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IMDC F-5C Hornet
   
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IMDC F-5C Hornet

In 1 collection by WardenWolf
IMDC Classic Refits
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Description
Update March 14th, 2025: Changed how the railguns fire. They now fire two at a time, one on each opposite side, to kill the recoil. And they fire the second set very rapidly, allowing for two very destructive bursts before a 15-second cooldown.

Based on the IMDC F-5/S Hornet and F-5/A Hornet by JD Horx (Primarily the F-5/A)
Originals here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=641406544
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=641405747

Lore:

The original IMDC F-5 series was designed as a space and air superiority fighter. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the time, the IMDC was forced to produce two versions, each limited to one environment or the other. The eventual perfection of larger hydrogen thrusters and more powerful weapons allowed a single version to perform both roles far better than either could originally.

The armament received a suitable upgrade, integrating new technologies. Gone were the outdated Gatling guns, replacing them with four Autocannon. Likewise, the original two rocket launchers, limited to four rockets apiece, were replaced with four powerful Railguns. The resulting upgrade allows it to do significant damage in a short period of time, although the Railguns do have a significant recharge time between shots.

Armament:

4x Autocannon
4x Railguns

Equipment:

2x O2/H2 Generators
8x Small Hydrogen Tanks
1x Large Warfare Reactor
24x Small Hydrogen Thrusters
2x Large Hydrogen Thrusters
22x Small Sci-Fi Ion Thrusters
2x Large Sci-Fi Ion Thrusters
8x Gyroscopes
1x Medium Cargo Container
20x Small Cargo Container
2x Spotlight


Out-of-character:

This was an absolute plumbing nightmare to make work, although once I did the initial robust plumbing refit further modifications were easy. Make SURE you use ACC for going to orbit or you won't make it. Point at the sky, press 9, and just wait. If you use the Ludicrous Speed mod in your world (which upgrades the max velocity), you can edit the Custom Data of Problock ACC to increase the targeted speed (always do slightly less than world speed); this will dramatically improve your to-space fuel efficiency. The ship at least has full Ion Thruster support to allow it to still get home once in space.

The fighter is limited on hydrogen fuel, despite my efforts to optimize storage and thrust. Be careful using this in 1x Survival. Once it's above 20000 meters or so, you can disengage the Large Hydrogen thrusters and it will continue to climb. Tank drain should reverse around 12500 meters; at that stage the O2/H2 generators are producing enough hydrogen to keep up. Be careful in actual combat. It has hydrogen tanks everywhere and, if hit too hard, it's likely to go boom. I used heavy armor panels to cover everywhere that would otherwise be exposed. Those will provide around 3 light armor blocks' worth of protection.
19 Comments
WardenWolf  [author] 15 Mar @ 8:32pm 
Updated March 14th: changed the salvo so it fires two railguns at a time, one on each opposite side, to cancel out the recoil. The remaining two will fire a split-second later if you hold down the trigger. This makes it actually reasonable to use them in combat.
Cooldude101011 17 Nov, 2024 @ 6:28pm 
Indeed. The railguns are probably good for a strong alpha strike
WardenWolf  [author] 15 Nov, 2024 @ 8:45am 
This is, by far, my favorite looking of the IMDC fighters. I know the railguns are of more limited use, but it's absolutely gorgeous and looks super mean.
Cooldude101011 31 Oct, 2024 @ 2:15am 
Ya I saw
WardenWolf  [author] 30 Oct, 2024 @ 10:37pm 
I posted another version of it with 8x autocannon and 4x assault cannon. This version looks amazing, but I admit it's not the most practical for most purposes.
Cooldude101011 28 Oct, 2024 @ 12:16am 
Quad railguns is definitely an interesting choice for a small ish fighter. Heavy Fighter perhaps?
WardenWolf  [author] 7 Jul, 2024 @ 5:14pm 
I've got an update coming shortly. The railguns look awesome, no question. But the reality is they're just not that useful. So I'm replacing them with 4 assault cannon and 4 more autocannon. With 8 autocannon, it's basically going to be a small-grid deleter. And the assault cannon can provide a targeted blast against something larger. It'll still look good. Already finished it, but still have to take screenshots; I'll take care of it after I finish other projects.
WardenWolf  [author] 1 Sep, 2023 @ 3:15am 
Oh you have no idea. Between them and the new beds, everything has changed.
superhappyalien 1 Sep, 2023 @ 3:09am 
I bet them fans thruster open up a lot of redesigns lol
WardenWolf  [author] 1 Sep, 2023 @ 2:21am 
Update went even better than I hoped! It's now Pertam-certified! I'll update the pics at a later time. Not much changed visually.