A lightly armored gunship for smaller crews. It features a unique heavy chaingun capable of firing a hail of lead at whatever is unfortunate enough to be in front of it. A fragile coolant array supplies the stressed reactor and weaponry subsystems, providing great power but also causing chaos should it be compromised. If the coolant is shut down, the reactor will start reducing the power output and the weaponry will be unable to recharge.
The Gunslinger was created after one drunken engineer at SM Shipyards thought "Why don't we take a massive gun, and slap it to the belly of a ship?". After several iterations and failed prototypes, the engineers finally figured out how to support the large weapon by installing coolant lines throughout the ship. In a surprisingly efficient design, the team managed to cool the oversized chaingun using Europan sea water piped in from the ballast. They also designed the reactor with this unique tech. The engineers did overlook how vulnerable this makes the submarine, but in other news the buyer will have excessive firepower - the language of Europa! At least a loss of coolant won't result in violent overheats like the initial prototypes.
In-game description: The Gunslinger is a small, lightly armored gunship known for its massive, fast firing chaingun. In order to push its already stressed reactor and gunnery system further, it has dedicated but fragile coolant lines spanning the ship. Between the questionable plumbing, limited firing lines, and structural weaknesses it's a flawed yet highly capable attack craft.
Specifications:
Class - Attack
Tier - 1
Price - 5000 mk
Hull strength - 200 (vanilla)
Window glass strength - 100 (higher than vanilla of 50)
Reactor max. output - 4000 kW @ 0.2 fuel/sec
Engine output - 150 force @ 500 kW
Top horizontal speed - 19 kph
Top vertical speeds - 19 kph ascent, 19 descent
Neutral ballast level - 0.34
Crate storage capacity - 0
Diving suit docks - 5
Hardpoints - 1 small (chaingun), 1 heavy chaingun (3x fire rate), 1 electrical discharge coil
Fabricators - fabricator and deconstructor linked to materials cabinet
Note: This is the first in a series of 3 tiered variants. Larger tier 2/3 variants are work in progress!
