Spiritwolf/Hanland Submissions

[feriofukada]

Okay, after study through a proof-of-concept vessel made by chunkblaster (Baldr MkI Railgun Frigate), I applied it to this design I made. And I align this to Spirit Wolf.

Fresh from the Dry docks of SSDC (Septerran Space Dev't. Corporation) is the Magellan-Class Type I Mass Accelerator Combat Vessel. Classified as a MACV, not a Frigate or Destroyer, the Magellan comes with Smart Missiles and a 150 m/s Booster Gun.

Action Groups:

1 - Nuclear Engines

2 - Prograde Impulse

3 - Retrograde Impulse

4 - Fire Booster Gun w/ Compensators

5 - Close Gun chamber

Pros:

> It has a Big Gun. With 6 Big Guided Rounds.

> Armor Skirts to protect its flanks

> Smart Missile ports and Smart Round Clip ports in the Armor Skirts to provide combat longetivity

Cons:

> Part Count: 659 (RIP Low-End PCs)

> Dumdum rounds are not advised for this vessel.

> Does not include the rounds yet.

> Still stuck at the Dry Docks due to delays in developing a proper heavy lift launch vehicle.

> Fuel for the engines and the Booster Gun is shared. Use gun wisely.

Note:

> The nice man who helps me think of a way to launch this gets full credit for the launch vehicle.

Edited September 16, 2013 by feriofukada

[Top8]

Wow. Sweet little drone!

@Briansun1 - I think the setting can use all sorts of stations. The ICF sell mobile station delivery included .... but that is only one niche. What I personally think is neat: large stations with good aesthetics that are parts efficient.

[Draemora]

Thanks!

Yea, also, remember that the main practical purpose for stations in KSP is refuelling.

[Top8]

Refuelng, making nodular repairs easier (maybe by having droids for visitor use), long range missiles for defending the planet ... a military station can use all 300 parts for ammo and armor plus a tiny bit of station keeping. Then of course there is providing gravity via spin (you need a large arc to avoid weirdness with grav spin) and you could also simulate all sorts of RP stuff that isn't in game (yet).

[Top8]

My point is there are lots of possibilities, and if it also looks cool it will probably be used in videos. Because it looks cool.

[ScriptKitt3h]

Company name: I/O Tech Innovations

Bio: I/O Tech is a private company dedicated to the peaceful colonization of space. However, the events of the initial Spiritwolf-Hanland conflict did not go unnoticed by the senior management at I/O Tech, and the company has since developed several military-grade vessels to help in Spiritwolf's war effort. I/O Tech also is in the process of revamping their civilian logistics vessels to better suit the militarized space in and around the Kerbol System.

Allegiance- Spiritwolf, as well as the highest bidder. (except for Hanland and its allies.) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/images/smilies/k_angry.gif

Ship- Corona-class Heavy Fighter w/ SIREN-class automated booster/attack munition

Armament: 4 non-re-loadable missiles with 5 junior docking ports (1 on nose, 1 under each missile)

Power: 4 Thermonuclear rockets, 4 large solar arrays, and RCS thrusters.

Crew: 1 pilot

Part Count: 100 (w/out launch staging or SIREN attached)

Action Groups: 1:Toggles solar arrays, 2-5: missiles 1-4.

Proof of Travel:

On the Pad

Liftoff!

Slightly letting off on the throttle to decrease heat buildup...

Gravity turn following depletion of 1st set of boosters...

Starting orbital insertion...

Extending Apoapsis...

Circularizing orbit....

Ditching SIREN booster...

..Aaaand DONE!

Some "beauty shots":

Craft File: http://www./download/9w0vs2r3z7qlm2p/IoTech_Corona_-Class_Heavy_Fighter_Theta_Lead_.craft

Enjoy!

Also, here's some of my other vessels in-the-works:

Shrike-class Fighter-Interceptor:

I/O Tech Light Frigate:

[War Eagle 1]

Company name: I/O Tech Innovations

Bio: I/O Tech is a private company dedicated to the peaceful colonization of space. However, the events of the initial Spiritwolf-Hanland conflict did not go unnoticed by the senior management at I/O Tech, and the company has since developed several military-grade vessels to help in Spiritwolf's war effort. I/O Tech also is in the process of revamping their civilian logistics vessels to better suit the militarized space in and around the Kerbol System.

Allegiance- Spiritwolf, as well as the highest bidder. (except for Hanland and its allies.) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/images/smilies/k_angry.gif

Ship- Corona-class Heavy Fighter w/ SIREN-class automated booster/attack munition

Armament: 4 non-re-loadable missiles with 5 junior docking ports (1 on nose, 1 under each missile)

Power: 4 Thermonuclear rockets, 4 large solar arrays, and RCS thrusters.

Crew: 1 pilot

Part Count: 100 (w/out launch staging or SIREN attached)

Action Groups: 1:Toggles solar arrays, 2-5: missiles 1-4.

Proof of Travel:

On the Pad

Liftoff!

Slightly letting off on the throttle to decrease heat buildup...

Gravity turn following depletion of 1st set of boosters...

Starting orbital insertion...

Extending Apoapsis...

Circularizing orbit....

Ditching SIREN booster...

..Aaaand DONE!

Some "beauty shots":

Craft File: http://www./download/9w0vs2r3z7qlm2p/IoTech_Corona_-Class_Heavy_Fighter_Theta_Lead_.craft

Enjoy!

Also, here's some of my other vessels in-the-works:

Shrike-class Fighter-Interceptor:

I/O Tech Light Frigate:

There already is a shrike class- Macey Dean made is as an interplanetary SSTO

[ScriptKitt3h]

War Eagle, I didn't remember about that. Oh well, I can always do a quick re-name on it... but it's still not ready yet. Gotta get some good day launch pics.

[Shadow Lane]

He also invented the term "Shrike Class" to the best of my knowledge.

[War Eagle 1]

War Eagle, I didn't remember about that. Oh well, I can always do a quick re-name on it... but it's still not ready yet. Gotta get some good day launch pics.

I do like your ships though. Very original. I would suggest you redo the fighters missiles though. I have been working on some new fighter missiles that are based on Macey Deans Mosquito torperdos but are much stronger and can be reload. If you like I could Pm u pics of them so you can get an Idea of how to make them

[chunkblaster]

Ment to reply with quote- see next message

[chunkblaster]

Okay, after study through a proof-of-concept vessel made by chunkblaster (Baldr MkI Railgun Frigate), I applied it to this design I made. And I align this to Spirit Wolf.

Fresh from the Dry docks of SSDC (Septerran Space Dev't. Corporation) is the Magellan-Class Type I Mass Accelerator Combat Vessel. Classified as a MACV, not a Frigate or Destroyer, the Magellan comes with Smart Missiles and a 150 m/s Booster Gun.

Action Groups:

1 - Nuclear Engines

2 - Prograde Impulse

3 - Retrograde Impulse

4 - Fire Booster Gun w/ Compensators

5 - Close Gun chamber

Pros:

> It has a Big Gun. With 6 Big Guided Rounds.

> Armor Skirts to protect its flanks

> Smart Missile ports and Smart Round Clip ports in the Armor Skirts to provide combat longetivity

Cons:

> Part Count: 659 (RIP Low-End PCs)

> Dumdum rounds are not advised for this vessel.

> Does not include the rounds yet.

> Still stuck at the Dry Docks due to delays in developing a proper heavy lift launch vehicle.

> Fuel for the engines and the Booster Gun is shared. Use gun wisely.

Note:

> The nice man who helps me think of a way to launch this gets full credit for the launch vehicle.

Oh my god! SOMEONE LIKED MY DESIGN AND USED IT =D AWESOME!

Also I had planned a Baldr Mk2 ( and still do) but I'm asking allot of the design by Having a modular hull plus room for what i'm going to call "mission Modules" and I'm having trouble getting it all to fit together at a relatively low part count. But this is an awesome craft! I'll try making you a launch vehicle, but I won't be able to launch the dang thing as my computer cant nearly handle that many parts =(

[Lazro]

Has anyone ever tested burning through hulls and structural elements? Heavy armor seems to be making missiles and torpedoes increasingly useless.

[Mecha Pants]

Another Railgun Ship for you Chunkblaster!

Presenting the R-11 B Arquebus Picket Vessel

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A rare military design from the otherwise peaceable Ios Orbital Salvage Services Inc. The Arquebus Class of light picket craft are being designed to accompany unarmed utility vessels in areas of questionable security. Armaments being developed for this hull include a short-barreled railgun, with a variety* of munitions, guided or otherwise, and several varieties of small guided missile systems.

Currently clocking in at something around 170 parts, these guys are pretty easy on hardware, and can be loaded with up to five railgun charges and four small smart missiles on docking ports behind the shield. According to Kerbal engineer this craft has just over 5700 Dv, and a TWR of .25. Plans to move them in pairs, attached to a central drop tank are being considered for Jool SOI deployments.

*Only one actual functional munition has been produced, IOSS engineers are still scraping together funding for a proper target. Current effectiveness untested.

Edited September 17, 2013 by Mecha Pants

[chunkblaster]

Another Railgun Ship for you Chunkblaster!

Presenting the R-11 B Arquebus Picket Vessel

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A rare military design from the otherwise peaceable Ios Orbital Salvage Services Inc. The Arquebus Class of light picket craft are being designed to accompany unarmed utility vessels in areas of questionable security. Armaments being developed for this hull include a short-barreled railgun, with a variety* of munitions, guided or otherwise, and several varieties of small guided missile systems.

Currently clocking in at something around 170 parts, these guys are pretty easy on hardware, and can be loaded with up to five railgun charges and four small smart missiles on docking ports behind the shield. According to Kerbal engineer this craft has just over 5700 Dv, and a TWR of .25. Plans to move them in pairs, attached to a central drop tank are being considered for Jool SOI deployments.

*No actual functional munitions have been produced, IOSS engineers are still working out the magazine system. Current effectiveness is still in doubt.

Now THAT, my friend, is a lovely piece of engineering! I pretty much have to throw in a design of my own at this point lest i be showed up by others using my idea! =D

Any chance i can download the craft/ see a vid of it in action? I'm interested to see if there's any sort of improvement of accuracy using your setup of 4 boosters instead of 2.

[Mecha Pants]

I haven't actually had much luck getting the Railgun to fire, honestly. I understand how it's supposed to work, but my ammo building skills have always been pretty crap. Give me a few minutes to host it somewhere and I'll shoot you a PM with a link.

edit: It shoots now! Much more like its namesake than intended. The railgun's projectiles tend to fragment during firing, making it well suited for med-close range attacks. Also RCS missiles and magazine drone added. Updated gallery with pictures.

Edited September 17, 2013 by Mecha Pants

[feriofukada]

OOC: Ah, at last. Chunkblaster saw it. And what he just saw is the GPU-Killer version. I managed to reduce the part count of the MACV-001 to 657. Also, I made a variant that didn't include the defensive walls to reduce part count to 500 and increase the ease of launch.

The Septerran Space Development Corporation's Drydock has finished the redesign of the MACV-001 Magellan, which now includes Prograde and Retrograde impulse drives, and an increase in Smart Missile ports. Unfortunately, it's sister ship, MACV-002 Columbus, suffered from budgets cuts due to the expensive armor used on the MACV-001. Because of this, the defensive barriers that flanked the Magellan were removed. On the bright side, SSDC engineers installed 'baby barriers' to hold SMS, and increased the number of RCS ports to ensure that the vehicle can outmaneuver and outgun opponents before they could take action.

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SSDC MACV-001 Magellan

Part Count: 657

Crew: 2 (Navigator and Weapons Officer)

Engine: x6 LV-N Atomic Rocket Motors (Interplanetary/Hohmann/Bi-elliptical)

x8 Rockomax 24-77 (Impulse; 4 for Prograde, 4 for Retrograde)

x4 C7 Toroidal Aerospike Rockets (Gun compensators)

Armaments: x1 Mythology Industries Booster Gun

x24 Smart Missile Ports

x4 Mk1 Smart Round Munition Ports

Action Groups:

1 - Nuclear Engines

2 - Prograde Impulse

3 - Retrograde Impulse

4 - Fire Booster Gun w/ Compensators

5 - Close Gun chamber

http://www./download/jr4uipmxtirzzqd/MACV-001_Magellan.craft

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SSDC MACV-002 Columbus

Part Count: 500

Crew: 2 (Navigator and Weapons Officer)

Engine: x6 LV-N Atomic Rocket Motors (Interplanetary/Hohmann/Bi-elliptical)

x8 Rockomax 24-77 (Impulse; 4 for Prograde, 4 for Retrograde)

x4 C7 Toroidal Aerospike Rockets (Gun compensators)

Armaments: x1 Mythology Industries Booster Gun

x12 Smart Missile Ports

x6 Mk1 Smart Round Munition Ports (a pair underneath the gun barrel, and a pair on each shield)

Action Groups:

1 - Nuclear Engines

2 - Prograde Impulse

3 - Retrograde Impulse

4 - Fire Booster Gun w/ Compensators

5 - Close Gun chamber

http://www./download/6a7c5w054969y5c/MACV-002_Columbus.craft

[chunkblaster]

I like the redesign Ferio! I still can't launch it myself, but I think I do have a lifter that can, I'll post that at some point for you tonight

EDIT: out of curiosity, how did you manage to get the double magazine setup to work? as in, how did you manage to get the round to sit in the middle of the cannon? It's a idea i played with on the Baldr but i couldn't figure out how to make that work myself.

Edited September 18, 2013 by chunkblaster

[zekes]

This really blows the part count, but being double armored means it's virtually unpenetratable...

[Lazro]

Since nobody seems to be investigating burning through armor with sepatrons, I think I'll do an investigation myself. Watch this space.

[Giggleplex777]

Since nobody seems to be investigating burning through armor with sepatrons, I think I'll do an investigation myself. Watch this space.

I've tested that out a while ago. It didn't work very well.

[Lazro]

What did you use it against? At what distance? How many were fired? Was the ship very large? I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions, but I need to know.

[Giggleplex777]

What did you use it against? At what distance? How many were fired? Was the ship very large? I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions, but I need to know.

I fired one at a couple layers of panels. It didn't even break one.

The part would say that it has been damaged but it wouldn't break.

[Lazro]

Just one sepatron? Or one SRB?

[feriofukada]

I like the redesign Ferio! I still can't launch it myself, but I think I do have a lifter that can, I'll post that at some point for you tonight

EDIT: out of curiosity, how did you manage to get the double magazine setup to work? as in, how did you manage to get the round to sit in the middle of the cannon? It's a idea i played with on the Baldr but i couldn't figure out how to make that work myself.

The double magazine? I just needed something to stop the round from straying out of the chambers (i.e. landing gears). Also, I made sure that the round's length was enough to help it not stray out of the barrel while not impede its entry. That's why I opted to use semi-smart rounds which used an RCS tank instead of an Oscar-B, and a flat probe. And about the launch, I can launch the vehicle by making sure that all the textures are dropped down to increase the framerate from 20 to (at least) 40. Well.. that's how I tried to launch the first MACV.