Federation Runabout

[JadeOfMaar]

Finally, an amazing tiny ship to carry in the amazing large ship, both from Starfleet. This Federation Runabout seats 3, fits perfectly and is even an SSTO. Its body is from the USI Malemute Rover. It doesn't have passive antigravity due to its low tier engine (in the GN Drive mod) but simulates it by mashing RCS which is very necessary to control vertical speed while sub-orbital. The only thing to really worry about is surface gravity as its TWR is just fine on Kerbin but main thrust alone is not enough to get into Kerbin orbit.

The USS Enterprise D craft has been updated with a perfectly placed docking port to receive this craft, but that port is not in any action groups. My brief testing hasn't made it necessary but it's easy enough to reach and right-click on when it presents the undock option.

Action Groups

• 1) Toggle GN Drive and Ion Engines. Better to not use the Spacebar to start. GN Drives may not show up in staging.
• 5) Refuel Runabout. It doesn't have passive regeneration and will eventually go dry. The craft will need downtimes as all Ec will be consumed for the process.
• 0) Undock Node. (Test this before going live.) The Clamp-O-Tron, on the underside, is inset to reduce the concern for it dragging across a surface during translation while landed. This makes it very hard to reach while docked to another ship, moreso the wall or floor of a cargo bay. If this doesn't work for you, add Decouple Node to the action group.

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USI version.

Non-USI version.

 

 

Spoiler

Awkward placement inside USS Prometheus. Doable but realistically that service bay would need to stay open.

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by JadeOfMaar