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Basilisk Hover-Tank

In 1 collection by UnluckyFriedKitten
Spacecraft the U.F.Kitten-Kollection
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Description
Callsign: HoneyBadger
Basilisk-Class, Repulsor-lift Battlefield Fire-support vehicle.
Functions as: a Main Battletank, Artillery Platform, Anti-Air Defence and Space Marine Dropship.
(it cannot fly but can be dropped from orbit*, with the repulsors slowing decent)

Crew: Driver, 2 Gunners and a Squad of 8 Space Marines (2 Heavy, 6 Assault)
The Main Turret is armed with twin, direct-fire 80mm Railguns -at full power their range is only limited by planetary curvature, but can be 'dialled-down' to allow indirect fire (like a Mortar/Artillery), in this mode the repulsors are reversed and the Tank locks-on to whatever surface it's on, for maximum stability.
The 2 Gunners each control a side turret, armed with a Heavy Plasma Cannon and a Multimode Missile Launcher, each covering a 210 degree arc of fire to each side.

Also has an Ejector-seat built into the Turret, to deploy glider equipped marines high above the battlefield.
(simply climb into the seat in the roof and hit jump) -this isn't working as well as it used to, might've been a bug that's been squished since I last tried it. It still pops you out through the roof, just not very high.

Note: The stairs can be removed, they'd only really be deployed when parked at base.

* my hope (if we ever get fully rotatable BP's) is to make a version of one of my Dragon-Class Battlecruisers carrying one of these tanks upsidedown, underneath, in its Claws ;) I'd just need some cheesy 80's action music to go with it ;)
10 Comments
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 19 Jul, 2019 @ 3:30pm 
TBH all I'd ever used firebombs for in the past, was as cans of drink on placemats and shelves lol
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 6:14pm 
Thanks :) I was playing around with holo-art ideas a while back and noticed firebombs looked tubular from the end, I'd never rotated one before :)
RSoM LuckySheep 18 Jul, 2019 @ 5:36pm 
I was unfamiliar with the block... I couldn't quite put my finger on it... then it hit me. Nice use of fire bombs, sir. ^^
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:38am 
I just realised, in the top down bp picture, it sort of looks like a Moth, hmm ...nah! it'd never work, it would be compelled to repeatedly crash into bright light sources :steamfacepalm:
Survival [ Optional ] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:19am 
if the level of gun don't work................ USE MORE GUN, LIKE A TANK
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:10am 
Good call! I remember that one :steamhappy:
CtulhuFhgatn 18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:08am 
thanks for linked, it's remind me about other old movie "Sgt. Bilko" were was "flying tank" :-)
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:03am 
Found a good clip of the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA
UnluckyFriedKitten  [author] 18 Jul, 2019 @ 10:50am 
thank you very much :)
I'd started out trying to build a Hover Troop Transport, then got carried away adding weapons and combat roles, so it's kind of like a future version of the US Bradley fighting vehicle (which is worth a google or youtube search, I think Hollywood even made a comedy movie about it's development)
CtulhuFhgatn 18 Jul, 2019 @ 3:00am 
Amazing!