[Hunpecked]

Pretty. Looks like a lot of work went into them.

A few comments:

1. In stock SE IV a space shipyard (400 kt) is actually much smaller than the biggest ships it can build (e.g. dreadnought, base ship). Of course Starhawk's mod may change this, or he could be interpreting the rules less than literally (e.g. multiple shipyards working on one ship each can also be thought of as one yard building multiple ships, as in Starhawk's illustration).

2. Given propulsion technology that can take a ship across a solar system in a month or so, a "protective formation" might extend as far as the Earth-Moon distance from the shipyard (assuming no gravity well effects).

3. The SDs lack the flag and eagle insignia of his earlier SD concept. Perhaps they were omitted to conserve computing resources?

4. The Icaran SD has a definite World War II battleship look to it; it's also somewhat reminiscent of the "Starblazers" (as it's known in the US) TV show. However, compared to its real-life cousins the fictional SD fairly bristles with weaponry that occupies most of the ship's surface on three of its four "sides". On the 1945 USS Missouri, weapon emplacements occupied a comparatively small area of the "top side" only. Of course with 1945 technology much of the armament was internal (magazines, shell-handling machinery, turret mechanisms, barbettes); Icaran technology may not require any of that.

In any case, it was quite thoughtful of Starhawk to provide some illustrations for his story.