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SCT-02 Southern Gothic

The final Bermuda-class ship, Sound Mirrors, can be found here. It benefits from many, many functional and aesthetic upgrades that Southern Gothic lacks, and I would recommend using it instead for whatever war crimes you intend to commit = )

Southern Gothic is the second ship of Coyote Orbital's Bermuda-class. Designated SCT (for Special Combat Type), these have been our survival faction's primary combat ships for the past three months. Their low mass and powerful gravity drive give the vessels excellent agility, letting them dodge enemy fire with ease. To return fire. the Southern Gothic has a pair of automated missile turrets as well as a host of other more conventional weapons, including rocket launchers and a small gravity cannon. Ten jump drives with a combined range of over 7000 km let it cross long distances effortlessly, making it useful for scouting and trading as well.

This ship is fully survival-ready, and with a few tricks ( I wrote a guide explaining the whole process) can be painlessly printed. Though designed to use the Defense Shields mod on Skunkworks servers, this upload does not include those blocks; it is completely vanilla.

Note about DLC blocks: they make the ship look nicer, but if you don't have them it will not change things in any way that matters.

(Learn more by uploading .sbc file to SEPraisal[spaceengineerspraisal.net])
-Mass: 3,370,828 kg empty
-PCU: 43,925
-Blocks: 3,301 total | 988 non-armor
-Acceleration: 0-104 m/s in approx. 4 seconds forwards/backwards, all other directions approx. 6 seconds. Yeah. It's fast.
-Scripts: Gravity Drive Manager, Whip's Turret AI Slaving Script, Whip's Weapon Salvo Script

Tab 1:
1-Forward camera
2-Fire fixed rocket launchers
3-Open/Close rocket launcher hatches (make sure these are open when you fire)
4-Fire gravity cannon (automatically reloads)
5-On/Off toggle for gravity drive
6-On/Off toggle for TR3 rotor turrets
7-Jump Drive A
8-Jump Drive B
9-Jump Drive C

Tab 2:
1-On/Off toggle for gatling turrets
2-On/Off toggle for missile turrets
3-On/Off toggle for point defense interior turrets
4-Auto/Recharge toggle for ship batteries
5-On/Off toggle for ship antenna
6-Fire reloadable rocket launchers on turrets (for funsies)
7-On/Off toggle for rotor turret rotor locks
8-On/Off toggle for rotor turret hinge locks
9-Open/Close gravity cannon hatch (automatically opens for firing sequence)

Coyote Orbital (often referred to simply as COY) started the build of this ship to replace the KMI Griffin used by pist as his go-to scout. The design's roundish form took inspiration from that ship and several others from KMI, as well as the great works of Taidyr. Approaching completion, it became apparent to us that it far surpassed the role of a scout, having enough maneuverability and shield health (approximately 4 million at lower charge rates) to tango with larger ships.

Bermudas were created with custom turrets in mind; in accordance with pist's wishes, the first-in-class (Gifts for the Earth, SCT-01) was finished mounting a pair of gatling modular turrets developed from those used on the Lance of Longinus.
Wanting a heavier armament for my own, I gave the Southern Gothic a pair of recently-designed TR3 rocket battlecannons, intended for forthcoming ships that the Bermudas ultimately killed on the drawing board. Other loadouts were proposed but never implemented.

At time of writing, no Bermuda-class ships have been lost to combat or accidents in service with Coyote Orbital. Until this release, they were kept top secret, with even screenshots of the vessels restricted to keep them relatively unknown. With the decline of most major COY enemies on Skunkworks, it was decided to release the ships in order to make things more interesting.

Any videos or other content on this ship is very much welcome--no need to ask! (just leave credit where possible)
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