Teradyne

That's really cool of you Majiir. I'm sure many people in this thread will appreciate it.

I remember seeing you link this in the chat of a KSP livestream awhile back. Very cool to see it released on the forum finally. Congrats!

Teradyne Heavy Industries is proud to present our first commercially available craft, the Tanker Manta. As you can see our engineers have taken inspiration from the creatures which live in the oceans of Kerbin, leading to an aesthetically pleasing design. The ship contains 2450 units of Mono-propellant, 7920 units of Liquid Fuel, 9680 units of Oxidizer, and 5600 units of Xenon gas for even the thirstiest fleet of Mosquitoes. The Manta's final part count weighs in at 360 parts. As a tanker craft the Manta has many docking ports of various sizes located along the craft: 1 Clampotron Jr. at the fore ward docking boom (action group 1 to toggle docking lights), 1 Clampotron at the aft docking boom (action group 2 to toggle docking lights), 1 Clampotron Sr. on the dorsal section of the hull, 1 Clampotron Sr. on the ventral section as well as 2 Clampotrons ready to receive the Pilot Fish escort fighter (still in development). There are also two fore ward mounted Clampotrons ready to be stocked with torpedoes, however the Manta is shipped unarmed as it is a commercial vessel. The Manta is available to whichever corporation believes they might make most use of it. Alright, now that the pitch is over, onto the proof and such! Sitting on the pad with the ridiculous Clampotron Sr. connected lift stage I made. Toggle outermost and nuclear engine gimbals with action group 0. Don't forget to toggle back when you ignite the nuclear engines. Successful non-explosive lift off. I seem to have forgotten to take a screenshot of the gravity turn as I was busy wrestling and easing it into the correct angle with RCS aid. Also, the spinning... Initiating booster assist after dropping the tanks below. Make sure you let those drift away a bit before lighting off the boosters Pushing up our Apoapsis with booster assist. Starting to circularize. The last bit of the lift stage is spent before a stable orbit is established. Commence clenching! The 6 nuclear engines were able to do it! And now the glamor shots! The craft file with launch stage fully assembled and ready to launch http://www./?9c1d1ra6v8vle6n The persistence file with the Manta in orbit awaiting escort ships, armament, or a top off before heading off into the ocean of stars http://www./?b33d47383308yuy This was my first really big ship project like this and it was definitely Macey's series which inspired me to try something so outlandish and big.