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SS North Star 1837 (Sinkable)

(Fictional)
Built way back in 1837 to be one of the first steamships to haul passengers across the Atlantic, the SS North Star would be the forerunner to a new species of ship known as the Ocean Liner. She featured comfortable yet tight interiors, massive reliable engines, cavernous coal bunkers to feed the glutinous boilers, and even cows!


Top speed: 10.5 Knots
Length: 66.5ish Meters
Width: 9.25 Meters, 15.75 across the paddle boxes
Height from waterline: 25.5 Meters
Draft: 5 Meters
Engine Type: x2 Side Lever Steam Engines, x4 Box Boilers
Fuel Capacity: 15,422


-Accommodations 2 officers, 12 crew, and 56 passengers
-Fore and aft passenger space lights and crew space lights switches located near the helm
-2 Steam bilge pumps
-2 Manual fire pumps
-6 Water tanks
-2 Lifeboats
-2 Anchors (decorational)
-2 Cow houses
-1 Large dining saloon at the stern, 1 smaller one in the bow
-28 cabins
-2 small lounges
-Various waterclosets
-A bunch of luggage scattered about everywhere
-1 Captain's cabin, 1st Officer's cabin, Engineer's cabin, and Carpenter's cabin at the stern
-1 Pantry, Scullery, and Larder
-1 Wine storage
-Various storage lockers
-1 Carpenter's workshop
-1 Sail locker
-1 Mail room
-Decorated half-full coal bunkers
-(Sort of) functional ratlines on the foremast with seats on the crowsnest

-Full interior

-Experimental sound effects

NOTE: This build has a complex system of rigging positioning when it spawns. To put it simply, the ship is designed to fit in the default workbench, and so some of the rigging has to do some gymnastics to not collide with other parts. USING THE 'TAKE BACK TO WORKBENCH' FEATURE ON THE MAP WILL BREAK THE RIGGING. YOU NEED TO MANUALLY TAKE THE SHIP BACK INTO THE WORKBENCH AND RELOAD IT TO RESPAWN THE SHIP.



1: Head down to the engine room. There's a door on the aft port paddle deckhouse that'll take you there quickly
2: Turn the dampers all the way up
3: Light boiler

NOTE: 4 fireboxes does not mean 4 boilers. Each boiler has two fireboxes. There are two more boiler in front of the ones facing the engines, accessed by passageways on either side of the boilers

-For more historical accuracy, there aren't any pressure dials. You will know when there's pressure when the waste steam pipes on the funnel start venting excess steam. the amount of steam venting will reduce as the engines are sped up.

-If the boilers are running low on water from too much vented steam, you can open valves on the water tanks behind the engine room to add some more water, but they aren't large enough to completely fill them. The water will be pumped into the boilers automatically when the boilers are running.


The ship has two sink switches, located in the captain's cabin at the far right back of the aft saloon, as a keypad next to the bed.

1: 'Fore Keel Damage'. A gash opens up in the keel near the bow and the ship will very slowly go down by the head.

2: 'Side Damage'. The ship begins to flood from the starboard coal bunker and the engine room and sink fairly quickly, developing a heavy list in the process.

If left on, the boilers will explode. Keeping them running to blow up is recommended, but not necessary to bring down the ship. The weapons DLC is needed for the explosions to work.
The boilers take a little while to cool down and lose pressure, so if you're gonna shut them off, do it quickly

The experimental sound effects also includes sounds for the sink switches. When the sinks are activated, either a groaning or a load crash will be heard. The ship will creak and groan as it goes down, slowly at first but much more frequently as the ship goes down.


-The ship cannot handle max waves. There's several large openings in the deck for water to flood in, and she isn't capable of maneuvering easily through the large waves. (it can be used as a natural sink though :D)

-The experimental sound effects are a toggleable switch next to the lights switches. They include a rattling engine sound, creaking and groaning as the ship pitches in waves, and a few sounds for the sink switches.
The sound effects aren't perfect and I am aware of a couple issues with them, mainly the engine rattling being much louder when you zoom out away from the ship, and the creaking/groaning sometimes making a high-pitch clicking sound. Keep in mind they are just an experiment to test out the idea. If you would like to see more of them in the future, go ahead and let me know.

Using low physics is optimal. The ship is designed for low physics and that's what it works best on. Keep your pc from becoming a stove top.

Inspired by the SS Great Western, 1837 [en.wikipedia.org], suggested by Cab12003

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