EFSu TG4 Squid

    EFSu TG4 Squid 2015-09-28



    Eisenstar Utilities here.
    Today we are providig you with with some new rugged gear, The TG4 tug.
    Wreckage, old ships or other immobile chunks are polluting your shipyard? new modules or other gear needs to be moved from A to B without rails or intricate docking procedures?
    Look no further and let one of our "Squids" do the job.
    An elaborate setup of 4 seperate, 45°-tilted tractor-beam pods on a rotating basis* provides a straight pull with minimal tumble, unlike systems with vertically oriented beam arrays and point of application that tend to cause the targeted body to spin around it's own center of mass unless their beam's point of application on that body is equal to that body's center of mass.

    What you missed about the Cowfish you get with the TG4!

    Towing, maneuvering and stopping heavy metal requires some tact. For the space truckers out there without those magic fingers we added a telescopic camera arm that can also be used to dock and haul additional cargo.
    It is recommended to switch to that camera and zoom out until you see what you are hauling and use the beam's four damage indicators (0) for targeting. This way you can determine where their combined point of application lies and wether or not you are about to lose contact to your cargo. If you need to stop the cargo simply brake, then deactivate the tractor beams until both of you come to halt. If you brake too abruptly, the cargo may crash into your rear and tumble in the opposite direction again. In this case use short burts of tractor beams to stop the cargo.

    For safety purposes each segment of the ship is fitted with basic amounts of shields to prevent damage by accident**.
    Upgrade your shipyard today and become a space tugger!

    Visit your local Eisenstar salesperson
    today and be convinced.





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    *rotation is optional and does not necessarily aid in hauling cargo. It looks cool though and our engineers where bored
    **"accidents"is a broad term and does not include everything from spilling coffee to ramming warhead modules on purpose
    ***we will actually still do that...and more
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    LukeSalmon
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    Talk about original approach at design!
    Squid is most charming, and very memorable amongst the hundreds and hundreds of conceptually similar crafts.

    Nicely done!
    LukeSalmon
    LukeSalmon
    Many Thanks! Glad to see you appreciate the design.
    Cool concept, flawless execution. Possibly a scaled up version in the future? For the heavy jobs. ;D
    LukeSalmon
    LukeSalmon
    I had in mind that two those things might haul an entire battleship... but it turns out you'd need A LOT more power for that :D.
    So... maybe ;D
    Loved the way she came out looking and she worked out nicely sadly I kind of did something stupid like make a mine and moved it then I forgot to move and boom XD but I did try to ad a push effect to made a sort of auto push ship not fast but enough to act like its same speed as the object your pulling and Yes I will use her to the point of breaking :)
    LukeSalmon
    LukeSalmon
    Sounds like the arms should better have some more armor...If I make an upated version I'll put some stop-systems in there
    So nice, will def be using this around the Shipyard
    LukeSalmon
    LukeSalmon
    Wow thank you! Really cool that it seem to have a real purpose ingame.
    Great looking ship. I'll try it.
    LukeSalmon
    LukeSalmon
    Thanks :) Hopefully everything works for you. If not, please let me know.