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S.S. CARL SAGAN - Interplanetary Colonial Vessel

Vanilla | Survival | Subgrids | Scripts | DLC | 7386 blocks | 72811 PCU




The Cosmoliner constructed exploration ship the S.S. Carl Sagan is designed for a single purpose, travel across the solar system and deliver modules required to jump start a planetary colony. It’s lightweight construction allows it to maximize it’s 4 jump drives to deliver all the necessary materials to jumpstart a distance outpost.





It features two distinct pressurized modules, a bottom command module with amenities for the crew and passengers, and an upper science module with medical & production equipment.



In the center it features a pressurized hangar bay with a small tug vessel for moving modules around the ship, with a miner and welder ship latched to the outside of the science module.

A large boom extends forward holding 4 of the 6 onboard modules, with the far end supporting automated solar panels and the retro thruster. Ship has onboard turrets for defending against drone attacks, but definitely don’t take this ship into combat!

• Ship Mass: 5.9KT
  
• Jumpdrives: 4
  
• Crew: 6
  
• Cryopods: 14

Featuring the C-835 Carryall Dropship mounted to the extended boom, this transport is designed for lifting mission modules back and forth from the planet’s surface. It utilizes whiplash141’s excellent subgrid thruster control script to enable it to vector it’s 4 thrust modules, allowing it to carry an incredible 5.8kilotons of material from the earth’s surface into space.

The transport has its own single jump drive, and amenities for 3 crew members allowing it to also undertake long interplanetary voyages. This ship has been designed specifically to allow you to spawn it in without DLC blocks (only a cosmetic armory and cargo block)



It features a full multi crew Glass cockpit with all the information required to safely operate, it can also be stowed away to allow clear view out of the front of the flight deck.

Just remember to keep your thrusters deactivated when not in flight, as they are thirsty and will drain your fuel while just idle!

• 5.8KT Lift Capacity
  
• Crew: 3
  
• Jump Drive
  
• VTOL Thrust Vectoring

Pathfinder Module



This module is specially designed as the first ground asset to be dropped onto a planet, allowing for a single crewmember or laser remote operator to local a suitable landing site for the full colony.

• Crew 1
  
• Laser Antenna for remote operation

Habitat Module



This module has everything required for 7 colonists to safely live and work on the most in hospital planetary environments.

• Forward Operating Base
  
• Crew: 7
  
• Includes basic assembler & refinery
  
• Full sized medical room
  
• Cryopods: 7

Production Module



A ready made mining operations center, this module has a top loading collector array allowing for hands-free transfer of ore directly into the refinery.

• Ore processing
  
• Manufacturing
  
• Crew: 1

Surface Vehicle Garage



Surface operations put tons of wear and tear on vehicles and ships, use this garage module to build vehicles and to maintenance on them in a comfortable pressurized environment.

• Two pressurized modules
  
• Deployable ramp
  
• Includes an atmospheric miner craft

Cargo Module



Once you have a huge haul of rare ores and minerals, load up this cargo container and using the C-835 Carryall lift this back into space either for supplying orbital ships or trading with far away planets.

• 10 Large Cargo Containers
  
• Collectors for mining operations
  
• Max weight 5.8KT for Carryall

Hydrogen Fuel Module



Thirsty ships need lots of hydrogen! Use this module as an ice processing fuel depot to keep everything well supplied. You can also use this to ferry from the plentiful ice deposits on a planet's surface back into space to fuel large starships.

• 10 Large Hydrogen Tanks
  
• 12 o2/h2 Generators
  
• Switchable to stockpile
  
• Ready made fuel depot

COLONY BUILDING TIPS:

• For a permanent base, build station merge blocks directly onto the planet's surface and lower the modules onto them so they can be fixed in place, then connect them at the base so multiple modules can share power and conveyor systems. Remember only static grids can use wind farms!
  
• Always power down unused modules and switch their batteries to recharge if they are independent to save power while you build a more renewable power supply.

• If you are planning to drop all the modules before you get everything up and running, consider dropping the hydrogen tanks early so you have a planet side fuel dump ready to go.

CARRYALL OPERATION TIPS:



I've also uploaded a No DLC alternative, which is the carryall paired with a deep space cargo freighter. Check it out here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2188325428

Huge thanks to brewerjulius who got me the DLC blocks that allowed me to bring this ship to the next level!

Please post for feedback! Thanks!