Community Build Initiative: Mobile Factory/Refinery

[Tshara]

Personally, I procrastinated big-time on this build, and will probably fail to finish it... thanks to too much of an obsession with detail:

The curse of many builds. looking great though.

Personally I'm already done and have been for a while. I'll be uploading my entry this Friday.

 

[Jake_Lancia]

Maybe other builders would agree that even a modest postponement of the due-date (like one week) would help significantly?

Given a change in my current situation, this makes sense for me as well.

Therefore, as of today, the deadline is being extended by a week; the new deadline will be on the 4th of September at 23:59/11:59pm UTC+1.

The OP has also been updated with the new deadline.

 

[Rechkalov]

Given a change in my current situation, this makes sense for me as well.

Therefore, as of today, the deadline is being extended by a week; the new deadline will be on the 4th of September at 23:59/11:59pm UTC+1.

The OP has also been updated with the new deadline.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
As a sign of appreciation and gratitude, I promise not to leave a single snarky or impatient comment when you inexplicably fail to review all of these massive builds over the course of a single weekend!

 

[Tshara]

Planned to released today because of the original deadline and I'm sticking to that. Going to use the extra time for any feedback:

WS Dakota | StarMade Dock

Important note: For the full experience activate the 'Animation clock' located on the bridge.

 

[Tshara]

For the completionists here is a list of the pop culture references found in the https://starmadedock.net/content/ws-dakota.8452/

Spoiler: Easter eggs

• James Bond – Number 007 – Main blue cargo container
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Number 42 – Main orange cargo container
• Half Life – H.E.V. Suit storage – Forward EVA suit storage
• Portal – Companion cube - Main blue cargo container
• Star Wars – R2D2 - Main orange cargo container
• Stray – Cat on screen – Robotics bay
• HAL 9000 – I can’t do that Dave – Cabin 27
• Buzz Lightyear – Infinity and beyond – Cabin 23
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Towels – Cabin 10
• Subnautica - Planet 4546B – Cabin 07
• Half Life – Freeman – Cabin 03
• Portal – GLADOS – Cabin 14
• Stray – Cat – Cabin 16
• Love, death, and robots – Symbols – Cabin 19
• Arcane – Sisters – Cabin 15
• Star Trek – Risa – Cabin 11
• Subnautica – Alien language – Cabin 09
• Space Invaders – Game machine – Game room

There are a number of original Easter eggs as well but I'll leave that up to the explorers to find.

 

[AtraUnam]

Got my submission, its not going to win by a longshot but I'm glad its finished. Atlas Mobile-Refinery

 

[refirendum]

Phoenix Interstellar Mobile Drydock

A long haul ship equipped for the repair of small ships in its drydock bays as well as maneuvering of larger vessels by use of tug shuttles docked inside.

starmadedock.net

The Mobile Drydock

 

[SchnellBier]

Now I need a vacation

SBS Levana

A shell for a refinery ship with mining drones.

starmadedock.net

 

[Nauvran]

Now I need a vacation

SBS Levana

A shell for a refinery ship with mining drones.

starmadedock.net

Next one starts on monday and you get a week to finish

 

[Osborn14]

Will not be there until the second deadline.
So I made the essential preparation for a first flight of the HWSS Wellington.
See you soon !

 

[jw608]

I have finally finished* my 608 Minor Factory Ship! It's big, square, clunky, and probably doesn't work right, but that way you know I made it.

608 Minor Factory Ship

Just a simple factory ship with light mining capacities. Has a fleet of 10 mining drones and 2 608 Minor Miners. Its main purpose is capsule refinery but has a few other basic block trickle factories. This is my entry for the Trident Foundries...

starmadedock.net

*I ran out of time and uploaded what I have

 

[DeepspaceMechanic]

Unfinished in the lower sections (living quarters, hangars, shipyard), but good enough.


DOWNLOAD: Content link

 

[The_Owl]

I Said i'd get it in in some state and that i goddamn will

CMCIV Kyūyu: Chemic Industries Heavy Mobile Fuel Refinery

7 Minutes to Spare

 

[Jake_Lancia]

Aaaand that's it! Submissions are now closed, and we will start evaluating the entries during this week.

Due to the size of the entries, the review video will take some time to put together.

 

[Tshara]

Due to the size of the entries, the review video will take some time to put together.

You have no one to blame but yourself

congratulations to everyone who managed to submit in time

 

[SchnellBier]

Next competition when?

 

[Nauvran]

Next competition when?

when I feel like it

 

[Jake_Lancia]

After waaaaaaaaaaay too long, here's the results video for this competition:

Congratulations to everyone who took part in this competition!

 

[Tshara]

Not all ships shown in the opening panning shot. So disappointed!

Seriously though, contratz to all the people that participated and the judges for taking the time to look through all the ships.
Manny of them could have taken an entire vid of their own to properly explore. I had a lot of fun doing so myself.

 

[DeepspaceMechanic]

Thank you for second place! Honored to be right next to that masterpiece that is WS Dakota.

docpenguindoc's two entries remained unshowcased, he previously put together all submissions:

Spoiler

Including in a video

A remark I'd like to add is about the connectivity of my ship's operations. I've put a lot of effort into making everything seem to flow around realistically. The details tell two storylines.

One is about rocket fuel:

1. mining ships dump asteroid ice into the collector atop the ore refinery
2. where a drone melts it (animated)
3. then liquid water flows into the ore refinery, from where it's pumped to the fuel plant
4. within the fuel plant, a big pool contains the water while it's separated into gaseous O2 and H2
5. the oxygen and hydrogen get compressed, cooled and liquefied
6. then pumped outside, into appropriately labeled tanks (actually traceable pipelines!)

The second story is about ship components:

1. conveyor belts can be seen moving stuff from the mineral dumps into the ore refinery
2. dedicated machines sort out each starmade ore and shard, plus sand (used for glass production)
3. nine snaking pipes lead the ore refinery's granulate outputs to the metal foundry
4. where a series of conveyor belt steps transform pure metals and carbon into workable alloys
5. chunks of alloy are carried by trucks to the component factory
6. where cutting/welding/handling robotic arms put materials together into functional parts

Obviously, both sequences come to a dead end, because the ship's lower half isn't finished. The finial destination of both fuels and components should be the shipyard and hangar bays (freighters could ship out the excesses to be sold elsewhere). To be continued.