- Game version
- v0.201.378
Wingspan: 55 meters
Height: 20 meters
Length: 95 meters
Mass: 5,430 units
Shields: 500k cap w 50k/s regen
Thrust ratio: 2.1
Cargo capacity: 20k internal +100k external
Additional systems:
-Enhanced shields
-lvl 2 mining bonus
-Scanner with lvl 4 strength, lvl 2 duration.
While the M-95's size rivals light starships, it is in fact a monstrously massive trans-atmospheric craft, built to fulfill a multitude of roles and be an all-around workhorse for the fleet.
Serving as a salvager and cargo hauler, it utilizes a 13-line salvage array for resource gathering. The collected materials are stored either in an internal cargo hold, or a detatchable external module, which is also great for delivering goods in style to your trading partners.
When you need a troop transport, it can safely seat ten passangers in the middle deck - which sounds horribly inefficient for a craft this big, until you realize on some days your entire server's population could fit in there... And you can still lift a small army in the lower hold as long as they are steady on their feet.
Even though it's aerodynamical characteristics are eerily close to that of an actual brick, it's equipped with powerful VTOL engines to unceremoniously beat the air into submission, and enable it to function as a heavily armed dropship for planetary landings.
I wish you the best of luck finding suitable parking space.
In combat, it can provide missile defense with it's two chin-mounted PD turrets, take part in bombing runs with it's two pairs of missile launchers, or hunt for enemy attack craft with it's dual lasers.
It also mounts a pair of rapid-fire turrets to batter your selected targets in a hail of bullets. Their horizontal traverse is limited to a 45 degree forward arc, but they have excellent elevation and depression to allow them to perform well both in dogfights and as a ground support weapon. As a safety feature, their AI can be activated and deactivated from the control panel to help avoid friendly fire incidents.
The craft's own defense is ensured by a heavily shielded, single-layer standard armor hull.
The M-95's size allowed it to be fitted with a starship grade airlock, so it can safely dock on smaller stations that might not have launch bays that could accomodate it's bulk.
Fun fact #25675: The retractable armor segment covering the airlock can double as an emblem guard if you're parking in a bad neighbourhood and don't want your hardened fleet logo stolen :P
Above the aforementioned airlock, the gunship mounts several entirely unnecessary logic elements that are nevertheless fun to use;
Such as blinking running lights, retractable landing skids, tilting engine pods ( These have some safety circuits that help prevent them ending up in weird angles, but it's still best if you avoid overly vigorous clicking if you don't want them getting stuck )
- These are also triggered on docking / undocking for neat visuals.
There's also sliding doors on the main hold, and a detatch button for the cargo container.
