Spaceships and battles in Bonfire Stars are supposed to be evocative of both medieval- and age-of-sail warfare. Space stations are besieged, fleets engage in battles-of-the-line, ships fire cannons in thundering broadsides, soldiers in heavy armor stand atop bastions...
All that is easier said than done, so I've been experimenting quite a lot with various effects for space battles especially. In the end, I've arrived at a mix of 2000's Battlestar Galactica, Space Battleship Yamato, Empire Total War, and gods know what else. Even though the Age of Sail is the strongest inspiration here, I still try to include more sci-fi and modern elements in beams, missiles, rapid fire interceptors and generally any kind of countermeasure except bubble shields, because I have an unreasonable aversion against those.
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