A New Vessel of the Stars

Where would a new Sunrider entry be without its ships? Behold the first looks of the ship [NAMELESS] , this will be a ship that the player is granted access to during their progression (surfing idol not included).

Additionally up until now concepts have generally being limited to just the sketches and early models but no longer, for points in time where we have appropriate Sunrider lore to share we will also start including these in the posts.

Got a lore snippet you're interested in? Let us know and you could find it being included as a point mentioned in a later post.

The Lessons of the Neutral Rim War

The Neutral Rim War was a bloody six-year long war between the People's Alliance (PACT) and the Solaris Alliance fought in the Neutral Rim Territories. The first full scale conflict between two military and economic powers since the Alliance-Imperial War, the Neutral Rim War saw the overthrow of previous battlefield doctrine.

The Rise of Shielding, and the Subsequent Rise of Super Laser Weaponry

The widespread availability of Anti-Laser Particle Emitters brought the declining relevance of traditional laser weaponry in large scale military operations. Whereas the Alliance-Imperial War saw battles fought across astronomical distances by laser wielding capital ships, the Neutral Rim War was defined by complicated dances with combatants only a few kilometers apart relying upon ballistic weaponry.

Large scale laser weapons, such as the Cera Prototype Carrier Sunrider's Vanguard Cannon, and the PACT Super Dreadnought Legion's main laser, saw better results. Post-Neutral Rim War starships have followed suit and focused their power onto a singular laser emitter, rather than quantity-over-quality laser banks. Shielding technology has improved to the point of damping even these powerful weapons, but the arms race between laser and shielding now has no clear winner.

Dominance of Ryders

The use of fast Ryders to quickly deliver decisive tactical results proved decisive in the Neutral Rim War and naturally developed alongside the fast-paced battles of the Neutral Rim War. Throughout the conflict, Ryders became increasingly miniaturized as the galactic powers sought to pack in more Ryders into carriers, which similarly became smaller and smaller in response to the new doctrine of knife fight range warfare. Post-Neutral Rim War Ryders generally have been standardized to less than 15 meters in height, approximately 3 meters shorter than when the war began.