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O.S.A. Artillery Vessel 'Castle King'

"Looking at the wide range of ship types, Hjalm was once again amazed by the Alliance’s skill in repurposing equipment. The tall but thin cargo ship Castle King in the Lancers had managed to attach a salvaged Fleet railgun to its underside, replacing its storage boxes. It made a smooth adjustment to its course, and in the blink of an eye, the large metal slug encased in its railgun barrel seemed to simply disappear. Seconds later, the upper spire of the left defense station separated, tumbling gently away, its autocannon turrets frozen in place."
-From Forces of Equilibrium

The Castle King is a flimsy bulk freighter. Supporting a crew of three, her main business was to move cargo between systems. After witnessing a violent Earther raid on a merchant outpost, however, her crew now fights on behalf of the Occupied Settlements Alliance.

Her attachment hooks – designed to secure large cargo containers – now holds in place a large gravity gun, salvaged from a wrecked Earther Inferno-class frigate. This gives the Castle King respectable firepower against long-range, slow-moving targets. The built-in reload system enables one shot every fifteen seconds for as long as there are building components available.

General characteristics:
▪ Crew: 3 crewmembers
▪ Length: 62,5 m
▪ Width: 32,5 m
▪ Height: 27,5 m
▪ Mass (standard equipped): 1 326 274 kg
▪ Ship block count: 899 blocks
▪ Ship PCU count: 10 123 PCU
▪ Utility craft block count: 71 blocks
▪ Utility craft PCU count: 1 305 PCU

Armament:
▪ 4x 25mm Gatling Turrets
▪ 1x 250cm Gravity Gun

Features:
▪ Has some cargo space for hauling missions.
▪ Has on-board production equipment and an A-2 Utility Craft for salvaging and repairs.
▪ Has on-board production equipment to refine ore and assemble components.
▪ Cockpit seat with information screens and toolbars.
▪ Jump Drive with a range of 2 000 km.
▪ No mods or DLCs.
▪ Contains fuel and components – tested in survival.

Known issues:
▪ None at the moment.

Acknowledgements:
▪ The radar panel uses Whip’s Turret Based Radar script by Whiplash141.
▪ The information screens use MMaster's LCD 2 script.
▪ The screen showing the planet's horizon and the ship's heading is using Whip's Artificial Horizon Redux script by Whiplash141.

For those who like the setting and lore surrounding the Alliance: consider reading The Fleet Beyond Neptune[www.amazon.com] and Forces of Equilibrium[www.amazon.com], the books about the conflict between the Alliance and the Fleet.