Azonar Fleet Build

[Lone_Puppy]

Not having a fleet to submit to the competition I thought about what I could do, harvesters, cargo haulers, something else or all of the above. This is the something else....

The following Carrier project is part of a fleet idea spawned from a fighter I built a long time go when I was still pretty much a newbe.

In building this new ship, I have also spawned several others, a bomber, drones x 5 and a bunch of shuttle designs where I've settled on one shuttle to rule them all.

I make video construction logs and they are below for you to view and critique. Would be nice to know whether my work is heading in the right direction and maybe you could offer a few suggestions. I'm open to all feedback.

Hopefully I can have this complete before the end of the week so I can submit it. It's Logic heavy, which is the tedious time sucker. Luckily, I have built the logic to be modular and copy/paste-able.

I do have a simple solution if it looks like I'm running out of time, where I can make it a simple drone carrier. Which I intended to build once this was complete anyway. I'm estimating converting to a drone carrier would only take a couple evenings.

Here are some initial pics from the beginning of the build. They're missing additions like the turret stern of the belly and two missile launchers underneath forward of the port/starboard sections sticking out in front.

Spoiler: Additional Pics

Construction Log 1 Video
Demo's the basic exterior with orange blocks as placeholders for windows.
It also shows the automated fighter bay door controls.


Construction Log 2 Video
After a lot of work on the logic and basic interrior, you can get a better look at what I'm aiming for.
I also make mention of my bomber, drones and a few other things.


Construction Log 3 Video
After a busy weekend working on more logic and interrior decorating, I have a much more feasable build that I may actually get finished the way I want it. I demo the automated launch logic and shuttle bay. Still needs a flight test and fleet drone deploy/restreival testing.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Well, I have submitted my fleet to the contest.

Lone_Puppy Fleet Submission 1 20160621

If you spawn this lot, you need to make the carrier and fighters in the carrier apart of a fleet if you want to use it like a fleet. You can also swap out or mix up the fighters with the drone fighter. I built the drone to be interchangeable with the fighter.

I'm continuing work on the carrier, because the automation using Tunk's MED is not working the way I would like. Plus I want to tidy up the look. I like having Tunk's MED on display, but I could dress it up a bit more. Otherwise I will design and build my own MED to fit and look the way I want. I've used Tunk's MED to speed up the build process.
[DOUBLEPOST=1466548720,1466548581][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, I forgot to mention the drone carrier is still coming. It will look similar to this one, but will not have bay doors. Only racks that eject drones.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

After seeing trekkerjoe's pic of the logic in his fleet submission, I had a great idea! I'll copy him and put my own logic pics in.

Spoiler: Logic Pics in my submission

Here are a few pics of the logic.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Video Demo of the Launch Bays without fighters docked.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Well, now I've had time I had a go at building my own enemy detector. I've installed it into my carrier and it seems to work ok. It has a limitation of using a turret with one axis of movement, but hasn't failed yet.

To get around the limitation, I experimented with a different design that I installed into the station these ships are docked to. Testing it in the video didn't quite go to plan, but it finally worked in the end. The only issue I have with it is I think the turrets are shooting the structure. And this causes unwanted damage. Now to figure out how to prevent this. I guess installing shields would do, but I would rather not if I can.

You also get a better view of the fighters docking.