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Stratos Class Planetary Exploration Ship

The Stratos class is a lightly armed large-grid atmospheric exploration ship with tilting thrusters. It has a small vehicle hangar and a full refinery. The Stratos is capable of reaching orbit with the built in hydrogen thrusters, and has evenly distributed ion thrusters for orbital operations. This ship does not have a jump drive, but one can fit in the hangar if some hangar lights are removed.

The Vector Thrust 2 script must run on one of the programmable blocks to make full use of the engine tilting features. By default it is loaded on the programmable block to the right of the cockpit. Running the script with the "%jetpack" argument is sufficient for most flight. The aft engine rotor requires abnormally high torque to overcome the "Keen Phantom Torque Bug" described in the Vector Thrust 2 page.

The story behind this build is detailed in this post.

1. Tilting Engine Script Enable/Disable
   
2. Tilting Engine Jetpack (Hover) Mode Enable/Disable
   
3. Upward Hydrogen Thruster Enable/Disable
   
4. Fwd Hydrogen Thruster Enable/Disable
   
5. Fwd Hydrogen Thruster Thrust Override Decrease
   
6. Fwd Hydrogen Thruster Thrust Override Increase
   
7. Ion Thruster Enable/Disable
   
8. Stability Gyro Override (Attitude Hold) On/Off
   
9. Landing Camera

• PCU: 9387
  
• Mass: 787 tons
  
• Blocks: 829

Thrusters and Gyros:

• 4x Atmospheric Thrusters
  
• 4x Gyroscopes
  
• 6x Hydrogen Thrusters
  
• 24x Ion Thrusters
  
• 3x Large Atmospheric Thrusters

Power:

• 10x Batteries
  
• 2x Hydrogen Engines
  
• 2x Small Reactors
  
• 2x Solar Panels

Production:

• 3x Air Vents
  
• 1x Assembler
  
• 2x O2/H2 Generators
  
• 1x Oxygen Tank
  
• 1x Refinery
  
• 9x Small Cargo Containers
  
• 4x Small Hydrogen Tanks
  
• 1x Survival Kit
  
• 4x Refinery Upgrade Modules

Armament:

• 3x Decoys
  
• 2x Gatling Turrets
  
• 2x Rocket Launchers

Utility:

• 1x Antenna
  
• 1x Ore Detector
  
• 6x Parachute Hatches
  
• 4x Programmable Blocks
  
• 1x Projector
  
• 1x Remote Control

Personnel Accommodations:

• 4x Beds
  
• 1x Bathroom
  
• 1x Kitchen
  
• 1x Shower