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MV Forefront | Modern Ro/Pax Ferry
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Vehicles: Vehicle, Sea, Exploration, Delivery, Technical, Creative, Land, Mechanical, Advanced
Tags: v1.9.16
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Nov 4, 2023 @ 10:23am
Nov 8, 2023 @ 6:52am
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MV Forefront | Modern Ro/Pax Ferry

Description
Forefront - NeatNaut & Pagmon collaborative build







History (fictional ship)

Planning & Building

It's the early 2000s (SW Time), and Pagil Shipping needs a new vessel. For a fairly long time, operating small ro/ro river ferries around the Sawyer isles has worked for them, but with bigger companies like Sawyerlink on the rise and their ships growing old, this is slowly but surely becoming problematic. Although their future isn't sure, one thing is - they need a new ship, and fast. In 2001 (SW Time), the project is started. The plans call for a medium-range 65 meter ro/pax ferry, a very common type of vessel sailing the Stormworks seas. One thing that won't be too common about it though, is how modern and state of the art the ship was going to be. You can almost say the vessel was leading the Forefront of engineering with how advanced it was going to be. But how could it not be - the ship was mostly designed and built by Neatyards, a company known for building nuclear ships. After careful planning, the keel was laid down in late 2002 (SW Time) in Olsen Bay. Except for being quite long, the building process went well. And after 2 years, she was in service.

Early years

The first 3 years weren't the best for the ship. She wasn't necessarily losing money, but she wasn't gaining much of it either, certainly not enough to build another ship. The vessel even got into 2 incidents during this time, although they weren't very bad.

Finally successful

In early 2008 (SW Time), huge amounts of oil were found just North of Arid. This obviously drew tons of people South, and those people wanted to bring things like cars with them, which made ferry companies interested. And soon,
Pagil launched their new Holt town - FJ Warner - JSI docks route. This route was an instant hit, and was incredibly profitable for 19 more years.

Today

After these 19 years, the profits died down, and the ship was put on a whole different route in the Arctic. At this point, the ship was beginning to show her age, which prompted a refit in 2028 (SW Time). Today, she's still proudly sailing the Stormworks seas.

Incidents and Accidents

2005, Feb. 8th. (SW Time) - Collision with dock in Holt town - slight scraping on bow: repaired

2006, Aug. 5th. (SW Time) - Electric power to engines lost for 5 hours - tickets refunded: engines fixed at sea

2012, Nov. 21st. (SW Time) - Collision with tanker - damage to bow, tanker heavily damaged: repaired in drydock

2025, Jul. 16th. (SW Time) - Leak in engine room - water damage to engines: water pumped, engines repaired

Leave some feedback on this part of the description in the comments, did you like it, or not?


Specifications
Length
65 m
Width
10.25 m
Weight
130,000 SW Mass
Car capacity
20+
Passenger Capacity
138 (Stormlink)
Top Speed
22 kts
Cost
657,000
Fuel (L)
148,000
Range (Top Speed)
380 km


Features
  • 2 car decks
  • High range
  • Bow + stern + midships thrusters
  • Dynamic damage system
  • Stormlink compatible
  • Decorated interior
  • Working ballast system
  • Lifeboats and liferafts
  • Much, much more


Known issues
  • Water can sometimes leak in while car deck 1 doors are open
  • Throttle usually reacts above 70%
  • Engine sometimes overheats. This couldn't be replicated in testing, and all necessary measures were taken to stop it.


Procedures and checklists





Startup
  1. Go to helm at bridge
  2. Turn ON all breakers (electricity)
  3. Turn ON Engines


Docking
  1. Ferry piers addon heavily recommended
  2. Decrease throttle when getting close (throttle not very sensitive)
  3. Use of thrusters heavily recommended
Lower car deck:
  1. Go to bow/stern, find dark grey instrument panel, or use the ones on the bridge
  2. Use UP or DOWN to raise or lower the ramp
  3. Use magalls to connect ramp to ground
Upper car deck:
  1. Ballast down ship
  2. Raise dock ramp all the way up
  3. Go to bow/stern, find dark grey instrument panel/key


Sinking
  1. Go to helm
  2. Press key 6
  3. Go to car deck
  4. Access door in the aft part of the stairway column
  5. Select desired sinking
OR
  1. Wait for it to sink by itself, should take about 190 minutes in calm conditions
Sinking features can be turned off fully by turning Disable Dynamic Damage System ON above the sofa on the bridge


Other


Updates
  • 21:00 CET, 5th Nov. 2023 - Connected engine room lights to electricity
  • 16:00 CET, 8th Nov. 2023 - Changed the stern upper ramp up a bit and fixed some ventilation stuff.


Notes
  • The passenger spaces aren't actually sealed due to the use of XML lights
  • Ship was built before gases update, although it should work
  • If there are any problems and you've thoroughly read the descriptions, tell me in the comments


Credits

Tell me if I missed anything!


Legal
  • If you're making a video about this, please give a link
  • Do not reupload without my permission


Thanks for (probably) subscribing!
Enjoy!


Pagil, NeatNaut, Pagmon, or any other party than you is not legally liable for any accidents, injuries, or deaths caused by you during the piloting of this vessel.


--NeatNaut and Pagmon, 4th of November 2023
71 Comments
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DarphyParty Mar 6 @ 1:29pm 
one of the best ferrys
copper_blo8y Jan 31 @ 5:26pm 
cool
copper_blo8y Jan 31 @ 5:26pm 
another thing to crash an AL-530 into
Goobish Dec 11, 2024 @ 1:28am 
do you plan on updating the ship to include releasing the lifeboats without manually doing it?
NeatNaut  [author] Nov 17, 2024 @ 1:49pm 
You have to release them by hand, this was built before the update that lets you do that with logic
Theo_:3 Nov 17, 2024 @ 1:21pm 
i cannot find the lifeboat release button? its forever attached to the cables.
NeatNaut  [author] Nov 14, 2024 @ 1:56pm 
You need a modded workbench or have to use the add-on editor
Boomiscool! Nov 12, 2024 @ 7:45pm 
how do I spawn it? I tried getting it in the creative island workbench, which I think is the biggest, and it didn't work
NeatNaut  [author] Oct 27, 2024 @ 1:23pm 
She does look very similar, though she was mainly kind of based on Superspeed 1/2
kostas333 Oct 27, 2024 @ 11:22am 
She reminds me of the Superfast I/II