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TX-Scarab Battle Jitney

T4 Combat Centric CV

Designed to fight, but more importantly, beat Dreadnoughts, the Scarab is a highly maneuverable heavy combat CV.
This download is it's "Success" iteration. Meaning the many attempts before this to beat a Dreadnought failed.
I'd like to say my skill improved as I pit myself against them in the Scarab's many forms, but I think I can safely say, it's the ship.

A combination of Xeno and Combat Steel make the Scarab a solid ship. Decoy small gennies in the front provide a false ineffectual target, and to be perfectly honest, it could probably stand a bit more, but if one is fighting a Dreadnought and standing still enough for the front nose to take enough blasts, then the amount of armor isn't really going to be the issue.
That said the cannon supporting pikes on either side can easily be extended by a few blocks of Xeno to provide more cushion for more frontal assaults.

Quite maneuverable but not perfectly so. I traded in a tiny bit of turn for comforts such as a bed, a shower, a toilet, medical equipment, and 2 storage arrays, one for ammo, one for the spoils of taking down an enemy vessel.
So the swap made sense to me.
Though I highly recommend replacing the Cargo Controller for a second Ammo Controller, as from my experience, they can hold anything.

8 Plasma Turrets
12 Rocket Turrets
4 Rocket Launchers (player controlled)
2 Pulse Laser Turrets
6 Minigun Turrets
4 Artillery Turrets
T2 Shields
1 Oxygen Tank
Warp Drive
Gravity Generator
Armor Changing Station
Oxygen Station
Standard Medical Equipment
Landing Gear on bottom for standard landings
Single Docking Gear on top for transporting.
... and some light reading for laughs.