Choose the memory
Start with a body plan, shell, beak, limb, motion, hunting method or social behaviour—not necessarily a whole animal.
Memorial design // ship archive
Earth's animals, carried into space
Error Solis ships are memorial machines. An animal's shell, bill, fins, posture, movement or behaviour can become structure—but the result must still read as a working spacecraft at phone scale.
The rule // translation
Inspiration is not imitation
A memorial hull should preserve a memory without becoming a mascot, statue or animal head attached to an engine.
Assign a function
Translate the reference into armor, sensor geometry, cargo volume, propulsion, weapons or the ship's posture in flight.
Protect readability
The career and direction of travel must remain legible from a chase camera on a phone.
Not only birds
Some early Error Solis hulls use bird-derived profiles, and they remain valid members of the catalog. The design language is broader: insects, crustaceans, fish, mammals and extinct animals can all contribute a functional idea.
A glyptodon's shell can become a protected cargo body. A pistol shrimp's asymmetry can influence an Artillery battery. A whale's mass and migration can suggest a Freighter. What matters is the design translation, not the taxonomic group.
Career comes before decoration
The game has four permanent careers, each with a ship class. A Fighter should communicate agility and close combat. Artillery needs a readable long-range weapons body. A Corsair can look patched, asymmetric and opportunistic. A Freighter must own visible volume and defensive weight.
- Brawler / Fighter: compact attack silhouettes and strong nose authority.
- Bomber / Artillery: ranged batteries, launch bodies and patient mass.
- Marauder / Corsair: scavenged asymmetry, mixed roles and opportunistic cargo.
- Whaler / Freighter: immense holds, machinery density and convoy presence.
Surface language carries history
Ash, pale bone, burnt iron and ember belong to the hull. Cyan is reserved for shields, reactors and active energy cues. The contrast helps a small spacecraft remain readable against space while reinforcing a civilisation built after the Sun was broken.
A good memorial hull does not say “this is an animal in space.” It says “someone remembered how that animal moved, survived or carried its world.”
The catalog is already visible
The public flight deck contains 27 current in-engine hull renders across Fighter, Corsair, Artillery and Freighter classes. Three compatibility imports remain deliberately excluded while their separated geometry is repaired.
Examples // current archive
One principle, different bodies
The current catalog ranges from compact strike craft to monumental haulers.
Huia I // Fighter
A long precision nose and compact armored drive body support an advanced close-combat silhouette.
Mantis Shrimp I // Artillery
A spear body, recessed plasma cells and reinforced firing bank translate a sudden ranged strike.
Glyptodon I // Freighter
A broad protected hold carries the logic of an armored shell without copying the animal literally.
Sea Mink I // Corsair
A low predatory profile becomes a scavenger hull built for interdiction and opportunistic cargo.
Continue // design in motion
Ships are judged in flight
Silhouette, thrusters and weapons only matter once the craft moves through the live cockpit.
Which memorial would you fly?
Join a future Android test and help judge whether these silhouettes stay readable in combat.