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Shadow Colossus

Shadow Colossus is a light cruiser employed by the Shadows of the Right Hand- Mercenary group. It is a beast on the battlefield, using an assortment of weapons to tear through both small and large weapons while avoiding, or tanking enemy fire.

It employs hydrogen engines and backup ion engines for movement, being capable of relatively high speeds, or even flight on planets with up to 1.2G.
However Colossus, as other ships of such design, is a massive heat generator, requiring a large number of heat vents to prevent overheating and damage, which limits it's space stealth capabilities and increases ship weight.

Colossus is made to be very light on crew, requiring only 3-4 members to operate, 2 for piloting and 2 for weapon systems. It is armed with 3 railguns at the front, used to disable important mechanisms at the start of the battle, such as reactors or hydrogen tanks.
But these are rarely used afterwards, thanks to the 3 rocket launchers on each side, which act as the main damage dealer against the target.
In terms of turrets, Colossus uses 6 gatling turrets and 6 assault cannon turrets to deal with smaller targets, while the 6 artilleries by the front, combined with the 5 missile turrets, are used to obliterate the main target.

The design however has a few weaknesses, like the crew decks being protected by one layer of armor, or weapons blind spot on it's underside, requiring constant turning, while greatly reducing air to ground combat capabilities


BENCHMARK:

16 s. to get from 0 to 100 speed (using forward thrusters)
26s. to slow back down to 0 (using backwards thrusters)

Jump drive range: 2 041,85km

Hydrogen storage depletion at full thrust (space) : 1%/ 24s
Hydrogen storage depletion at full thrust (under 1G): 1%/ 13s
Hydrogen storage depletion when idle (under 1G): 1%/ 20s

Depletion with O2/H2 generator on and unlimited ice (space): 0% (recharges faster than depletes)
Depletion with O2/H2 generator on and unlimited ice (Under 1G): 0% (recharges faster than depletes)

Power storage at full thrust (space): 3 hours
Power storage at full thrust (Under 1G): 6 hours
Power storage when idle (space): 9 days
Power storage when idle (Under 1G): 10 hours

Blocks: 5 494
PCU: 61 081
Mass: 7 346 287 kg

NOTABLE ELEMENTS:
8 Large Hydrogen Tanks
1 Large Cargo Container
36 O2/H2 Generators
2 Reactors
6 Jump Drives

3 Railguns
6 Missile launchers
6 Artillery Turrets
6 Gatling Turrets
5 Missile Turrets
8 Assault Cannon Turrets



NOTES:
-I am still relatively new to ship building, so constructive criticism is appreciated.
-I did not test the ship with filled cargo on planets, so expect worse performance
-This is a purely combat ship that can be used in exploration, but has no other uses in survival besides that.
-Only heavy armor is around hydrogen tanks to make the ship last longer