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Viper Vertical Launch System

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Howdy!

The Viper Vertical Launch System (VLS) is a reloadable, 6 shot WHAM/LAMP guided missile launch platform. It is designed to be an easy-to-use technology demonstrator that can also be relatively easily integrated into a ship.

This is the spiritual successor to the Crotalus Mk.I Vertical Launch Missile System (hence the name "Viper"), but now it uses the latest generation of my homing missile guidance script suite.

You can not use multiple of these VLS cells onto a single ship as they will conflict due to how WHAM/LAMP works.

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• 6 vertically launched homing missiles with 5km range and ~100 m/s² acceleration
  
• Self-reloading mechanism
  
• Pre-configured missile designation custom turret
  
• Easy to paste onto an existing ship
  
• Fits within a 7 x 5 x 3 block volume

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Setup is essentially as simple as cutting off the yellow sprue and pasting the components onto a ship, but follow the detailed instructions on the blueprint itself (because I hate duplicating documentation lol). You can also just use this as a standalone demonstration platform.

1. Fire missile
   
2. Reload all missiles
   
3. Control Custom Camera Turret
   
4. Switch missile guidance mode
   
5. Toggle missile lock-on
   
6. Toggle missile precision mode
   
7. Toggle missile spiral
   
8. Toggle missile stealth (antenna broadcasting)
   
9. Kill all active missiles

First, get in the provided flight seat. Then...

1. Aim at the target with a camera
   
2. Press [5] to initiate camera lock-on
   
3. Look at the status screen or listen for the lock-on sound to ensure you have lock
   
4. Press [1] to fire (Can only fire when locked on)

1. Press [4] until the "Turret" mode is selected
   
2. Fly into turret range of a target
   
3. Look at the status screen or listen for the lock-on sound to ensure you have lock
   
4. Press [1] to fire a missile (Can only fire when locked on)

Note
This blueprint is only equipped with the attached custom turret controller as a turret. To add more, simply add more custom turret controllers or AI turret blocks into the "Fire Control" group.

1. Press [4] until the "Beam Ride" mode is selected
   
2. Press [1] to fire a missile
   
3. Look where you want the missile to go. They will steer towards where you are aiming.

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This is intended to primarily be a technology demonstrator for WHAM/LAMP. This was created to satisfy a relatively common request from users to provide a simple example platform for dissection.

I used the old school red ship in the thumbnail and literally just cut a 7 x 5 x 3 hole in the butt and pasted the VLS cell in there.

I made this in a couple of hours, so I hope it works for someone other than me. Feel free to use, modify, and/or publish this thing on your ships! This is meant to be a utility, so modification is encouraged :)