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Orpington Explorer (NO MODS)

Travel everywhere, to and from anywhere. This ship is inter-planetary, meaning, it works in space, atmosphere and even moons.

Description:

So, I've struggled a lot with building a ship which can work in space and on planets, and after about 10 horrible failing aborted ships, this is the best I came up with. It works, yes, it is 100% survival ready, has a refinery, assember, arc furnace, heck even a jumpdrive.

I wanted it to be small, so mind you, it only suits a crew of 2 with 1 additional passanger if needed. So in terms of making a ship, able to fly anywhere and not eat catastrophic amounts of resources such as ice, this one suited me the very best.

It's only 755 blocks, so you people playing on those restricted multiplayer servers should have a lot of fun with it. It's a light armor ship, so faily cheap to build as well but mind you, it is NOT suited for combat at all!

I put a large cargo container on this one (I know, overkill) but what the heck. I hate sorting through crap and prefer to have it all stored in one place. Besides, you can fill the Large Cargo container all the way and transport things in space, it is absolutely great for that.

Lastly, the ship defenses are to my surprise extremely effective against cyberhounds, but not so much against spiders.



Find the latest Orpington line ship here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785379522





TESTING (With realistic settings):

Breaking atmo without cargo:
- 100% perfect, you can cut hydro thrusters at 11000meters and have the ion engines pull it the rest of the way

Breaking atmo with 1/3 cargo:
- Very good, but don't cut hydro thrusters till you are past at least 16000meters

Breaking atmo with 1/2 cargo:
- Doable but you need piloting skills and careful watch your hydrogen supply, don't cut hydro thrusters at all

Breaking atmo with 2/3 cargo:
- Not possible on large planets, will still be able to do it on small ones but just barely

Breaking atmo with full cargo:
- Forget it




Flight test in space:

Works 100% as intended, great acceleration, great pitch/roll, mediocre breaking, poor sideways maneuvering.


Flight test in Atmo:

Lift is good, good pitch/roll, great acceleration, mediocore braking, poor sideways maneuvering. (Fly it like a helicopter for optimal performance)


Flight test on Moon/Mars:

Lift is poor, good pitch/roll, great acceleration, good breaking, decent sideways menuvering. (It can land on moons, but be careful, watch your cargo load)


INVENTORY LIST:


- Air vent x2
- Antenna x1
- Assember x1
- Arc Furnace x1
- Battery x12
- Beacon x1
- Button Panel x3
- Camera x2
- Connector x1
- Collector x1
- Control Station x1
- Cryo Chamber x2
- Flight Seat x1
- Gatling Turret x1
- Gyroscope x20
- Hydrogen tank x3
- Interior Light x23
- Jump Drive x1
- Landing Gear x4
- Large Atmo thruster x4
- Largo Cargo Container x1
- Large Ion Thruster x8
- Large Reactor x1
- Laser Antenna x1
- Medical Room x1
- Oxygen Generator x3
- Oxygen tank x1
- Passenger seat x1
- Programmable block x2
- Timer block x3
- Refinery x1
- Remote control x1
- Rocket Launcher x1
- Sensor x1
- Sliding Door x2
- Small Atmo thruster x13
- Small Cargo container x1
- Small hydrogen thruster x5
- Small ion thruster x4
- Soundblock x1
- Spotlight x4
- Textpanel x8

Total block count: 755