? I assume they also represent thresholds to achieve something very specific as otherwise you would have added 23 and 24 instead.

Thank you for this!

Where can I get hold of this amazing tool do I pay for it😊

It’s a crime that r/starfield deleted the post announcing this.

hi thank you for the great video. what software are you using to read the spreadsheet please ? i tried a few but all those broke the spreadsheet.

hm so given Isolation boosts shield damage ONLY on energy weapons (and not particle beams) does that mean for dropping shields, energy weapons could be actually quite a bit more superior than particle beams (if you max out Isolation)?

Interesting , Thank You

You are awesome dude ❤

Just 1 request: since I know I can fully power all 3 of my obliterator 250mev turrets with just 1 power point allocated, can we have an indication of how many power points are needed to fully effectively power any given weapon set? There is another turret set (i forget which, maybe the disruptor 3320 turrets) that only need 4 power points, allowing me to allocate the rest all to my manually fired weapon set of choice (typically vanguard hellfire for brawlers, exterminator 95mev for snipers, and vanguard obliterator for something in between).

Can you please do a video about the best single shot ship weapons, and weapon loadouts that can work with them?

Bravo. Super.

-While I recognize that you've only made ship builds with vanilla parts, do you think you'll ever do a Class-M build?- 22:57 - *"I play on Xbox."* Ahhh...I forgot about that.

Your spreadsheet is missing the price for "Vanguard Bulwark Shield Generator". I just tried to find it out ingame and noticed something different: even on my test character without any points in the Commerce skill the ship part prices don't match. A 1x1 hab costs 926 instead of 1050 credits, SF40 Sheared Flow Reactor costs 72059 instead of 81700 credits. So something in the game is giving me a -11.8% discount. The only thing affecting prices that I found is Kryx's Journal #4, which should reduce store prices by only 2%. Not sure if the faction rank has any impact on the prices. Back to the "Vanguard Bulwark Shield Generator": ingame it shows a price of 35721 for me, so without the discount the original price should be around 40k credits.

Thanks