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While I'm making ships for In Thrust We Trust, a recurring question appears again in my mind: How do you build a "stealth" ship in Starfinder? How high a Mark would the defenses have to be? Would you need special systems to foil ship sensors? Any help would be appreciated.

INTRODUCTION

Sen Hiriko, human male host: "Welcome ship enthusiasts, to In Thrust We Trust's coverage of the 319 Pact Worlds Aerospace Expo. The normally crowded space around Absalom Station is even more crowded this week, as the Pact Worlds' biggest aerospace show graces the station. Just about every starship and component manufacturer, most of the top modders and custom designers, lots of recent graduates from flight academies, as well as from crew and engineering schools, and courting them, of course, are navies from almost all governments, corporations, and religious orders, shipping lines both huge and tiny, and many others. In fact, the only faction I don't see here are the Corpse Fleet, like anyone here would want them to show up, anyway!"
"This year, the trend is toward 'personal' space transportation. Now, even mid-level execs are torn between a luxury land cruiser and a Tier 1/4 or 1/2 starship. And the starship builders are doing their best to accommodate them, from well-known names like
Sanjaval, ATech and Ringworks, to newcomers like Infinite Driftworks, who in a couple of years, has made a name for itself in the luxury market."
"Many of these new ships feature new frames, components, weapons and the like. Here we're featuring the latest and greatest systems this year, so let's get started!"

Ever since Sunday, almost every time I click on a Starfinder message board, I keep getting directed to the home page. Only say, one out of ten clicks get me onto the particular board I'm looking for.

I'm in the process of publishing a list of new starship frames, systems, mods, etc., as well as new starship designs. I've got two questions.

1. Say I'm adding a heavy weapon to say, an explorer's front or turret. Do I really have to buy a light weapon mount first, and then upgrade it, or can I just buy a heavy weapon mount?

2. I'm planning to showcase the frames, systems and so on in Homebrew. Would it be a good place to post the ship designs as well, or is there a better place for them?

Thanks to everyone who replies.

I've been making ships for quite a while, but I'm still a little stumped over which starship weapons would be best in planetary assaults against say, tanks, walkers, etc.