To Sir Lequis MX:
Why not use the Falcon airship thingy, in its current form, but make it a planetside scene? Those airships could be the prefered mode of transport on the World of Balance (or something :)), or a luxurious rich kid's toy.
The if you still want it to be a space ship, you could say that the people of Narshe (an industrious town hidden away in the mountains), already having the main plans with the airship, simply converted them to handle stellar distances.
And to Captain Skyblade:
Well, seeing as I'm already replying, why not ask a few questions?
So there are two categories (with 3 skill levels in each).
I know that one is s'posed to for ships and the other is for planetside scenes, but...
What are the (exact) constraints? Is the 'ships' category simply for single ships, or is it for a whole space battle? And how about, say a shipyard or a hangar - would those fall into the 'Planetside Scenes'?
As you can clearly see, I'm utterly paralyzed with fear and confusion - I'm so frightened and befuddled (now, THERE'S a great word!) that it's someone else typing this. I'm actually semi-comatose right now, and that other person is filling in for me.
-Lunair + that other person who typed this (except that I actually wasn't para... oh wait. Damn. :p)
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