Monochromatic Marvel

Surely we can't be far from the day when I can buy my own personal spaceship? So I can explore the galaxy whenever I like? Right? Please? I want to run rings around Saturn, pop to Pluto for my picnics, and steer my ship right into the core of the sun to work on my tan. Space travel! For everyone! Get on this, science!

Not that I'll be happy with an average ship, mind. Every great space explorer needs a great vehicle, and you’re not going to boldly go where no man has gone before in any old hunk of junk, are you?

So step this way and take a look at the black-and-white beauty that is Spaceship 23, a Rhapsody-class carrier ship by Foxy. Imagine yourself at the helm of this sleek space-explorer, piloting it through dust storms and asteroid fields, red lights flashing, second-in-command screaming in your ear about comms systems and shields being down. Calm down, chum, nothing ever goes wrong in space! I think!

This galactic leviathan, which comes in both civilian and prison versions, depending on what kind of human cargo you’d like to haul, took Foxy a colossal three years to build, working on and off on the project in his spare time.

“In various works like movies, comics, games, or even real-life attractions,” explains Foxy to me, “you'll constantly see doors, pathways, and other areas in the background which a character just walks past without much thought, and you never get to see what's down them, which drove me crazy.” That's why this map aims to have almost every switch or button you find in the ship have a function – which is an admirable/insane commitment! Suddenly it's not hard to see where three years of work went.

Even before all that, it’s about planning the meaning behind where and what the rooms are. “I plan out the layouts of each floor first by figuring out what types of rooms would make the most sense in relation to both its location on the ship and the rooms around it,” says Foxy.

“For example, while it might make sense for a more private space like a crew cabin to be on the same floor as a larger public space like a cafeteria, it wouldn't make sense for one to open directly into the other.” Wait, what? Sleeping next to the cafeteria is perfect for midnight snacking! Trust me on this.

“One of the most important things to remember is to not get discouraged if you don't see immediate results with your builds. Nobody starts out amazing. There are a ton of things I'm still working on trying to improve with my builds even after seven years of playing the game.” All these years later, and he's still trying to improve on his designs? Hmmm... how would you feel about building me a personal spaceship next?

Want more space-themed builds? Try Moon Destruction, Front Line in Space.

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