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Corys Class Carrier

The Corys Class Carrier is a large command and support ship.

It can transport up to 15 small or medium sized fighters or other small ships in its hangars. Additionaly 20 combat drones can be deployed. Both hangar sections can be pressurized seperately. The hangar layout makes it possible to deploy all fighters in a short time. The drones can be controlled with Rdav's fleet command script.

Equipped with 26 gatling turrets and 12 missile turrets (all with welders for self repair) the Corys Class has a good firepower. However it is only lightly armoured to make a good maneuverability possible. 4 forward facing decoy launchers can fire small probes equipped with decoys to distract the enemy's automatic defences and protect friendly ships. The Corys Class is ment to be a second line vessel, supporting the main battleships with its fighters, drones and decoys.

Despite the sole use of ion thrusters the ships acceleration is good, as well as the turning rate. With the powerfull jump drive up to 5000 km jump distance is possible. The ship is powered by 4 large and 124 small reactors as well as a total of 964 batteries, all scattered across the ship to prevent power loss. 48 hydrogen tanks, 16 oxygen generators, 10 large cargo containers, 8 assemblers, 6 refineries and a large oxygen reserve can be used to refuel fighters or repair other ships.

The Quarters have enough room for a crew of 140. 20 escape pods are available on the top and the bottom of the ship. Several LCD panels inside point out the way to the important rooms. All relevant Blocks have been grouped up for easier use.


The flight seat in the CIC has been set up to provide all major controll functions.
Page 1:
1) Gatling Turrets on/off
2) Missile Turrets on/off
3) Repair-Welders on/off
4) Fire decoy volley (16 decoys)
5) Antenna on/off
6) Thusters on/off
7) Main Reactor on/off
8) Backup Reactor on/off
9) Batteries on/off

Page 2:
Hangar door/connectors control

Page 3/4:
Cameras

Page 5:
Rdav's Fleet Command controls




Important:
This ship uses several rotors and scripts. Trigger the "Timer Block - Start Systems" once, it will lock all rotors and start the scripts. You can find the timer in the flight seat in CIC, page 9, nr. 1.



Escape Pods:
Thanks @Kiyashi for letting me use these escape pods.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=774644967

Once you sit in one, you only have to trigger the timer. The pod will then automatically travel to the gps coordinates 0,0,0. This is the location of the earth-like planet in standard world. If there is no planet there and/or you don't use realistic inventory size, you have to adjust the pods to work correctly.


Scripts used:
Whip's Auto Door and Airlock Script
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=416932930

Whip's Artificial Horizon Script
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=713653017

Phils Ship Diagnostics
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=715138160
Because of the ship's size this script is only triggered once a second, to prevent massive lag. That means the startup will take very long. You can speed it up by setting the timer to "trigger now" itself.

Rdav's Fleet Command
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=672198306
The script is inactive after pasting the ship. To start it, trigger the "Timer Block - Start Fleet Command" in the flight seat in CIC, page 9, nr. 3.


Mods:
Energy Shields
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=484504816
I used this one mod to make the ship more durable. It is completely optional, the ship will work fine without it.


Ships used for screenshots:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=703679230
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=647414130



Turning off the shadows reduces CPU load a lot.
If you find any bugs, please let me know.
Build in development branch, but should work in stable too.

Enjoy