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BBW Perch (rescue, passenger, parcel)

BBW Perch

Concept:
Coastal patrol and parcel boat


Why drive this boat:
= High speed ramming
= Handy for many jobs
= LTD (larger than door) parcel handling
= Stormlink compatible (?pcap 10)
= Good view
= Good early career progress to more wealth



Derived from the Magic School Boat program the Perch is named both for a tasty fish native to the designer’s homeland and for the way the pilot is perched in a high visibility seat. It has a high commonality with Magic using a variant of the below the waterline hull, powerplant and safety systems. This is also a “lessons learned” project applying skills and understandings gained from the Magic School Boat program. Micro-controllers from the Magic program come from the developers own creations, such as the engine control unit, and some already selected from Steam.
Perch is developed with less expensive electronics, no radar nor map screen, for a lower cost yet able to use gps and locator systems to navigate to rescues. Bridge space is available to facilitate installation if so wished.
Under the coastal classification the crew are expected to come to shore, primarily to refuel, limiting the needs for extensive crew habitation such as in Magic. Instead the lower forward hull is configured as a weather shelter zone, the “pit”, for a moderate number of survivors. This makes her well suited to passenger transfers and for any cargo that can be handled through a door.
In the default rescue arrangement crew bedding is available in the lower wheel house and in the back of the engine room. Medical beds could be exchanged for more crew beds. A mini-galley is present underneath the cabin ramp with a fridge, sink and a nearby heating element. A tea kettle is mounted in the lower wheel house for hot drinks while above deck. A toilet is fitted in the lower pit cabin with a rod for hanging privacy curtains.

A perimeter extension was made with overall buoyant material. A result is significant reduction in her tendency to roll.
For those moving through a career Perch should be purchasable after a few crates or missions. She is a good stepping stone toward using Magic which in turn handles a greater range of missions.


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Top speed: ~65-70 knots with full fuel load
Fast gearing with Gear Alpha on and Beta off

Cruising: ~155nm at 22.5 knots
Overdrive with both Gear Alpha and Beta engaged

Mass: ~5,500 units
Cost: ~$51,600

Survivor seats: 10
Medical beds: 2
Crew beds: 2
Total: 14

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Key features:

= High visibility and raised piloting position
= Ramp for bringing up hand moveable items
= Cargo cage for LTD (larger-than-door) hand moveable items
= Diverse rescue capacity.
= High speed rams are merely an inconvenience
= Bow flooding catch system
= Multiplayer friendly for two
= Large lower cabin suitable for redecoration
= Safety minded engine control unit
= Damage control board
= Stern connectors for rafts
= Working anchors with appearance style ready on the bow and practical thin stored in engine room
= Raised railing section as a visual marker for pilot as to where the ship’s side is during docking
= Passenger seats ten (10) in the lower cabin, Stormlink compatible



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Mod for small parcels:

Super Package Package by CommanderMartin
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2356198646

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“Seal” Fuel raft:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2401440938


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Commentary:

= As a branch aimed for a high seat with good visibility its fairly good at visual spotting of objects or casualties amid waves.
= The deck space is narrow yet manageable. Magic and Pike have more deck space for handling casualties.
= Casualties could also be left standing in the cargo cage.
= It was found that trying to make a sealed cargo area gave more headaches in part that the game would compute that area as part of the buoyancy until the hatch was opened. Also at this time the custom door sections seem 5x or worse out of scale in weight to a normal door. The necessary size of a custom parcel door had so much weight it was adversely affecting the ship’s trim.
= The cargo area is specifically designed with holes to avoid the buoyancy vs flood and instead to simply allow water to drain out the holes. Technically the cargo is still partially exposed to the elements.
= Divers and swimmers can get up the cargo ramp easier than fishing for the ladder in choppy seas.
= The ladder up to the pilot’s driving seat is more a decoration as the game doesn’t allow “f” grabbed items to be swapped and there isn’t enough head space to get a full character height to get off the ladder.
= In the bow there is a small compartment with windows used as a flood water catch in case of high speed impacts. The majority of such damage and leaking will be here. By limiting the size of the compartment, though it too may have some damage, the flooding of the large main cabin is reduced. For example having two inner bulkhead blocks leaking into the cabin is better than sixteen of the bow.
Once repairs have been made to the outside hull a push button drain can be used to spill the water out into the cabin where the bilge system will pump it out. Currently there is no access to repair the inside of the flood catch “at sea” and if desired would need the vessel brought back to a workshop for “repairs in drydock” (respawn the vessel).


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Variants, aka cousins:
Derived from the lower hull shape, power train and microcontrollers

Magic School Boat:
Feature rich cruising rescue boat
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2383582028

Perch
Coastal rescue and parcel vessel
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2389060446

Pike:
Dashing rescue boat
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2387522273

Pike M:
Pike with map system for simple navigation
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2410305044

Arctic Pike:
Long cruising range with rear connector for fuel raft
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2391908238


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Significant microcontrollers:

From the developers own creations:

= Advanced safety-rich engine control unit: ECU 2 M2R 1 TZ
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2380681962
= Boat Stabilizer from Gyro mk3 Reverse Gear
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2417321834
= Damage control board with alerts for fire or flood by compartment:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2380909625


Mods, mostly LUA scripts for monitors, from others:

= Touchscreen Beacon Locator & Transmitter Example
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2277826803
= Fuel Economy/Range Calculator
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2179672596
= Radio controller
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2227265092
= DynamicMap
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1748031329
= Radar
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2176478892