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Type: Blueprint
Mod category: Exploration
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Jul 26, 2016 @ 1:54am
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PvP - Type 5 - Hydro-Fighter

Description
The Type 5 is designed to be a replacement for the aging Ion base Type 1,2 and 3. Designed to be cheap, disposable, throw-a-way fighter with only a few bells and whistles. This ships packs more fire power than all the previous models and is quick and cheap to mass produce. This ship is 100% vanilla!

What's Included -
- 8x Gatling Guns
- 2x Re-loadable Rocket Launcher
- 1x Small Reactor
- 2x Gyroscopes
- 1x Antenna
- 1x Beacon
- 1x Small Reactor
- 1x Hydrogen Tank
- 1x Small Reactor
- 4x Decoys

Life Support:
To keep cost and size down, you will have to carry personal oxygen tanks in the cockpit if you plan on any long missions.

Fuel Time:
A few people have had concerns about fuel consumption, here are some things I learned during testing.

If you only hold "W" you will run out of fuel in approximately 23-24 minutes. Now the only time you would need to constantly go forward, is when leaving a planets gravity well. And you can do this with plenty of fuel to spare.

Now this ship is designed for space combat, and while is can fight inside a planets gravity, I would not recommend it. At best (on planet with 1g) you have 10-15 minutes of fuel (in a non-combat conditions). Its perfectly fine to build these planet side and then launch them into space.

Now as for space combat, you have approximately 15 minutes of fuel in a dog fight. While 15 minutes might not seem like a long time, in a dog fight that's an eternity. Plus when you consider that fact that you will most likely burn thru all you ammo in 5-10 minutes, (so you have plenty of fuel).

Decoys
The decoys on this fighter are designed to draw fire away from the Hydrogen tank. The Hydrogen tank can take a good deal of punishment but if its knocked out, its game over.

Scripts Used:
Configurable Automatic LCDs by MMaster

I hope some of you out there will find this fighter design useful.

See you on the battlefield!
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High Ground  [author] Mar 9, 2018 @ 3:41pm 
It’s a good vessel for pirating NPC ships (what she was built for). But you have to watch your hydrogen consumption, or you’ll run out and be screwed.
Sergej Mar 9, 2018 @ 10:43am 
It look so detpy, i love it :D. It is hard to find such compact hydro fighters.
rottielover Aug 5, 2016 @ 5:50pm 
Absolutely love your stuff HG. I've been a big fan for a while. I would love to see more Hydro stuff like this one, as I just found a DS who's concept is - no ions. yep they removed Ion engines and it's hydro only. I really gives the game a new jolt as you now are really forced to use LCD's to keep track of and maintain your fuel levels.

My only suggestion with this particular ship, pistons.. yea those things are just hell on DS's (yea still). I'd say leave them out
High Ground  [author] Jul 30, 2016 @ 3:50pm 
First you need to do a Ctrl + Alt + E to export the model, this will create a folder on your desktop. Then you need to go to Sketchfab [sketchfab.com] create an account, then upload the all the file in that folder. It will then create a 3D model which you can use.
lumiz Jul 30, 2016 @ 11:34am 
I lov it ho did u make that 3D model thing
High Ground  [author] Jul 26, 2016 @ 2:35am 
I should also mention this work quite well for attacking and capturing NPC Ships as well.