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Observation Diver

High visibility is balanced by a need for an adaptable and coordinated crew. Instead of a central gunnery deck, observation pods have been converted into individual gunnery compartments. Each compartment is sealed for combat and is outfitted with a diving suit. When compartments need draining the helm has a hatch and pump override switch.

This is classified as a T2 scout.

Contains: Deconstructor, fabricator and medical fabricator.

Battery buffer array - The reactor feeds into an 8-battery array, and the grid draws the from the array. Spikes in power usage are fed from the batteries, not directly from the reactor, helping to minimize grid issues. The batteries themselves have an adapting recharge rate. The lower a battery's charge, the higher the recharge rate. This keeps down on unnecessary reactor load and allows it to adjust on automatic setting.

Drain and pump override - Doors and hatches have an override button in the nav terminal that will force them open, allowing the sub to drain into the auto-pump bilge or the ballast.

Observation deck - Enjoy the beautiful sights of the Europan depths!

Design notes:
This sub uses vanilla parts and values with the exception of the glass. Glass has a normal health of 50, and hull has a normal health of 200. The glass in this has been strengthened to 150, so it is stronger than default but still weaker than hull.
Note that this is not to make the sub overpowered, but rather to offset the fact that monsters will prioritize the glass and the gunners behind it. Combined with the battery buffer, this allows a team of players to focus less on fiddling with the reactor and more on the combat. Despite having good coverage with the guns, combat is by no means trivialized as players will have to physically run to the side of the ship to man the turret there.