My previous computer, an ASUS gaming rig that I had for about 7 years, finally died on me. While I was able to save all my project data, most of my games data was lost. Space Engineers was the hardest hit by a landslide due to the hilarious amount of blueprints I had saved over the years.

The only blueprints that I still have are the ones uploaded to the workshop on Steam. That makes the Admiral Hipper, and the Cosmo Messers E and F the only survivors. All other builds are lost.

But remember, what doesn’t kill you …

The Admiral Hipper’s already received a ton of upgrades and optimizations, and there are plenty more on the way before I upload the new version to the workshop.

Changes include:

• Tower assembly placed on a rotor for planned targeting system
• Additional Pulse Laser defense mounts
• Torpedo launchers moved to the bow and increased from four to six (bow was altered to accommodate)
• Recessed Missile Turrets installed beside the flight deck for extreme range engagements
• Emergency thrusters added to Hipper’s Nacelles
• Gravity drives increased and redistributed throughout the ship for better performance (bow was altered to accommodate)
• Gyroscopes increased and redistributed for better performance
• Tailfins are no longer subgrids; they are now shorter, thicker, and made of heavy armor for standardization purposes
• Prow areas converted into AI core Room and Emergency Helm
• Storage Area replaced with Science Lab; four cargo containers replaced the original two further forward in the ship
• Carousel Hangar improved; various tweaks and small addons
• Hangar Airlock enlarged for expected personnel traffic
• Flight deck received various aesthetic tweaks to accompany hangar and hangar airlock changes
• Brig replaced with Pilot Ready Room
• Briefing Room stands improved
• Brig rebuilt near pilot ready room
• Small Cryo Room added across from the Brig
• Crew Quarters area extended with six additional beds
• More doors added for better atmosphere retention
• Various aesthetic and script tweaks across the entire ship and more to come

It didn’t seem like a lot had changed before I actually started writing it all out. Can’t help but feel I’m forgetting some things I’ve already finished, too. Oh well. This is enough of an update on its own, I think.

I still plan to build all the ships I’ve mentioned or listed in the progress bars at some point, it’s just going to take most if not the entire rest of the year thanks to the data loss.

Things are kind of shaky in real life, too, but I’d rather keep the details to myself for now. Suffice to say, I really don’t want to be on my feet for too long.