Charon 2.0 - A WIP super titan [Update 5 : new medium turret]

dark_J said:

How much mass does it currently have?

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Around 320k with the turrets and 150k without (Just the shell). It's going to be over 1 million mass for sure when finished.

I managed to get my hands on a pretty beefy computer for a few hours and took the opportunity to max out every single graphics option (apart from shadows, I just removed them) and took some shots:




Oh, and the thing in the middle section of the shield panels is just firing ports for my version of swarm missiles

jan_spaceman said:

Will there be a hangar bay?

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Yea, the original location was between the two wings but was removed when I added them. I haven't decided on a new emplacement yet but it will most likely be located inside the back section.

jan_spaceman said:

I would love to see fighters you've developed because I'm not really good at making them.

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The small fighters: Oblivion drones C9


Comes equipped with two rapid fire missile turrets, twin web beams and a very powerful vertical launch double missile system located at the back. That's really the best looks I could get without completely slashing stats. Mass is 80.

The cruiser: Reaper B3



Sits at 115 meters long, comes equipped with fighter obliterating swarm missiles, among other things:



There will be one or two cruisers, depending on where I put their hangars and numerous drone pods.

Zeno9141 said:

Not sure if the white and red on the drone actually fits the main ship - Perhaps use a similar color scheme?

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Good point, but the two red crystals at the back of the turrets are there so that I can get red missiles. There's unfortunately nothing I can do about that.

I think that I'll switch out the white parts for grey on the main body and black into grey and white into black on the turrets.

Misfit 1876 said:

For your security System... whats about small turrets inside the ship? (For example in hangars, Bridge, bigger rooms, machine room .... )
they dont need to be that big only for stopping thiefs (even good thiefs wouldnt be able to steal your ship with a turret system, for example in a space fight when smaller ships breaking throught your defense )

edit: wen to when :D

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Oh yes, that's already planned!

Along with a password encrypted damage pulse inside the core room. So even if you dig through the walls there's no way you're getting it, this also makes faction members unable to use it without permission. Essentially an additional protection against theft.

NeonSturm said:

my 5 bit password protection (5 bit!!! only) required already about 50 blocks.
I would like to see how you have done it.
Maybe also how you did implement 2-3 passoword input trials if your going to make that


How will you protect your core room and the password circuit? will you plaster the walls with activation modules to detect a breach?

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Well, I haven't figured the password part yet. But the pulse will be activated when someone (or a core) gets in the core room via area triggers. And I'm not too worried about block count since I have plenty of space :p

Farel17 said:

drones launching from the hanger could launch then fly out from the "needle hole" in the back

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I did think of that, but the AI is extremely derpy and they'd just start shooting through my ship :p . I may make the hangar doors for the bigger ships in there, though.

NeonSturm said:

You need a ram, containing enough bits for your passwords. I made a small tutorial: http://imgur.com/a/4cR1s#0

Then you need a similarity-check.
(ram.or[0] &and& pw.or[0]) |or| (ram.or[0] &and& pw.or[0]) -> equal?
all equal -> ??

I would not use area triggers - that may fail if they are destroyed by weapon fire.

Make a few signal repeater (activation block) chains with button blocks and a clock. If the chain gets broken, trigger the pulse.

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Thanks a lot, that is going to be extremely useful!!!