Make it easier on yourself, use a modular table file.
Just paste:
#Ship Classes
on it's own line at the beginning, and
#end
on it's own line at the end of the table entry.
As I understand it you don't have to have a whole entry, if you are modding an existing ship, you can just have the parts that change and it works. This last part could be wrong however.
Here is the Raynor done as a modular table entry:
#Ship Classes
$Name: GTD Raynor
$Short name: TCap
$Species: Terran
+Tech Description:
XSTR("Designed to more adequately hold its own against Shivan ships first enountered during the second great war, the Terran Raynor class is the largest production destroyer in service within the GTVA. Its twelve primary beam cannons, each devastating in its own right, can focus at least 50% of the ship's main firepower across most of the ship's length. The Raynor was designed more to provide heavy fire support than to deploy fighter wings, and has a significantly smaller hanger bay as a result. At present, Raynor class vessles generally operate in conjunction with a Hecate destroyer, with the Hecate providing a large fighterbase and the Raynor providing heavy fire support; however, Raynor class vessles have been effectively deployed alone, and can hold their own against all but the most relentless enemy attack. The GTD Raynor measures over three kilometers in length, and has an onboard crew compliment of 12,000 men and women.", 3051)
$end_multi_text
$POF file: raynor.pof
$Detail distance: (0, 11500, 311000, 441000)
$Show damage: NO
$Density: 1
$Damp: 0.2
$Rotdamp: 1.5
$Max Velocity: 0.0, 0.0, 20.0
$Rotation time: 150.0, 150.0, 150.0
$Rear Velocity: 0.0
$Forward accel: 20.0
$Forward decel: 10.0
$Slide accel: 0.0
$Slide decel: 0.0
$Expl inner rad: 100.0
$Expl outer rad: 2400.0
$Expl damage: 400.0
$Expl blast: 6500.0
$Expl Propagates: YES
$Shockwave Speed: 600.0 ;; speed shockwave expands at, 0 means no shockwave
$Shockwave Count: 4
$Default PBanks: ()
$Default SBanks: ()
$SBank Capacity: ()
$Shields: 0
$Power Output: 100.0
$Max Oclk Speed: 8.0
$Max Weapon Eng: 100.0
$Hitpoints: 150000
$Flags: ( "capital" "big damage" "in tech database")
$AI Class: Captain
$Afterburner: NO
$Countermeasures: 0
$Scan time: 2000
$EngineSnd: 138 ;; Engine sound of ship
$Closeup_pos: 0.0, 0.0, -2820
$Closeup_zoom: 0.5
$Score: 1000
$Subsystem: Turret01, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret02, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret03, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret04, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret05, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret06, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret07, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret08, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret09, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret10, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret11, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret12, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "BGreen" )
$Subsystem: Turret13, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret14, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret15, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret16, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret17, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret18, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret19, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Heavy Flak" "Heavy Flak" )
$Subsystem: Turret20, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret21, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret22, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret23, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret24, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret25, 1.875, 3.0
$Default SBanks: ( "Cyclops" "Cyclops" )
$Subsystem: Turret26, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret27, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret28, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret29, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret30, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret31, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret32, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret33, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "Terran Turret" )
$Subsystem: Turret34, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret35, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret36, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret37, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret38, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: Turret39, 1.875, 3.0
$Default PBanks: ( "AAAf" )
$Subsystem: navigation, 5, 0.0
$Subsystem: communications, 5, 0.0
$Subsystem: weapons, 15, 0.0
$Subsystem: sensors, 5, 0.0
$Subsystem: engines, 35, 0.0
$Engine Wash: Default900
$Subsystem: fighterbay, 0, 0.0
#end
Works like a charm.
The only downside is it will appear at the end of the Tech Room list.
