Empyrion - Galactic Survival

Empyrion - Galactic Survival

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CH-800C "Bumblebee XL"
   
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Blueprint: Small Vessel
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Apr 17, 2019 @ 4:12am
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CH-800C "Bumblebee XL"

Description
Reworked and enlarged version of my SV Cargo Hauler (800 tons) "Bumblebee", found under this link:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1707738214

The "Bumblebee XL" comes with a full CV-style interior cockpit and equipment bay, as well as an increased storage capacity of 20172L compared to the 16230L of the normal "Bumblebee". It can still lift 800 tons in a 1.0g environment, but due to the increased weight of the vessel itself it will struggle a little bit. I would consider the normal load to be more around 700 tons.
The interior equipment bay comes with 2 large hatches at the top and bottom of the ship, allowing you to access auto miners through the bottom hatch while hovering above them, or launch the player drone through the top hatch, all while staying inside the oxygenated vessel (you have to jump once and release the drone though, because apparently even an open hatch will block the spawn of the drone otherwise).
I also added a few more generators so they don't work at overload on high G planets and increased the fuel capacity a little.
The added flexibility makes this ship a real workhorse, capable not only of hauling large and heavy cargo, but also maintaining auto miners or mining by hand with the help of the player drone. All without even leaving the safety of the ship.


Comes equipped with
- 1 large cargo container with 20172L capacity and wireless connection (+2 standard large cargo boxes for reserve fuel, equipment or whatever)
- 2 small constructors
- 2 fridges
- 1 armor locker
- 1 O2 station
- 2 Miniguns
- warp drive

Keep in mind though that this is NOT a combat vessel. It is build entirely out of carbon composite to keep the weight down. It does have 2 Miniguns so you can snipe the turrets on some lightly defended POIs or get rid of some drones. But stay away from anything that can actually deal some damage...
9 Comments
ToadKiller Dog Jul 28, 2019 @ 1:20pm 
You can launch a drone from inside of the ship. Stand on the left or right side of the pilot chair, first block of the chair, look strait ahead out the window and F5. Boom. Drone. :)
DarkFall Apr 25, 2019 @ 7:11am 
Uped, faved and subbed, obviously. It's basically a one for one conversion, except for a few changes that had to be made due to it being a CV.
Mr. Truffles  [author] Apr 24, 2019 @ 3:35am 
Thanks a lot for all the downloads and the kind words to everyone here!

@jrandall
Absolutely love you creations! Your Transit CH-1 actually inspired me to build the Bumblebee. Used it quite a bit in my recent game, but while it looks pretty awsome (like all you builds really), i wanted something to carry more weight.

@DarkFall
Nice conversion mate, really great work! If its all cargo containers like the Bumblebee, it should be the mother of all cargo haulers now ;)
DarkFall Apr 24, 2019 @ 12:25am 
Bumblebee meets Rumblebee! I just had to see what it would look like converted, because I love the SV look so much...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1721963682
jrandall Apr 22, 2019 @ 2:59pm 
Great looking good function hauler! Great job!
CrazyZ Apr 21, 2019 @ 3:20am 
Very cool design! Thumbs up! :-)
BURG Apr 18, 2019 @ 5:30pm 
very useful ship, subscribed!👍
Mr. Truffles  [author] Apr 17, 2019 @ 5:57pm 
@Sephrajin
Thanks mate! The M/V capability was kind of the whole purpose of the ship. I was getting tired of having to leave all the heavy BA/CV parts behind when raiding POIs in my current game. So I decided to build a heavy duty SV to deal with that problem.
Sephrajin Apr 17, 2019 @ 3:54pm 
Viewed, smiled, liked! :)
And even M/V capable, great work!