Thank you darkace! Yes, I know this one is badly outdated. I have a newer similar sized tank that I believe should be up to date. The Centurion-MT. It was still built over a year ago. The newer tank does not support adding in an artillery turret nor does it have a 1st person cockpit thou. I hope that helps and thanks again!

In current official server it severely lacks CPU and won't even start (unless it glitched for me). 15 RCSes take a lot of CPU in particular. Any updated version or any recommendation to similar vehicle which works in v1.6 ?

Thank you all! :)

This and the Centaur are two of my favorite tanks. Perfect for POI killing in SP, especially if you swap the ballistic turrets for plasma and the forward guns for pulse lasers. Opens the door right up and then you just run in and core it while the tank takes care of any enemies spawning in.

Love it!

Genius! Have an award and happy new year!

J adore , petit ,agile, maniable , avec une tourelle d artillerie tip top

Thank you Garr!

Excellent stuff you build. In creative I was checking to see how to add shields. If you remove the door for the drone hatch the shield and pentaxid tank both fit. Then cover on top and inside using the thin blocks. BTW IWe have the MT Merc 5 and Nomad XT. Thanks for the good builds.

Oh, thanks for the heads up A. Max. It must have been a change since I built it. I will update the post. Thanks again.

It has unlock level of 12 actually

Sent you a friend request. I've gone through and made this A9 compliant, as well as slight modifications to the lights at the front for protection. (I really hate losing lights and they always seem to get shot out.) It will hold 20 Artillery, 300 H-MSL, and 3000 15mm Rounds. Anyhow, I've published it to friends only, for you to review.

Thanks Bedevere and charlie.razor!

This one is future proofed for A9. Just need to swap out some boxes, and make some simple changes. Base design is below CPU count.

It's a weird combination of telling me I am out of ammo for the missle launchers (I'm not) and something blocking the turret. It usually happens when one side fires out to the right or left. Probably something in my own game. Ill do a game integrity check.

@Bedevere, huh. I don't know why that would happen. I have the turrets offset on height and with open space around them. I wouldn't think anything should be in the way to block a turret. Maybe something new in a patch? IDK at the time.

I'm getting some alert that a turret is blocked and cannot fire. Is it just me?

@Jasmarie, I took a look at the ship. I guess I drone hatch will not work on this one for a couple reasons. 1, standard cockpit, 2, no available space for an upward door. Next SV will have one thou. :) Thanks again

@jrandall that would be awesome! I currenty am using the Merc so I will look at it for adjsutments. I had to adjust the front a bit and replace a lot of windows with hs blocks. I love it! Went up against a drone base on the moon for the first time and only lost one rail gun and one plasma gun! It was awesome and held up great! Also I love the maneuvrability!

@Jasmarie, also I have a new SV that I am releasing either today or tomorrow. The Merc-MXR Prototype. It currently doesn't have a drone hatch, but maybe I can get one in before releasing. I will have to check that out.

@Jasmarie, well, any my SV's would need some modding to make it happen, but I think the larger Merc-MX15 would have the room to add one pretty easy. Maybe the older Chimera-HAV-B too. The MX-18 has lots of RCS above your head so that space it not super available. Technically thou, all the SV's have a back room that is 3 blocks wide minimum. Clearing out a 3x3 area for a door above could be done on most, it just may not look so good. Thanks again!

yay! I can't wait! Is there one currently with the room to add one?

@Jasmarie, I do not actually. I have 2 HV's with drone hatches, but no SV's at this time. I will try to get one on a future SV. Thanks

Hi do you have a warp SV with a drone hatch? thanks!

Thanks EzRyder and Victorial! @Victorial, well, compared to my other 2 tanks, it is quite a lot smaller. I am speaking of the Anubis-AT and Basilisk-HWP. So, that is why I called it a medium tank. Thanks again!

Mostly looks like a Heavy Tank.

i made and posted an upgrade (combat armour hull mostly) of this wonderfull design, i hope you dont mind - as always i give full credit to the original author (at the very top) great design btw :) i called it the Achilles-HT if anyone is interested

Hallo jrandall
sehr gut

Thanks Bedevere, бродягa, and Excemour!

Amazing !!! incredible... This vehicle ist the Swiss pocket knife. VERY NICE

пс отличный рекамендую

Excellent!

Thanks ZDub and Suetonius!

I used it to attack an alien complex with five exterior defenses and it has served me well. Very satisfied.

i can tell your designs just by the tiny little thumbnail lol, its happened with the past few now

@Myrmidon. Well good point. In fact all retractable turrets are less safe despite having a bit more hit points as you lose a layer of blocks below it. But I was under the impression that the AI targets the cockpit first at this time, not the turrets. I could be wrong on this. This could easily be changed, but I think that would look strange having all but 1 turret retractable. It would be best actually if none of the turrets retracted. There really is little point to using them besides looking cool. :) Thanks again!

pfft. negative thing needs to be a thing of the past...fkn bullshit. you're the best out there Jrandall. People want to beat you out? i just think it sucks that they can with the push of a thumb down button vs actually making something to contend with the items you make.

@Rogo - lol. I happens! :) @SullyEnza - Well, the normal neg thing happened again. It's standard. :)

Thanks Arisaema and Twolinks! @Twolinks, haha, I get what you were saying :) Thanks again!

The turret above the cockpit shoul not be retracted. Turrets are primary target for enemies and if it is destroyed the pilot gets exposed to enemy fire, not to mention the cabin is no more oxygenated.

why isnt this number 1? wtf is wrong with people.

I'm already at 263 hours. I think you're right! :P However, now that I have a sweet CV, SV, small and large HVs, and have traveled to all the planets, I've sort of run into a "what's next" moment. I guess I'm supposed to explore all of the planets and take over stations and such...?

..hum, not sure if I expressed myself properly ... sorry :)

There is a thing I see on the cockpit.You left the sides windows to show the darker part instead of the clear part for external view. And that's the very little thing making the difference on your designs ;-)

I could only give it one thumbs up!

Thanks Twolinks and bigpigglet! :)

what is so catastrophically wrong that you can make these awesome vehicles!!? i auto subscribe all your stuff, dont ever stop!

Perfect look and especially the painting job. I really love it.
Special mention also for the cockpit.
+1 :-)

Thanks RavenClaw! The screen shots on this post make it look a bit bigger than it is compared to the Anubis-AT and Basilisk-HWP. It is quite a lot smaller than those, especially width wise. Here is a WIP screen shot I posted that shows the 3 side by side for a better comparison. And thanks again! https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/963100177865112966/CCCC6BA3A0E09F8EE008D0500C516DAB37F82516/

and again a great design :) thx for this^^ and i think its a little bit smaller than the other tanks from u.....most times the problem with smaller cv's is to get your tanks inside :D most hangars i had to redesign :D

Thank you Ariak76!