Board Thread:Fun and Games Forum/@comment-25926749-20150716014350/@comment-26388714-20150725004726

I imagine a system where you go through a lengthy process to make your own Sparrow.

1- Acquire an "Empty Sparrow Chassis" from Vanguard Strikes/ Raids/ Nightfall. It is located in your Sparrow category, but is unequippable like an Engram.

2- You bring said Chassis to the Shipwright, and she sells you an "AntiGrav Unit". Like the "Golden Age Shotgun Cartridge" in Invective, it instantly changes the "Empty Sparrow Chassis" into "Unfinished Sparrow Chassis". This is a Common Sparrow. When you equip and ride it, it hovers but does not move horizontally- no thrusters are even visible on the Chassis.

3- The character is required to kill opponents in Combined Arms who are riding a moving vehicle (e.g., not a turret) in order to find "Sparrow Thrusters." They only drop if the "Unfinished Sparrow Chassis" is equipped.

4- When the player finds 4 of these Thrusters, you return to the Shipwright, and you exchange them- Reforge style- to create "Unfinished Sparrow." It now has horizontal mobility, though without a Boost.

5- The player purchases a "Simple Thrust Engine" from Xùr for 5 Strange Coins. The now Rare Sparrow is equal in speed and strength to the other Uncommon Sparrows. It can now use Boost. Xùr's Legendary boosters can be used on the Sparrow once this is purchased. It is now named "Custom Sparrow."

6- The player can also find a "Custom Booster" through VG Strikes/Raids/Nightfalls. The color of the contrail can be chosen from an RGB picker. Otherwise the drive is identical to the ones Xùr sells.

7-The player can use an RGB picker and brightness slider to change the colours of the Base Body, Seat, Seat Detail, Handles, Handle Grips, On-Sparrow Displays, Footholds, the Front Bumpers, and the Thruster Set. The player can rename the Sparrow and change the description. Profanity filters would be added to prevent a Sparrow from being named stuff like "F***wad-LR3." If a profanity was found in the name or description, the name/ description would become "BLAM!" permenantly.

Finally- I imagine certain emblems being reworked to be applicable on a Sparrow. The Emblem Tex Mechanica, for example, would be the longhorn design, just without the background. The player would use the cursor to hover over the emblem, then press Y/(uhh... the button on the Dualshock comparable to Y?) to apply it to the Sparrow. The player uses a menu I'll elaborate on later to choose Location, Size, and rotation of the emblem.